I have discovered an easy way to spell check postings that may be of interest to others.
If you are comfortable with switching back and forth between windows, you can open your word processor such as Word and compose messages there, spell check, copy and switch back to the Bachmann window and paste
into the message.
Tom
Yeah, I have been doing that for five years. Works very well.
I use Open Office though.
Open Office is a free download nearly equivalent to Microsoft Office for those of you who cannot afford MS Office. It handles Word documents just fine.
Rich
Unfortunately, those who need it the most won't bother. adn they ain't nuttin i kan due bout caplization.
Gene
;DGREETINGS!! :o While you are at it, there are lots of other GRAMMATICAL errors that are used by those who, seemingly, should be of age to well above the age that one would have had such covered in an English class!
For example, when "was" follows "if" or "wish", making it "future tense", it should become "were", but how many times have you read, in this forum, "If it was..." or I wish it was..."?? ???
If we are going to get picky about spelling, unless it is to the point at which a point cannot be understood, let's really go all out and clean up the grammar and total "murder" of the English that is accomplished on this board!! >:(
THANX!!
8) Ernie
Actually, Ernie, that's subjunctive mood - condition contrary to fact. :D
Gene
;DGREETINGS!! ;)My appologies, Gene! I mistakingly thought it was future perfect, but the point is still made and, hopefully, understood.
:)While we are not all total masters of the English language, we can still be understood... usually. ::)
In college, one of my English Instructors told me that I was "comma happy", in that I used one every chance that I got, whether it was necessary or not! ??? That's probably still true today,,,,, though that was SEVERAL days ago!! ;)
THANX!!
8) Ernie
Don't fret about spelling or grammatical errors in your posts.
That is the resident "School Marm"s job.
Many of us come here just to see how tight his/ her panties can be wadded.
Too bad, so sad, he/she doesn't have bigger fish to fry in life.
Its entertainment.
It takes the edge off the day.
As long as someone can communicate in such a way as someone else can interpret, their post will generally receive a response.
No worries.
Maybe someone should speak up about smiley abuse...
The spell check solution in one word: Firefox
;DGREETINGS!! ???CAN A SMILEY EVER BE ABUSED? If ABUSED, it no longer is a SMILEY, but a FROWNY!! :o :'(
CAN THE USE OF A SMILEY EVER BE OVERDONE? :-\ Really, one would think that it would depend on who was cooking!! ;D
Since mine would be, surely, a prejudiced opinion :P, I will leave the judgment of this matter to those with more aptitude than myself!
:-*Perhaps Bob or Gene would at this time like to enter a comment?? ::)
THANX!!
8) Ernie
What do you know! We have a spell check feature built in and it was never turned on!
Seems to work fine, just click on the button at the bottom of the posting box before you click post.
Regards,
3rail
Quote from: 3rail on March 12, 2009, 10:32:25 PM
What do you know! We have a spell check feature built in and it was never turned on!
Seems to work fine, just click on the button at the bottom of the posting box before you click post.
Regards,
3rail
If only it was used. Some of the posting on this board need a spell check, never mind trying to correct the grammar.
Holy!
Man, I was getting so used to the buttons too...
I downloaded the Google Toolbar for this, and it was never on...
As GG said,
Smiley abuse is serious. :) Get used too much, and suffers multi-usage syndrome.
Here's a demonstration:
:) :) :) :) :) :) ;) ;) ;) :D :D ;D :o 8) ??? :P :-[ :'( :-\ :-*
It does, in fact, get annoying at times!
;D
Joshua
Thanks for turning on the feature 3rd rail.
I'm reminded of the note sent from the Cavalry Division Commander to the Light Brigade Commander: "Attack the guns to your front."
Problem was that the guns the division commander saw were not the guns the brigade commander saw and the troopers were railroaded (obligatory railroad connection) into a disasterous and unnecesssary charge.
It is not the duty of the reader to figure out what the writer meant, unless the writer is James Joyce in which case who knows which track one may go down.
Old timers still remember the "worn out track." :D (I think one smiley does the trick.)
Nice to see the activated spell check. I hope it gets used. Now for a capitalization check.....
Gene
Quote from: Pacific Northern on March 12, 2009, 10:55:35 PM
Quote from: 3rail on March 12, 2009, 10:32:25 PM
What do you know! We have a spell check feature built in and it was never turned on!
Seems to work fine, just click on the button at the bottom of the posting box before you click post.
Regards,
3rail
If only it was used. Some of the posting on this board need a spell check, never mind trying to correct the grammar.
GREETINGS!! ;D"IF" only it WAS used??? IF only it WERE used!! :o
Wilt the POT call the KETTLE BLACK?? :-\
"Get the MOTE out of thine own eye"!! ::)
Gene, we also need, SERIOUSLY a GRAMMAR CHECK!! :-*
Oh, and btw, the last SMILEY in the example posted by JOSHUA was throwing a KISS!! Doesn't look like he was too ABUSED (perhaps AMUSED!!)!!
In the words of the late Mr. Paul Harvey... "GOOOOOOD DAY!!"
THANX!!
8) Ernie
Why would I need Spell checker? I already can rede and spel gud.
There are sociologists and linguists doing studies that claim that in fifty years time no one will know how to write.
