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Katie
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 Message 41 of 47
07 October 2009 at 12:10am | IP Logged 
Keith wrote:
This is a typing problem and a problem of not checking before submitting.
I don't know how you type, but when I type I do not have to think about the spelling of a word. I just hear the word in my mind and I automatically type. Once in a while, the wrong spelling will come out, but I almost always carefully read my messages before posting. Although, when proof reading, sometimes these mistakes are not caught.


I agree. These errors annoy me too, but I know that I am guilty of it on occasion - purely because I'm typing fast. I try to reread my messages and check them for any errors, but I imagine one would slip through every now and then.

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 Message 43 of 47
07 October 2009 at 9:41am | IP Logged 
shazam wrote:
It's kind of funny that the person who started this post with a complaint made one of the type of mistakes being complained of! "get's" instead of "gets." If your writing an academic paper or something to be published care should be taken, but chatting on a forum or the like, who cares as long as the meaning is clear? We all have imperfect brains that will inevitably make mistakes, and who has the time to carefully examine every post before it's posted? Wouldn't our time be better used studying?


On a non-language forum, it's ugly and sloppy to make these sorts of errors. On a language forum, it's worse.

These types of mistakes are hardly inevitable, and can easily be reduced in number.

The time saved by not cursorily examining posts for rudimentary typographical errors probably is not among the low-hanging fruit of extra study time for most people here. If Professor Argüelles had time to proofread his posts (.. and he did).....


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 Message 44 of 47
07 October 2009 at 4:47pm | IP Logged 
shazam wrote:
If your writing an academic paper or something to be published care should be taken,

I guess this isn't one of those times then!
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 Message 46 of 47
07 October 2009 at 9:39pm | IP Logged 
shazam wrote:
It's kind of funny that the person who started this post with a complaint made one of the type of mistakes being complained of! "get's" instead of "gets." If your writing an academic paper or something to be published care should be taken, but chatting on a forum or the like, who cares as long as the meaning is clear? We all have imperfect brains that will inevitably make mistakes, and who has the time to carefully examine every post before it's posted? Wouldn't our time be better used studying?


Well, we certainly are not a place to "chat" - there are loads of places on the Internet where you can write any damn way you please, but this is not one of them. Many of the discussions on this forum will remain of interest to people in the future to guide or inspire them in their language learning. If the spelling is lax, it diminishes the credibility and attractivity of this resource. So please, when you type here, watch your spelling. Thank you!

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