Not Happy witn new Tiffin

irishtom29 wrote:

Harold Fairbanks II wrote:

irishgrammarn*zi29 wrote:

Wolfe was killed at Quebec. In any event I can't take seriously anything written by a person unable to attempt proper spelling and punctuation. I assume that a person who's
unable to even attempt such basic tasks is also unable to reason well.

It speaks volumes when someone (i.e., a "doosh" such as irishgrammarn*zi29) seemingly believes himself to be intellectually superior to others yet clearly and unequivocally exhibits a lack of a basic understanding of elementary level punctuation, layout, and grammar.

There are two (2) spaces to be inserted after a period that ends a sentence; irishgrammarn*zi29 only inserted one (1).

Also, irishgrammarn*zi29 incompetently failed to insert a comma in the following sentence (which I have corrected): "In any event, I can't take seriously anything written by a person {who is} unable to attempt proper spelling and punctuation." The brackets and the content contained therein were added by me to clarify what irishgrammarn*zi29 was attempting to properly state but ultimately failed.

It should be pointed out that those competent in punctuation will correctly note that the type of curly brackets (braces) I used above are technically improper, yet the use of standard box brackets was not allowed on this forum due to limitations imposed by its respective formatting rules.

So grade me a B-. I make the attempt. I'm tired of being expected to take seriously those too lazy to try to write correctly or too ignorant to know they should try. I'm not criticizing some point of grammar or punctuation but the ignoring of them.

It's stupid to criticize the spelling and grammar of others in an effort to insult them, when your own grammar and spelling is not perfect. I can tell you over my years I have written thousands upon thousands of reports, I have taught college classes and graded papers, and I know how to write. But when I'm on the Internet I type what I have to say and hit "post message" and move on. I often read my posts a day or two later and see my spelling and grammar errors! It's not that I don't know the correct version of "your" to use, it's just that I don't proofread everything I post on the internet. Doesn't make me stupid, or lazy.