I would have to admit poor spelling & grammar is one of my pet hayts.

Having left school at 15, I'm hardly well educated, yet I keep a dictionary next to me & a Thesauras. I also use Word to write anything more than half a page. Actually that was the reason I bought a PC- even more so than porn.

To me it's sheer laziness to not check your spelling. I won't stand for it with my girls, that's for sure.

A WP is a wonderful wonderful thing.

If someone is from a non English speaking country, yes I can overlook it. Otherwise it usually detracts from anything I read, even posts on a forum.

Too many mistakes & I stop reading. As for formatting- a page of solid text with no paragraph breaks & I have to copy & format to read it!

Even a post that goes on without spaces or paragraphs I usually get lost half way through or just don't bother.

Spelling, grammar & formatting? Don't get me started!!