Grammar and spelling are a thing of the past!!!!

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It really doesn't bother me much unless it's something like what you mentioned about writing for business. I know that a lot of people have a hard time spelling just like I have a hard time with numbers and advanced math. I think people see more bad grammar and spelling nowadays because of the internet. In the past, if you were a bad speller/writer, you would just avoid doing things where that would be revealed. On the internet, most people communicate through writing, at least for now.
 
May be getting a bit off subject with this, but I enjoy the printed book.
Like how they feel in my hands.

These particular books, my wife bought me when I sold my first story.
I'm not giving them up.
 
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I know exactly what you mean. I don't have a dictionary on my desk, or a thesaurus...I do have Dr. Burgess's atlas of marine fishes and various other books...I have to type up my fish orders. I order them by latin name...I write them on my sale lists by common name. Often I have to refer to my books to see what the common name is...





Matthew3590, when I was taught spelling and vocabulary we learned words I use every single day.
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Maybe I'm odd, but those "big" words often express what I'm trying to say a little better. Also, I find it amusing to confuse people.
 
sorry we all cant be perfect... please can someone tell me what it feels like to be perfect?...

remember for all the grammar goddesses... remember the english you are preaching has evolved from old english... from the victorian age...
 
I work for ChaCha answering questions people text to them and the majority are from young people and sometimes the spelling and grammar are so messed up you either cant understand what they are saying or the computer cant suggest an answer because its not spelled right. Sure I use abbreviations when texting, its faster but come on, if you want someone to answer your question maybe you should spell it correctly.
 
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I don't think anyone said anything about being perfect.
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As a matter of fact, I'm bad at math.
 
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People could always use ieSpell to check spelling.
I try to use the USA spelling of words on a mostly USA based site but sometimes I forget.
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traveller traveler
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theatre theater
vice vise
valour valor
vapour vapor
vigour vigor
wilful willful
worshipped worshiped
queueing queuing


remember... there is more then one way to spell words.... and BOTH are right
 
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