Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes Hi Teddy!! Everyone here has given you very good advice. MomofPrincess beat me to it, but get yourself E.B. White's Elements of Style. And I think you should seek out some schooling as well. Now, here's what I can add: You wrote >>>Well the only problem I have with that is. I am a HUGE reader.<<< So am I and that's my downfall. My parents had me reading at age three. By the time I got to Jr. High, I was reading at a level above college level. The school system I was in was having a terrible time with the reading levels of the great majority of students, so guess what? I got a free pass. I was taken out of English class in Jr. High, and only had one year of English in High School, because, boy, I sure could read well!! Except, I cannot spell, I cannot compose anything, I have a hard time with business letters and I ain't got no good grammer niether. But, boy, I can read like a son-of-a-gun. So I rely a lot on study aids like that mentioned before. I try to look up words as frequently as possible. I still have a hard time, especially without the edit feature here on L.P. But don't worry, I hear it's comming on line in 3003.
Originally Posted By teddibubbles Thank you for Putting up with me. and trying to help me. I will try to improve myself in grammar, spelling and speech. Goodbye
Originally Posted By teddibubbles I feel it maybe best for the need to back off from writing publicly. As was pointed out. I require further years of education to pickup the required elementary rudiments of grammar, spelling and speech. therefore I don't believe further horrendous atempt's of communication on the part of myself on LP. would be enjoyable for everyone. nor are they necessary, nor wanted. And as stated above. I again want to thank everyone for their tolerance.
Originally Posted By jonvn You shouldn't leave. You are getting a lot of support here. Stay. No one here is bothered by it. You can practice your newly learned skills here. Everyone would enjoy that.
Originally Posted By Mr X Teddi, you are taking this the wrong way. Everyone's suggestions are trying to be helpful, for your benefit. If you get offended, or upset, by people who are trying to help you...well, the only person you end up hurting is yourself!
Originally Posted By Ursula Everyone, and Teddi...please look at post 43. The first three sentences are wonderful. Teddi, what did you do different? My guess is that perhaps you slowed down and took your time in writing? It's good and clear and gets your point across. I have faith in you.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Absolutely do not leave us, dear. Perhaps you feel all the attention you're receiving over this is only magnifying something you feel insecure about. But--really--you've served to remind all of us how important self-inprovement is on many different levels. Just because you're weak in one area doesn't mean you're the only one, here, who has weakenesses. You excel in other areas that the rest of us have much to learn from. ORWEN: If you left us, now, there would be a great big sink hole in the Laughing Place Pond!! ORGOCH: Got that right! An'--fat as she is--I don't think even ol' Orwen could fill it up. Better stay with us, gal. Don't let yer tedditroubles keep us from our teddibubbles!
Originally Posted By MomofPrincess Teddi, I understand why you're upset (I would be, too), but know that everyone's advice and suggestions are meant to be helpful and not hurtful. We truly like you, and that's why we're all trying to help. You have such a kind, sweet nature and would be missed if you ever left. Your posts are uplifting--not a hindrance in any way. ((HUGS))
Originally Posted By JazzCat I noticed what Ursula noticed also. Your last few posts are a wonderful improvement! I must admit there were a couple of posts I thought were a bit harsh, but Teddi, please interpret them as an attempt to help. I, for one, would be sad if you left.
Originally Posted By jdub STAY. Withdrawal will NOT be helpful in any way--and in case you haven't noticed, you have many friends here.
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka Aw, teddi, don't leave. None of us is perfect...I hate misspelling words yet I still do it a lot on LP. Everyone makes mistakes but we all have the right to post on LP.
Originally Posted By tiggerdis_ Teddi, I'm a teacher, and on my first Dalmatian post, I spelled dalmatian wrong - of course who had to point it out but my sister! Arg, and of course she had to announce it to all of LP. But you know what - it's okay. Everyone makes mistakes, and if people think less of me for that, then they weren't friends in the first place.
Originally Posted By beamerdog teddi, One way to work on your spelling and grammar is to treat everything that you write here (and elsewhere) as important as a business letter that you would send out. Before you post, type your response in a word program. Turn on your spell check and grammar check function. Write down each and every word that the computer corrects and choose one or two of those words. Don't worry if the word is an "easy" one. That's not the point. Write down that word (correctly spelled) and its definition from a dictionary on a separate piece of paper and study it for one day. Tape copies of it to your kitchen cabinet, on the arm of your chair, on the bathroom mirror, etc. In no time you'll be increasing your spelling without much effort. If you have no help for a word from your computer, feel free to email me for help. My address is in my profile. My brother and I were/are notorious bad spellers. I'm still the pits, but much better than I used to be. A lot of bad spelling comes from having an auditory processing disability and definitely not from intelligence. You're in good company - my brother graduated in the top 20 of his class at Harvard Law and couldn't spell "avenue" in 12th grade. One of my sons has this problem and the word-a-day technique worked really well for him. Although his hearing was okay, the processing of words just wasn't happening in the usual way. Some of it was cute - he used to say "put-prints" instead of "footprints", but things got difficult for him when he got into school and his spelling and grammar had to be right :-( If you're interested, here are some free grammar tutorials: <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=grammar+tutorials&btnG=Google+Search" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/search?h l=en&q=grammar+tutorials&btnG=Google+Search</a> Good luck!!
Originally Posted By TheRedhead I teach high school English. My best advice to anyone: read what you write out loud. I try and do as much teacher editing with my students as I can. Their work is often riddled with awful errors, but once they read what they wrote aloud, they are able to spot their mistakes easily. In time, they become better editors. Before publishing anything, read it out loud. And as you can see from this topic, have as many friends read it aloud as possible. There's lots of other stuff you can do. Teacher stores sell grammar workbooks designed for little kids (you can find stuff online too). Start at the lowest grade you can find, and keep going up until you find things that focus on what you're bad at. Fragments are a big problem for you, it seems. Punctuation and capitalization, too. Focus on those things. Maybe you can get a tutor? Don't do it alone. One last thing...I can be a grammar snob, I admit. But if I get an email or snail mail asking me for business, and it has ONE single mistake, I don't take them seriously AT ALL. And I don't think that's so crazy. The first thing I noticed in your letter (it nearly punched me in the eye) was the word "conserns," something a spellchecker would have fixed automatically. If you want my money, your presentation must be professional. Spelling mistakes are unprofessional. Don't waste your money until you know for sure what you are sending out is perfect.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORGOCH: I's right there behind ya, The Redhead, ducklin'! There just ain't no excuse fer no mistakes when it don't taken hardly no time 'tall ta go over whatcha just said befer puttin' it out there fer the rest of the ducklin's ta read. I cain't even tell ya how many embarrassin' mistakes my trampy sister, Orddu, goes an' puts out there instead a checkin' ta make sure she spelt things right the first time 'round!!
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Which goes to prove, teddibubbles, dear, if the Laughing Place pond can put up with my little sister's bad grammar and spelling, it can most certainly consider your presence a breath of fresh air by comparison. ORWEN: Even WITHOUT any comparison, you're wanted and needed!
