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My perspective on posting here.....
#54923
05/15/2015 08:18 PM
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This is a great forum where all of us are welcome to share our mutual love and enjoyment of St. Martin/St. Maarten, along with our knowledge of it, or our persuit of specific island knowledge or information.
But what it's not, IMO, is an English class and most of us will, upon occasion, make a spelling, punctuation or a grammatical error, or a keying misstroke. And as if that isn't enough, there are even times when our "i"whatevers will make corrections where sometimes the end product is light years removed from what we were trying to say in the first place. I've had this happen to me on more than one occasion and sometimes the auto correct is hysterically funny but other times its left me saying, "What the heck?!" And there are also those who aren't as fluent in English as we might be but they still have a point to pose.
This forum is meant to be a friendly place where we can share our knowledge but sometimes we may state something as fact only to discover after the fact we were wrong. It happens......or at least, it has to me. But our intentions are good and well-meant!
What it's not is a place to discuss morals and values, politics and/or religious perspectives or the merit and the value of different lifestyles. It's a place to share our island and our love of same, putting all that other stuff aside.
Sometimes we write things and without rereading, we post them and realize after the fact, perhaps our choice of words wasn't the best or perhaps the tone of our words wasn't the best and maybe it was a little harsh. It happens but it's usually not meant to be taken in a negative light.
Please don't take offense or get our collective backs up about these little mishaps or better yet, misspeaks. It's usually not personal though on the rare occasion it is, there's generally no mistaking the fact. But the truth is, we can always disagree but hopefully without being disagreeable.
Let's continue to keep this a friendly place to share our love of our favorite friendly island..... <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />
Respectfully,
pat
"Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them."
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Re: My perspective on posting here.....
[Re: faeowyn]
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05/16/2015 02:29 PM
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Re: My perspective on posting here.....
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05/16/2015 04:19 PM
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Respectfully,
pat
"Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them."
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Re: My perspective on posting here.....
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05/16/2015 06:00 PM
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Where is Kevin when you need him?
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Re: My perspective on posting here.....
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05/16/2015 09:01 PM
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J.D..... I'm here, I'm here. Oh! Maybe I'm not the the Kevin you are referring to!
Pat ... I so agree with you. Thus is a great forum for exchange of info about our favourite island. Spelling mistakes and grammatical errors are irrelevant. What is important is the sincerity with which the info is dispensed. I don't know you, but I have always admired how you sign off "Respectfully, Pat". A class act.
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Re: My perspective on posting here.....
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05/17/2015 09:26 AM
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Part of the problem with people replying to the wrong person is based on how you read the board, and many people may not be aware that there are different modes to read in. It depends on whether you read in "FLAT" or "THREADED" mode. On the line just above "Reply" "Quote" and "Quick Reply", there is a line of buttons that says "Previous" "Index" "Next" and "Flat" (Or "Threaded") If you click on the Flat or Threaded, it will switch to the other view. This sounds more complicated than it is, but if the button says "Flat", that means that you are currently reading in "threaded" mode, which is what I do 99.99% of the time. If you are replying in Threaded mode and you hit Reply to the exact post you are replying to, you will reply to the correct person, not just at the end of the thread.
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Re: My perspective on posting here.....
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05/17/2015 12:52 PM
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Kevin_B said: J.D..... I'm here, I'm here. Oh! Maybe I'm not the the Kevin you are referring to!
Pat ... I so agree with you. Thus is a great forum for exchange of info about our favourite island. Spelling mistakes and grammatical errors are irrelevant. What is important is the sincerity with which the info is dispensed. I don't know you, but I have always admired how you sign off "Respectfully, Pat". A class act. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Clapping.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />
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Re: My perspective on posting here.....
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05/17/2015 02:34 PM
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Re: My perspective on posting here.....
