mikesc Posted February 12, 2020 Report Posted February 12, 2020 "There is no need to shout..." precisely ".. :) "we want to all be on our best behavior." ..Some of us do indeed, ..however...some others here ..I often wonder ..? There is no reason at all why one cannot use correct grammar and spelling on any site, be it a "leather site" or " a gardening site" etc. Added to which , there are many people reading and posting here ( this is an international site ) for whom English is not their first language, they will have greater difficulty understanding what any of us are saying if we use slang, or misspellings, or inaccurate and, or incorrect grammar ..worse still, they may think that the inaccurate and, or incorrect spelling and grammar is actually correct and begin expressing themselves that way when writing or speaking. I learned to speak and to write the other languages (in addition to English ) that I speak by listening to speakers of those language who speak grammatically correctly and clearly..and reading what they wrote, and write.. Why not strive to be as correct in one's speech and writing, as in one's leather work or anything else one does..As my grandfather used to say "why plough a crooked furrow due to lazyness*, when you know how to plough a straight one". *Local spelling variations not withstanding..I think in the USA you would write laziness..Both are acceptable variants..lazeenes ( do you see where I'm going with this ) however would be, and is, totally incorrect. "Don't you know that women are the only works of Art" .. ( Don Henley and "some French painter in a field" )
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