Mary Fisher wrote:

I didn't mention dyslexics. I think you're being over-sensitive. I was
replying to Tim, who hasn't claimed to be dyslexic.

No true, but the spelling difficulties he described do corrolate well
with those experianced by dyslexics, and it was continuing a thread that
did mention the issue.

Over sensitive? perhaps ;-)

(One of the most harrowing experiences of school life that I remember,
is that of being confronted with an attitude that if you can't write
down everything, then you should be treated as if you don't know and/or
you are not trying hard enough).

Yes, I agree you will have more impact on some readers if you can spell
faultlessly, although poor grammar is perhaps more noticeable than poor
spelling.


That's your opinion..

Well given that I said "some readers", and I know it to be true for me
and several others, it must be unarguably correct. I accept that it is
not true for all however.

Personally I find poor grammar less easy to read. Poor spelling however
I am almost completely oblivious to, given that most misspellings look
just fine to me!

I am surprised that someone of your abilities should have so much
difficulty coping with the occasional typo or incorrect spelling.
Especially when you are reading a coherent and well constructed sentence.


er- to WHAT sentence are you referring?

Any really. If the point is well made, and grammatically correct then
the meaning is usually clear even if there is the occasional typo or
spelling error.

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Cheers,

John.

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