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Old 11-19-2014, 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Bonanza View Post
I have misspelled Sumter with a "p" a number of times, I'm sure,
because I type quickly and Sumpter was a street in a city where I once lived.
I do it automatically without even thinking about it.

Worse than misspelled words is some of the grammar
that actually makes me cringe in embarrassment for the poster making a comment.
It makes me wonder if any of these people ever went to school.
Yup. I seen it many times!

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Originally Posted by Beechie View Post
I believe the cringe you speak of was just illustrated in your response. When you said "Yup. I seen it many times!" grammatically should have read "Yup. I have seen it many times!" or perhaps the contraction of "Yup. I've seen it may times!"

Just kidding Bonanza but I do believe that all posters should be heard without
critique of spelling or grammar errors. We can dissent in the content but should be sensitive to its delivery. I care little in regards to the level of eduction by all posters.
I guess you failed to catch the humor in the final sentence of my post as copied above.

I, too, care little in regard (no "s" -- regards are greetings)) to a person's education because it's meaningless,
as I have found, in relationship to their spelling and grammar.

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