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Unread 08-12-2009, 17:21
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Re: The correct way to respond to misspelling and grammar

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Originally Posted by BobC View Post
BUT NOT EVERYONE IS AS WELL EDUCATED AS SOME OTHERS. SOME PEOPLE HAVE LIFE LONG LEARNING DISABILITIES AND MAY NOT HAVE THE CAPABILITIES TO COMMUNICATE PROPERLY. ALL ANYONE DOES IS COME HERE LOOKING FOR HELP. TRY TO COMMUNICATE TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITIES. THEN THEY GET SHUT OFF BECAUSE THEY SPELLED A WORD WRONG OR DID NOT FORM A PROPER SENTENCE SHAME ON THE PEOPLE THAT WILL NOT HELP THEM.
I know someone like that, in fact they are a very good friend of mine. They do indeed try to the best of their abilities but they recognize that they often have a hard time saying what they think. I respect these people for trying.

We aren't talking about "shutting off" anyone because they misspelled a word. We are discussing not responding to someone who has obviously not made any effort to communicate in a socially acceptable manner. When I see a post that is terrible one day I probably respond. If the next post is terrible I might shoot them a PM (unless it is obvious they are just bad at English). If they respond to the PM blowing me off with "Bah, I am too busy to be bothered." then I will not answer another question they ask. I may even go so far as to hit the neg rep button on the next poorly written post in a last ditch effort to let them know it is not an effective way of communicating.

On a semi related note. Do you really need to use Caps Lock? It makes your post go from a great post to reading solely as "RAGE! ARGH!!!!!!!"
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