[QUOTE=H Dean]
Quote Originally Posted by Daes
...errors take away from the reading experience.. and in the end youre cheating yourself and the readers because its a distraction, and when a reader is distracted you dont quite get the credit you deserve...QUOTE]

I disagree - if your piece is error laden you do tend to get the "credit" you deserve. You just don't like it, usually.
Makes me think of a tall teacher slapping a ruler in his palm looking down at me with an evil glint in his eyes.