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Sallymagi New user 39 Posts 
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Is spelling that important? I have dislexia.
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crochow Regular user Youngstown, Ohio 129 Posts
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Great little program! Love it! Thanks!
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ernie guderjahn New user Cow flop fairground 71 Posts
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Spelling, a skill no longer taught, we can see errors o TV, newsprint even political campaign signs. Are built in spell checkers to blame? I didn't even know that my iPad had a built in spell checker till I started to use it for these posts!
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jem368 New user 16 Posts
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With the vast amount of people on the Internet who never managed to pass their 3rd-grade typing classes, I'd rather have the built-in spellcheckers (even if they do degrade actual spelling ability).
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RonCalhoun Special user Independence, KY USA 599 Posts
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My computer is set up to read text back to me. Often, I will proof-read, and read over mistakes. The computer reads what I wrote.
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Denis Bastible Loyal user Buffalo, New York 293 Posts
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Does anyone even use a dictionary these days?
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kal Regular user 111 Posts
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Safari/Apple jut checks it automatically if you ask it.
shift + command + : Just in case anyone doesn't know the shortcut. I try to use it as little as possible though otherwise it becomes a crutch and you get lazy. 
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Shanlip Regular user Australia 141 Posts
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I use a dictionary pocket size comes in handy at times, spelling was not my best subject.
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greymagick New user Spain 53 Posts
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This has been said before: many Café users are not native English speakers (myself included). But what I find funny is that most of the spelling errors are usually made by native speakers! This is not surprising, though; it happens in every language. Everyone puts a bit more effort when writing in a language different from his/her own for the same reason one treads more carefully when in unfamiliar territory. Now, about grammar mistakes, that's a horse of a different colour...
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cablerock Veteran user 362 Posts
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I don't really mind grammar mistakes unless they are clearly a result of somebody being lazy. Same with spelling. If you do a pretty good job then it's alright, but if you type lik this cuz you think itz kewl then I won't continue to read your posts.
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emeline Regular user 135 Posts
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I am a French speaker as well as a beginner with magic tricks so it is complicated to write well-built English sentences, especially about close-up ! There are grammatical mistakes even though I use the linguistic tool made by Google !
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Italia16 New user 49 Posts
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Great topic. Too many people type like they are texting and it gives me a headache trying to "decode" it.
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Ihop Inner circle Glen Spey, NY 1604 Posts
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I see you posted this 6 years ago but thanks.
It works great. Just what I needed. It's better than copying & pasting into an Email program or MS Word. Ihor Quote: On 2006-09-02 16:34, mrunge wrote:
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Ihop Inner circle Glen Spey, NY 1604 Posts
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On 2010-10-07 20:15, Sallymagi wrote: To me spelling and grammar are important. It's an indication of education, literacy, laziness, or a mix of these. A person who cannot write (or speak) proper English (or his native language) is prone not to be taken seriously. If you really have dyslexia, I apologize and you are exempt. LOL Ihor
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MikeBeaudet Loyal user Becancour 228 Posts
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Ihop,
I agree with you that grammar and spelling are important. But for people like me, English is not my native language so I try to do my best but I will surely make many errors...Can you excuse me in advance? Mike
Do your best and forget the rest
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Ihop Inner circle Glen Spey, NY 1604 Posts
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On 2012-06-01 12:41, TheSphinx wrote: It's perfectly understandable. I was referring to being literate in ones' native language. Ihor
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Wayne Hardy New user 9 Posts
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Thanks for the advice I have to admit even though I have written a few short stories I am a terrible speller and do need to check myself constantly.
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barts185 Inner circle Can you believe I've been wrong on 1355 Posts
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I think that people looking at this thread will appreciate this:
"The The Impotence of Proofreading," by TAYLOR MALI http://youtu.be/OonDPGwAyfQ |
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barts185 Inner circle Can you believe I've been wrong on 1355 Posts
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If you like that video, other ones (not specifically about proofreading) by Taylor Mali you might enjoy:
Like_youknow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCNIBV87wV4 What Teachers Make http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxsOVK4syxU |
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Philip Busk Loyal user 229 Posts
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I need to do a better job of making sure my spelling is correct. I do a lot of writing in my job and spelling is very important, especially on the web. Given that, some of my posts from the last week have been horrendous. It’s the typing, bad typing, that gets me. I pledge to slow down and do a better job.
Philip Busk
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