Amar you definitely have raised an inviting point. I must confess that I feel immensely agitated when I see that there are no proper subject lines in the emails. I understand that writing perfect grammar would be a difficult task; but come on, mentioning a proper subject isn’t anything like that. Avoid leaving the subject line blank lest nobody would respond to your emails!
Shadab shadablucknow.blogspot.com On 6/21/10, Subramani L <[email protected]> wrote: > I gave the example of the American author's awful article to precisely > refute that notion. I am not an English speaker by birth and I have > learnt my English in the last 18 years (after I crossed my adolescence, > and ironically, after becoming blind). Even today, I don't speak English > at home. Well, had I not told you this, would you have recognised > yourself by reading my mails? Expressing your ideas clearly goes beyond > the confines of language. > > Subramani > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of BHAWANI > SHANKAR VERMA > Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 6:00 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AI] Care for spellings in postings - a request > > i am of the experience that a person study in his mother language, more > efficiently use English. because he always care about spellings and > grammar > errors. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Subramani L" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 4:55 PM > Subject: Re: [AI] Care for spellings in postings - a request > > >> The criteria is not if one has studied in English medium or have > learnt >> English through and through at school. I have seen this in some blogs >> and other platforms where the so-called learned folks share > information. >> Even there, I found plenty of mistakes and very obvious grammatical >> errors. I wish I am able to share a few examples, because recently I >> read an article written by an "AUTHOR" (and, of all the things, she is >> an American) which was full of errors... so much that it was hard to >> believe that the person who actually wrote it was an author. Imagine >> someone who is making a living out of writing putting out messages > like >> that? >> >> The root cause of poorly written mails in my opinion is lack of care. >> People do not understand that their writing says something about them >> and it definitely has an impact on other people and they have a >> responsibility to write in an intelligible, clear way. I list the >> following points which people may like to take into account while >> writing: >> >> 1. Avoid SMS language. SMS language has had a negative influence on >> people, particularly on youngsters. Believe me, how much ever you try >> and simplify your writing in terms of shortening words and using >> alphanumeric, writing, as a process, is essentially different from >> speaking and you do not have the necessary expertise to use one for > the >> other. So when writing, whether through a mobile phone or >> twitter/facebook, treat it as a writing task. >> 2. Read sites like BBC, which uses simple sentences to convey the > news. >> If you read it for a long time, it has an influence on the way you >> write. If you need help in honing your language skills, you can switch >> to learning English or other specific sites in BBC, which provide both >> audio and text information for practice. >> 3. Never send a message without reading it at least once. I am having > a >> terrible time with the keyboard I am using to type this message (and > so >> many other things like filing my stories) since it doesn't type A with > a >> single touch. I have to hit the key several times to get it typed, but > I >> do it since I don't want my messages to appear bad (still you may find > a >> word or two with a missing A, but that is after I try my best). Take >> pride in the fact that you are amongst the privileged few in this >> country to use things like computers and emails to communicate and so >> have to show you actually do what it takes to use them. >> 4. Your writing is a part of your personality. You wouldn't like to >> attend a party wearing an awful dress, dirty and dishevelled. So why >> should you write badly and show that you are after all not someone who >> people like to meet in person? You indeed raise your stakes >> (expectations) higher if you write well. So put in that effort. If you >> think you can't, learn. >> >> Subramani >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of prateek >> aggarwal >> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 10:14 PM >> To: accessindia >> Subject: Re: [AI] Care for spellings in postings - a request >> >> Agreed. >> I too have observed a few mails with major errors in spellings. >> While we are using screen readers, we don't usually read the word >> letter by letter, hence our focus does not go to the spelling of a >> word. >> >> Yes, I fully understand that many of you folks haven't got chance of >> doing studies in English medium schools, and that's not at all a >> problem, neither that is any criteria of judging your capabilities. In >> fact, a lot of you folks are scholars and experts in your respective >> areas, and I'm proud for that. >> Sometimes, incorrect spellings or grammar makes your e-mail >> ineffective to an extent that the intended recipient does not notice >> it that warmly, hence you remain destitute from the right answer which >> you would have got if the spellings were all correct. >> Moreover, the fact described by vasu bro about the appearance of >> search results by search queries is also one of the major factors. >> Considering this, I request all the learned fellows without any >> preference of name that please try checking the spelling of the word >> you are writing here, it only takes a bit. >> In fact, a better approach is to write the e-mail in Microsoft word >> first, and run the spelling and grammar check. >> Of course, the spelling and grammar check is not the best solution and >> it won't point all the mistakes, neither the suggested things by it >> are all perfect, yet you can get an idea and decide what to correct. >> An other important thing that I'd like to suggest is to read whatever >> you have written with the help of your screen reader. >> Many times, your screen reader will pronounce a word in strange way if >> its spelling is not correct. >> This will let you know that there's some problem with the spelling of >> that respective word, which you can correct then. >> >> I have been thinking to write spellings of some of the most commonly >> used words so the chances of collision can be reduced down. >> >> Based on your suggestions, I may start a series somewhere either here >> or on my website about the spellings of some very commonly used words. >> >> Response awaited. >> >> regards, >> Prateek agarwal. >> Skype: >> Prateek_agarwal32 >> Wanna see inside me? My blog is the telescope: >> http://www.myfriendprateek.blogspot.com >> website: >> http://www.prateekagarwal.webs.com >> >> the best way to accomplish your softwares/websites development needs. >> You tell, I'll build. >> >> >> >> ---------- Original message ---------- >> From: "Srinivasu Chakravarthula" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 20:12:54 +0530 >> Subject: [AI] Care for spellings in postings - a request >> Dear all, >> >> Off late, there are several emails with lot of spelling and grammar >> mistakes. I do understand some of you may not got opportunity to study >> in >> English medium school and I'm one of them and that would be one of the >> possible reasons for spelling mistakes in emails and I don't mistake > any >> of >> you. >> >> At the same time, please understand that postings of Access India are >> archived and easily available for people to come across the content >> through >> search engines and useful information posted by you would not come up > in >> the >> search engines unless your content matches to the spelling that a >> researcher >> is looking for. So it would be a biggest disadvantage for us, if our >> content >> do not have correct spellings and grammar. >> >> To make your postings better, may I please suggest a couple of things, >> although I am aware, this would be a little more additional effort: >> >> 1. If you are using Microsoft Outlook / outlook express, be sure >> to do >> a spell check by pressing F7 (not sure for outlook express) >> >> 2. If you compose emails using webmail and use Mozilla Firefox, >> most >> often it notify you about spelling errors and by using the > applications >> key, >> you can access the suggestions and use the correct spelling. >> >> 3. This suggestion would really be an additional effort, but you >> can >> try; if you are using webmail, may be, draft your email using Word >> Processor >> and run the spell check, then copy the same and paste to your compose >> box in >> web mail. >> >> Hope this would be of help to someone. No offense please. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Srinivasu Chakravarthula >> Hand phone: +91-990-081-0881 >> Website: >> http://www.srinivasu.org >> Yahoo! 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