If it bugs you copy , correct IN RED, paste, and repost
Don is right, I was being a "Smart Aleck" (Hard to believe, right?) that is why I inserted the " ".I often check where the poster is located. If I can not understand, I ask them for clarification to aid their comment / question.
Actually that might be misconstrued as being judgemental. Another point is that we as a forum have many members from all walks of life and as an international forum there are members for whom English is not a first language. Sometimes the posted words have gone through a digital translation. Rather than being an "English Teacher" on open forum either pass over the offending post or try PMing the poster for clarification of what they are trying to say. That will cause fewer hurt feelings. We almost lost a long time member with many helpful and informative posts to his credit because someone else found numerous errors in his post. We are here to learn and share our love of air guns. Let's try to be a little more patient and try to remember there is quite possibly an underlying reason for the poor grammar and spelling.
It is SAD that language (like MOST everything else) is taken for granted ..... We are losing (not loosing) touch with almost every aspect of grammar and spelling. I am thrilled that my kids (in their 30ies) are also VERY susceptible to these mistakes. I cringe whenever I read through (NOT threw) a person's post and find SO many mistakes! Call me an old fart - if you will, but I lose (not loose) interest in their (not there) post. Every few days there (not their or they're) are new Emojis, so young ones don't have to bother with spelling. This is TRAGIC! As we move forward in time, we are going back to caveman graphics and Hieroglyphs ...... For all of you out there who read through their posts BEFORE posting, THANK YOU!
For better, or worse... Language is ever changing.And while it’s easy to pick on someone’s spelling... Can your ear discern the difference between thot, thawt, thaut, or thought? Not likely...
Quote from: DevilsLuck on February 19, 2019, 04:49:55 PMFor better, or worse... Language is ever changing.And while it’s easy to pick on someone’s spelling... Can your ear discern the difference between thot, thawt, thaut, or thought? Not likely...No, my ear cannot! But my eyes and brain can definitely tell the difference from the spelling (which is the title of this post - not phonetics)Speaking of phonetics or phonics (before somebody jumps in), you bring up a good point: Flash cards (either for children OR for teaching English to non native speakers): A is for APPLE (not APEL), B is for BALL (not BOL), etc. ......Evolution is about moving FORWARD, not BACKWARDS ....Or we could go to this ....
Quote from: DevilsLuck on February 19, 2019, 04:49:55 PMFor better, or worse... Language is ever changing.And while it’s easy to pick on someone’s spelling... Can your ear discern the difference between thot, thawt, thaut, or thought? Not likely...Evolution is about moving FORWARD, not BACKWARDS ....Or we could go to this ....
Maybe it’s just the nature of how some folks read. For me; I can hear, in my head, the sounds that are produced by the combination of symbols my eyes see. While I can certainly discern between the “correct” spelling, and a misspelled word; it usually sounds the same to me when I’m reading it...
Wouldn’t moving forward require that each sound have its own unique symbol? Instead of having ph=f, and the like. For all it’s finer points the English language isn’t really the most sophisticated, efficient language going. At least as far as writing goes. Like that “W” in the word writing. Completely unnecessary. About as useful a “K” in a knife...
Quote from: DevilsLuck on February 19, 2019, 05:43:39 PMMaybe it’s just the nature of how some folks read. For me; I can hear, in my head, the sounds that are produced by the combination of symbols my eyes see. While I can certainly discern between the “correct” spelling, and a misspelled word; it usually sounds the same to me when I’m reading it...Please understand that I DO NOT disagree with you on this!When I lived overseas, I worked for a major English publisher, selling books to teach English as a second language. I find it SAD, (if not appalling) that foreigners (non native speakers) can spell better than kids growing up here, where English is their native (and often ONLY) language.Quote from: DevilsLuck on February 19, 2019, 05:50:06 PMWouldn’t moving forward require that each sound have its own unique symbol? Instead of having ph=f, and the like. For all it’s finer points the English language isn’t really the most sophisticated, efficient language going. At least as far as writing goes. Like that “W” in the word writing. Completely unnecessary. About as useful a “K” in a knife...And again in agreement! But did we not go to 'SCHOOL' to learn this? I mean we could have gone to 'SKUL", would have been much simpler!!!Here's one that my kids hated while growing up .....'FOOD', 'FOOT' .... one letter difference, yet TOTALLY different pronunciation .... go figure ....