07-18-2012, 10:20 AM
I don't use spell check on posts; I want to have to think and remember and check (which doesn't always work out perfectly for me on every post, obviously). Same with calculators for anything but complex equations. I still do math by hand for non-business matters.
I have a fear of losing these basic skills; probably irrationally. I honestly don't know more than three phone numbers by heart anymore since the cell phone stores and dials for me. I wonder if I'd still be able to remember as many as I once did if it were necessary, so maybe my fear is not completely irrational.
I misspell "occasionally" as "ocassionally" on occasion, unless I stop and catch myself.
Same with "embarrassed" - I tend to leave out one "r", which is embarrassing.
I almost always spell "supersede" as "supercede", it's a trick word - breaks all the English rules for no good reason!
Aside from the "too/to" and "you're/your" errors, the words that I notice being misspelled by others often:
"loose" instead of "lose"
"experiance" instead of "experience"
"neccessary" instead of "necessary"
"tommorrow" instead of "tomorrow"
"then" when it should be "than"
"effect" when is should be "affect"
No big deal about some misspellings and grammar hiccups on a message board, imo. But, it would affect my perception of someone's ability or focus in a business setting.
I have a fear of losing these basic skills; probably irrationally. I honestly don't know more than three phone numbers by heart anymore since the cell phone stores and dials for me. I wonder if I'd still be able to remember as many as I once did if it were necessary, so maybe my fear is not completely irrational.
I misspell "occasionally" as "ocassionally" on occasion, unless I stop and catch myself.
Same with "embarrassed" - I tend to leave out one "r", which is embarrassing.
I almost always spell "supersede" as "supercede", it's a trick word - breaks all the English rules for no good reason!
Aside from the "too/to" and "you're/your" errors, the words that I notice being misspelled by others often:
"loose" instead of "lose"
"experiance" instead of "experience"
"neccessary" instead of "necessary"
"tommorrow" instead of "tomorrow"
"then" when it should be "than"
"effect" when is should be "affect"
No big deal about some misspellings and grammar hiccups on a message board, imo. But, it would affect my perception of someone's ability or focus in a business setting.