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View eaglesally's Profile eaglesally Flag New Brighton 01 Oct 16 11.25pm Send a Private Message to eaglesally Add eaglesally as a friend

Originally posted by Bekken


The fcat taht msot of you wlil be albe to raed tihs repsosne maens taht spllenig inst raelly taht imoprantt, so I dnot see why tehre is awlays poeple mkaing fun of samll erors hree and tehre!

Ok, the fact finding could have been better but lean off the author a tad? At least they tried - could be a youngster, or someone with learning difficulties for all we know!

As someone who has spent the last 25 years professionally supporting people with learning disabilities (specific and general), I applaud any attempt by anyone identified as such to express themselves in writing.

However ..... the fact remains that the facts just weren't there. It's not spelling I'm criticising, or syntax, or inexperience. It's sloppiness - don't write that Palace have lost their first five matches without checking the facts.

Simples!

 


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View palace chick's Profile palace chick Flag South Croydon 02 Oct 16 8.43am Send a Private Message to palace chick Add palace chick as a friend

Isn't the bigger problem that any of us can just press a button and publish it. Before the Internet these things would have been checked by others before going to print? it's to easy to publish this text for instance?

 

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View taylors lovechild's Profile taylors lovechild Flag 02 Oct 16 8.57am Send a Private Message to taylors lovechild Add taylors lovechild as a friend

It's not just two-bit rags that make mistakes, the BBC regularly makes gaffs...

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View Freedman87's Profile Freedman87 Flag Sticksville 02 Oct 16 9.01am Send a Private Message to Freedman87 Add Freedman87 as a friend

Originally posted by palace chick

Isn't the bigger problem that any of us can just press a button and publish it. Before the Internet these things would have been checked by others before going to print? it's to easy to publish this text for instance?


This is a salient point - doesn't anyone at that website check what is published under its name? The temptation is to consider everything on that site to be inaccurate, in that case.

Eliminating the middle men/women saves money, though. Never mind the quality . . .

 

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View NickinOX's Profile NickinOX Flag Sailing country. 02 Oct 16 9.04am Send a Private Message to NickinOX Add NickinOX as a friend

Originally posted by Bekken


The fcat taht msot of you wlil be albe to raed tihs repsosne maens taht spllenig inst raelly taht imoprantt, so I dnot see why tehre is awlays poeple mkaing fun of samll erors hree and tehre!

Ok, the fact finding could have been better but lean off the author a tad? At least they tried - could be a youngster, or someone with learning difficulties for all we know!

What that shows is that spelling is important. One still has to get the first and last letters in the correct place as well as the correct letters within the word itself. Without all that, what you suggest doesn't work. Furthermore, poor spelling can lead to the use of the wrong word, or an inappropriate one, confusing the meaning of what someone has written. Add in poor grammar and syntax, as has been mentioned, and one often ends up with incoherent vomit on paper.


All this should be obvious from a cursory look at Palace Talk.

Edited by NickinOX (02 Oct 2016 9.06am)

 


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