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Can You Spell?

March 2, 2007 by Michele Neylon 3 Comments

Spelling and basic grammar and punctuation drive me mad.
This is due in no little part to my grandmother, may she rest in peace, who was a language “nazi”. She had zero tolerance for bad spelling, punctuation, grammar and pronunciation. Since I spent so much time in her company as a child it was only inevitable that it would rub off on me to some degree.
Other members of the family seem to have inherited the same “problem”, if you can call it that.
Why do I bring this up?
Well it’s due to a recent post on Richard’s blog. While the issues people seem to have with spelling words might be annoying it’s crazy to think that companies that actually print calendars get it wrong.
I suppose I shouldn’t be overly surprised by this, but I still find it amazing.
Spelling and grammar are not the most important things in life, but they are damn important!
If you look at a seemingly slick website for a company that is offering you a product or service, do you think twice about buying if they can’t even spell common words correctly?
I know I do!
Yet the number of sites, both professional and personal, that have serious issues with spelling and silly grammatical and punctuation mistakes never ceases to amaze me.
From an online marketing / SEO point of view I mentioned the issues some time ago.
Of course, if you are doing online marketing you should be aware of typos.
It doesn’t hurt to bid on typos of your target keywords – while google will offer the correct spelling it can’t hurt to try and get the initial search result, can it?

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  1. Cormac says

    March 3, 2007 at 11:29 pm

    I was in SuperValu this evening and I noticed the print on the back of a member of their staff’s shirt – If you cant find it then ask me – I was going to take a picture with my camera phone but it wasn’t the right place.
    🙂

  2. Eric says

    June 14, 2007 at 11:46 pm

    I must not be able to spell, when I read the beginning of the blog stated above I thought to myself that’s not how you spell Wednesday but the article was about the word February!

  3. Raymond says

    June 16, 2007 at 3:32 am

    Have you ever tried to spell a word and you where so off that spell check could not help you…lol Well I do and I end up rewriting my blogs over and over until I find the words that work….

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