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Actually, your grammar and spelling are generally pretty good, and I can't count you as one of the worst on the site by any means.
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Well, since it's my fault this thread was hijacked, let me jump in again. I have a reputation on this board for being a stickler about grammar and spelling, and with reason. From a staff standpoint, we have an obligation to represent this board in a professional manner. Since ALL of our communication is in writing, it makes it doubly important that what we write is clear and concise. We are giving instructions to people on how to fix or clean their computers. Poorly written instructions, the use of the wrong word, and a lack of clarity could have disastrous results if it leads to one of our members performing a task incorrectly and damaging their computer.

On the flip side, I've seen people start threads asking for help, and their post is so grammatically incorrect and poorly spelled (or uses chatspeak - shudder) that I can't even figure out what they're asking. It can take a tremendous effort sometimes to get the correct information in those cases. I know when it's a non-native English speaker; I can tell by sentence structure a lot of the time. They are given a lot of slack, because I wouldn't be able to post in a foreign language. The ones that drive me crazy are the ones who do this:

"dis morning I turned on my puter and it mad e dis beep and then I got a blue screne n then it resarded and it let me log on n then i downloded sum torrents n now its slow and i gettin popupsp and I rlly nede it 4 scool cuz I hav a papeer i hav to rite and its my dads puter and whatdo I do becuz its not working and this sight said your going to help me what do i do pleez!"

I'm sorry, but first impressions are important, and on a forum, the only way to make that impression is through your posts. That's why grammar and spelling are more important, not less important, on the internet.

*sari steps down off her soapbox.



Well Said Sari - I don't think think that I could say it any better :) :)

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"dis morning I turned on my puter and it mad e dis beep and then I got a blue screne n then it resarded and it let me log on n then i downloded sum torrents n now its slow and i gettin popupsp and I rlly nede it 4 scool cuz I hav a papeer i hav to rite and its my dads puter and whatdo I do becuz its not working and this sight said your going to help me what do i do pleez!"

*sari steps down off her soapbox.



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