Quoting Removed, click Modern View to see Gene Bender is a regular poster here. I think he claims to be 80, but has some unparalleled knowledge of smaller Farmalls, I'm not yet 70 but have forgotten a lot of things I used to think I knew.
My mom was a one room school teacher before I came along. She pounded grammar, usage, and spelling into me. Things like the difference between effect and affect. Sometimes I have to use affect for the right effect. Remember, a lack of birth control can effect children but it doesn't affect them. They're, their, and there are just second nature to me but I know lots and lots of people didn't have those drilled into them and struggle with the meaning.
My dad taught me basic math, and I agree that math is the most important. However, correct usage makes interpretation easier. Often someone using poor grammar misspells or has a typo on the incorrect word, and it really stumps me as to what they were trying to say.
My biggest problem posting is I'm using a laptop with a touch pad and sometimes my right thumb lays on the touchpad, that jumps the cursor, and I type right in the middle of something else I had typed.
All in all this is a great forum, with everyone learning as well as helping.
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