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"I'm not on this site to find people with qualifications in English" This isn’t about qualifications, just a basic standard of written English. | |||
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"So long as I can understand their intent, I don't care how perfect their spelling is. English may be their 2nd or 3rd language, and they are making an effort to communicate in my 1st and only language." Lol love, whatever. I guess some of us just have higher standards than you. | |||
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"So long as I can understand their intent, I don't care how perfect their spelling is. English may be their 2nd or 3rd language, and they are making an effort to communicate in my 1st and only language. Lol love, whatever. I guess some of us just have higher standards than you. " If by higher standards you mean mocking people who do not meet your level of academia, you're welcome to those standards love. | |||
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"So long as I can understand their intent, I don't care how perfect their spelling is. English may be their 2nd or 3rd language, and they are making an effort to communicate in my 1st and only language." I second that motion👍 | |||
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"So long as I can understand their intent, I don't care how perfect their spelling is. English may be their 2nd or 3rd language, and they are making an effort to communicate in my 1st and only language. Lol love, whatever. I guess some of us just have higher standards than you. If by higher standards you mean mocking people who do not meet your level of academia, you're welcome to those standards love." It’s not mockery. It’s exasperation that folk can spend a minimum of eleven years in compulsory education and be as functionally illiterate at the finish as they were at the start. “Oh, it’s not important.” Yes. Yes, it bloody well is! | |||
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"So long as I can understand their intent, I don't care how perfect their spelling is. English may be their 2nd or 3rd language, and they are making an effort to communicate in my 1st and only language." well said | |||
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"Does it really matter?" Yes. Standards. Self respect. Good communication. | |||
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"Does it really matter? Yes. Standards. Self respect. Good communication. " This 👆🏻 | |||
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"Does it really matter? Yes. Standards. Self respect. Good communication. " Grammatically, you owe us three verbs... | |||
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" It’s exasperation that folk can spend a minimum of eleven years in compulsory education and be as functionally illiterate at the finish as they were at the start. “Oh, it’s not important.” Yes. Yes, it bloody well is!" You are making quite a few assumptions there, and appear to be ignoring those for whom learning may not come as easily to them as it does to you. | |||
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"If you haven't got the wherewithal to work it out then you're the one with the problem ,personally I couldn't care less about the spelling or punctuation. As already stated I'm not here for lessons in spelling xx " ... ... Golf lessons mate? 🤪 | |||
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"If you haven't got the wherewithal to work it out then you're the one with the problem ,personally I couldn't care less about the spelling or punctuation. As already stated I'm not here for lessons in spelling xx ... ... Golf lessons mate? 🤪" I play off Eight xx  | |||
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"If you haven't got the wherewithal to work it out then you're the one with the problem ,personally I couldn't care less about the spelling or punctuation. As already stated I'm not here for lessons in spelling xx ... ... Golf lessons mate? 🤪I play off Eight xx "Eight! Keep trying. Probably worth working on your short game. | |||
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"If you haven't got the wherewithal to work it out then you're the one with the problem ,personally I couldn't care less about the spelling or punctuation. As already stated I'm not here for lessons in spelling xx ... ... Golf lessons mate? 🤪I play off Eight xx
Eight! Keep trying. Probably worth working on your short game."lol I'm happy with that at my age drive for slow putt for doe my short game is okay rarely three putt xx | |||
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"the spelling and grammar on here is beyond belief" *are* beyond belief | |||
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"From my point of view,it's the predictive text that causes the problem , I have a friend whose eyesight is not too good , she is aware where the buttons are on her phone but sometimes the words come out wrong , so I have to guess what she was trying to say . Is it worth getting upset about ? It maybe to some , in which case I would say you are very lucky that this is top of your worry agenda , but you may have pushed me into rechecking a message before posting in future ,so for that "thankyou" ps following on from our English lesson ,, now to Geography , St Alban's aint in Lincolnshire 😊" Don’t worry. There’s absolutely no reason you need to worry about where I’m based. | |||
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"From my point of view,it's the predictive text that causes the problem , I have a friend whose eyesight is not too good , she is aware where the buttons are on her phone but sometimes the words come out wrong , so I have to guess what she was trying to say . Is it worth getting upset about ? It maybe to some , in which case I would say you are very lucky that this is top of your worry agenda , but you may have pushed me into rechecking a message before posting in future ,so for that "thankyou" ps following on from our English lesson ,, now to Geography , St Alban's aint in Lincolnshire 😊 Don’t worry. There’s absolutely no reason you need to worry about where I’m based. " ,, 👍 😊 👍 | |||
