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		Concerning worksheets > Check your information/spelling/grammar before uploading...     
			
		 Check your information/spelling/grammar before uploading... 
		
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 Apodo
 
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							| I have a spelling checker It came with my PC
 It highlights for my review
 Mistakes I cannot sea.
 
 I ran this poem thru it
 I �m sure your pleased to no
 Its letter perfect in it �s weigh
 My checker told me sew.
 LOL:  We all know about Spelling and Grammar checkers!
 As a native speaker I send a polite PM if I find something wrong in an otherwise excellent worksheet.  Good teachers are happy to have an extra pair of eyes to proofread their worksheets. |  23 Nov 2012     
					
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 yanogator
 
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							| @pyes   Check the information/spelling/grammar before downloading, then politely inform the creator of any errors you find.   Problem solved   Bruce |  23 Nov 2012     
					
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 MJ_Misa
 
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							| Completely agree with Douglas.   |  23 Nov 2012     
					
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 orly100
 
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							| I �m with Douglas  |  23 Nov 2012     
					
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 spinney
 
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							| Same here! Send a polite PM. No matter how confident we are, native or not, we all make mistakes. In fact, I just noticed one today on one of my better worksheets. You can always update later if you notice - which I �m just about to do. 
 By the way, sorry Apodo but I had to steal your poem and stick it on my facebook page. Most amoosing!  |  23 Nov 2012     
					
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 ELOJOLIE274
 
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							| I agree with Douglas :) but can I give you my piece of advice? when a student no longer gets feed back on his language skills, he can no longer improve those language skills... so when you notice mistakes in a worksheet, why not simply try to contact the author of this worksheet (by PM for example... or if it �s just a typo by leaving a comment...)
 I once received a similar message, and i was not ashamed at all: nobody is perfect, right? most of us are not native speakers, and even those who are can make simple mistakes...
 so no need to have a "grammar/spelling cop" all we need to do is help each other :)
 
 edit: I also agree with Apodo and spinney...
 
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 Peter Hardy
 
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							| If something is worth
doing, you do it good as you can. I, too, agree with
Douglas that it �s the teacher �s duty to make sure things are correct. We �re all
human and there is no such thing as a mistake. There are only learning
opportunities. However, lately I �ve
downloaded some work that was rather shabby. Let �s put it this way: if I want to
download quality work that at times has cost more than a few hours to create, I
should in return not upload pure rubbish. So instead of a spell-check we might
consider a quality check. But, nothing that stops me from deleting any
downloads that turn out to be below my personal standards. You �ll loose some
points? Hey, you �ve learned from someone else �s mistakes, and that�s worth more than a point, isn �t it?  Keep up the good work,
and those that don �t bother about quality, believe me, you �re in the wrong
business! Yours in teaching, and
learning, Peter |  23 Nov 2012     
					
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 EstherLee76
 
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							| Bravo Douglas.  Polite and supportive PMs!  Lots of good will! |  23 Nov 2012     
					
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