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“learn to spell idjit”

I try not to respond to the children that come here to cause trouble. I acknowledge that we all occasionally make mistakes when we write, however, it appears you missed most of your grammar classes and I thought I’d offer some unsolicited assistance.

So, first of all, how you write frequently reflects on how you are viewed by the reader. Poor grammar, spelling and punctuation usually detracts from your message, and you are likely to be taken less seriously than someone who constructs a reasonably correct sentence.

Now, to start, the first letter in a sentence should be capitalized. Then, when you finish a sentence, you should end it with a period (.), a question mark (?) or maybe even an exclamation point (!).

Also, commas can be your friend, when used appropriately, to clarify your communication.

All that said, the stream of words you wrote leaves a reader to wonder just exactly what you meant to communicate.

Did you mean that you wanted the addressee to learn how to spell the word “idjit” (which seems silly, since you spelled it out yourself)?

Or, did you mean that you wanted the addressee to learn how to spell, and then made an ad hominem attack by calling him an idjit?

It’s like the old comma clarification sentence:
Did you mean “Let’s eat, grandma”?
Or, did you mean “Let’s eat grandma”? (ewwww!)

Breathlessly awaiting your witty reply, to which I will not comment.