Quoted from brian newman

Why do some people spend there (their) time picking up on the small spelling mistakes etc instead of responding to the comments as they are read.
I guess they have nothing better to do with the time they have.  

As the weather gets colder there are probably less Motorbikes passing his house, so i guess he has to think of something else to moan about.

Quoted from brian newman

Why do some people spend there (their) time picking up on the small spelling mistakes etc instead of responding to the comments as they are read.
I guess they have nothing better to do with the time they have.  

Why don't people use shift and punctuation keys?  

Quoted from brian newman

Why do some people spend there (their) time picking up on the small spelling mistakes etc instead of responding to the comments as they are read.
I guess they have nothing better to do with the time they have.  

Because things like spelling and punctuation are very important. They alwyas used to be, and they still are today, although there are some people that seem to think that, as long as one can get their point across, then it doesn't matter. But, taking the OP for example, imagine if their CV looks like that. Basically the whole thing being one long sentence, only without a full stop even at the very end. It makes it largely unreadable, and would go straight in the bin.

Everyone makes spelling mistakes and typos, but one should at least attempt to make some kind of effort with things that make a sentence work. The OP was, after all, posting a statement for others to comment on, so why make it hard for people to understand you in the first place?

Quoted from massifheed

Because things like spelling and punctuation are very important. They alwyas used to be, and they still are today, although there are some people that seem to think that, as long as one can get their point across, then it doesn't matter. But, taking the OP for example, imagine if their CV looks like that. Basically the whole thing being one long sentence, only without a full stop even at the very end. It makes it largely unreadable, and would go straight in the bin.

Everyone makes spelling mistakes and typos, but one should at least attempt to make some kind of effort with things that make a sentence work. The OP was, after all, posting a statement for others to comment on, so why make it hard for people to understand you in the first place?

Of course grammar is important if you wish to be understood, but people shouldn't be made to feel intimidated posting what they think on an unofficial forum.  Some people, like me, do not have a very good command of English, so I feel it is important that people who do, should encourage, not belittle like Brewmaster often does.  It is not picking up on people's English that is wrong, but more the way people do it (in my view).

Quoted from blackdog

Why don't people use shift and punctuation keys?  

Because many people now access the internet on their mobile and it can be awkward to hit punctuation, access capital letters etc., from the tiny buttons - especialy when you have a large thumb.

Quoted from massifheed

Because things like spelling and punctuation are very important. They alwyas used to be, and they still are today, although there are some people that seem to think that, as long as one can get their point across, then it doesn't matter. But, taking the OP for example, imagine if their CV looks like that. Basically the whole thing being one long sentence, only without a full stop even at the very end. It makes it largely unreadable, and would go straight in the bin.

Everyone makes spelling mistakes and typos, but one should at least attempt to make some kind of effort with things that make a sentence work. The OP was, after all, posting a statement for others to comment on, so why make it hard for people to understand you in the first place?

alwyas ???? Practice what you preach !

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Quoted from PaulaM

alwyas ???? Practice what you preach !

Quoted from massifheed

Because things like spelling and punctuation are very important. They alwyas used to be, and they still are today, although there are some people that seem to think that, as long as one can get their point across, then it doesn't matter. But, taking the OP for example, imagine if their CV looks like that. Basically the whole thing being one long sentence, only without a full stop even at the very end. It makes it largely unreadable, and would go straight in the bin.

Everyone makes spelling mistakes and typos, but one should at least attempt to make some kind of effort with things that make a sentence work. The OP was, after all, posting a statement for others to comment on, so why make it hard for people to understand you in the first place?

Thank you, massifheed - you are now on my Christmas card list.

(Or would be if I ever sent any!)

Quoted from HJD

As the weather gets colder there are probably less Motorbikes passing his house, so i guess he has to think of something else to moan about.

You mean 'fewer', not 'less'.

And 'motorbikes' should not be capitalised.

(Now let's see, it is too cold to go outside - anyone else I can educate?)

Quoted from Brewmaster

You mean 'fewer', not 'less'.  And 'motorbikes' should not be capitalised.  (Now let's see, it is too cold to go outside - anyone else I can educate?)

Shouldn't you have used a semicolon instead of a hyphen?

Quoted from Brewmaster

You mean 'fewer', not 'less'.

And 'motorbikes' should not be capitalised.

(Now let's see, it is too cold to go outside - anyone else I can educate?)

It's bad form to start a sentence with 'and'.

Quoted from blackdog

It's bad form to start a sentence with 'and'.

Quoted from Greenham Common

Shouldn't you have used a semicolon instead of a hyphen?

Can - open. Worms - everywhere.