myLot and perfect English
@allknowing (136541)
India
May 13, 2023 8:50pm CST
myLot as you know is very considerate when it comes to spellings and grammatical errors in posts, responses and comments. The question is should we take advantage of that and not bother about producing perfect English?
I try my best but what bothers me are the typos. I read through and do not see anything wrong and click that submit button only to realise later when I come back to comment I see the howlers. I immediately edit those typos.
What about you. How particular are you or not bothered knowing myLot will let pass your howlers?
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@allknowing (136541)
• India
14 May 23
No matter how hard I try I do not see them in the first instance but when I get back they glare at me (lol)
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
14 May 23
@allknowing My typos glare at me when I go back too.
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@allknowing (136541)
• India
14 May 23
There are a few here who just do not bother. I am sure they know there are typos in their posts but since myLot does not mind they do not edit them
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@allknowing (136541)
• India
14 May 23
@sjvg1976 They should do that in their own interest else they will become used to typing below standard content
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@sjvg1976 (41281)
• Delhi, India
14 May 23
@allknowing that's the postive thing about the site but that's wrong people should edit their posts when they find any mistake in them.
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@AmbiePam (92828)
• United States
14 May 23
I reread my posts a couple of times, but I am sure I still miss some typos. We used to have a mylotter who was a native English speaker, and would write post after post. However, they never double checked what they wrote, and it was often pure nonsense. I really do appreciate everyone's effort to be coherent, but of course, we all understand everyone struggles with grammar or spelling at one time or another. If English is one's second language it must be especially effort inducing. I admire those who give it their best. Absolutely no one should expect perfection.
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@AmbiePam (92828)
• United States
14 May 23
@allknowing Oh, rest assured, there is no one on mylot now that was like that person. I mean they were BAD. I probably shouldn't say anything more because they truly were a nice person, and in no way were they uneducated. They simply did not care.
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@allknowing (136541)
• India
14 May 23
@AmbiePam We do not have the so called gang either now who wasted no time in ridiculing others while they themselves had lots to hide
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@allknowing (136541)
• India
14 May 23
English is my second language and I agree with you many native speakers do not bother correcting their mistakes.
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@allknowing (136541)
• India
14 May 23
I see that too. But I know what to accept and what to reject. For example 'favour' has a u in the British version but American version does not have it but I go by the British version
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@LadyDuck (471459)
• Switzerland
14 May 23
@allknowing American English seems to have removed almost all the "u", favour, colour, labour, glamour, neighbour, catalogue. Then there are those with the re er inverted: theatre, centre, litre, metre, fibre.
Now I see many underlined words in my text.
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@allknowing (136541)
• India
14 May 23
@LadyDuck I gave you just one example. I will follow the British version
Because you have an American checker (lol)
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@Deepizzaguy (102941)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 May 23
I do edit my work when I see that I did make errors in spelling and words being used properly.
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@allknowing (136541)
• India
14 May 23
Does not matter how lenient myLot is but we must try and post matter that has no mistakes.
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@Deepizzaguy (102941)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 May 23
@allknowing You are right.
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@allknowing (136541)
• India
14 May 23
You are not the only one. I look twice and see no mistakes but when I get back to comment there I see them and quickly edit them.
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@allknowing (136541)
• India
14 May 23
@Fleura No In the spell check. That is a fun poem.
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@Fleura (30404)
• United Kingdom
14 May 23
@allknowing Do you mean in the poem? There are 36 incorrect words in it to my reckoning, but no spelling mistakes.
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@Fleura (30404)
• United Kingdom
14 May 23
I always go back to correct it if I spot I have made a mistake, I am horrified as I'm always very particular. I just noticed that I had written 'log' instead of 'long' in a response to a comment and even though I know it has been read by the intended recipient and may well never be read again, I corrected it anyway.
By the way I hope you won't mind if I mention you have accidentally got two 'n's in 'anything' in this post.
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@allknowing (136541)
• India
14 May 23
Even after reading through a second time I find everything is hunky dory until I get back to respond to comments (lol)
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@JudyEv (340216)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 May 23
@allknowing I'm exactly the same. The errors jump out at me when I go back to the discussion.
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@zainkhan121 (859)
• Pakistan
15 May 23
That image is hilarious! Are you trying to make me trip over my own words? 
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@allknowing (136541)
• India
15 May 23
Your command should be strong not to trip (lol)
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@allknowing (136541)
• India
14 May 23
Here we are not supposed to do that but since you have requested I suppose that should be fine. But what you have written here is perfect.
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