[sdiy] OT: grammar, spelling and communication

[R. D. Davis]

Quothe Rude 66, from writings of Sat, May 28, 2005 at 12:38:59AM +0200:
> ha ha! you've hit on one of my pet subjects.. just like ic's, decent
> spelling skills seem to have gone out of the window.. you won't believe how
> many press releases i see with the stupidest spelling mistakes in it.. from
                                                                    ^^
Cents someone done gone n started a thread about pickin' nits, here
are a few helpful hints:  4 example, that "it" should be "them."
Also, "most foolish" would sound better than "stupidest" which aint
done sound quite right to me ears.

Hay, u also appear to have forgotten 2 capitalize the right wordz d00d!

> major companies and labels, in their native languages. not typing errors,
> but pure spelling/ grammar.. i don't mind if some guy runs a small label and
> does everything himself and is not the world's best speller, but if big
> labels can't even bother, i find it hard to take them seriously..
> the only thing i sin against in mail is the capitals, but that's because i'm
> too lazy to hit the shift key every time..;-)

Oops, I see that you're aware of the capitalization, but what going on
with all of those double periods? :-)

Let's get back to discussing SDIY... I think we all understand what
everyone is saying in their messages, even when there exist a few
mistakes.  Still, I do agree that the English language is the
recipient of far too much abuse, and is often slaughtered by people
who should know better; politicians, journalists and newscasters, for
example.

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