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DianaT
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OK, OK,
My previous post stated how I felt about the spelling police, but they seem alive and well and very focused.
So, let's see how we can intimidate and encourage more people NOT to post because they, gods forbid, may make a spelling, or even worse a GRAMMAR
error. 
Here are some of the common errors that change meaning, and we sure don't want THAT to happen. 
1. there, their or they're --- very different words
2. advise and advice---different parts of speech and we all know that to use a verb when a noun is needed is just awful.
3. well and good----different---again, adverb vs adjective---very different meanings.
4. its and it's --- breaks a common rule but " it's" is not possesive, it is a contraction
5. who and whom --- subject pronoun vs. object pronoun
6. AND please, never say "It was me" when it should be "It was I" -- predicate nominative.
Thus, if making sure you compose your posts with perfect Spanish spelling is so important, doesn't it follow that perfect English spelling and
grammar should also be required?
(Above sentence could use some grammar improvement)
Careful folks, the spelling and grammar police are watching. 
Last thought (opps, incomplete sentence) Typographical errors are simply now allowed.
Diane
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bajabound2005
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and don't forget punctuation....eats shoots and leaves. Or wait, is it eats, shoots, and leaves? Or is it eats shoots, and leaves?
And spelling errors and typos, that's okay. But when you spell the name of a TOWN wrong...well, you can't even find it on the map!
[Edited on 3-30-2008 by bajabound2005]
Friends don't let friends drink white zinfandel.
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajabound2005
And spelling errors and typos, that's okay. But when you spell the name of a TOWN wrong...well, you can't even find it on the map!
[Edited on 3-30-2008 by bajabound2005] |
But, if it is close, I think most can find it or ask for clarification. Besides, even with correct spelling, it often needs clarification ----which
San Juanico, or which Punta Prieta, etc.
Opps, the use of etc. is just a lazy way to avoid more examples. I guess it should be banned.
[Edited on 3-30-2008 by jdtrotter]
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bajabound2005
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Oh, Diane!!! It's OOPS not OPPS 
Friends don't let friends drink white zinfandel.
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajabound2005
Oh, Diane!!! It's OOPS not OPPS |
That is it---I am totally humiliated--I shall now be required to go to my room for a VERY long time. I am a fallen nomad.
I will accept my punishment and drink a bottle of white zinfindel. 
Diane
[Edited on 3-30-2008 by jdtrotter]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajabound2005
| Quote: | Originally posted by EMAM
I just joked with my wife that after a few months in Baja, our spellcheck on our computer is going to have a new Spanish Edition added after trying to
name all the places we've been on our travel blogs.
I try and always check my speeling off of the maps or travel books we have....so hopefully I'm safe |
Oops! Better check your speeling of spelling |
That was on purpose
[Edited on 1-02-2008 by EMAM]
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Punta Abreblowjos?
\"The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men\" Plato
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Menendero
Putabanda
Loredo
Chapulpatec
Chapootapec
San Vincente
Santa Rosalita
[Edited on 3-30-2008 by DENNIS]
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jbtrottter...where is bruch leech when we NEED him
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But seriously folks....... Bajabound wasn't trying to be the POlice. He did us a favor I think by reminding us to try harder to communicate better.
For many of us, the message in the post is our persona -- it's who we are (or how we want to be perceived). That perception is key in a true forum
where people share not only information but ideas and personal things which can create real friendships between board members. When the forum is used
for travel info don't knowledgeable Bajaphiles want to make sure place names are correct? We don't want to send new Baja travelers to the wrong place
or suggest he buy a couple of Rapoolas for fishing. There will always be enough members who are either uninformed or apathetic (they say "I don't know
and I don't care")( pun intended ) for those of us struggling to be better communicators to snipe at.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Osprey
But seriously folks....... Bajabound wasn't trying to be the POlice. He did us a favor |
That would be SHE!
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Osprey
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Sorry
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Osprey
But seriously folks....... Bajabound wasn't trying to be the POlice. |
That I believe, but there are others around who seem to thrive on pointing out the errors of others.
Oh, BTW, is it police or POlice? Or was that poetic license for making a point? 
Seriously, I just think it can become quite intimidating, and irritating.
Ok, now off to Putabanda---just as soon as Dennis explains where that place is.
Diane
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