@raffta1 wrote:
Sorry I find that offensive stampingspaws. I suffer with dyslexia and struggle with the written word. I also use tools to help, but at time that fails. I am educated and not sloppy,untidy or messy.
I am so over keybored worriers who think they are better than everyone else. Your arrogance just shows what kind of person you are.
raffa, I agree with you. However, I do think that you might have misunderstood the motives of the posters (other than stamping) on this thread who have commented on joe's spelling
On another thread joe actually asked about a dictionary. Here's a screen grab of his post:
The purpose of my post that mentioned the spell checker was partly in response to joe asking where he could get a dictionary. The part of my post that asked joe to use full stops and capitals at the start of sentences was to try to help joe to better get his message meaning across. I have found it difficult to understand some of joe's posts and the reason is the lack of full stops and capitals.
Text that is grammatically flawed, incorrectly spelt and devoid of punctuation is problematic for people who understand correct/proper grammar, spelling and punctuation as the text can take on a totally different meaning than intended by the author of that text.
I'll give you an example and ask that you think about how you interpret the following sentence that might appear on these forums:
"I brought an item that does not work"
This use of the word "brought" is common on these boards when the correct word is "bought". The sentence "I brought an item that does not work" takes on a different meaning for me to the author who is complaining that the item they bought on eBay does not work. To me, the sentence means they took an item with them to their destination i.e. they brought it along with them.
Now, I am sensible enough to know what they meant, and many would say "but you know what they meant" . . . . . . BUT . . . . . . it is not what they wrote.
I could also show examples where posters use the word "of" instead of "have", which can also change the meaning of a sentence or post entirely.
No keyboard worriers here, just volunteers who want to help others.
