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Originally Posted by stephenb
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.
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To be honest, if you were going to be a spelling and grammar Nazi on IIS, then it would be a full time job.
The OP hasn't claimed some sort of difficulty with the language (like an illness or English being a second language), he (assuming Joe is, in fact, a man) seems to have OK computing skills as he has discovered how to use bold and red lettering. He has also seen fit to make snide remarks about me in another thread. Merely because he got something (terribly) wrong and either doesn't like it being pointed out or his ego can't take criticism. I say again, that the only reason for my post was the fact that the post had been edited for grammatical errors, but still contained many. I then gave some pointers for making post more legible.
Cheers
Stuart