NorseMedic: If a person writes you an e-mail indicating they are interested in getting to know you or correspond with you – will their level of spelling and correct use of grammar affect your interest and/or your response?
English is not my native language, so basically everything I post have been written in Microsoft Word to begin with, so the worst spelling errors and grammar mistakes are corrected before sending e-mails or posting on the forum. In my mind I have to at least make an effort if I want people to read what I have written and sometimes I consider it disrespectful to not even try and read a letter through just once before sending, to correct any obvious errors. Why should I use my time to respond, if the author hasn’t even made an effort to write just a slightly bit civilized?
Funnily enough especially people whose native tongue is English tend to write like they were 1st graders; and other foreigners like myself try a little harder and make fewer mistakes, probably because we have to be more conscious when using this language.
What say Thou, o’ mighty boarders of CS – am I OCD’ing or just paying attention to details?
Of course I rely on good spelling and punctuation to choose my partners...after all...that's the main thing that they can spell and punctuate...as for being a good, loving, caring person, I'm sure it's all in the spelling!!!!!
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Not to worry! We stopped talking about grammer an hour ago.