One of the things I think that establishes IDW above Facebook and other social media, and which I greatly appreciate, is a very high level of accurate spelling and good grammar and punctuation on this platform. It demonstrates a level of discipline that gives additional credibility to the “arguments” in our conversations here. My posts won’t always be perfect but I do try to be coherent and use the tools of communications I’ve learned throughout my life. I see most here doing the same. As one whose career depended on professionalism in communication, I appreciate the efforts of everyone else on IDW. Thank you.
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Also impressive considering that typing on a phone keyboard is really difficult for old people like me!
Kindalibertarian
Level 6
Apr 9, 2019
1
I red an interustung pepper sum thyme back abut how its uften the smaaartr pipples hoo do bad spillings and grmmer n stuf...
I have no idea where I read the original article, perhaps in Scientific American or the like years ago. In any case, Google is agog with plenty of articles of similar ilk, take your pick. The upshot, according to author of the one I read, is that smart people are generally intelligent enough to figure out on the fly what a particular word or sentence is, regardless of how poorly it's spelled or how badly constructed it is. Thus they do not need to waste brain cells committing such things to rote as they can perceive the sense and meaning of what's written in many / most cases and that, according to the author, is really the whole entire point of written communication. There were some additional comments made about people who nit-pick spelling and/or grammar that I won't repeat because they were mainly irrelevant.
Who knows if it's true or not, but it was an interesting idea, I thought.
jwhitten
Level 7
Apr 9, 2019
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@Garsco I get your point, but here is an anecdote from my own life, one of the smartest people I ever knew was extremely dyslexic and couldn't spell worth shit. And on top of that his writing stank-- to call it 'chicken scratch' would have been a kindness-- and he knew it, and laughed about it. And he soldiered on and persevered in his life and those who knew him generally liked and/or loved him, the ones that didn't typically at least respected him and what he could do. He had a long and pretty well accomplished life, IMO. And I was very, very proud to call him my friend. He taught me many things worth knowing, but rarely ever did it on purpose-- at least not such that I was ever able to catch him at it 
I try to write and spell correctly. But...being over 70, sometimes my fingers don't type as accurately as I like. I try to proofread before hitting send but sometimes forget. I also like this site for reading viewpoints that are intelligent.
GrandmaSandy
Level 4
Apr 9, 2019
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My spelling, grammar and punctuation is the epitome of prefection!
Actually, I'm dyslexic so it will never be perfect. Dyslexics of the world - UNTIE!
FrankZeleniuk
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Apr 9, 2019
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