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To: humblegunner

I speak English daily. I misspelled commode.

Are you more troubled by the meaning of my statement or by my spelling error?


29 posted on 03/02/2008 4:34:50 PM PST by abclily
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To: abclily
Are you more troubled by the meaning of my statement or by my spelling error?

Errors catch the eye and obscure the meaning.

The eye is drawn to the error.

The meaning.. well, how seriously can one really take someone who cannot write English?

31 posted on 03/02/2008 4:37:18 PM PST by humblegunner (Rivethead™)
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