Hmm, now I wonder how carefully I should be checking mine. My spelling and grammar are generally good (they'd better be - I am guilty of editorship on occasion) but I admit I don't proofread things that I post here (technical info excepted) with anything like the same effort that I devote to writing that is headed for print publication. A lot of keyboard errors go uncorrected if I'm in a hurry, too and I make a lot of them because I am a terrible typist in many ways (I hit keys beside the one I want, don't time my shift key well and have many transposed letters because I end up hitting them in the wrong order).
And I also start sentences with conjunctions (and use far too many brackets and dashes - something i don't do in "real" writing). And i skip the occasional capital letter on purpose...
And make only minor attempts to quell my colourful Canadian spelling. So far no-one's flamed me for it.
Ok, the kid came onto the board with a provocative name ("Tech Diver"? At 15? In this place? Hoo-boy!) and responded to what started out as a fairly gentle spelling flame (*spelling* flames, gentlemen? Tsk.) by getting personal. He's 15. And at least he didn't use studlycaps <shudder>.
I see a lot of others on the board, many far older, using similar silly spelling and no-one flames them (possibly because they have been around longer?)
How about he gets his wish and the thread and he get modded out - so he can come back (with a less provocative handle perhaps?) and be WELCOMED PROPERLY. Just my $0.02 (CAN) cat