Posted by Bartleby72 at 138.chicago-14rh16rt.il.dial-access.att.net on February 04, 2002 at 22:17:39:
In Reply to: OT: Notice to Spell/Grammer Checkers... posted by BlackStar on February 04, 2002 at 21:53:46:
: This is not an english class, this is a message board. No one cares if you spelled a word wrong, or used 'good' instead of 'well' or missed a comma. If it was an issue, Ming would have added a spell checker to the board long ago. You waste people's time and board space correcting errors. As long as the message is clear, it doesn't matter how it was put across. If you need to feel smart, call up your mom and sing the ABC's. She will be proud of you no matter how worthless you look.
If you actually paid attention in school, you wouldn't have posted this. I've been posting on this board for several months now (and reading it for several months before that even), and I have never seen someone get flamed for using a comma wrong or using 'good' instead of 'well.' It's usually people who spell wrong or say 'your' instead of 'you're.'
I don't believe that you have to have an A+ post when you come on here, but when you try to give us an intelligent post, at least seem intelligent by knowing how to write. People that typically have grammar problems here, usually have them in real life (i.e. jobs - and that does not make you look good).