Isn't about time MNHQ started deleting posts that attack people's spelling and grammar?

Yes, and you're upset, I think, because I picked up on yours, when you feel you'd only talked about someone who likely isn't here reading this.

I get that.

I can see that it's not fun for someone to turn around and pick holes in your posts.

But what do you think it feels like to others? Yes, you're talking about your TA at a fee-paying school, but MN is a big place and I am fairly sure that comment will have struck home to other teachers than me.

I just don't see why it is necessary to validate the kinds of people who refuse to accept they might be upsetting others.

Ok, but first could we first start a campaign for people whose first language is supposed to be English start writing "would have" instead of "would of".

I think I'm with IknowIam. It gives me a heads up on that poster.

Although if I spell something and put a (sp?) after it, I wouldn't mind being given the correct spelling.

I think I said on the last big thread, about this. That I have my reasons for poor SPAG, but I certainly don't want to have to explain it every time I post. So I think the SPAG police really should think before they jump in to apparently help out.

Yes, and that is where.

Literally. Not even figuratively.

oops posted too soon...I meant to add that he is more relaxed about his writing when it's just me but totally diligent with work and with friends.

confused, you misread me. I've already pointed out that that post applies to lots of us - you're pulling us up by citing her as an example.

dead - good on your DH, but isn't it depressing people still have to go through all of this?

My DH was diagnosed with dyslexia later in life. The Ed Psychologist who conducted the test praised him for having achieved so much in his life - good school grades, A-levels, university etc. etc., knowing how much of a struggle it must have been for him. DH said most of his school days were miserable and confusing but he pushed through it.

He is amazing (to me) but he still asks me what I would like for diner. He cannot and probably will never be able to see the difference between diner and dinner. When he writes emails, text messages, reports for work, his writing is very intelligible as he uses spell checks and proof reads everything.

Or they could use this emoticon -

Ooops, that was a follow-up to IKnow, not a response to anyone else.

I am admiring your work here, Jeanne.

Maybe like the "Karma" systems some other forums have.

Users could be rated for "Helpfullness", "Goadyness", "Cuntyness" - a simple colour code at the bottom would allow you to rate them without actually having to read any of the crap they post....

Oh, maybe we need a cunty box on the site, provided by MNHQ?

No. Delete posts with poor grammar and spelling instead.

And those with hubby, hubs, Hun and kisses.

At 14.47 today, confused, about the TA at your school.

I think it's covered in the MN guidelines on "giving people the benefit of the doubt". So everybody should say to themselves: "maybe this person has a disability which means they don't always spell things in an orthodox way" or "maybe this person doesn't have English as their first language" before giving in to the hotly held desire to rip them to shreds and humiliate them.

I like it when people correct grammar and spelling.

It shows that they're cunty people doing a cunty thing for their own nefarious cunty reasons (not the "Greater Good" as they like to pretend).

I tend then to put them in the cunty box in my head - which means that every time their name pops up I think "cunt"..Works for me...

Beautifully done Jeanne

How is pointing out someone misuses 'your' and 'you're' not pulling them up? In the context of this thread, that applies to lots of us.

Maybe we can have some sort of smiley we can attach to our posts if we would like to be educated "like wot some pple might like"

I certainly wouldn't mind and atm my dear dh is away for a week and my English is terrible. I have been learning ks2 with dd over the past 3 years and I think we are just about working at level 5 now
We were considering doing a SATS paper but have nobody to mark it for us.