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Originally Posted by rat156
Hi All,
Well, looks like I'm the pathetic loser with nothing to do but criticise other's grammar or spelling.
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...4&postcount=73
I would say in my defence that I was trying to get across to bigjoe that I found his posts difficult to read, and therefore anything he may have been trying to get across was, perhaps, lost in translation. I was not trying to be pedantic, but the irony of the spelling error in the reason stated for editing the post, along with the grammatical errors that remained in the post made me wonder what bigjoe had actually done. I presume the post before editing was unintelligible, as afterwards it was barely so.
Anyway, what's wrong with learning to use tools correctly? I'm sure that if you get a fancy new piece of astronomical equipment, you don't just bung it together in a haphazard fashion. I bet you will learn how to use it correctly. The English language is just another tool, this one helping you communicate your thoughts to others. If you learn to use it correctly then you'll be misunderstood less, surely that's a good thing.
Cheers
Stuart |
Whilst I not suggesting the bigjoe suffers any literacy issues, perhaps a little tolerance towards others is in order (if you cared to read my previous post in this thread?) and then taking the moral high ground when you do not know the personal circumstances of others, their level of education, literacy skills, cultural background etc., will not feel as important.
To many the English language is not just "another tool" to learn "correctly" like some piece of telescope equipment, as you so eloquently put. It can seem like an insurmountable hurdle that holds many back. And often when people like you put them out in such a public way, that can have a negative effect on the individual. Why not send them a polite PM?
There are far worse heinous crimes in this world that worrying about someone's grammar in a pokey little hobby forum.