I was notified of possible error on my site
Is enclosures proper. A d farther down it says
weather you have ..... Is the proper weather.
http://www.bayviewcanvas.com/bayviewcanvas.html
Adding a camper back to your boat greatly increases the living space and enjoyment of your boat.
The camper top provides shade and rain protection for the entire open area of your cockpit.
Camper enclosure panels can vary from simple curtains with clear panels for visibility, to having screening for ventilation and privacy panels, for nightime privacy at the dock.
Whether you have a smaller day cruiser or large yacht we can provide for your needs and increase the time and pleasure you have on the water!
This camperback includes Phifertex mesh covers to block out the sunlight, keeping the inside cooler and offering privacy while still being able to see out.
I gueese weather should have been wether
I'll have to fix that
This is the type of thing that spell check does not work well at. I struggle all the time with spelling on my web site. When I am done, my wife goes over it and fixes what I miss, then if someone else is available we have them go over it also. Then comes out the Franklin Speller, people who can spell well don't know how good they have it. Even after that years later people will bring a mistake to my attention, or I am rereading and spot something, wondering how I could have missed it. :o
sorry if this is confusing Mike but in uk I would use 'whether'
i can't tell you if wether is a US type of spelling like color instead of colour
over here.
Having said that I was a teacher for a few years and I can't spell for toffee
heheh :o
Rich
You might change the "you" to "your" where it says " the camper top provides shade and rain
protection...."
Next sentence where it says "camper enclosure panels......" the word "curtians" is spelled wrong,
it should be "curtains".
Just trying to help, not being picky!
P.S. Yes, it should be whether.
you might be due a website update Mike,
i clicked on some of the pictures and some
don't enlarge.
Rich
Thanks all it been like that for years I never noticed
So did I waste my time then?
Quote from: ajlelectronics on June 23, 2011, 12:31:13 pm
So did I waste my time then?
did you let me know. I'll fix it as soon as posible. Thanks
I did miss one! "nightime" should be night time, although I would rephrase it as "For privacy at night".
"Whether"
And I agree with Mike 802, no matter how hard you try to catch every mistake it's so easy to blow by one without realizing it. It's the same way when you can't quite balance your checkbook... you see that all the numbers are correct and continually make the same error time and again.
I don't think correcting errors is picky, at all. Oversights are oversights, not necessarily indications of stupidity. Personally, I'd rather laugh at myself, fix the mistake, and put my best "face" forward when it comes to a website. You'll have your chance when I get around to putting one up, too! ;)
yep overall site looks good mike
weather to be or not to be, huh?
de minimis non curat lex (L.), the law does not concern itself with trifles
:-\
"de minimis non curat lex (L.), the law does not concern itself with trifles"
Maybe so, but a website is a shop window. It is where potential customers make a decision about whether or not they wish to do business with you. If the appearance is one of an illiterate, then I for one would be put off, justified or not. The text you offer to the world, either on a website, or even in postings to a forum, speak volumes about you and how you regard quality standards. All in my humble opinion of course.
What's with all the Latin, Needles Eye? are you a Latin teacher who's now retired/unemployed?
Nice summation, AJ; that's pretty much how I feel, too.
I really love the internet because it allows me to connect with people who're interested in the same things I am; better yet, I get to share my interests with people all over the globe. How cool is that? In the same vein, while trifling spelling errors sometimes drive me nuts I've learned a few things about that over the years.
1.) The poster may not speak English as his/her first language.
2.) The poster may suffer from some sort of learning disability that makes reading/spelling really difficult for them.
3.) Errors may be simple typographic errors... (I'm equally guilty!)
4.) Not everyone received a basic, "reading and writing" education that was based in phonics, nor did they have parents who insisted on family reading, reading aloud, and insistence that reading and writing were skills were of paramount importance. Not all parents had the luxury of time with their kids to make sure it was mastered because they were "too busy" making sure the bills were paid.
5.) Some people have suffered physical circumstances that make communicating hard, and typing is a very specific (therefore difficult) skill. I watched Mum struggle to learn how to walk and use her left side again after a stroke. Watching her struggle daily taught me to be more patient, more understanding, and a lot less judgmental in general.
Literacy is the "highway" to success, but it's not the only way. Sometimes the "back roads" are more interesting even though they may take longer. If I am able to offer directions to the "highway" I will, but I'm equally content to poop along the "back roads", taking my time and enjoying the scenery. I think you learn more that, IMO.
Quote from: ajlelectronics on June 23, 2011, 11:20:40 pm
"de minimis non curat lex (L.), the law does not concern itself with trifles"
Maybe so, but a website is a shop window. It is where potential customers make a decision about whether or not they wish to do business with you. If the appearance is one of an illiterate, then I for one would be put off, justified or not. The text you offer to the world, either on a website, or even in postings to a forum, speak volumes about you and how you regard quality standards. All in my humble opinion of course.
