The importance of correct punctuation and grammar.

[Red Light]

Where would fora be without spelling and grammar flame wars?

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I could well be pushing the importance of good use of grammar to a bizarre conclusion, but (at least for me) being able to write (and speak) correctly is as important as wearing clothes that hide my genitals in public.

Don't mean I get it right all the time though.

 

[Red Light]

I always check the spelling and punctuation of everything I type, and proof read it as well. That is why why I hardly ever make mistakes.

Courtesy of the late great Sheldon Brown:

ODE TO SPELL CHECKERS

I have a spelling checker
I disc covered four my PC.
It plane lee marks four my revue
Miss steaks aye can knot see.
Eye ran this poem threw it.
Your sure real glad two no.
Its very polished in its weigh,
My checker tolled me sew.
A checker is a blessing.
It freeze yew lodes of thyme.
It helps me right awl stiles two reed,
And aides me when aye rime.
Each frays comes posed up on my screen
Eye trussed too bee a joule.
The checker pours o'er every word
To cheque sum spelling rule. Bee fore wee rote with checkers
Hour spelling was inn deck line,
Butt now when wee dew have a laps,
Wee are not maid too wine.
And now bee cause my spelling
Is checked with such grate flare,
There are know faults in awl this peace,
Of nun eye am a wear.
To rite with care is quite a feet
Of witch won should be proud,
And wee mussed dew the best wee can,
Sew flaws are knot aloud.
That's why eye brake in two averse
Cuz Eye dew want too please.
Sow glad eye yam that aye did bye
This soft wear four pea seas.
Jerry Zar, Dean of the Graduate School,
Northwestern Illinois University

 

[ColinJ]

I could well be pushing the importance of good use of grammar to a bizarre conclusion, but (at least for me) being able to write (and speak) correctly is as important as wearing clothes that hide my genitals in public.

Don't mean I get it right all the time though.

What - you sometimes forget to get dressed before leaving the house?

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I always check the spelling and punctuation of everything I type, and proof read it as well. That is why why I hardly ever make mistakes.

We're not biting.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

What - you sometimes forget to get dressed before leaving the house?

I worked at home for a LONG time, it took a while to adjust to office life...

 

[Arch]

A woman without her man, is nothing.

A woman, without her, man is nothing.

Just a couple of commas. Who cares huh ?

Another one is the ways you can write or pronounce the phrase:

What is this thing called love?

What? Is this thing called love?

What is this thing called, love?

 

[captain nemo1701]

I recently had to endure a safety induction by the National Grid. The bloke lecturing us used the late Steve Irwin as an example of someone who took too many risks etc. Except that in his nice little slide show, he spelt it Urwin, not Irwin. I was too polite to point it out.

 

[Ian H]

Proper names are often spelling traps (mine is), but mis-spellings are not always grammar mistakes.
(They're there with their cousin named Theyer).

 

[Archie_tect]

I always check the spelling and punctuation of everything I type, and proof read it as well. That is why why I hardly ever make mistakes.

...delillah

 

[byegad]

ive got two thee poynt wear i dont reed things wot arnt spelt kneelee rite an puktuathed too mayk sens

 

[Archie_tect]

sdnes yuor biarn slily tniyrg to mkae snsee of it....

 

[Chromatic]

Isn't fora the plural of forum?

This was discussed in the House of Lords in 2000.
Taken from Hansard.
Lord Beaumont of Whitley said:
' I urge the Minister to pay no attention to the suggestion of the noble Viscount, Lord Bledisloe. We are not talking about market places in the middle of roman towns; we are talking about the English word "forum", the plural of which is "forums". The noble Earl, Lord Caithness, quite rightly used that word. I hope that he will continue to use it in spite of the fact that he seemed to be giving way to some rather intellectual blackmail which was of no interest.'
Hansard goes on to report Lord Greaves saying ' I stand shoulder to shoulder with the noble Earl and the noble Lord, Lord Beaumont, in believing that the English word is forums, despite the fact that the amendment states otherwise.......'

 

[TonyEnjoyD]

Chrome has a built-in spellchecker.
I might be able to unnerstand wot peeple sed if they cant spell innit.
But if someone's opinion is so unimportant that they can't be bothered to spell and punctuate it, then I can't be bothered trying to decipher it.

That's a lie, I have a chrome plated pen and still write the odd spelling mistake.

Seriously though, some people are just too pedantic

 

[ArDee]

With all the talk of punctuation and spelling has nobody pointed out that Capitalisation is spelt incorrectly in the original post?

And why does the forum correct spellings to American English rather than UK English?