Spelling lesson. RANT

However-it has been shown that some people just aren't spellers. Some are born with the ability to spell better than others. But I really don't think thats the cause of the problem under discussion in this thread.

Me, I can't spell worth a darn. Got good grades in school, but woe to me for spelling!

My internet provider disconnects me after 5 minutes of inactivity. On a forum like this, I read the message, compose an answer, and need to push send - all in 5 minutes. Often times spell checking & so forth suffer.

But as you say, for someone trying to sell something, a little more effort might be a good thing. :)

My pet peeve is a 'bailer' to make hay with.... Now with my poor spell, I sure shouldn't pick on anyone else - but that one always just bugs me. :)

--->Paul

I didn't see the ad. People spinning on their heads and stuff?

I think what causes it is the fact that every word processor on the computers nowadays has a spell checker, and almost every school in America has piles of computers, all with word processors with spell checkers (and yet they say they have no money...). This means, than from Kindergarten on up, the kids don"t have to write much by hand, and if they make a mistake, THE COMPUTER FIXES IT FOR THEM.

Thus, learning to spell becomes irrevalent, almost a lost art. As you can probably tell from my post, I"m always pretty careful about spelling and punctuation, and, I"ll admit, it"s always come pretty easily to me. My hand-printing is mediocre, though, (but still readable!) and my cursive is pathetic. Why? Because I don"t do lots of printing or writing, so I simply don"t get much practice at it. I guess that"s progress, though. Hmph.

Nathan in MN

I'm sure spell check would miss out on these examples--"Pare a pair of pears for me please."
"Two men thought it too far to walk to town."

I see many newspaper articles that quite obviously have been checked with spell check rather than with a competent editor. I work in a library and really think the key to education is sparking in interest in reading at an early age, i.e. giving children the desire to read which means that they passively learn vocabulary, spelling, grammar, etc.

Show me a child with good grades and you can almost bet that his or her parents gave them plenty of opportunity to read books when small.

You dhould have used the spell checkeer.

I understand the manner in which you meant it, but I just thought I"d let you know that that part is not my fault.

Nathan in MN

Chuck

Check out iespell.com for a downloadable spell checker for you web browser.

Chuck

• IE Spell

Chuck

Gerald J.

NOT using capital letters on brand names can completely change the meaning of a sentence. I know a lot of folks have missing digits, arthritis, etc, but please try to use the shift key for brand names to have your post make sense.

And yes, we do appreciate all of the posts whether there are errors or not.

I'm not at all worried about it!

I have seen post's on here, and other places as well, that are spelled perfectly, punctuated correctly, and well phrased....And they get the FACTS so wrong it scares me!

I look for accurate information FIRST. Spelling is just a minor consideration. This isn't spelling class....John

Chuck

While we're at it, how about the ones who just cannot understand the concept of having the light 'behind' the camera?

My Pet Peeve,

Allan

It took a while, but I figured most of it out, without the manual.

That cover over the lense though, bad idea. The only way I can get any pictures to turn out through it is if I have a whole lot of bright lights behind whatever I'm takin' a picture of, and then they're still blurry. If they'd only made that cap clear instead of black, it'd be easier and make for better pictures.

Naw, no skillet for you Rusty, I sometimes have the same problem as you do, trying to figure out what they are selling.