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04-09-2010, 04:00 PM

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Flying_V_Goddess

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Originally Posted by sandiphi

I think this great, but there are still a few grammar errors. I don't think the people are being anal about the spelling errors, I think they are just trying to help you so you don't look foolish by sending in a letter with spelling errors.

Forgo-should be forego
I encourage ever gardener-should be "every" gardener...
:)

I know you guys mean well. I really do! Its just... its kind of annoying when I'm asking "Hey, I'm really trying to motivate gardeners...how am I doing with that?" and a lot of the feedback I'm getting is "*this word*...it should be spelled like *this*". Okay, so my spelling sucks sometimes or I type to darn fast and forget a letter or two. I get that. But that doesn't really tell me what I want to know. Am I making any sense on this? Its not anything against any of you or your spell checks, but I feel like you're missing the point entirely.

So how 'bout we call off the grammer Nazi's for now and actually read the letter, misspellings and all. lol. Correct spelling isn't going to do me a whole lot of good if I'm not captivating and motivating people to help out others who need it. Worry about the grammer after I'm getting my point across. Agreed? :)

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