And sarcastic ones too Rick, and a chance for people to take jokes out of context.
Although...... (Should only be four periods as it is at the end of a sentence)
I am amazed that people that (That ‘that’ should be a who) can't spell get attracted to forums in the way that they do!
I mean, it seems that most forums are really just "cyber-homes" for the (Small d) Dyslexic, a place to publicly embarrass themselves.
Of course not(missing punctuation)
MOST people are NOT (Small d)Dyslexic however, and are just plain lazy when it comes to basic English skills.
Yes a spell checker would help the (Small d)Dyslexic, but I do get rather irritated by the way that the standard of our English has deteriorated,helped(Missing space) of course by the Americans, who never seem to miss a chance to bastardizse our (That should be an s)language. "Aloominum! (Missing capitalisation) for example. When was it ever spelt like that? (Missing capitalisation) yet that's how they pronounce it, and my old favourite...(should be four periods, as it is at the end of a sentence) The Ruff, the thing that sits on top of your house.... Grrrrrr
Maybe I am just (missing a)stalwart for good old basic education, but with so many syndromes that kids can hide behind these days... well there is always a valid excuse.
No offence meant, but I have watched this escalate over the decades, and there is no doubt that standards are falling, and now we have text speak just to help the process along.