I don’t know what it is, but spelling is important to me, especially when you are publicly posting your writings and actively hoping that others will read it. I make typos, I understand this error. What I do not understand is just not caring enough to go fix it. I read a lot of blogs of all different kinds, most do not have this problem but some I read are continual offenders.
I really believe spelling and grammar lends credibility to what you write and when I put my words out there, I want people to see what I’m writing as something to think about. It makes me question when there are repeated errors that are easily fixed. Read and re-read. Have someone else read. I mean for goodness sakes that’s what the spell check and those little underlines are for…heed them.
So, here are a few I’ve found recently:
Crone’s ( an old woman) disease vs. Crohn’s.
“Were” should be “where”
“later” for “Latter”
“carousal” (Boisterous drunken merrymaking) for “carousel” (merry go round)
“collage” (an art project) “college” institution for higher learning
“coarse” (rough) “course” path or used as in “of course”
While I realize the English language is tricky, lots of weird spelling’s and usages, it makes you seem like you know what you are talking about when you make an effort to spell it right. I think people are more likely to believe your information is valid if it isn’t riddled with spelling and grammar errors.
What do you think? Important or not?
