It is time to STOP with the typing errors criticism!

Jesus, if you are 35 with a a master's degree and you think that your behavior is in any way appropriate, you have obviously failed to take advantage of your education. I teach master's students and if they expressed themselves in the manner you do, they'd do pretty poorly in my scientific writing course, where I really do criticize them for poor grammar. But hey, it's just a running board and it really doesn't matter, right?

If correcting grammar is the mark of this being a bad world, I cannot fathom where that places our current administration, what has happened in Darfur, the earthquake in China and the cyclone in Myanmar, but that's for another thread where we can all yell at each other once again, and call each other names. Because that is obviously the best way to make your case.

In the end, blown away, you never really did address the issue. You just tried to defend potential behavior which is pretty indefensible. So go yell at people every time they have an issue with you; good luck on your career advancement.

Bye bye now.

Thanks for you reply.In my TV example, I didn't say the main message was missed, but distorted. I'm not sure I agree with shifting the burden of clear communication to the interested reader -- the writer is the one who has the vested interest in his message being properly received.I'm only making the point that clear and correct communication is important, and that distorted messages can completely undermine the writer's best intentions -- something he should be aware of.I admit, I did not address the point about if it's appropriate to correct grammar and spelling, and I won't dispute that often it seems the goal is condescension to avoid rebutting the points.

separation wrote:
Mr. Ray,
First, your personal anecdote, as frustrating as that may be (been there, done that, and now we have to pay for them to lose our luggage) it doesn't hold water in this discussion. You are clearly stating the fact that if something is so completely unreadable, whether it be the unreadable handwriting (not a case with typing) or a jumble of words, then somebody cannot make the corrections needed to get the point across. If the airline attendant had been able to make the corrections necessary, then he/she would have been able to match the names and return the luggage, therefore no need for corrections. This, in fact, is a perfect anecdote to support my claim that if the point gets across, why the condescending corrections to follow?
You television description kind of confuses me. If you are still able to make out the picture and hear the words, then how is the main message missed? Maybe the static and snow make watching it annoying, but if you can still make out the picture and words, the message still gets across, no matter how rough around the edges. Now, if it is broken and words get missed and you can't quite understand what is happening, how do you fit words in to make the picture whole? If you can correctly make the fixes, then the message got across just fine, if you have questions whether your "version" is correct, then it is time to ask the creator what he meant (not really doable with a television writer, but I hope the point is made).
This television example brings me to a final idea: if you care enough to watch the episode, you try anything to fix the TV. This is likened to attempting to clarify the post in question. If you don't care enough then you turn it off and move on or change the channel. In other words, just ignore the poster. And again, if it is important to you and your discussion, then make the attempts to clarify, if its not, leave it be. And if the message gets across, no matter how rough, it still gets across and there is no need for condescending spelling corrections.

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