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05/18/2015 04:50 PM
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BeachKitten said:
Would you interupt someone in person and say, "it's I saw, not I seen". (Well, nevermind...there are those a**holes who/that/whom? do do that...lol Well, I *don't* correct people but it sometimes takes all my might to resist. I wish there was a way to *politely* point out to people that they may want to check their grammar. It's kind of like seeing someone with food in their teeth - You want to help them avoid embarrassment but the very act of doing so embarrasses them (and gets you labeled a Grammar Nazi). Yes, I realize it's a slippery slope from correcting "your" and "you're" (sadly, a battle that I fear is already lost) to arguing over dangling participles but man, some people just aren't trying. The one that is killing me now is people writing "I must of forgotten...". Really? You are are hearing "must've" and thinking "must of". To me, there is a difference between typos and laziness. I'm only commenting here because this isn't directed at anyone or any specific post. Otherwise, I know I'd get the "Nazi" label - the universal Get of of Jail Free card for lazy grammar. But, I know I'll still get skewered...(sigh)
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Re: My perspective on posting here.....
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05/18/2015 11:38 PM
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tmsxmsails said: [quote]BeachKitten said:
Would you interupt someone in person and say, "it's I saw, not I seen". (Well, nevermind...there are those a**holes who/that/whom? do do that...lol [/]
The one that is killing me now is people writing "I must of forgotten...". Really? You are are hearing "must've" and thinking "must of".
To me, there is a difference between typos and laziness.
I'm only commenting here because this isn't directed at anyone or any specific post. Otherwise, I know I'd get the "Nazi" label - the universal Get of of Jail Free card for lazy grammar. But, I know I'll still get skewered...(sigh) Sorry, but as a southerner...I find contractions perfectly acceptable. And it's not must've or must of.......it is must have. No?
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Re: My perspective on posting here.....
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05/19/2015 07:09 AM
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tmsxmsails said: Well, I *don't* correct people but it sometimes takes all my might to resist. I wish there was a way to *politely* point out to people that they may want to check their grammar. It's kind of like seeing someone with food in their teeth - You want to help them avoid embarrassment but the very act of doing so embarrasses them (and gets you labeled a Grammar Nazi).
Interestingly, there are a lot of people who don't care that their grammar isn't perfect, and aren't in the least embarrassed when they use improper grammar, spelling, or punctuation. My husband is one of those people. I used to correct his errors for the very reason you mention: to save him embarrassment. After several years of marriage, he finally told me he didn't care, and that he was pretty sure people knew what he meant. So now, while I still cringe at the errors, I just let it go.
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Re: My perspective on posting here.....
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05/19/2015 10:32 AM
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DonLinda said: Contractions are the enemy of good grammar. This is true! Both times my wife gave birth, she didn't give a hoot about good grammar during the contractions! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/jester.gif" alt="" />
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Re: My perspective on posting here.....
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05/19/2015 10:47 AM
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GaKaye said:tmsxmsails said: Well, I *don't* correct people but it sometimes takes all my might to resist. I wish there was a way to *politely* point out to people that they may want to check their grammar. It's kind of like seeing someone with food in their teeth - You want to help them avoid embarrassment but the very act of doing so embarrasses them (and gets you labeled a Grammar Nazi).
Interestingly, there are a lot of people who don't care that their grammar isn't perfect, and aren't in the least embarrassed when they use improper grammar, spelling, or punctuation. My husband is one of those people. I used to correct his errors for the very reason you mention: to save him embarrassment. After several years of marriage, he finally told me he didn't care, and that he was pretty sure people knew what he meant. So now, while I still cringe at the errors, I just let it go. Yeah, I guess it's a good thing when people are not overly concerned with the opinions of others - to a point. In your case, you know how your husband feels. In cases like we are talking about here, you don't know if the person knows and doesn't care, doesn't know and doesn't care, or doesn't know and would be embarrassed if they knew. I can't help but feel embarrassed for them though. I had a manager who used the term "For all intensive purposes..." in an email that included other high ranking people. Clearly a case where he mis-heard the phrase initially - like a song lyric you've been singing wrong all this time. Innocent enough but it still looked bad in front of his bosses. I suspect he wishes someone would have set him straight previous to this use...
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Re: My perspective on posting here.....
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05/19/2015 10:55 AM
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I think we would all agree that what one puts in a professional communication is quite a bit different than what is posted on a simple message board. I often see things posted here that I surely HOPE that the person is just in a hurry and definitely does know better than what they posted, but when all is said and done, it's just a little message board. I think that was all that Pat was trying to say in the original post. Don't sweat the small stuff.. And in the scheme of things, it's all small stuff..
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