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Old 12-18-09, 07:29 PM   #1
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Wow that's new I just got a warning for not using capitals and not starting a sentence with a capital letter, never thought that the world of fishing would make you punctually correct. I thought this was a forum to talk about fishing and all the different tricks for fishing out there and not a English class I guess that's why I never posted anything before, because I like to talk about fishing and not be scrutinized about my spelling or the way I start my sentences.
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Old 12-18-09, 07:42 PM   #2
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Yeah I hate it too but you gotta learn to live with it. I still usually dont follow the rules though it doesnt really matter to me lol.
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Old 12-18-09, 08:02 PM   #3
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i agree with their call good thing there are plenty of other fishing forums out there for you posts with no punctuation are difficult to read kinda like this one
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Old 12-18-09, 08:48 PM   #4
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You're right, fishing forums are for talking about fishing, not an English class, and correcting somebody is considered rude by many people.

Nevertheless, posts written in reasonably good English are easier to read. And language skill is an asset to everyone, regardless of what they do in life.

Writing carefully and doing a little proofreading before posting benefits everybody on the forum.
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Old 12-18-09, 09:57 PM   #5
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I agree that grammar should not be a main focus in a fishing forum - to an extent.

There isn't anybody here or very very few, that use text lingo. u no wat im talkin bout. Seriously though, that gets quite annoying on a forum.

Capital letters don't bug me, but forgetting periods makes posts hard to read.

Spelling also doesn't bug me if its an occasional error, but a lot in one post or consistently misspelling words in ALL your posts also makes them hard to read.

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Old 12-18-09, 10:33 PM   #6
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Wow that's new I just got a warning for not using capitals and not starting a sentence with a capital letter, never thought that the world of fishing would make you punctually correct. I thought this was a forum to talk about fishing and all the different tricks for fishing out there and not a English class I guess that's why I never posted anything before, because I like to talk about fishing and not be scrutinized about my spelling or the way I start my sentences.
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Old 12-18-09, 10:59 PM   #7
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No one should call people out on spelling and be rude about it.
There should be forum monitors that should just fix the spelling if there a issue with it.
Kinda like how everytime I add a link for my own site they delete it!
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Old 12-19-09, 12:37 AM   #8
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Old 12-19-09, 01:06 AM   #9
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Zooker is right. Keep it up man, you can be a winner too!
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