Does your English go to pot ...

[saxy_jag]

... when you post to forums like this? I pride myself on spelling and punctuating correctly in whatever I write. I have a certificate that says I can type at 90wpm (and that includes spelling everything correctly) and I've taught English to adults, but as soon as I get to an internet forum it all goes out of the window and I end up making myself look like a right dimbo!

Anyone else have this problem?

[taddie]

I'm a fine one to talk. Missed out a comma, perhaps two, but I'm sure someone will put me right.

[craft1948]

Only on this site do I confuse my 'there' and 'their'............my old English teacher must be spinning.

[Houchenshead]

Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer
in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht
the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae.
The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a
porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by
istlef,
but the wrod as a wlohe.
Amzanig, huh?

[boxtops]

Defintely H, I could read all of that without resorting to a lexicon (or should I say a lcixoen)?

[saxy_jag]

Which is probably why we think we've proof read our posts and found no mistakes, yet discover them when they're finally posted.