Spelling/Grammer

[Onelife]

I would be the first to acknowledge my spelling/grammar is atrocious but I was wondering if other members struggle with the spelling of certain words or there grammatical correctness

Just a few that I struggle with...

Probably

accommodate

their vs there

to vs too


Regards

OL

[Mervyn and Trish]

I am perhaps lucky that my junior school teachers and English teacher at secondary pushed me hard so my spelling and grammar is pretty good, though my fingers often let me down when typing it!

I'm not over bothered if others can't spell perfectly, but I do get wound up, perhaps irrationally, by some of the things I hear. My biggest gripe is "could of", "would of" and "should of", in place of "could have" etc., both in speech and written down. I think what irritates me particularly about those is you don't need a grammar teacher to tell you they're wrong. A brief moment of thought would tell one they didn't make any sense!

[Manoverboard]

I usually know by instinct, else Grammar School drilling, if it's right or wrong although the faster I type the worse my spelling gets but then the spellchecker underlines any errors I have made in red !

Weye haffant yew gott wun Keyfee, nott that itt bothars mee inn the leest

[Mervyn and Trish]

The trouble is smell chequers can still leave ewe with errors that are spelled write butt are knot the worm yew men two have putt. Eye once had a problem inn a pubic document eye rote. Yes, that won!

[Manoverboard]

Write, I sea watt yew ment

[Silver_Shiney]

I don't personally have much trouble with spelling, but my fingers do. Nearly every time I type "Dear", it comes out "Dera". Bristol often comes out as Brisotl. Would, could, should frequently have the l and d transposed.

[Dancing Queen]

It really doesn't bother me how someone spells a word or how good/bad their grammar is as long as I know what they mean, what does irritate me is the 'odd person' who will pick someone up over it when they are less than perfect themselves, thankfully it doesn't happen on here except in jest

[suespud]

I try my best..but dont worry if I make mistakes.It's just a cruise forum..((no disrespect David) and I normally have kids bouncing around the room..or I'm using one finger.

[david63]

... and then there is predictive text

[Silver_Shiney]

I try my best..but dont worry if I make mistakes.It's just a cruise forum..((no disrespect David) and I normally have kids bouncing around the room..or I'm using one finger.

I knew it, she's been giving us the finger

[Meg 50]

Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.

Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.

As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rare lea ever wrong.

Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.

[suespud]

I try my best..but dont worry if I make mistakes.It's just a cruise forum..((no disrespect David) and I normally have kids bouncing around the room..or I'm using one finger.

I knew it, she's been giving us the finger

LOLOL
I have very good friends..who I chat to via email...they are very polite and never mention my mistakes....

I have to keep a dictionary next to me when a certain person mails me....

[Meg 50]

It really doesn't bother me how someone spells a word or how good/bad their grammar is as long as I know what they mean, what does irritate me is the 'odd person' who will pick someone up over it when they are less than perfect themselves, thankfully it doesn't happen on here except in jest

generally I ignore the mistakes - even though they make me snort!

I reckon it's rude to point out mistakes on a public forum like this - for all I know the poster might be dyslexic ...

BUT I have friends on another forum who are stalked by a pedant who likes to make fun of their typos ( and of course the stalker 'is perfect and NEVER makes a mistake' .....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

I proof read everything they post and let them know of any problems so, hopefully, they can be corrected before the stalker gets to them

[suespud]

FFS....now I'm going back and reading my posts...looking for mistakes....lololol

[Meg 50]

you're safe in here!

I trained as a proof reader and proof loads of stuff, so it is automatic!

[Onelife]

I usually know by instinct, else Grammar School drilling, if it's right or wrong although the faster I type the worse my spelling gets but then the spellchecker underlines any errors I have made in red !

Weye haffant yew gott wun Keyfee, nott that itt bothars mee inn the leest

Hi Mob,

I don't have much problem when using this computer as it has a good spellchecker, but when I'm using the tablet it's not only a fiddly but the spellchecker format is different..it gives you three options which I can hardly see therefore often pick the wrong one.

You did say you were going to correct my spelling mistakes but I suppose its the case with all of your kind gestures thy come at a price.

[towny44]

I do find that I need to check an on line dictionary (my pc does not spell chech other than on word) more frequently nowadays, I put it down to age rather than incompetence.

[Stephen]

Ime crap at spelin, but fortoowntlee spel chekr gets me owt ov ther sh*t

[david63]

I do find that I need to check an on line dictionary (my pc does not spell chech other than on word) more frequently nowadays, I put it down to age rather than incompetence.

Most browsers these days will have a spell check add-in.

[towny44]

I do find that I need to check an on line dictionary (my pc does not spell check other than on word) more frequently nowadays, I put it down to age rather than incompetence.

Most browsers these days will have a spell check add-in.

Thanks for the tip David, now all I have to remember is the grammar, which might tax me a bit more.

[Not so ancient mariner]

It's not spell checkers -or the lack thereof - that give me amusement/grief (depending whether I am the recipient or the sender), but predictive text that sneaks in totally different words to the ones intended.

[Stephen]

It's not spell checkers -or the lack thereof - that give me amusement/grief (depending whether I am the recipient or the sender), but predictive text that sneaks in totally different words to the ones intended.

Your right there. You look back on a text message you just sent and think, 'whot ther hell happennd ther'

[Manoverboard]

Try turning the predictive text off then ....

[Mervyn and Trish]

I do find that I need to check an on line dictionary (my pc does not spell check other than on word) more frequently nowadays, I put it down to age rather than incompetence.

Most browsers these days will have a spell check add-in.

Thanks for the tip David, now all I have to remember is the grammar, which mighttax me a bit more.

Surely that's the government?

Oops sorry, wrong topic.

[Dark Knight]

pendants korna