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| tommus Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5866 days ago 979 posts - 1688 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Dutch, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish | Message 9 of 40 20 December 2012 at 2:12pm | IP Logged | ||
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Cristina, there are a number of native-English speakers on this Forum who don't write or spell nearly as well as you do. In fact, you write very well. When language learners "learn" from this Forum, or practically anywhere else in this world, in English or in any other language, they take their chances, even when reading native writers. And in this ever-increasingly-multilingual world, coping with various levels of good writing and spelling is becoming more challenging. But it is also remarkable what a high standard exists, especially here on this Forum. To everyone: keep up the excellent work. You are setting a very high standard.
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| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7156 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 10 of 40 20 December 2012 at 3:35pm | IP Logged | ||
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| iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5262 days ago 2241 posts - 6731 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French) | Message 11 of 40 20 December 2012 at 3:36pm | IP Logged | ||
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Christina, you are the heart and soul of this forum. You are a big part of what makes it a nice place to visit. Any spelling errors you may make are far outweighed by your valuable contributions.
If the spelling is bothering you I would suggest that you could compose your posts in Word or Open Office. Set the spell checker to English. Correct any errors and then post it to the forum. Still, I wouldn't worry too much. It's what you say that matters! Keep posting, my dear! 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6439 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 12 of 40 20 December 2012 at 4:03pm | IP Logged | ||
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You have nothing to be sorry for.
"If you can't spell it, don't write it" is a style of thought, and a reminder to write well; it's a motto. If it were an ironclad rule, this forum would have no active regular posters. Subjectively, I'm a picky native English speaker and I almost never notice mistakes in your writing - and my own writing probably contains at least as many errors as yours does. Keep your head up, and listen to Arekkusu. Edit: as for content, your posts are usually interesting and informative. You add both warmth and experience to the forum. Edited by Volte on 20 December 2012 at 4:06pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tastyonions Triglot Senior Member United States goo.gl/UIdChYRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4665 days ago 1044 posts - 1823 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: Italian | Message 13 of 40 20 December 2012 at 4:13pm | IP Logged | ||
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Christina, you write better English than the majority of native speakers, most of whom mix up "complement" and "compliment" at least occasionally (and in my experience, a rather large number of them are not even aware that "complement" and "compliment" are different words). I always like reading your posts, and your encouraging attitude and achievements with languages are inspiring. :-)
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| LanguageSponge Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5766 days ago 1197 posts - 1487 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Welsh, Russian, Japanese, Slovenian, Greek, Italian | Message 14 of 40 20 December 2012 at 4:14pm | IP Logged | ||
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Arekkusu is right - ignore it. There are plenty of native speakers here and especially
elsewhere who do not write half as well as you do, and you should not let the words of one person of indeterminate skill or intelligence level weigh on your mind like that. About anything. Ever. Jack 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Ogrim Heptaglot Senior Member France Joined 4639 days ago 991 posts - 1896 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, French, Romansh, German, Italian Studies: Russian, Catalan, Latin, Greek, Romanian | Message 15 of 40 20 December 2012 at 4:37pm | IP Logged | ||
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| JohannaNYC Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4452 days ago 251 posts - 361 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English*, Italian Studies: Croatian, Serbian, Arabic (Egyptian) | Message 16 of 40 20 December 2012 at 4:47pm | IP Logged | ||
And that's exactly it. Some people can't stand seeing other people being liked and/or feeling good about themselves without trying to bring them down a notch. Unfortunately, this one knew how to hit a sensitive spot. Because of your history, telling you to just forget about it and move on it's easier said than done. In the meantime, just go on as you normally would and just let time do its thing. 5 persons have voted this message useful |
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