Topic: Once again (Read 6921 times)

jmlphotography · « **on:** May 15, 2015, 10:12:07 am »

Really?

"Kevin has lead photographic workshops ..."

mbaginy · « **Reply #1 on:** May 15, 2015, 10:15:19 am »

Why your doubt?

amolitor · « **Reply #2 on:** May 15, 2015, 10:30:45 am »

The past participle of the verb 'to lead' is not 'lead' but 'led'.

Slobodan Blagojevic · « **Reply #3 on:** May 15, 2015, 02:01:36 pm »

AlterEgo · « **Reply #4 on:** May 15, 2015, 02:14:37 pm »

it is called : grammar nazi(sm)

Rainer SLP · « **Reply #5 on:** May 15, 2015, 02:27:00 pm »

A lot of people think that writing on a forum or whatever social media communication in the internet is like talking and when they talk you can not see their ortography ...

... but writing uncovers their knowledge ...

How can I take serious a comment when there are orthographic errors ...

If there is one orthographic error in this message written by me SORRY, English language is not my mother tongue ...

... but there are many good pages in the internet, that if I have a doubt about a word, I just consult them and find out how it is written ...

OK, just my 2 cents to this sarcasm about writing and talking ...

" Never trust in the first sight of a person, as Light travels faster then Sound "

saludos amigos

amolitor · « **Reply #6 on:** May 15, 2015, 02:35:01 pm »

There's random posts on the internet, where one is writing causally, and not everyone even speaks the language as a native.

Then there's, let's say, a scholarly text, where one expects a mastery of language, and one expects language usage that is not jarring.

Slobodan Blagojevic · « **Reply #7 on:** May 15, 2015, 02:56:01 pm »

Quote from: Rainer SLP on May 15, 2015, 02:27:00 pm

... How can I take serious a comment when there are orthographic errors ...

Easily, look for the content, past superficial imperfections.

mbaginy · « **Reply #8 on:** May 15, 2015, 03:35:04 pm »

Well, I misread, but understood correctly. Guess I'm used to misspelling and am maybe a bit more tolerant than others. Oh brother!

Rainer SLP · « **Reply #9 on:** May 16, 2015, 02:34:04 pm »

Quote from: Slobodan Blagojevic on May 15, 2015, 02:56:01 pm

Easily, look for the content, past superficial imperfections.

Hi Slobodan,

I like that German Chaos

PeterAit · « **Reply #10 on:** May 16, 2015, 03:53:23 pm »

Quote from: Rainer SLP on May 15, 2015, 02:27:00 pm

... but writing uncovers their knowledge ...

How can I take serious a comment when there are orthographic errors ...

What I do is try to get to the intended meaning of the message. Someone who is not fluent in English (whether they are a native speaker or not) may still have valuable things to say about the topic at hand. I used to be a bit of a grammar nanny, but then realized it was petty for me to do that (with the one exception of conversations about language and writing). It quite frankly seems to me a way for the not-very-bright to express their "superiority" by pointing out other people's minor errors.

David Sutton · « **Reply #11 on:** May 16, 2015, 04:13:45 pm »

How we want those we respect to be perfect.
I hear some folks have never recovered from knowing that Mother Teresa farted in a lift. (Elevator for our American cousins)

MarkL · « **Reply #12 on:** May 16, 2015, 05:06:23 pm »

This needed a new thread, really?

Kevin Raber · « **Reply #13 on:** May 16, 2015, 06:56:57 pm »

You know, a personal email pointing an error out is all it would have taken.

Kevin

BJL · « **Reply #14 on:** May 16, 2015, 07:43:22 pm »

The Finnish have a blunter word, pilkunnussija, and for Danes Flueknepper. The literal translations are NSWF, so I leave it to your own research.

As others have suggested, tolerance for errors should depend on context, and internet forums are a free-fire zone for every other kind of error, so ...

Rainer SLP · « **Reply #15 on:** May 17, 2015, 01:21:14 pm »

quote PeterAit

Quote

It quite frankly seems to me a way for the not-very-bright to express their "superiority" by pointing out other people's minor errors.

That is the other side of seeing this ...

Rainer SLP · « **Reply #16 on:** May 17, 2015, 01:22:44 pm »

quote Kevin Raber

Quote

You know, a personal email pointing an error out is all it would have taken.

Kevin

even so you can get into devils hell ...

Rainer SLP · « **Reply #17 on:** May 17, 2015, 01:24:16 pm »

There are many sort of people ...

The ones who want to learn ...

The ones who know everything ...

The ones who think they know everything ...

...

Dave Millier · « **Reply #18 on:** May 17, 2015, 03:47:51 pm »

In many cases, spelling errors and grammar faults don't damage the meaning at all, so in that respect, they are often not a problem and I can understand people being willing to ignore them. But if it happens frequently, it does look a little sloppy and unprofessional - or at least, rushed. And in the long term that doesn't help credibility so it is in the interest of the authors to try and have published work properly proof read. It's also a little bit dis-respectful to the reader. One of the most frequent complaints I read in reviews of Kindle books is complaints about typos and proofreading - because it does jar.

Luminous landscape is a high quality online mag but it isn't immune to typos (or simply the wrong choice of word). Sometimes, I feel it's almost a trademark! I don't think it matters that much but if the guys could tighten up the editing a little (maybe enlist volunteer proof readers?) it would be appreciated....

jjj · « **Reply #19 on:** May 17, 2015, 04:47:11 pm »

Quote from: Kevin Raber on May 16, 2015, 06:56:57 pm

You know, a personal email pointing an error out is all it would have taken.

Kevin

The sensible solution.

Also of note is that even if you are a good speller and excellent with grammar mistakes can and will be made.
Plus tech likes to trip you up too. OSX has an autocorrect which I've turned it off because it autocorrected things that didn't need it.
As for the cretinously designed autocorrect on the iPhone, a prime example of terrible user interface design.

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