"Some people even used text speak in their cover letter,"
:geno: How could someone possibly comprehend that, that's a good idea?
I spent ages trying to spot the spelling mistake in the article picture
I guess that's why sales of Garry's Mod plummeted when Facepunch's forums and descriptions were all misspelled.
Is there a mistake in that picture? It's driving me crazy, I don't see one.
Well, I guess it's people with problems like these that are helping people like US get a job.
[QUOTE=TheL33tist;31101688]Is there a mistake in that picture? It's driving me crazy, I don't see one.[/QUOTE]
There isn't.
[QUOTE=Misinformed lowlife]"This is because when you sell or communicate on the internet 99% of the time it is done by the written word."[/QUOTE]
He's trying to complain about peoples' English yet he's pulling the 99% bollocks.
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[QUOTE=john_frohman;31101722]There isn't.[/QUOTE]
Shopping and Cart are capitalised but it could be argued that they're names. In that case it's to represent the customer buying thing, refer to the caption.
[QUOTE=AngryChairR;31101819]He's trying to complain about peoples' English yet he's pulling the 99% bollocks.
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Shopping and Cart are capitalised but it could be argued that they're names. In that case it's to represent the customer buying thing, refer to the caption.[/QUOTE]
Cart is also, so that is kind of invalid, as they are referring to an area of the site.
The "Add to Shopping Cart" isn't shown as an example of an error. It's an example of a business website, since this article is related to business websites.
Also, AngryChair, if you're going to go down the "The picture has an error," then why are only picking out the "shopping"?
"Add to shopping Cart" is even worse. Besides, that picture is fine - it's treating the shopping cart as a proper pronoun.
[b]On topic:[/b]
This person observed [b]one[/b] website [b]once[/b], and watched its sales activity before and after [b]one[/b] spelling error and correction, and is then extrapolating that to the entire online market?
That's not how you survey. At all.
[QUOTE=certified;31101873]Cart is also, so that is kind of invalid, as they are referring to an area of the site.[/QUOTE]
You don't say "Please go to the Bathroom" or "More information is on the Main Page", shopping cart is a noun not a proper noun so it shouldn't be capitalised.
[QUOTE=AngryChairR;31101907]You don't say "Please go to the Bathroom" or "More information is on the Main Page", shopping cart is a noun not a proper noun so it shouldn't be capitalised.[/QUOTE]
thats not spelling, it's grammar
I don't see how an error destroys business, with people thinking the site is a scame, seeing as 90% of online shoppers have a tendency to have a fuckthaty.jpg mentality when they see an obvious scam and end up falling for it anyway.
Idiocracy. There is no good excuse for borderline illiteracy in industrialized nations like the UK and the US.
[editline]fffffuu[/editline]
Jesus, this shit makes me rage so hard and I don't even know why.
Spell checking in firefox never made me any millions
I would agree with this. Whenever I see a webpage with severe typos I immediately get off. If I was planning on purchasing something off of a website and saw numerous typos, I wouldn't even dare buy it.
I don't see Valve losing any business over spelling mistakes.
[QUOTE=swift;31106737]I don't see Valve losing any business over spelling mistakes.[/QUOTE]
Because everyone already knows they are credible.
Dats a lod off buulshit.
About all of that stuff about how college graduates use text speak, what is the driving psychological factors behind this? Why do people think that it is okay to shit on the English language because they are on the Internet?
[QUOTE=AngryChairR;31101907]You don't say "Please go to the Bathroom" or "More information is on the Main Page", shopping cart is a noun not a proper noun so it shouldn't be capitalised.[/QUOTE]
Shopping Cart on a website is more like a proper noun to me.
I don't know if there is any good logic to it, but capitalizing words in a short phrase like "Add to Shopping Cart" makes it look more noticeable/important.
I would also capitalize it if I were writing instructions on a shopping site. Like "Go to the Shopping Cart to Checkout". It highlights key words for me. And I capitalized Checkout too because there will be a "Checkout" button. Just highlighting keywords is all.
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