Reputations. Do they deserve more careful thought?

[Ryan M.]

Originally Posted by Kris Verdeyen

Yes, I can usually buy a vowel or two and throw it in the right place. But if the person who really wanted to communicate something to me had checked their spelling in the first place, I would believe more readily that they actually wanted to know the answer, which would lead me to give a more thoughtful response back. If the question looks like it took two seconds worth of thought to come up with, why should I spend ten minutes writing out a well-reasoned response?

I'll throw my support in with Ken. Some people honestly aren't that good at English. Not only are there are people who's native langauge isn't Engish and people with disablities, there are also those who parents can't afford to send them to a private school and live in the inner city, where their kid goes to a public school. They might not even have learned, at least it wasn't important, what good grammar and spelink () is. If someone is trying to answer another's question or their asking a question of their own, does the fact that they use 'to' where they should have used 'too' invaidate what they are saying?