Penmanship is not being emphasized as it once was due to increased time in school being spent on preparing for exams mandated by No Child Left Behind.
That is too bad because penmanship develops fine motor skills in young children and they will need that when they work on their trains.
A big culprit in the spelling/grammar problem is the invention of text-messaging. A fellow teacher received a text message from a student and after trying to decipher it, thought that maybe he should contact an expert on secret code! The message was all abbreviations and contained - you guessed it - a smiley face at the end!
From the Bloomsbury Good Word Guide:
'Was' vs 'Were': Difficulty is sometimes experienced in the use of the subjunctive form 'were' in phrases expressing supposition. The basic rule is that 'were' is used when the suggestion is of something hypothetical, unlikely, or not actually the case. When a supposition might be possible or factual then either 'was' or 'were' may be used.
Since it is possible we might see better grammar, "If only it was used" is not improper. The only phrase that grates me is "I have got".
I won many spelling bees as a child, probably because my Mother was a teacher. I can usually spot a misspelled word after I type it, but I keep a dictionary by my computer. I am a touch typist, so I only look at the screen. 8)
Quote from: Woody Elmore on March 13, 2009, 10:04:06 AM
Why would I need Spell checker? I already can rede and spel gud.
There are sociologists and linguists doing studies that claim that in fifty years time no one will know how to write.
Penmanship is not being emphasized as it once was due to increased time in school being spent on preparing for exams mandated by No Child Left Behind.
That is too bad because penmanship develops fine motor skills in young children and they will need that when they work on their trains.
A big culprit in the spelling/grammar problem is the invention of text-messaging. A fellow teacher received a text message from a student and after trying to decipher it, thought that maybe he should contact an expert on secret code! The message was all abbreviations and contained - you guessed it - a smiley face at the end!
"Don't shoot!"
Wee have a spill chuck-er!
I wood never have gassed.
Is it waking now?
For Roger:
I have a spell checker
It came with my PC It plane lee marks four my revue Miss steaks aye can knot see
Eye ran this poem threw it Your sure real glad two no Its very polished in its own weigh My chequer tolled me sew
A cheek or is a blessing It freeze yew lodes of thyme It helps me right awl stiles two reed And aides me when aye rime
Now spilling does not phase me It does knot bring a tier My pay purrs awl due glad den With wrapped words fare as hear
To rite with care is quite a feet Of witch won should be proud And wee mussed dew the best wee can Sew flaws are knot aloud
So ewe can sea why aye dew prays Such soft wear four pea seas And why eye brake in two averse Buy righting want to please
-Author Unknown
Spell checkers are great, but don't replace proof reading!
favor favour color colour meter metre modeler modeller tire tyre
I just realized the new spell checker is bilingual - English and American. Ya gotta love it.
Ah, but does it know what a rear quarter light is? ;D
Gene
;DGREETINGS!! :o I am reminded of the probably now INFAMOUS words of the GREAT AND HONORABLE Mr,B: "HAVE FUN!!" ;D
GOOOD DAY!! :-*
THANX!!
8) Ernie
Jim,
That was funny. I read that many years ago, but it is still a good laugh.
The spell checker is only a tool like a calculator is for math. If you don't understand math the calculator is not much help.
Regards,
3rail
Spell checker says Yampa Bob is a "sweet potato". :D
I thought that was a Yampa Gold.
Gene
I wish I was in the land of Bachmann. Old trains there are not forgotten. Looky there. looky there. 4-4-0.
Quote[I just realized the new spell checker is bilingual - English and American. Ya gotta love it.
Oh... that's good.
Thanks Jim, for putting a smile on my face today.
bevernie,
Don't get any ideas! I was playing around... Or was I? Yes, I was. ;)
Josh
;DGREETINGS!! ??? JOSH, I'm ALWAYS getting ideas ;), some good :D, some not so good :-[, though never really bad >:(, though some might consider them bad :'(, howbeit, those that might consider them bad might in reality, be considering them bad LY! :P
Now, exactly to what were you specifically referring? :-\I seem to not see anything that may or may not be deemed in a "playing around" or not so "playing around" tone! ::)
HELP!! :o
THANX!!
8) Ernie
Incorrect English makes it difficult for me understand what people are trying to communicate . I realize that English may not be the primary language for some people, but it is still is grating that people think it is too much trouble for them to write in logical sentences. Try that at a Job Interview and see where it gets you. Pax !!! John II
Quote from: Jhanecker2 on March 15, 2009, 08:53:13 PM
Incorrect English makes it difficult for me understand what people are trying to communicate . I realize that English may not be the primary language for some people, but it is still is grating that people think it is too much trouble for them to write in logical sentences. Try that at a Job Interview and see where it gets you. Pax !!! John II
;DGREETINGS!! ;)You see, this is a case where it might have been good for JOHN II to have read his post before he posted it, for it might be difficult for him to understand his own post!! :o "...difficult for me understand..." would be better understood with "to" between "me" and "understand"! ::)
Oh, well... just my "to" cents worth!! :-[
THANX!!
8) Ernie
See the cartoon in today's Parade magazine? "2morro - could you use that in an incomplete sentence, please?" ;D
Gene