Importance of Grammar/Spelling

[mojo1701]

I hate when people spell color wrong.

Hypocrite.

 

[Dog Moon]

Originally Posted by Morrus
3) Bad colour or font choices. I liken them to terrible handwriting - they just make things a struggle to read.

Oh yeah, that is definitely true. I remember a couple of people who posted in bad colors. One had a Light blue background with white print, making the print difficult to see cause the blue was so light. Also, a person who wrote in yellow. Oy, some people either don't care, don't understand, or want others to be annoyed at their color schemes.

And colour isn't technically spelled incorrectly. I think it's British people who at least USED to write words like colour instead of color. Not sure if they do that anymore. I had a very old version of the hobbit where there was favourite, colour, etc. That kind of spelling doesn't bother me much.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

I think a lot of people forget that EN World has different "skins." I, for example, use the at work skin, so if you use a light color, I can't read it and will, inevitably, skip over it.

 

[Impeesa]

And colour isn't technically spelled incorrectly. I think it's British people who at least USED to write words like colour instead of color. Not sure if they do that anymore. I had a very old version of the hobbit where there was favourite, colour, etc. That kind of spelling doesn't bother me much.

If by "British" you mean "everyone but the US," and by "used to" you mean "still do," then sure.

--Impeesa--

 

[Dog Moon]

Originally posted by Impeesa
If by "British" you mean "everyone but the US," and by "used to" you mean "still do," then sure.

I said 'At least used to' meaning that I wouldn't be surprised if they continued to. However, I see it a lot less in books and stuff because as with the older edition of the Hobbit, when it is reedited and a new issue put out, the 'our' disappears and becomes 'or.' So I suppose I meant to say that the experiencing of it has become less and less in America because we edit books into 'our language.'

As to 'everyone but the US' I didn't realize it was that prevailent. I knew Britian and believed it was a great part of Europe as well, but I thought it was limited pretty much to that section of the world. So I have learned something new today, yay!