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<blockquote data-quote="Dingleberry" data-source="post: 2762142" data-attributes="member: 490"><p>To me, it's all about this part of Henry's post - whether native speaker or not.&nbsp; I think effort = respect.&nbsp; If someone isn't making an effort to use correct grammar and spelling, I feel that the person isn't treating the intended audience with respect.&nbsp; It certainly doesn't have to be perfect, but if you spell the same word right once and wrong four different ways in the same post, it means you aren't trying - especially since you're already on the Internet, which has a wealth of ridiculously easy ways to check grammar and spelling.&nbsp; If you don't know how to spell or say something correctly, take the seven seconds to look it up.&nbsp; If you don't, you're effectively telling your audience (you know, the people you want to read and respond to your post) that they're not worth the effort, so you're shifting the burden of making your communication understandable to them.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Dingleberry, post: 2762142, member: 490"] To me, it's all about this part of Henry's post - whether native speaker or not. I think effort = respect. If someone isn't making an effort to use correct grammar and spelling, I feel that the person isn't treating the intended audience with respect. It certainly doesn't have to be perfect, but if you spell the same word right once and wrong four different ways in the same post, it means you aren't trying - especially since you're already on the Internet, which has a wealth of ridiculously easy ways to check grammar and spelling. If you don't know how to spell or say something correctly, take the seven seconds to look it up. If you don't, you're effectively telling your audience (you know, the people you want to read and respond to your post) that they're not worth the effort, so you're shifting the burden of making your communication understandable to them. [/QUOTE]

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