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"Anyone want a part in a play what I have wrote?" Yes please xxx | |||
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"So long as I can understand their intent, I don't care how perfect their spelling is. English may be their 2nd or 3rd language, and they are making an effort to communicate in my 1st and only language. Lol love, whatever. I guess some of us just have higher standards than you. If by higher standards you mean mocking people who do not meet your level of academia, you're welcome to those standards love. It’s not mockery. It’s exasperation that folk can spend a minimum of eleven years in compulsory education and be as functionally illiterate at the finish as they were at the start. “Oh, it’s not important.” Yes. Yes, it bloody well is!" Perhaps it’s more a reflection of the education they receive than of the person. | |||
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"So long as I can understand their intent, I don't care how perfect their spelling is. English may be their 2nd or 3rd language, and they are making an effort to communicate in my 1st and only language." Fair Comment, I'm with you on this | |||
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"So long as I can understand their intent, I don't care how perfect their spelling is. English may be their 2nd or 3rd language, and they are making an effort to communicate in my 1st and only language. Fair Comment, I'm with you on this" If that's the case that's fine but I have found that those whose first language is not English tend to spell better than some of the indigenous population. I even know teachers who can't spell. A lot of it is laziness too. I explained to a friend that could've is could have and not could of and he still writes could of.  | |||
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"So long as I can understand their intent, I don't care how perfect their spelling is. English may be their 2nd or 3rd language, and they are making an effort to communicate in my 1st and only language. Lol love, whatever. I guess some of us just have higher standards than you. " 👍👍👍 | |||
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"So long as I can understand their intent, I don't care how perfect their spelling is. English may be their 2nd or 3rd language, and they are making an effort to communicate in my 1st and only language. Fair Comment, I'm with you on this If that's the case that's fine but I have found that those whose first language is not English tend to spell better than some of the indigenous population. I even know teachers who can't spell. A lot of it is laziness too. I explained to a friend that could've is could have and not could of and he still writes could of. "“I even know teachers who can't spell”. That’s exactly the problem.if teachers can’t spell and use English properly, that what chance do their students have of learning proper spelling grammar from them? | |||
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"Don’t people use spellcheck or predictive text?" I always yous spielchocker too make shore I've got it write. | |||
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"I'm not on this site to find people with qualifications in English This isn’t about qualifications, just a basic standard of written English. " Lol, not so fussed about grammar and punctuation then? | |||
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"Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe." I 'stumbled' at "lsat ltteer" and "mses." That's an unacceptable failure rate 😂😳 | |||
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"Don’t people use spellcheck or predictive text?" It's predictive text that causes most of my spelling errors! | |||
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"Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe." We used to do this at school. Prose is much easier on the brain; and after a while you have to do it for poetry as the rubric is more complex and word pattern variable. A ptyohn I suhlod not asvide It ndees the dcootr for its eeys And has the maleses yrlarey… Etc | |||
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"Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. We used to do this at school. Prose is much easier on the brain; and after a while you have to do it for poetry as the rubric is more complex and word pattern variable. A ptyohn I suhlod not asvide It ndees the dcootr for its eeys And has the maleses yrlarey… Etc" Duble dithc ti mi 😳 | |||
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"Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. We used to do this at school. Prose is much easier on the brain; and after a while you have to do it for poetry as the rubric is more complex and word pattern variable. A ptyohn I suhlod not asvide It ndees the dcootr for its eeys And has the maleses yrlarey… Etc Duble dithc ti mi 😳" You need to read more Belloc, my friend.  | |||
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"Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. We used to do this at school. Prose is much easier on the brain; and after a while you have to do it for poetry as the rubric is more complex and word pattern variable. A ptyohn I suhlod not asvide It ndees the dcootr for its eeys And has the maleses yrlarey… Etc Duble dithc ti mi 😳 You need to read more Belloc, my friend. "I dnot hvae a porbelm Raednig it. | |||
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"Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. We used to do this at school. Prose is much easier on the brain; and after a while you have to do it for poetry as the rubric is more complex and word pattern variable. A ptyohn I suhlod not asvide It ndees the dcootr for its eeys And has the maleses yrlarey… Etc Duble dithc ti mi 😳 You need to read more Belloc, my friend.
