Comments on: Don’t sweat the spelling – they can read it just fine!

By: marrie

marrie — Mon, 23 May 2011 21:33:16 +0000

aewmoe

By: Marrie

Marrie — Mon, 23 May 2011 21:32:12 +0000

awesome!

By: Diggum

Diggum — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:42:31 +0000

Little thoughts allow meticulous attention to detail, because there is nothing else on which to focus. Original ideas and compelling human communication of any type are compelling no matter the grammar or spelling.
Which leaves two scenarios for a reader;
1. Little ideas or uncommunicative writing which could warrant attention to spelling, because there is no other way to evaluate the writer, but who cares? Unless you are a teacher of the writer.
2. Little minds which focus on spelling no matter the originality of the idea or the compelling way it is written. Then no one cares what the reader thinks.

By: ceftekhar

ceftekhar — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:23:19 +0000

I agree. I was reading a blog not today and the multiple spelling errors were gleaming very brightly. Unfortunately for the author, I knocked his credibility down a few notches. Typos I can understand; but more than 3 words (out of 100) misspelled? That's a pretty bad ratio. It bothers me that many people spread these kind of thrown-together articles across twitter like they're the best thing since [insert favorite invention here].

PS: I love my Firefox spellchecker. It beats having to proofread every comment so thoroughly!

By: itauthor

itauthor — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:47:12 +0000

Thanks for commenting.

Yes, one daft spelling error and the reader will immediately lose confidence: if they can't even get the spelling right how can I rely on anything else being correct?

By: Techquestioner

Techquestioner — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:27:17 +0000

I agree with you, Alistair! A couple of transposed letters or minor typos will not keep someone from understanding a quickly typed e-mail message, but anyone whose livelyhood depends on prose prowess can't get too sloppy. Correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation are what put the professional polish on our products. We can have great ideas and create cool documents, but poor spelling etc. makes the writer look like an amatuer.