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I was having a debate with my Inlaws about correct spelling. I had corrected 2 words she spelt too me wrong whice were
Coming she put comeing
Having she put haveing
She went to gramme school.
So who was right
For starters you’re wrong with “too“ but your spelling of having and coming are correct.
You are right with the spelling. Older people do sometimes lose the ability to spell things correctly over time. An older member in my family won spelling competitions in their youth but now asks me how to spell everything for them when writing
I would have to disagree with you there. I am still as good with spelling as I ever was and seem to have the opposite of dyslexia. Once I have used a word it seems to lodge in my brain and I have a mental picture of how it should look when written. Even now if I come across a word I have never seen I look it up, write it down and it is then not forgotten. I guess if I start to get a bit senile my spelling will suffer!
I also have to disagree, older people were probably taught when spelling was actually corrected by their teachers, younger people have probably never even been taught to spell. Unfortunately many teachers of today were educated in a generation where spelling wasn't supposed to matter, I know one teacher who actually spells HAVE as OF.
My own spelling isn't 100% but if in doubt I will use a dictionary, I would guess that many homes don't even have one.
Speaking as someone who has dyslexia it is incredibly embarrassing when people correct your spelling you don't know how you are making someone feel .do house really need to correct them.
Good point. No need to embarrass someone.Spelling something incorrectly is not a big deal.
A lot of the problem these days is predictive text. I am a huge stickler for spelling and GRAMMAR but you need to check before posting. WHICH may (or not) explain your IN LAWS lapse lol.
Nearly everyone posts spelling errors on here but as I often suffer with predictive errors I resist the urge to correct as like Mick82 I realise there is a lot of dyslexia around.
Some is genuine inability to spell correctly though and I must admit I do find it hard not to comment.
I hate bad spelling but we are all guilty of it from time to time.
By the way, did you notice that as well as 'too' for 'to' you put 'whice' for 'which' in your post?
Correct spellings
Coming
Having
Grammar
As a teacher it is part of my job to correct spelling and grammar. I put SP next to anything that is wrong and then put the correct spelling or grammar. Lots of people have dyslexia so often spell things how they sound or how they think the word should look, also predictive text can cause people to spell words wrong.
There are grammar errors in your post for example. It should be in laws, to instead of too, which instead of whice and grammar instead of gramme.
Everyone is guilty of bad spelling and grammar at times.
Having and coming are correct. I'm dyslexic and if it wasn't the for the little red worms on the pc screen the spelling police would have a field day with me. But you know what, tuff poo 
Rule of thumb is you always drop the silent e except for examples such as....be/being 
Yes I cringe at some of the spelling I see . I accept some folks have difficulties , but many instances are just down to laziness (not double checking spelling before pressing "enter" ).
Don't always spot all my spelling errors but at least I check .
Just imagine an employer reading a job application with :-
loose instead of lose
breaks instead of brakes
Just two of the frequently miss spelt common words .
Wouldn't put the applicant at the head of the list , would it ?
My ex boss was always inundated with applications whenever there was a vacancy. In order to get down the number she had to consider she would toss in the bin any that had spelling or grammatical errors.
Even if you have problems you can always ask a friend or relative to check your submission so it is inexcusable to send in poor applications/CVs.
Golfforall Oh yeah, 'loose' instead of 'lose' gets on my pip 
Never be mind, we can't be super at English, so I don't correct someone unless they've really annoyed me.
"Just two of the frequently miss spelt common words".
Another one is "misspelt" which is only one word with two esses, it won't be spotted by spell checkers because both the words it is often split into exist. (known as an "atomic typo").
davidstockport Only 7 hours for my "trap" to be sprung . Thought it would be spotted in 7minutes .
Golfforall I've only just come online
I might add (if our posts didn't already make it obvious) but spell checkers are one of the reasons the standard of spelling has diminished),
Hated spelling test at school, we had them every week, which put me off school. I wasn’t bad at spelling it was just the thought of a test. I still have ‘panic attacks’ now if someone suggests I do a test. I have been scarred for life! Sorry I haven’t answered your question.
Imnotcheap not a trick yes my spelling bad too pridictive text for you made few of these on here where members have had good laugh over. But my question was based on the word coming
I agree you would permenantly be falling out with people otherwise especially with my spelling@Ann1984
Imnotcheap I must admit one thing I do not understand is the amount of spelling mistakes online with modern phones. Every word I have typed is checked for spelling as I type it. To be honest, I'm concerned I have become too reliant on it!
With small screen can be easy to miss letters and autocorrect can change it on you Dennab
Imnotcheap Yes I understand the autocorrect can change words but that very feature should at least correct any that are misspelled as well. Anyway, I just wondered. 
Unless you're a teacher marking an essay,you shouldn't be correcting someone else's grammar imo. It's pretty patronising.Not everyone is a great speller,it's not the end of the world.
I admit am a useless speller and just laugh it off if someone says to me about it.
Yep, I agree with Pjran. You're spellings of having and coming are correct. Too should be to, though. Strikes me that you have misspelt which also and your in-law went to grammar school. I hope this helps!
Everyone is guilt of spelling mistakes at some point and if it bothers people that much then they need to get a grip
I have absolutely no objection to someone mentioning it if I make a spelling mistake (or any other mistake). And in real life have found very few who object to mistakes being pointed out if it is done in the correct manner.
As mentioned by someone else, a job application, especially if it is a job where written communication is required, will not get much consideration if it contains spelling errors. (or the use of the wrong words: except for accept; to for too; loose for lose; stationery for stationary are just a few.)
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Must add "You're and Your" to the words that many people don't seem to get right, I noticed above someone explaining how to spell - didn't seem to know the difference, To help anyone else: You're means You Are - Your means belonging to you.
Im dyslexic myself and would rather be corrected on my spelling and my grammer mistakes then say I must be right as I went to grammer school.
I'm not sure if that was intentional - but it made me chuckle. If it wasn't intentional and you say you don't mind if someone corrects you: It isn't grammer school but grammar school. Trust me even though I didn't go to grammar school. 
I've known people who actually went to grammar school who misspelt it grammer, so don't feel too bad about it.
I'm not entirely sure if you're taking the mick or not there Ann with your own spelling and grammar
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