I dnot hvae a porbelm Raednig it."Y’uove pelyad tihs gmae bfroee. | |||
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"Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe." Exactly. The purpose of language is communication, not perfection. | |||
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"If you haven't got the wherewithal to work it out then you're the one with the problem ,personally I couldn't care less about the spelling or punctuation. As already stated I'm not here for lessons in spelling xx ... ... Golf lessons mate? 🤪I play off Eight xx
Eight! Keep trying. Probably worth working on your short game.lol I'm happy with that at my age drive for slow putt for doe my short game is okay rarely three putt xx "Jesus! For show and it's not a female deer it's DOUGH! D'Oh! | |||
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"The quality of the message/post is more important than grammar and spelling. Someone may have an exquisite grasp of the English language and practice perfect grammar but have absolutely nothing of interest to say. " Are you talking about any Politician in particular | |||
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"If you haven't got the wherewithal to work it out then you're the one with the problem ,personally I couldn't care less about the spelling or punctuation. As already stated I'm not here for lessons in spelling xx ... ... Golf lessons mate? 🤪I play off Eight xx
Eight! Keep trying. Probably worth working on your short game.lol I'm happy with that at my age drive for slow putt for doe my short game is okay rarely three putt xx
Jesus! For show and it's not a female deer it's DOUGH! D'Oh!"yeah but you understood it didn't you ay and that's the point ever been set up before lol ? | |||
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"So long as I can understand their intent, I don't care how perfect their spelling is. English may be their 2nd or 3rd language, and they are making an effort to communicate in my 1st and only language. Lol love, whatever. I guess some of us just have higher standards than you. " Well that's a bit rude! Rather bad spelling than rude people | |||
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"Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. We used to do this at school. Prose is much easier on the brain; and after a while you have to do it for poetry as the rubric is more complex and word pattern variable. A ptyohn I suhlod not asvide It ndees the dcootr for its eeys And has the maleses yrlarey… Etc Duble dithc ti mi 😳 You need to read more Belloc, my friend. "Hilaireus 😁 | |||
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"Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. We used to do this at school. Prose is much easier on the brain; and after a while you have to do it for poetry as the rubric is more complex and word pattern variable. A ptyohn I suhlod not asvide It ndees the dcootr for its eeys And has the maleses yrlarey… Etc Duble dithc ti mi 😳 You need to read more Belloc, my friend.
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"Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. We used to do this at school. Prose is much easier on the brain; and after a while you have to do it for poetry as the rubric is more complex and word pattern variable. A ptyohn I suhlod not asvide It ndees the dcootr for its eeys And has the maleses yrlarey… Etc Duble dithc ti mi 😳 You need to read more Belloc, my friend.
Hilaireus 😁
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"As a fully qualified, and experienced teacher, in all the core subjects. I do agree that there has been a general slip in standards of literacy. However, our language is constantly evolving. So it's inevitable, that there are apparent differences, in how we communicate. I'm quite comfortable trying to decode messages, from different peoples, of different backgrounds. Unfortunately this can sometimes mean, that guessing what word has been written, could lead to mistakes in understanding. So I do think it's important that we try to have a recognisable written language. In other words. If I write that I feel someone is behaving,or acting like a cunt. I don't want them to get the wrong message, and think that I said they are a cant, when really they're a cunt. I know some might think this is all rather fishy. But there are a lot of cants, on this site, who are also be wankas!" Lol, off the rails: the first 'sentence' isn't a sentence and the rest is punctuated with dodgy punctuation, not to mention grammar! 🤣 | |||
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"Don't worry, matron is due round soon with the medicine trolley "Well, talking about slipping standards, … | |||
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"Don't worry, matron is due round soon with the medicine trolley
Well, talking about slipping standards, … "Your wit is beyond everybody's comprehension. Are you Little Willy from Fartkirk? | |||
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"Don't worry, matron is due round soon with the medicine trolley
Well, talking about slipping standards, …
Your wit is beyond everybody's comprehension. Are you Little Willy from Fartkirk?"Oh, groan (or should that be crone?), is that the best you can come up with? An obvious misnomer and a ‘misspelled' town name (ironic, with original post in mind)? | |||
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"As a fully qualified, and experienced teacher, in all the core subjects. I do agree that there has been a general slip in standards of literacy. However, our language is constantly evolving. So it's inevitable, that there are apparent differences, in how we communicate. I'm quite comfortable trying to decode messages, from different peoples, of different backgrounds. Unfortunately this can sometimes mean, that guessing what word has been written, could lead to mistakes in understanding. So I do think it's important that we try to have a recognisable written language. In other words. If I write that I feel someone is behaving,or acting like a cunt. I don't want them to get the wrong message, and think that I said they are a cant, when really they're a cunt. I know some might think this is all rather fishy. But there are a lot of cants, on this site, who are also be wankas!" Marks 2/10 | |||
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