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 Author Thread: If someone emails you with misspelled words and bad grammar, do you respond?
 chritter
Joined: 7/19/2005
Msg: 912 (view)
 
If someone emails you with misspelled words and bad grammar, do you respond?
Posted: 9/13/2008 10:54:12 PM

If someone emails you with misspelled words and bad grammar, do you respond?

For nearly ten months, and spanning 37 pages thus far, many have debated the issues, but few have answered the question. Yes, I would reply!

You see, I am no better, and no worse, than the next individual. How I choose to present myself to others is as simple as a choice. It is merely courtesy and polite manners that I exhibit when I choose to respond to someone who apparently thought that using their time and effort to reach out to me validated the whole reason I put myself in the spotlight by creating a profile here in the first place. Surely, each attempt to connect with an individual is sometimes awkward, yet definitely worthy of some form of a response, even if it's "Thanks - but No Thanks". To merely disregard an individual because we do not agree, or we are not impressed by their choice of self expression is nothing but rude, disrespectful and inconsiderate. It's as though we have discounted their existence because they choose not to present themselves polished and professional. At the very least, each one of us is worth the minimal response of a simple keystroke!
Sometimes names and words are intentionally and satirically misspelled for a rhetorical purpose, or to provoke a response. Punctuation aside, spelling and grammar are high on my personal list of pet peeves. We are on the internet people! Every resource is at our fingertips, and answers are available at lightning speed! If you are not sure, look it up, or use a different word that you are sure of. There really is no excuse for spelling the word grammer, when you really mean grammar! Mixing up words like there - their - they're / your - you're / personal - personnel / hours - ours / mixing up words that end ..ance or ..ence.... I could go on and on, but I won't! Ultimately, you decide!

Don't let a magic, once in a lifetime opportunity evade you while you're picking nits! Reply, at least once, no matter what...


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 chritter
Joined: 7/19/2005
Msg: 85 (view)
 
Has anyone else had this issue with TRUE.com?
Posted: 11/19/2005 7:09:56 PM
Oh, yes! They lure you in, then use the bait and switch tactic! And if you don't opt to take advantage of their three day "free" trial, you'll get a pop-up for a 7 day trial instead, and when you want to cancel, you can not do it online, yeah, they take your money online but you can't kiss them goodbye online! So then they say, you completed your profile so we'll give you 30 days free! ...all the while hoping you forget to cancel before 30 days so they can take your $49!!! They'll drag it out and drag you down if you let them!
 
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