Use of Proper Spelling and Grammar

To all.

As a retired freelance trainer in the field of disability discrimination, and also a person who suffers from server Dyslexia I find your intolerance a little alarming. I joined this forum to try and learn from people I thought would be understanding and have time to help a fellow to overcome his or her fears and problems.

 

Thanks Black Dragon for your reply.
All point taken.
It can be very difficult and frustrating for someone with a disability to have to, on occasion, re-write several times an item that to some others comes naturally. Reading can also be difficult at times.

 

I can attest to the fact that even us really bad with grammer or punctuation are allowed to stick around.

I have Dyslexia as well. And yeah... I does make the simple things so much harder, but the folks here are rather nice about it.
Don't you just hate when you post something only to re read it a day or two later and see that you have managed to transpose all sorts of letters?

 

Well, The Blue Lotus. If you can make No 7 Grand-master, I think I may still have a chance. Thanks for the encouragement. I usually write my post in a word document until I get it the way I think it should be, and then print it out and copy it into the forum just to try an avoid mistakes.

 

Yeah I do that most of the time too. Sometimes however, I forget because I'm doing five things at once. (I don't recommend doing that FYI.) Thank goodness for the edit button!
Glad to have you with us dear.
~BL~

 

May I make a suggestion? how about adding a Spell Checker for the forum posting mechanism? I know that they exist. If we are required to be "Spelling Correct" that might help. Otherwise we would need to have MW Word open write there and cut and paste to use the Spell Checking gizmo there.

As for the Grammar Nazis, I can understand if I asked for help with my grammar, but otherwise that is asking a bit much.

 

I've seen spell checkers around on other sites, but none that cater for multiple languages. If one exists, however, and is available for this particular forum setup...

 

I tend to find if I am tired my typing goes to pot. I also have carpel tunnel and my hands frequently decide they aren't going to cooperate with my brain.

If I am typing on the small screen net book and I make mistakes I apologise.

Oh and is there a way of changing the spell checker to UK english not US English? I get all this wiggly lines when I use s not z

 

I think the wiggly lines you're seeing are there through the internet browser you're using, ALB - as far as I know, this forum doesn't have anything currently installed.

Though I could be wrong - Black Dragon?

 

Fair enough

 

I just want to let everyone know that I use my phone to post on this site and it it's extremely difficult to go back and change my text because I can't really move the cursor around and auto correct never seems top understand me. So sorry about any errors in myposts as I can't really go back and change them that readily. Thanks.

 

Okay guys I use Mozilla Firefox and there is a spell checker built in but you must "add the English Dictionary" before it will work.

First click on the Firefox button in the upper left hand corner, then Options, then Advanced, then make sure "Check my spelling as I type" box has a check in it. This is the on/off button for the spell checker.

Next go to:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/language-tools/

Then click on "English Dictionary"

After that it will prompt you to restart Firefox, do this.

Wham! You have Spell check.

 

Well the thinking is that as writers we should be able to spell, right?

As for grammar, what Yoda would think?

 

Nothing wrong with spellcheck, if you need it. Some people just aren't good at spelling no matter how much they read.

 

I think it was in "letter form", so the comma is acceptable

I am guilty of speaking "Internet" with my abbreviations though -_-

...and using smileys instead of punctuation, clearly.

 

After reading the various posts on this I do feel a question I always have about proper spelling when on international forums. And one poster did actually bring it up a little. Should I be using American English or British English for my spellings? As most of the fantasy I read seems to come from America I can easily parse American English into British English no problem and it doesn't bother me, but actually typing it out and using it myself seems so very very wrong. I have actually had one person in a different (and different type of forum) ask me what was I spelling color with a u for, so I want to check just what you expect when you say proper spelling?