What you are using affects your EMTLIFE image??? (New posters, take note)

PoeticInjustice said:
It's the only error I found :(
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Haha. I'm sure there are others. But it's ok because I have alot of excuses (I'm on my iPhone, I just got off a long shift, my thumbs are big) but in reality I'm just not good at spelling, grammar usage, and sentence structure :P
 
Regarding the posts that are just one paragraph that go on and on and on. I will not read them.

I get a headache and loose my spot trying to read on my phone. I just ignore those posts, or just read the replies.
 
I have to be super bored at work to write up a long and somewhat well constructed response using tapatalk. The iPhone keyboard is just not that great and I have to correct 9000 errors before I post it. Nonetheless, I still proofread everything I write no matter what it was written on. Somethings get through of course, but I don't like messy posts. If you're going to to post something you owe it your expected readers to make it easily readable.
 
I'm the same as Tigger. I'm on my phone 95% of the time. Yet I still don't post illegible crap. Everything gets proof-read so I know that I'm getting across what I want to say, and that it's in such a way that others can read and comprehend it.* I don't buy the "I'm on my phone" excuse. As others have said, I take time to write out my posts legibly. If you don't share the same courtesy, I typically don't read your post.

*Sadly, even my "quick" text messages are this way.
 
Maybe folks who have to resort to mobile devices don't have the time to carefully post?
 
mycrofft said:
Maybe folks who have to resort to mobile devices don't have the time to carefully post?
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If so, then maybe they should wait until they have the time. I don't want to create another forum rule about posting here while driving code 3 in rush hour traffic. :eek:

Sent from my Android Tablet using Tapatalk
 
hippocratical said:
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that's awesome!!!!

I almost always check out the forum on my PC, using Google Chrome with it's built in spell checker. I've actually made spelling corrections when I quote people if chrome flags them.

It doesn't catch grammar errors, but I also make an effort to avoid run on sentences and short hand anytime I am not on my phone
 
My Mac Mini's MAC OS X (lion I think) has embarrassed me a few times by suggesting spellings which were substantially different than what I was trying to type, which I missed in rereading.
I know, I KNOW, the optimal way to post to any forum is to do it in a word processor first, then cut and paste, but that is a drudge on the spontaneity here and elsewhere. AND the typos.

My posts from my netbook's smaller keyboard have been more harrowing, but editing them before sending still yield's something better than "thumbspeak".
 
mycrofft said:
I know, I KNOW, the optimal way to post to any forum is to do it in a word processor first, then cut and paste, but that is a drudge on the spontaneity here and elsewhere. AND the typos.

My posts from my netbook's smaller keyboard have been more harrowing, but editing them before sending still yield's something better than "thumbspeak".
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I care about spelling and grammar, but not to the point that I'd ever use a separate application to ensure its perfection. The firefox spellcheck is good enough, though it often times misses medical or industry specific terms. A quick google can turn up the proper spelling quickly though.
 
firefite said:
I guess I'm the first one on this thread to say I don't have an issue with how people type. Being able to use perfect sentence structor and etc doesn't reflect how much respect I give someone. I have read many doctor's reports that have many errors.

As long as I can get the information from it I honestly don't care how it is. I know my posts contain alot of errors, so please feel free to point them out. I am not going to take college English classes.

The simple thing is if you can't read something on this site because you are a grammar nazi then isn't it alot easier to just ignore the post instead of correcting every single little thing? Just my opinion.
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You cannot say "and etc" like you did in the first paragraph as it is redundant. Et cetera literally means 'and others'.

You also use the word many twice in one sentence...a more fluid line would state "I have read several doctor's reports and they contain multiple errors" or something to that effect.

It is a shame that you do not care how information is delivered to you as that is sometimes more important than what is actually delivered. Like it or not, how one speaks and how one writes in order to communicate does define what level of respect they receive and how much credibility is given to their claims.

Additionally, Nazi is a proper name despite it's evil connotations and should be capitalized.

The word "alot" is not a word. http://www.grammar-monster.com/easily_confused/alot_a_lot_allot.htm

Finally, after writing what you did, you then got defensive when someone corrected a word of yours....but that person and myself were only following YOUR instructions. :)

firefite said:
so please feel free to point them out.
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akflightmedic said:
You cannot say "and etc" like you did in the first paragraph as it is redundant. Et cetera literally means 'and others'.

You also use the word many twice in one sentence...a more fluid line would state "I have read several doctor's reports and they contain multiple errors" or something to that effect.

It is a shame that you do not care how information is delivered to you as that is sometimes more important than what is actually delivered. Like it or not, how one speaks and how one writes in order to communicate does define what level of respect they receive and how much credibility is given to their claims.

Additionally, Nazi is a proper name despite it's evil connotations and should be capitalized.

The word "alot" is not a word. http://www.grammar-monster.com/easily_confused/alot_a_lot_allot.htm

Finally, after writing what you did, you then got defensive when someone corrected a word of yours....but that person and myself were only following YOUR instructions. :)
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You were still able to understand my post with all my errors.

And I was not getting defensive. I was asking what good does correcting a word or multiple words on an Internet form do?
 
Is it "FemiNazi" or "Feminazi"? Let's ask Rush...
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firefite said:
You were still able to understand my post with all my errors.

And I was not getting defensive. I was asking what good does correcting a word or multiple words on an Internet form do?
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It educates and peer pressures others to conform and represent our community like the educated professionals we all claim to be yet rarely demonstrate.
 
akflightmedic said:
It educates and peer pressures others to conform and represent our community like the educated professionals we all claim to be yet rarely demonstrate.
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Or it doesn't do anything at all.
 
People are accepting of mistakes in others, provided there's an effort made to correct them. Blissful ignorance and acting like you have the right and privilege to inflict your ignorance on others or that those who refuse to tolerate it are in the wrong is the problem.
 
I seem to remember one new poster opening with something like "Hey, guys and gals" and went on in a real "we're all experts here now, aren't we?" tone. The forum shut him down, and I don't remember if he posted again.
 
WolfmanHarris said:
People are accepting of mistakes in others, provided there's an effort made to correct them. Blissful ignorance and acting like you have the right and privilege to inflict your ignorance on others or that those who refuse to tolerate it are in the wrong is the problem.
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I admit I had some trouble parsing this, but I think generally, I agree. I find it easier to overlook misspellings when it's rare, or when it's NOT in a post about someone else's misspellings. Having someone correct someone else, while at the same time using horrible grammar or spelling things wrong, really bugs me.

My grammar isn't the greatest, and I have no doubt people can find things that are wrong with what I write.

I do think that caring about how one presents oneself, and making an effort, are important. People who don't care how their writing comes across make me wonder whether or not they care how their reports are written, or how handoff is done.

Having been in the situation of having a nurse tell a doctor something about me that was absolutely false, even after having discussed it with me at length, this sort of thing concerns me.

I just don't get people who argue that the details aren't important, or that people worry too much about spelling. If you are suffering from CHF, would you rather have lasik or lasix?
 
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