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Originally posted by jimslyp69Well I think the basic idea is that you are trying to communicate so the easier you make this the better you chance of being understood as you intended. The common language on this forum is English, but not everybody here speaks English as a first language. I would suggest that the closer you can get your spelling and grammar to the norm the more chance people with have to understand you.
For example, why would you expect a player from Eastern Europe to know you meant "what" by the term "wot", this might explain why nobody has so far replied to your post.
Andrew
Originally posted by latex bishopI agree fully Andrew. Bad spelling from a native English speaker is an insult to education or lack of. As you said, there are a lot of non-native English speakers here and a lot of them can write better English than native English speakers can even though it is their 2nd or even 3rd language.
Well I think the basic idea is that you are trying to communicate so the easier you make this the better you chance of being understood as you intended. The common language on this forum is English, but not everybody here speaks English as a first language. I would suggest that the closer you can get your spelling and grammar to the norm the more chance ...[text shortened]... " by the term "wot", this might explain why nobody has so far replied to your post.
Andrew
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Well I think the basic idea is that you are trying to communicate so the easier you make this the better you chance of being understood as you intended. The common language on this forum is English, but not everybody here speaks English as a first language. I would suggest that t ...[text shortened]... might explain why nobody has so far replied to your post.The original thread went a little something like this: -
Andrew
Just recently there has been an awful amount of nitpicking and pedantism on these fora. As far as i'm concerned, the whole point of communication, be it written or verbal, is to make someone else aware of and understnad a concept or perhaps instruction. So, if this has been achieved and all concerned have got the general jist of what is meant by whatever is stated, is there any need to endlessly whinge and whine about the lack of 'the queen's english', (capital letters omitted intentionally). Yes, okay, certain protocols should be adhered to, just to avoid confusion, but if the message is effctively put forward then what on Earth is the problem.
Know warra mean????!!!
Originally posted by Bowmannnay, not errors, 'non-standard features'.
But isn't it all relative? There are better writers, and therefore more efficient communicators, than others. Yet very few could be considered faultless, including "latex bishop", whose own post contains errors.
get back in that cage, with the other prescriptivists! 😛
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Originally posted by OuermyhteI disagree. We can all write something by which we understand what we mean. But if it's misunderstood by the one who reads it, there may be unfortunate consequences.
nay, theyre only errors if there is a 'correct' way to do it; with language u cant force anything cos its always dynamic, so theres just a standard way, rather than a correct way
The "rules" within languages exist to help avoid confusion.
Originally posted by BowmannThen help explain why there are many different languages and not just one universal language Bowmann.
I disagree. We can all write something by which we understand what we mean. But if it's misunderstood by the one who reads it, there may be unfortunate consequences.
The "rules" within languages exist to help avoid confusion.