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yeah, i got the same, the school went on and on about my handwriting and spent far too long trying to improve it, wasting my time and theres. Not exactly an is
by Graham24 14y ago
yeah, i got the same, the school went on and on about my handwriting and spent far too long trying to improve it, wasting my time and theres.
Not exactly an issue as I sit here and type this is it?
Mind you, the one thing i did do when i got a chance, was to do a typing course meant for secretarys as I knew i'd have to type.
- kamaal 14y agoThe thing is people attach too much artistic value to hand writing. Think of it more like painting and drawing. What makes it worse is the visual appeal and they way it can be preserved over the years.
- slurgfest 14y agoYour example showed it isn't artistic value so much as social class.
- Swizec 14y agoNot to sound rude ... but your typing isn't that great either. theres instead of theirs, secretarys instead of secretaries and none of your I's are uppercase as they're supposed to be.
- tudorw 14y agoMore incorrect than rude, typing is about hitting the letters you wanted to hit accurately, quickly, consistently and without strain or injury, spelling and grammar are something entirely different!
- ryanmolden 14y agoAnd both are about communicating with other human beings effectively. I could spell out everything phonetically or use text shorthand as well, but that makes it generally harder for a wide audience to enjoyably consume my writing. Humans do a large part of reading via gestalt comprehension, changing the "shape" of words stymies this process.
- rhdoenges 14y agoDon't be a pedant. It's distracting from the actual discussion.
- Swizec 14y agoHow's this for the actual discussion: There have been cases of people dying because the pharmacist misread the doctor's scribbles and gave them the wrong prescription.
- nicholassmith 14y agoAnd you've just lowercased the starting letter of a new sentence. If you're going to flag someone over something, make sure you double check what you've typed.
- Swizec 14y agoYes I did and it was on purpose, because I was listing exact examples from his comment. Probably should have put them in quotes though, I'll give you that.
- nicholassmith 14y agoI did miss that part, but they should have been quoted as examples, quotes save lives.
- xyzzyz 14y agoAnd what value exactly does your comment add? Did you consider that English may not be parent's native language?