Post composition 101

[Bruce]

Okay, I'm sure I'm not the only one that has noticed this, but I guess I'll be the first to comment on it. People, PLEASE, PLEASE, take a little time to review your posts and edit for spelling and grammar before pressing "submit". We are not a bunch of cave men with keyboards, are we? I enjoy reading all the posts, but I enjoy reading those that are well written even more. I don't like to have to 'read between the lines' to try to guess what the poster is trying to say. I recently read a post with no punctuation and no capitalization. I didn't know where one sentence ended and the next started. I know this is a woodworking forum, not an English Comp forum, but a little effort to make your posts readable would be greatly appreciated. Okay, I'll get off of my soap box now. :)

[reible]

Spell checkecrs???

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrige Uinervtisy. it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is tahat the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

Amzanig huh?

(urban legend)

Maybe using the Flesch–Kincaid Grade Level Formula and shooting for a 8 would be good too.

Ed

[Bruce]

Spell checkers???

According to research at Cambridge University it doesn't matter in what order the letters in a word are, the only important thing is that the first and last letter be at the right place. The rest can be a total mess and you can still read it without problem. This is because the human mind does not read every letter by itself, but the word as a whole.

Amazing huh?

(urban legend)

Maybe using the Flesch–Kincaid Grade Level Formula and shooting for a 8 would be good too.

Ed

Ed,
I have heard that before and I could actually read your message, but I did notice that you at least had a period or two thrown in at the right places. Thanks. ;)