So very true. 2 years ago I ordered some ad cards on solar screens. My wife and I both proofed these cards before they went to the printer. I got them back, sat down and read one and sure as hell there was a typo. I threw them out and ordered a several hundred more.
I could have used them but my OCD wouldn't allow it and I didn't want a communication about my business out there with a typo. It was an expensive mistake.
I used to have to proof read volumes of materials for clients marketing and PR programs. I would go over everything, make changes and then send them to a friend who was an English prof. I paid her a fee to make sure I didn't miss anything.
One of my former clients ( Valvoline ) used to get hundreds of proposals every year for racing sponsorships. These proposals would be numerous pages bound in report covers along with an attached race team portfolio. They used to do their initial sort by appearance. If they were low quality or looked unprofessional they got deep sixed into the trash can without even being read. The next stage was to read and toss those which were poorly written. The last stage was the selection process of those remaining based on standards and other criteria.
Business owners have no idea just how important a clean, professional and well put together web site, ad cards or other communications materials really is.
Chris
Y biggest problem lately is my pc dosent work well so I
use my I phone and even though the keyboard is small and old eyes the dam thing has ituitive spelling. If you make one mistake and don't see it it types a differnt word then you typed.
Then again I wasn't Into English. I was a music major.
Quote from: Mike8560 on June 24, 2011, 06:40:50 pm
Y biggest problem lately is my pc dosent work well so I
use my I phone and even though the keyboard is small
Are you aware that you get a bigger keyboard if you rotate the iPhone to its horizontal orientation?
That "iPhone" grates on me. I know it is a trademark, but it's just so wrong! There seems to be a trend to destroy all the established rules of English, the better to be thought "kewl" by the backward baseball cap gang.
Quote from: needles eye on June 24, 2011, 10:21:04 pm
Hi Bobbin re the Latin, can consider knocking it off if it's specifically required. :o
Especially love Italians. Love their culture and history. Have very valued Italian family and friends.
Was an extremely mean horrible nasty bastard to Italians, Greeks and other ethnic cultures at primary and secondary school.
I may burn in hell. Kids are so nasty to each other and they cause lifelong scars in their thoughtless teasing which causes lifelong consequences, that is, being because of someone elses' fragile ego and bullying. Went to fifteen different schools before some tertiary education, spoke real fast as a kid as was born in Hong Kong (my father in the RAAF, Air Force) and learnt some cantonese before speaking english, and had a big nose and was a tall skinny streak growing up suffering from terribly low self esteem [about talking to fast in a sing song manner, having a big nose and being tall and skinny). Asserted my feelings of inferiority in a scummy selfish manner by paying out on nice unsuspecting immigrants to make me feel better about myself.
Now share my enthusiasm for Italians with the world currente calamo (L.), with a running pen, with the pen of a ready writer.
Don't worry mate, in case you haven't noticed the wogs have been giving it back for quite some time now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZXix0llK1M&feature=related
Quote from: ajlelectronics on June 24, 2011, 11:29:31 pm
Are you aware that you get a bigger keyboard if you rotate the iPhone to its horizontal orientation?
ya I always use it that way for that reason bu tif you make a simple mistake it wll print a different word.
I thought this was the real Aussie export?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBWQCHb95rg
At least to my granddaughters it is.
Quote from: byhammerandhand on June 25, 2011, 08:56:50 am
I thought this was the real Aussie export?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBWQCHb95rg
At least to my granddaughters it is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSAVC07xtzY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXLyDyF5qlk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pa96IAIyWE&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=AVTGnpyrBl25yYBaXQ1IvYkVJSGSL5DNNv
Then you would recognize these guys?
Quote from: scottymc on June 25, 2011, 03:55:25 pm
Quote from: byhammerandhand on June 25, 2011, 08:56:50 am
I thought this was the real Aussie export?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBWQCHb95rg
At least to my granddaughters it is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSAVC07xtzY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXLyDyF5qlk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pa96IAIyWE&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=AVTGnpyrBl25yYBaXQ1IvYkVJSGSL5DNNv
Then you would recognize these guys?
Well maybe no one recognized these guys or maybe no one looked, but anyway my bit of useless trivia, way off the subject as is my liking. This band the cockroaches were later to become the wiggles
Needle eye: when I was growing up I used to admire people with low self esteem because at least they had some.
I like the word 'weather' in place of 'whether' for someone who is a marine upholsterer. Some folks might catch the pun.
Texting and a world economy are certainly changing the rules of spelling. And there are still schools that teach kids to 'get the meaning written down, and we will deal with correct spelling later'.
I do think it conveys a negative impression when web sites and mailings and business cards have typos. I still make mistakes also. It seems to be getting easier for me to simply type the incorrect letter, such as wanting to type "rest", but I type "best". Spell check won't catch that one.
Did you hear about the guy who has CDO? That's OCD but the letters are in the correct order.
Just think: if Mike8560 had won the national spelling bee when he was 12 years old we would not be having this enjoyable thread.
geen
U if I had one I may have done somthing else wheather I like IT or not