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SnowWa · 12-05-2005, 06:02 PM

I am glad someone mentioned "spelling," "punctuation," and "grammar."

Bad punctuation, spelling, and grammar do destroy a person's credibility. They are the hallmark of a person's education."

There is no excuse for bad grammar other than a person's just not caring. I work with several young girls who are attending college, and they can't speak more than three or four sentences without making several grammatical mistakes. And, they could care less --except that they do admit, it is keeping them from getting A's or B's in many of their classes.

To me, bad grammar is like someone scratching their fingernails across a chalkboard. It hurts!!!! If a person's grammar, spelling, and punctuation are bad, I regard that person as under-educated and initially, until I learn differently, I don't give a lot of credulence to much of what they say.

I have found that the only people who disagree with me or others on this subject are usually the people who use bad grammar, can't punctuate, and don't want to use a dictionary, if they can't spell. They say, it doesn't matter, it's not important, and people shouldn't be judged that way.

I make mistakes in my posts also...often....but I try not to, and I almost always look a word up if I'm not sure about the spelling.
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I don't visit this forum for the intellectual expertise that it offers. I enjoy it because of all the great people on it who have and love Yorkies. I also realize that many of the people on this forum have had a lot of experience with these little dogs, raising them, caring for them, and breeding them. Most of the people here express themselves very well, and I love asking questions and hearing all the different answers and possible solutions. I have had so many of my questions answered. It has been a great help to me.

I don't come here with serious problems looking for well educated people giving professional advise.....but many people here are very well educated and do give very good advise.

This is a forum for dog owners about dogs. And, it is a wonderful place to visit to get advise and share experiences. I think this forum does all that it is meant to do ---very well!

Carol Jean

12-05-2005, 06:02 PM	#34
SnowWa YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: USA Posts: 2,992	I am glad someone mentioned "spelling," "punctuation," and "grammar." Bad punctuation, spelling, and grammar do destroy a person's credibility. They are the hallmark of a person's education." There is no excuse for bad grammar other than a person's just not caring. I work with several young girls who are attending college, and they can't speak more than three or four sentences without making several grammatical mistakes. And, they could care less --except that they do admit, it is keeping them from getting A's or B's in many of their classes. To me, bad grammar is like someone scratching their fingernails across a chalkboard. It hurts!!!! If a person's grammar, spelling, and punctuation are bad, I regard that person as under-educated and initially, until I learn differently, I don't give a lot of credulence to much of what they say. I have found that the only people who disagree with me or others on this subject are usually the people who use bad grammar, can't punctuate, and don't want to use a dictionary, if they can't spell. They say, it doesn't matter, it's not important, and people shouldn't be judged that way. I make mistakes in my posts also...often....but I try not to, and I almost always look a word up if I'm not sure about the spelling. ------------ I don't visit this forum for the intellectual expertise that it offers. I enjoy it because of all the great people on it who have and love Yorkies. I also realize that many of the people on this forum have had a lot of experience with these little dogs, raising them, caring for them, and breeding them. Most of the people here express themselves very well, and I love asking questions and hearing all the different answers and possible solutions. I have had so many of my questions answered. It has been a great help to me. I don't come here with serious problems looking for well educated people giving professional advise.....but many people here are very well educated and do give very good advise. This is a forum for dog owners about dogs. And, it is a wonderful place to visit to get advise and share experiences. I think this forum does all that it is meant to do ---very well! Carol Jean __________________ http://tinypic.com/ipxhmb.jpg A Yorkie is worth a thousand words.