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Originally Posted by BradM
Dude that's really not fair. How many times have you spoken to someone with English as a second language and they misuse plural by mistake? It happens. I think people who speak another language and English is their second deserve a bit of leeway.
Heck, if when I went to Mexico the people were really critical and treated me like GFYers do to 2nd language English folk, I would have felt like an ass for even TRYING. I don't think that's a message we should send out in this business or anywhere in the world for that matter.
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Brad, you have to differentiate between what goes on in one's social life and what goes on in business. I have several friends who learned English as a second language. So yes, I have spoken to many that misused plural by mistake. But mistakes are meant to be corrected and I always try to give a friendly helping hand in cases like this.
When it comes down to business, it's common courtesy to at least check your spelling before doing a post, sending an email or...loading up a site.
It's one thing to being unaware and to make mistakes, it's another to not rectify them.