yer killin me

[ChrisL 2]

According to a recent dz.com poll,
24% of us have Post university degrees
37% have a University degree
12% have a college diploma
17% aquired SOME education beyond HS
6% graduated high school (I am in this group)

This means that fully 96% of us at least graduated high school.

So why is it that about 90% of us have terrible grammar and can barely spell?

Not a very good commentary on our educational systems.

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[Gawain 0]

LMAO!

'Cause "school smarts" doesn't equal "spelling smarts" or "attention to detail"...you should know that.

I know some folks that are so smart, their handwriting wasn't allowed in the workplace anymore. It was that bad. These same people were so intelligent, the "common sense" had been wiped out...

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

[lawrocket 3]

Hey, dawg. My grammar is great. My typing is not. So you'll se plenty of type-O's in my stuff.

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[Gawain 0]

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Hey, dawg. My grammar is great. My typing is not. So you'll se plenty of type-O's in my stuff.

Dude, you got more than grammar to worry about...for thou's ability to write ye olde english lacketh as well... ...

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

[Nightingale 0]

Because it's the internet, and a lot of people just don't care.

[ChrisL 2]

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Hey, dawg. My grammar is great. My typing is not. So you'll se plenty of type-O's in my stuff.

I make a definite distinction between spelling errors and typos.

For instance, when someone refers to the brakes on their canopy as "breaks" or their landing as a "flair"

These are not typos, just bad spelling

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[quade 4]

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According to a recent dz.com poll,
24% of us have Post university degrees
37% have a University degree
12% have a college diploma
17% aquired SOME education beyond HS
6% graduated high school (I am in this group)

Shouldn't that be a colon after the word "poll"?

quade -
The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[ChrisL 2]

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Shouldn't that be a colon after the word "poll"?

Should it? You make my point for me. Note that I used
the word "us" and listed myself in the least educated group from the poll.

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[ChrisL 2]

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Because it's the internet, and a lot of people just don't care.

This isnt about caring. To use the same example as before, if someone knows the difference between breaks and brakes, they will use the right one 99% of the time even if they dont particularly care.
The errors I'm refering to are made because the user doesnt know the difference.

My post is a commentary on our educational system, not an attempt to make people look or feel stupid

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[quade 4]

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This isnt about caring. To use the same example as before, if someone knows the difference between breaks and brakes, they will use the right one 99% of the time even if they dont particularly care.
The errors I'm refering to are made because the user doesnt know the difference.

Not always.

I know the difference between two, to and too.
I know the difference between there, their and they're.

However, sometimes in the heat of battle, I type the wrong one, not because I don't know the difference, but because they sound the same and I think that's the way my brain sometimes processes the information.

You should see my printing. I make at least three different versions of the letter "e" and they appear to pop up randomly. It's not because I don't know how to print the letter, it's just some weird fluke in my head.

quade -
The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[ChrisL 2]

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You should see my printing.

Nah, handwriting is a completely seperate issue.
That stuff comes from some dank, cobwebby place in the back of the mind that has little to do with intellect or education.
I start the numbers 0 and 6 at the bottom for gods sake! I wasn't taught that, its just the way I do it.
While printing, I routinely connect certain combinations of letters. Go figure.
As to the rest, I was making a generalization, not claiming that everyone that misspells something does so because they dont know any better.
Certainly there are those that know the difference and dont care, and those that know the difference and just mix them up occasionally.
Not that I can prove it, but I'd be willing to bet that the majority do so simply because, while they may be aware of the different spellings, they dont know which one is correct in a given situation so they pick the first one that comes to mind.

This is an educational problem in my opinion.

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It's not because I don't know how to print the letter, it's just some weird fluke in my head.

Then perhaps you would care to explain why you are not called "Flukehead"

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[Gawain 0]

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it's just some weird fluke in my head.

That explains everything.

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

[quade 4]

Is y'all tellin' me you couldn't figure that out on your own?

Oh, and did I mention I have a slight astigmatism? Yes, I really do have a slightly skewed view of the world. Well, at least when I'm not wearing my glasses.

quade -
The World's Most Boring Skydiver