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PurpleLass · 16-04-2005, 08:33

I want so much to agree with you Acrylic-bob because I value good spelling and punctuation. I teach my kids to spell correctly and I'll be horrified if they use sloppy spelling and grammar as they grow older. But, in the context of a forum like this I don't think we should discourage anyone from posting simply because they can't spell or put their commas in the right place. We wouldn't tell someone to shut up in a conversation because they'd used 'was' and 'were' in the wrong context, would we?

Perhaps we should do something constructive and encourage all the bad spellers and users of incorrect grammar to learn how to do it correctly. What about setting up a mentoring system where someone who admits they have a problem teams up with someone who professes to be an expert and then via PM they work together to put it right?

16-04-2005, 08:33	#85
PurpleLass Full Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 269 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 41	Re: Wot not How. I want so much to agree with you Acrylic-bob because I value good spelling and punctuation. I teach my kids to spell correctly and I'll be horrified if they use sloppy spelling and grammar as they grow older. But, in the context of a forum like this I don't think we should discourage anyone from posting simply because they can't spell or put their commas in the right place. We wouldn't tell someone to shut up in a conversation because they'd used 'was' and 'were' in the wrong context, would we? Perhaps we should do something constructive and encourage all the bad spellers and users of incorrect grammar to learn how to do it correctly. What about setting up a mentoring system where someone who admits they have a problem teams up with someone who professes to be an expert and then via PM they work together to put it right?