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SaraParsons
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In the forum you can find people from different countries, i think that, maybe Saskalex, have to understand that.
I think that it will be nice.
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I think that it will be nice.
Regards
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Antal I Kozma
Senior Member
The above quoted statement is true to some extent. However, it is very unfortunate that bad spelling is so common. The lack of proper spelling mostly equals to lack of proper education. There is nothing to be proud of bad spelling or lack of education.
Linguists are educators and as such they deserve appreciation and should receive attention from those who did not learn to spell their native language properly.
I apprerciated the original post as an effort to educate the less fortunate who did not manage to get proper spelling skills in school or at home. After all it does not hurt if a photographer knows proper spelling, right? The general quest for being better educated eventually will reflect in one's work.
Thanks for the original post and regards to all who haven't given up on writing the English language properly.
AIK
Chifley
Well-known member
And I'll second it!
You folks have got to get out of the house more. In the grand scheme of things it doesn't matter to me if someone mispells a few words as photography is the reason we are all here. Much of the time it has to do with typos. Now go find something more fun to do.
Steve
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Steve
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'If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them something more than the miracles of technology. We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through with it.'
Chifley
Well-known member
Quite right. I've just returned after walking the dogs. Much better use of time. I think I'll go out this evening and take some night shots.
Cheers.
bob elkind
Veteran Member
24 more posts and this thread is finally DONE!
make that 23 more posts...
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make that 23 more posts...
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my relationship with my camera is strictly photonic
grazuncle
Veteran Member
-as in 'I ain't got none'.. which actually means, you have!
I wish I had paid more attention to grammar when at school: Thinking about it now, we had very little, specifically, in this area.
I still get nouns, adjectives and verbs mixed up... what is a pronoun anyway? Wiki, here I come.
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Sooty
I wish I had paid more attention to grammar when at school: Thinking about it now, we had very little, specifically, in this area.
I still get nouns, adjectives and verbs mixed up... what is a pronoun anyway? Wiki, here I come.
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Quote: If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
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Sooty
digitall
Senior Member
Google search:- lens: 83,800,000
lense: 2,590,000
Of course a large proportion of the results for the latter include discussion of the erroneous use of the spelling 'lense'. Some two million are surely wrong but ignorance is said to be bliss. Bear in mind that many who use 'lense' would readily accept that they had made a mistake if it was pointed out to them.
Try searching for 'lense' on ebay and you'll find that it returns tens of thousands of entries most of which use the correct spelling. Now carry out another search for lense but -lens (-lens will exclude lens from the search). Currently it returns only 1040 items.
I think the OP should be applauded for trying to improve the quality of communication within these forums.
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lense: 2,590,000
Of course a large proportion of the results for the latter include discussion of the erroneous use of the spelling 'lense'. Some two million are surely wrong but ignorance is said to be bliss. Bear in mind that many who use 'lense' would readily accept that they had made a mistake if it was pointed out to them.
Try searching for 'lense' on ebay and you'll find that it returns tens of thousands of entries most of which use the correct spelling. Now carry out another search for lense but -lens (-lens will exclude lens from the search). Currently it returns only 1040 items.
I think the OP should be applauded for trying to improve the quality of communication within these forums.
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SteveH
Senior Member
.....that anybody would think to start such a thread in these forums.
None of us need spelling rules here
With a whole raft of different nationalities participating communication is more important than grammar.
Why don't you go somewhere else saskalex (by the way a 'name' should start with a capital letter - so you are a fine example of following 'rules') and start a "Pedants' corner" and leave us to communicate about photography.
Never found such rubbish on the Canon forums ;-)
Regards to all from a 350D & S3 IS user
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Mark den Hartog
Senior Member
man... I seel filly ;-)
Chifley
Well-known member
Say no more! The above subject line says it all. "Irregardless" for crissake. This MUST be getting close to 150.
RIP
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Chifley
Well-known member
Pieter Jordaan
Leading Member
I really don't think that anyone here, including the OP, has a problem with the English written by members from non-English speaking countries. To expect people, who do not use or hear English on a daily basis, to write perfect English, would be rather arrogant. I think that many of our "non-English" speaking colleagues can be admired for their excellent use of the language. The poor English, or spelling thereof, by English speakers certainly does not help those who are trying their best to learn the language.
I think those who couldn't care less, are contributing to the general declining standards of this world we live in.
I don't claim to be the greatest scholar of the English language or of its grammar, but I do try my best to get it right. Daily, I have two languages to contend with and that does not always make it easy to be an absolute master of either one of them. Up to the age of 10, I could hardly speak any English, but it has become my primary language which I try to use correctly.
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FredJamesPhotography
Senior Member
coming from a Canon user who has never posted anything but this tells me .............................................he/she can't shoot , but i guess they win the spelling bee (on a photo forum)
grazuncle
Veteran Member
Someone posted earlier in this thread that if someone should correct him in his 'misuse' of a new language he would benefit from it.
Do we not all learn here?
Anyway, who is going to moderate this 'abuse'?
I learn much here, apart from forum specific knowledge. Humour (or lack of it) Also, the way some put sentences together is a joy to read, irrespective of subject.
Have fun
Quote: If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
Have fun
Sooty
Do we not all learn here?
Anyway, who is going to moderate this 'abuse'?
I learn much here, apart from forum specific knowledge. Humour (or lack of it) Also, the way some put sentences together is a joy to read, irrespective of subject.
Have fun
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Quote: If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
Have fun
Sooty
paulskimcb
Leading Member
But Tom, you're clearly wrong here as to the authoritativeness and comprehensiveness o tthe OED. If it were so comprehensive, then it would IT THE VERY LEAST mention the variant, if archaic, spellings of the word 'lense' listed above, especially if those variants were significant enough to be noted in other reputable dictionaries, even if only to discount the validity of said spellings.
No source can ever be entirely comprehensive, especailly when dealing with the dynamic and sublime enormity of the organism that is the English language.
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-pjm
I never gave a damn about the meter man until I was the man who had to read the meters.
No source can ever be entirely comprehensive, especailly when dealing with the dynamic and sublime enormity of the organism that is the English language.
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-pjm
I never gave a damn about the meter man until I was the man who had to read the meters.
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