I gave the example of the American author's awful article to precisely refute that notion. I am not an English speaker by birth and I have learnt my English in the last 18 years (after I crossed my adolescence, and ironically, after becoming blind). Even today, I don't speak English at home. Well, had I not told you this, would you have recognised yourself by reading my mails? Expressing your ideas clearly goes beyond the confines of language.
Subramani -----Original Message----- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of BHAWANI SHANKAR VERMA Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 6:00 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] Care for spellings in postings - a request i am of the experience that a person study in his mother language, more efficiently use English. because he always care about spellings and grammar errors. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Subramani L" <lsubram...@deccanherald.co.in> To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 4:55 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Care for spellings in postings - a request > The criteria is not if one has studied in English medium or have learnt > English through and through at school. I have seen this in some blogs > and other platforms where the so-called learned folks share information. > Even there, I found plenty of mistakes and very obvious grammatical > errors. I wish I am able to share a few examples, because recently I > read an article written by an "AUTHOR" (and, of all the things, she is > an American) which was full of errors... so much that it was hard to > believe that the person who actually wrote it was an author. Imagine > someone who is making a living out of writing putting out messages like > that? > > The root cause of poorly written mails in my opinion is lack of care. > People do not understand that their writing says something about them > and it definitely has an impact on other people and they have a > responsibility to write in an intelligible, clear way. I list the > following points which people may like to take into account while > writing: > > 1. Avoid SMS language. SMS language has had a negative influence on > people, particularly on youngsters. Believe me, how much ever you try > and simplify your writing in terms of shortening words and using > alphanumeric, writing, as a process, is essentially different from > speaking and you do not have the necessary expertise to use one for the > other. So when writing, whether through a mobile phone or > twitter/facebook, treat it as a writing task. > 2. Read sites like BBC, which uses simple sentences to convey the news. > If you read it for a long time, it has an influence on the way you > write. If you need help in honing your language skills, you can switch > to learning English or other specific sites in BBC, which provide both > audio and text information for practice. > 3. Never send a message without reading it at least once. I am having a > terrible time with the keyboard I am using to type this message (and so > many other things like filing my stories) since it doesn't type A with a > single touch. I have to hit the key several times to get it typed, but I > do it since I don't want my messages to appear bad (still you may find a > word or two with a missing A, but that is after I try my best). Take > pride in the fact that you are amongst the privileged few in this > country to use things like computers and emails to communicate and so > have to show you actually do what it takes to use them. > 4. Your writing is a part of your personality. You wouldn't like to > attend a party wearing an awful dress, dirty and dishevelled. So why > should you write badly and show that you are after all not someone who > people like to meet in person? You indeed raise your stakes > (expectations) higher if you write well. So put in that effort. If you > think you can't, learn. > > Subramani > > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in > [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of prateek > aggarwal > Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 10:14 PM > To: accessindia > Subject: Re: [AI] Care for spellings in postings - a request > > Agreed. > I too have observed a few mails with major errors in spellings. > While we are using screen readers, we don't usually read the word > letter by letter, hence our focus does not go to the spelling of a > word. > > Yes, I fully understand that many of you folks haven't got chance of > doing studies in English medium schools, and that's not at all a > problem, neither that is any criteria of judging your capabilities. In > fact, a lot of you folks are scholars and experts in your respective > areas, and I'm proud for that. > Sometimes, incorrect spellings or grammar makes your e-mail > ineffective to an extent that the intended recipient does not notice > it that warmly, hence you remain destitute from the right answer which > you would have got if the spellings were all correct. > Moreover, the fact described by vasu bro about the appearance of > search results by search queries is also one of the major factors. > Considering this, I request all the learned fellows without any > preference of name that please try checking the spelling of the word > you are writing here, it only takes a bit. > In fact, a better approach is to write the e-mail in Microsoft word > first, and run the spelling and grammar check. > Of course, the spelling and grammar check is not the best solution and > it won't point all the mistakes, neither the suggested things by it > are all perfect, yet you can get an idea and decide what to correct. > An other important thing that I'd like to suggest is to read whatever > you have written with the help of your screen reader. > Many times, your screen reader will pronounce a word in strange way if > its spelling is not correct. > This will let you know that there's some problem with the spelling of > that respective word, which you can correct then. > > I have been thinking to write spellings of some of the most commonly > used words so the chances of collision can be reduced down. > > Based on your suggestions, I may start a series somewhere either here > or on my website about the spellings of some very commonly used words. > > Response awaited. > > regards, > Prateek agarwal. > Skype: > Prateek_agarwal32 > Wanna see inside me? My blog is the telescope: > http://www.myfriendprateek.blogspot.com > website: > http://www.prateekagarwal.webs.com > > the best way to accomplish your softwares/websites development needs. > You tell, I'll build. > > > > ---------- Original message ---------- > From: "Srinivasu Chakravarthula" <sriniv...@srinivasu.org> > To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 20:12:54 +0530 > Subject: [AI] Care for spellings in postings - a request > Dear all, > > Off late, there are several emails with lot of spelling and grammar > mistakes. I do understand some of you may not got opportunity to study > in > English medium school and I'm one of them and that would be one of the > possible reasons for spelling mistakes in emails and I don't mistake any > of > you. > > At the same time, please understand that postings of Access India are > archived and easily available for people to come across the content > through > search engines and useful information posted by you would not come up in > the > search engines unless your content matches to the spelling that a > researcher > is looking for. So it would be a biggest disadvantage for us, if our > content > do not have correct spellings and grammar. > > To make your postings better, may I please suggest a couple of things, > although I am aware, this would be a little more additional effort: > > 1. If you are using Microsoft Outlook / outlook express, be sure > to do > a spell check by pressing F7 (not sure for outlook express) > > 2. If you compose emails using webmail and use Mozilla Firefox, > most > often it notify you about spelling errors and by using the applications > key, > you can access the suggestions and use the correct spelling. > > 3. This suggestion would really be an additional effort, but you > can > try; if you are using webmail, may be, draft your email using Word > Processor > and run the spell check, then copy the same and paste to your compose > box in > web mail. > > Hope this would be of help to someone. No offense please. > > Best regards, > > Srinivasu Chakravarthula > Hand phone: +91-990-081-0881 > Website: > http://www.srinivasu.org > Yahoo! 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