I think those that continuously correct others, especially about some minor spelling and/or punctuation should find some other form of entertainment, seeing they are so perfect.
I agree Joe, there seem to be many who will point out any anomalies in one's musings and although mostly said in jest, they can become tiresome at times.
..... oh, by the way, the correct plural for the word 'forum' is fora. Forum being a word of Latin origin also requires the use of the correct Latin plural.
Your use of the word 'As' at the start of the second sentence of the second paragraph is superfluous.
Seriously now, I tend to agree with your first statement but was not at all surprised to see all the following responses ......... good clean fun indeed.
(beats the H out of the reflector vs refractor battles)
Kunama Hi
I too grew tired of the refractor/reflector battles.
Indeed it was getting a bit boring, so I decided to start this post up. It appears to myself though, that most of us need a proofreader.
One can actually buy the software to do this for you.
One can also copy and paste another's mistakes from, there, put it back on iis, and tell them all there mistakes.
Thus gaining an air of superiority
This must be very entertaining for some poor tragic souls
with nothing better to do with their day, ready to pounce on some
I think this thread was a great idea Joe! A little light humour goes a long way!
The point of all this typing is to communicate and if it can be done using abbreviations, acronyms etc and still get one's meaning across then the essential criteria have been met.
Yes, the 'grammar-police' do need another hobby. I have no issue with things said in jest, but some people do get a bit too serious about things that don't matter, after all, we are mostly discussing our addiction to stargazing.
I doubt that any of us are in the running for a Nobel Prize for Literature.
"Last week I couldn't even spell 'illiterate' now I find I are one!
Come to my tutorials, I'll learn you english!
(Actually English is my second language, being born in Finland with the world's most difficult language to learn, I subsequently had to learn Swedish, Italian, German, Indonesian and English, no doubt grammar was the last thing on my mind)
I think this thread was a great idea Joe! A little light humour goes a long way!
The point of all this typing is to communicate and if it can be done using abbreviations, acronyms etc and still get one's meaning across then the essential criteria have been met.
Yes, the 'grammar-police' do need another hobby. I have no issue with things said in jest, but some people do get a bit too serious about things that don't matter, after all, we are mostly discussing our addiction to stargazing. I doubt that any of us are in the running for a Nobel Prize for Literature.
"Last week I couldn't even spell 'illiterate' now I find I are one!
Come to my tutorials, I'll learn you english!
Well said Kunama!
Indeed. This is just about our to some, odd addiction, obssession even to stargazing . An amateur site.
If I wanted a proofreader, I'll ask and pay for it.
So what are some strange souls doing on this site, pretending
to be gurus, ready to ambush the unwary? For a comma spacing even.
Maybe they are just not good at much else, and so, take
If I wanted a proofreader, I'll ask and pay for it.
So what are some strange souls doing on this site, pretending
to be gurus, ready to ambush the unwary? For a comma spacing even.
Funny you say that... I published a number of scientific papers during my PhD in journals produced by big publishing houses (Elsevier, LWW, etc), and their proof readers would be complete grammar nazis.
"Fair enough", you may think, but the proof readers weren't scientifically trained (even at a basic level!) and would more often than not helpfully "correct" my wording to mean the opposite thing! Or, they may strictly adhere to capitalisation conventions that go against standardised nomenclature (e.g. IUPAC for chemical names).
The worst part is the embarrassment from colleagues pointing out my "mistakes" that were introduced by the production staff
and joe.............. it should be "their mistakes" not "there"
I will run and hide now ha ha take it easy mate after all this is the "general chat" forum!
pat
I think our eyes/brain typically forgive the odd typo here or there. There are some posts that I do find really hard to read. Commas thrown in everywhere and instead of periods, misuse or lack of use of capitals and so on. It breaks up the whole rhythm of reading when you're not sure where one sentence stops and the next begins.
Everyone makes spelling and grammar mistakes from time to time. However, we ought as a forum related to precision and knowledge strive for some level of excellence. There is far too much laziness on the internet in regard to communication. It ought to be all of our goals to try to improve ourselves. So those whom are trying to identify a problem probably need to learn the subtle art of persuasion and those whom are being identified as having grammar and spelling issues ought to take note and do some learning (last bit to be vocalised with a southern American drawl).
Like John I see plenty of spelling mistakes and plenty of grammar mistakes. The ones of particular interest are There, Their and They're. ie over there, it is their home and They're (they are) the people I am talking about.
Also Were, Where and We're. ie We were going home. Where is your home? And; we're (we are) not all perfect.
One that I am commonly lazy about is Your and You're. Your telescope is nice. You're (you are) not listening to me. I also make mistakes with typos with you and your. I often forget to put the r on the end of a your when I am saying your.
Best of luck with trying to correct the correctors of grammar. They hate bad grammar as much as you hate people picking on others for bad grammar.
Sorry Paul - can't resist...
Whom - objective case,
Who - subjective case;
So shouldn't it be ' those who are trying to'?
Andrew
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Originally Posted by Paul Haese
Everyone makes spelling and grammar mistakes from time to time. However, we ought as a forum related to precision and knowledge strive for some level of excellence. There is far too much laziness on the internet in regard to communication. It ought to be all of our goals to try to improve ourselves. So those whom are trying to identify a problem probably need to learn the subtle art of persuasion and those whom are being identified as having grammar and spelling issues ought to take note and do some learning (last bit to be vocalised with a southern American drawl).
Like John I see plenty of spelling mistakes and plenty of grammar mistakes. The ones of particular interest are There, Their and They're. ie over there, it is their home and They're (they are) the people I am talking about.
Also Were, Where and We're. ie We were going home. Where is your home? And; we're (we are) not all perfect.
One that I am commonly lazy about is Your and You're. Your telescope is nice. You're (you are) not listening to me. I also make mistakes with typos with you and your. I often forget to put the r on the end of a your when I am saying your.
Best of luck with trying to correct the correctors of grammar. They hate bad grammar as much as you hate people picking on others for bad grammar.
I will simply say that as a father of children with dyslexia and dyscalculia and knowing adults who went through their school years as "the dumb kid in the class" only to establish they also suffer from dyslexia, the issue is more wide spread than most in the community could even imagine.
There is often a reason for issues you see in grammar, but never assume that the person is lazy or that the poster never put any thought or effort into their post, in fact quite the opposite can be true - they often have put more effort in that most other, in both trying to articulate their thoughts as well as putting those thoughts in text as they overcome their issue.
my 7 year old has his english homework and i don't understand it,i get totally confused..the wife helps him
and for spelling i just type it as best as i can
those who make a big deal of it need to get a life
my 7 year old has his english homework and i don't understand it,i get totally confused..the wife helps him
and for spelling i just type it as best as i can
those who make a big deal of it need to get a life
ha ha how ironic peter as the only mistake you made was misspelling "grammar".......... I like a larf!
pat
