Having viewed numerous thousands of postings since joining Swinging Heaven some years ago, may I point out a few items that may make your post more readable by others. Please bear in mind that the majority of swingers are in the 30+ age range and have had a good education by modern standards.
Please try and construct your sentences in plain English, not local slang or phone text.
Form sentences.
Punctuate your words correctly.
Form paragraphs.
Spell words correctly.
I appreciate that there may be some people who have difficulty seeing words correctly and that others may not have paid enough attention to lessons at school. However, with the aid of Word, WordPerfect or any other similar document producing programme, you can write out your 'Post' or advertisement first. Then check it for spelling and punctuation errors, prior to cutting and pasting it into one or more of 'The Forum' rooms.
A well written 'post' is far more likely to be read, than one with numerous errors, or which is produced as a thirty line block of letters with no punctuation or paragraphs. We all make mistakes, but there is no need to compound the error, when there are simple ways of avoiding or correcting them.
Please try typing your message out in one of the word processing programmes first, and count how many errors the spelling and grammar checking part of the programme picks up on. I do realise that many spell checking programmes are based on American English and a few errors may creep in here and there, but overall, it should improve your 'post'.
Harry0
Having written the above straight into a posting box, I bet there are a few faux pas.
No no no... keep it sticky. I'm just embarrassed about my sole contribution to it being a spelling correction. I'd delete my post if I could.
hey can you check my profile and ad to see if I've done mine right? thanks
It would help if you said what your ad number is, Archangel!
An interesting thread, We've got to say that we agree with Bluexxx with regards to the 'Fancy a fuck NOW' threads, how many of us actualy open them let alone read the contents? We are new to the board (although not due to Stan Colleymore or any body else being in the news) while we are looking for fun equaly important is friendship, we have met people that we don't particuly 'fancy' or them us but have got on great with and have stayed friends. People who come along to sites such as this and think its an easy way to get laid are very wrong I'm afraid, thats not what swinging is all about.
If we were to give a tip to single guys it would be 'sell yourself' (not literaly!!!) but show those who are looking for single guys why they should want to choose to hook up with you after all there is a lot of competition out there.
thanks for the advice, as a new couple we're finding it hard to think of what to say, we dont want to ramble, but we DO want to give enough info to show we're genuine! hope our ad and everythings okay!
Congratulations Harry,
You have hit the nail on the head. It's not just a spelling issue, it's a state of mind. Put some thought and effort into something and the results far exceed your expectation.
The number of women I have contacted, whom have responded positively to the prose has surprised me.
Yes, there are many times when a one line abridged "chat" style is appropriate, however a post does require more thought.
Keep up the good work,
Simon
Since i am a (NEWBIE) to the site but not to swinging may i point out something. Not every one is computer literate and at times it can be quite frustrating espescially if you are limited by your equipment, no not that, computer equipment. Trying to work out how to post and get access to forums, jeezus this one was easy (not). SO whilst i agree regarding one liners not all the single guys are after a wham bam thank you mam. If you take the time to look up my profile 101049 you may notice as was said by the other gentelman most swingers are over 35+ and do try to put a bit more information in thier profile to let people know they are genuine and not just a twat. PS. how the hell do you upload a photo?? no i'm not a dummy well sort of wheh it comes to computers. How's my grammar and punctuation. Be gentle.
Thank you for your advice. This particular "Newbie" is now going to think before embarking on another bout of linguistic flirtation.
Maybe the short intros are because some of us who are new to this are a little bit shy.
I've only just discovered this forum thanks to a couple of friends.
I couldn't agree more about writing in proper English. We ignore any messages done in texting shorthand, mostly because I don't understand it, but also because there is no space limitation (within reason) to justify doing it. You have plenty of time to write messages and ads so why do it?
As a footnote, I remember being told at school that you can follow a comma with 'and' if it forms part of a list.
Hi all
As a newbie to the site, I would like to say that, in my eagerness to “get it onâ€, like most people I did not read all the sticky's, (apart from the rules).
The obvious thing happened apart from getting the keys on my board mucky (Not one reply from anyone) at this point I turned to the sticky’s for help
I have to agree with the previous posts more than one line and a bit of through goes a long way, having taken that on board I now find that In just a few days I have had three very nice replies to pm’s I have sent and a meet is planed for this week end. Thanks to all who take the time to help others.
I would however add one thing, to all who get pm’s and emails a simple yes, no or more reply, would help to get the massage across.
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Total dyslexic word spell checked and grammar’d but no poet here.
Being a good boy, the first thing I did on joining the site was read the FAQ's and then Harry's posting advice.
Couldn't agree more.
We all have selection criteria for our potential playmates. One of mine, at least online, is spelling and grammar. I bin every e-mail with a mistake. Typos are obvious and forgivable, such as 'wirting', or 'abotu', which are my personal consistent errors, but I find we tend to get on as a couple with people who have taken the trouble to produce a well-written communication that expresses desire and curiosity politely, in correct English. If people can't write what they want and feel, then they probably can't say it either, so a meeting would be a mutual waste of time. My wife is Brazilian, and she says she has the same communicative criteria in Portuguese.
As for single guys, as a couple, we like threesomes, sometimes even foursomes with two other guys, as well as group sex and whatnot, and we'd love to meet horny sensible single guys, but they seem to be few and far between, and almost always far too impatient, with the result that we're just not into it. We're only interested in experiences with people who have a considerable degree of sensitivity, and 'wanna fuck' people don't get a look-in. (well, sometimes they do, I mean, let's be honest, sometimes there isn't time to get to know someone, is there)
I feel that people on here should have more consideration for people that have problems with spelling & grammer. We are not all great as using computers & spell checkers.
I have always had problems with spelling & grammer, which can effect your hole life (yes i have done the go to evening classes bit to no avail) things like taking a message at work, so you tend to avoid answering the phone. Not being able to spell can affect your confidents & life in a big way.
I feel disappointed that from some of your comments you would judge me & others on the fact that i we are not perfect at spelling or grammer. People would rather be judged on their personality & who they are as a person. OH & yes i can hold a convosation without being able to spell WOW shocking isn't it. Sorry to get on my soapbox but having the fact that you can't spell well ,rubbed in your face all your life pisses you off, also the fact that you have to keep asking people how to spell things can be very embrassing for some people so next time someone keeps asking you how to spell this word & that word, consider how that person feels inside.
OK YES I Have finished Saffy
Saffy
Saffy,
I can't speak for everyone but to me there is a big difference between those that have diificulty spelling and those that couldn't give a s**t about it.
Your post is readable, it's broken down into paragraphs and it's obvious that you've put the effort into writing it.
There's a big difference between "I have problems with spelling and grammar" and "I can't be bothered to take the time writing to you lot".
Steve
I agree, Steve. What also amazes me is the number of people who don't take the bother to learn the correct spelling of the key words of their ad/post. I've lost count of the number who want to contact "ladys" or go to "partys", and the ones who describe their favourite pastimes as "clubing" and "pubing".
Mike.
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