Correcting Fellow Poster's Mistakes - Page 5

RedTop · ‎09-01-2010

I was always taught to correct mistakes in the workplace, whether they were mine, or someone else's, as once it left our office, it reflected badly on all of us. My boss was an administrator, with very high standards, and had a no tolerance policy for those types of mistakes in any document she had to sign. Usually one warning from her was enough to make you mindful of your proofreading responsibilities, but if she reminded you a second time, it showed up as a goal on your yearly evaluation.

While I may correct my immediate family with their speech or writing errors, this is not something I do with my close friends. I can tolerate their errors, without feeling it is my place to correct them. A former coworker was quite well known for her oral and written mistakes; she did not converse, or have conversations, she "conversated". Another most overused phrase from her was "I took and went".

I am not perfect, I don't live in a perfect world, and I am not surrounded by perfect people. I have a high tolerance level, and I use it often; even for those capable of making a mountain out of a molehill.

BootLvr · ‎03-10-2010

stilltamn8r, I didn't want to quote your whole post, but I totally agree with you. We are judged by the way we communicate, especially when something is written and there is no physical presence.

I maintain an online help desk, and the emails we get from the public are beyond horrific. Most can't spell, or even put a simple sentence together. These are people who are applying for jobs! The emails look like they were written by children (and some children could probably write better).

I think "text-speak" and our desire for instant communication have contributed to the problem, along with an "it's only an email/post/text" attitude. Everyone is too 'busy' to care about grammar or spelling anymore, and it's a real shame.

VioletEyes · ‎03-12-2010

Correcting people's grammar on the Internet would be a full time job. I do not have the time nor inclination to monitor a stranger's punctuation or spelling.

BeckiWV · ‎04-12-2011

On 7/17/2014 scotttie said:
On 7/17/2014 NoelSeven said: Let it go, say nothing. This is a BB, not an English class. Why embarrass someone?

I agree a 100 percent.

${#emotions_dlg.thumbup}$

151949 · ‎03-09-2010

On 7/17/2014 stilltamn8r said:
On 7/17/2014 Lila Belle said:

Anyone who can't get the intent of a post or overlook a misspelled word and feels the need to correct the poster really needs a new hobby or perhaps a new forum with other sanctimonious, pseudo-big brains.

Intent is one thing, typos on a BB are to be expected, but hey , come on, ANYONE who has to communicate in writing on a daily basis, with clients, coworkers, etc., HAS to know that, yes, you ARE being judged by the way you spell. Yes, you ARE being judged by your words, and in many cases, your job, whether you know it or not, depends on it.

When my customers show me quotes which have been sent to them by my competitors, I sometimes cannot believe how horribly they are written! No WAY would I want to spend $50,000-$100,000 with someone who comes across on paper like an idiot! (and they tell me so!)

There is nothing "pseudo big brain" about making a good first impression. In the workplace, you ARE your words, so they really need to be correct!

We are not in the workplace here - we are on a chat board.

Personally, I never learned to type - I was more interested in science than English. And in my high school students who were in college prep classes were not taught to type - that was for students who were on a different path.

I'd like to show all those who are so impressed with their ability to type & spell better than I do a strip of monitors and see them pick out the arrhythmias and tell me what the treatments for those are. See - I can do that - in a nanosecond! And, in my profession that was way more important than typing or spelling. BTW - I hope when you or your loved one have your heart attack the nurse can read a monitor and knows what to do about what she/he sees - otherwise they may have perfect typing and spelling on your death certificate.

Lipstickdiva · ‎03-10-2010

On 7/18/2014 happy housewife said:
On 7/17/2014 stilltamn8r said:
On 7/17/2014 Lila Belle said:

Anyone who can't get the intent of a post or overlook a misspelled word and feels the need to correct the poster really needs a new hobby or perhaps a new forum with other sanctimonious, pseudo-big brains.

Intent is one thing, typos on a BB are to be expected, but hey , come on, ANYONE who has to communicate in writing on a daily basis, with clients, coworkers, etc., HAS to know that, yes, you ARE being judged by the way you spell. Yes, you ARE being judged by your words, and in many cases, your job, whether you know it or not, depends on it.

When my customers show me quotes which have been sent to them by my competitors, I sometimes cannot believe how horribly they are written! No WAY would I want to spend $50,000-$100,000 with someone who comes across on paper like an idiot! (and they tell me so!)

There is nothing "pseudo big brain" about making a good first impression. In the workplace, you ARE your words, so they really need to be correct!

We are not in the workplace here - we are on a chat board.

Personally, I never learned to type - I was more interested in science than English. And in my high school students who were in college prep classes were not taught to type - that was for students who were on a different path.

I'd like to show all those who are so impressed with their ability to type & spell better than I do a strip of monitors and see them pick out the arrhythmias and tell me what the treatments for those are. See - I can do that - in a nanosecond! And, in my profession that was way more important than typing or spelling. BTW - I hope when you or your loved one have your heart attack the nurse can read a monitor and knows what to do about what she/he sees - otherwise they may have perfect typing and spelling on your death certificate.

Very nice.

I would hope that if a nurse didn't know how to read a monitor and know what to do, he/she wouldn't have graduated.

