Why do people spell bought as brought?

rypt said:
For a forum? I don't.
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I’m sure you don’t, what worries me is that some of these people don’t understand the basics of our language, yet alone use a spell checker (they wouldn’t understand the word meanings anyway).
 
simulatorman said:
I’m sure you don’t, what worries me is that some of these people don’t understand the basics of our language, yet alone use a spell checker (they wouldn’t understand the word meanings anyway).
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[Forum Grammar Nazi]
That should be "the words' meanings"
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Mattus said:
Because people can't be bothered to put any effort into spelling things correctly.

That's fine with me; if they can't be bothered to write something properly then I can't be bothered to read it.
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I've never understood that argument. If you know how to spell properly and when to use there/their/they're, it's not an effort.
 
Mattus said:
Because people can't be bothered to put any effort into spelling things correctly.

That's fine with me; if they can't be bothered to write something properly then I can't be bothered to read it.
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And if that person has learning difficulties/dyslexia/genuine problems with reading/writing, then... they shouldn't be allowed to use forums? Got to love the OCUK Compassion Crew©

Anyone would think this place was home to a bunch of 100% infallible genuises with an IQ of 150+ that looked like the Adonis' of olde. Oh, wait... that's just when they're on internet forums... ;)
 
Vixen said:
I've never understood that argument. If you know how to spell properly and when to use there/their/they're, it's not an effort.
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Totally agree, really does my head in when people just type any old **** then expect the reader to decode their gibberish. I'm a bit of a freak when it comes to spelling and grammar - i usually read my post about 5 times before a post it.

With regards to the Brought / Bought thing, a friend i grew up with would always say 'I 'brought this from the shop', i asked him why he never said bought, but i just said he'd always said it.... Thinking about it.... he had 'brought' it from the shop.

... Brought .... the more i look at this word, this less it looks like a real word ;)

Hmm yes dyslexia, didn't think about that .... would that mean that 90% of the users on OCUK are dyslexic? Just kidding ;) My Mum teaches dyslexic kids and if done many of the tests and understand how difficult dyslexia must be for people!

I actually have a problem reading, always have done, I find it very difficult to process certain stuff and memory is shot to ****. Maybe thats why i read my posts over and over :p
 
The one that annoys me is loose and lose.

Lose = you have lost something
Loose = not very tight, i.e my shoe lace is loose.

pretty poor explanation but it gets the point across.
 
Richdog said:
And if that person has learning difficulties/dyslexia/genuine problems with reading/writing, then... they shouldn't be allowed to use forums? Got to love the OCUK Compassion Crew©
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In my experience, people with dyslexia often try harder to spell things properly because they don't want to come across as idiots.
 
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