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

On 7/18/2014 happy housewife said:
On 7/17/2014 stilltamn8r said:
On 7/17/2014 Lila Belle said:

Anyone who can't get the intent of a post or overlook a misspelled word and feels the need to correct the poster really needs a new hobby or perhaps a new forum with other sanctimonious, pseudo-big brains.

Intent is one thing, typos on a BB are to be expected, but hey , come on, ANYONE who has to communicate in writing on a daily basis, with clients, coworkers, etc., HAS to know that, yes, you ARE being judged by the way you spell. Yes, you ARE being judged by your words, and in many cases, your job, whether you know it or not, depends on it.

When my customers show me quotes which have been sent to them by my competitors, I sometimes cannot believe how horribly they are written! No WAY would I want to spend $50,000-$100,000 with someone who comes across on paper like an idiot! (and they tell me so!)

There is nothing "pseudo big brain" about making a good first impression. In the workplace, you ARE your words, so they really need to be correct!

We are not in the workplace here - we are on a chat board.

Personally, I never learned to type - I was more interested in science than English. And in my high school students who were in college prep classes were not taught to type - that was for students who were on a different path.

I'd like to show all those who are so impressed with their ability to type & spell better than I do a strip of monitors and see them pick out the arrhythmias and tell me what the treatments for those are. See - I can do that - in a nanosecond! And, in my profession that was way more important than typing or spelling. BTW - I hope when you or your loved one have your heart attack the nurse can read a monitor and knows what to do about what she/he sees - otherwise they may have perfect typing and spelling on your death certificate.

Wow your classmates who went on to college really got behind the curve in school not being taught to type. Lots my age had to learn later in life when they went in the IT industry. When I was in college papers were only accepted typed. In high school, even the boys took typing if they were going on to school post high school. And that was back in the dark ages. . . LOL!!!

brii · ‎06-20-2010

On 7/18/2014 happy housewife said:
On 7/17/2014 stilltamn8r said:
On 7/17/2014 Lila Belle said:

Anyone who can't get the intent of a post or overlook a misspelled word and feels the need to correct the poster really needs a new hobby or perhaps a new forum with other sanctimonious, pseudo-big brains.

Intent is one thing, typos on a BB are to be expected, but hey , come on, ANYONE who has to communicate in writing on a daily basis, with clients, coworkers, etc., HAS to know that, yes, you ARE being judged by the way you spell. Yes, you ARE being judged by your words, and in many cases, your job, whether you know it or not, depends on it.

When my customers show me quotes which have been sent to them by my competitors, I sometimes cannot believe how horribly they are written! No WAY would I want to spend $50,000-$100,000 with someone who comes across on paper like an idiot! (and they tell me so!)

There is nothing "pseudo big brain" about making a good first impression. In the workplace, you ARE your words, so they really need to be correct!

We are not in the workplace here - we are on a chat board.

Personally, I never learned to type - I was more interested in science than English. And in my high school students who were in college prep classes were not taught to type - that was for students who were on a different path.

I'd like to show all those who are so impressed with their ability to type & spell better than I do a strip of monitors and see them pick out the arrhythmias and tell me what the treatments for those are. See - I can do that - in a nanosecond! And, in my profession that was way more important than typing or spelling. BTW - I hope when you or your loved one have your heart attack the nurse can read a monitor and knows what to do about what she/he sees - otherwise they may have perfect typing and spelling on your death certificate.

I would hope my nurse can read a monitor. I can't, but that's not my profession.

That has nothing to do with knowing when to use whether/weather correctly.

QueenDanceALot · ‎04-18-2013

On 7/18/2014 BootLvr said:
stilltamn8r, I didn't want to quote your whole post, but I totally agree with you. We are judged by the way we communicate, especially when something is written and there is no physical presence.

I maintain an online help desk, and the emails we get from the public are beyond horrific. Most can't spell, or even put a simple sentence together. These are people who are applying for jobs! The emails look like they were written by children (and some children could probably write better).

I think "text-speak" and our desire for instant communication have contributed to the problem, along with an "it's only an email/post/text" attitude. Everyone is too 'busy' to care about grammar or spelling anymore, and it's a real shame.

I agree with you both.

All we've got on line are words so it seems to me that the writer of those words is the one responsible for getting their meaning across correctly. I don't think a reader should be expected to make assumptions about what someone has written.

reese2 · ‎03-10-2010

On 7/18/2014 happy housewife said:
We are not in the workplace here - we are on a chat board.

Personally, I never learned to type - I was more interested in science than English. And in my high school students who were in college prep classes were not taught to type - that was for students who were on a different path.

I'd like to show all those who are so impressed with their ability to type & spell better than I do a strip of monitors and see them pick out the arrhythmias and tell me what the treatments for those are. See - I can do that - in a nanosecond! And, in my profession that was way more important than typing or spelling. BTW - I hope when you or your loved one have your heart attack the nurse can read a monitor and knows what to do about what she/he sees - otherwise they may have perfect typing and spelling on your death certificate.

That, to me, was narrow-minded and a poor career decision. Did you not have electives, in addition to your core courses? Did you not know you'd need to type your papers in college? Maybe your HS adviser gave you some bad advice, because clearly the ability to use a keyboard would have been useful to you. I'm glad I had a more forward-thinking person to steer me to a semester of Personal Typing (as opposed to Typing I, II, etc. that the students on a "different path" took as core courses) because it's served me well.