More from my Craigslist friend

She's back. I'm actually starting to like reading these.

infent car set pink and gray plade with base name your price

my daughter has out grown her infent car set and i need to get ride of it so i can buy her one that she can fit into it in excellent condition and very cute gray and pink plade name your price but plese offer me a resonable price for it

She also needs some clothes and wants to know "how much you wont for them i cant afforward to alot."

I'm beginning to wish that I had something to offer this girl. Or maybe I'm starting to feel bad for singling her out. She's also looking for "a baby girl high chair." I'm not sure why these things must be gender specific (car seat in previous post included), but it seems important to her. I hope she gets what she needs!

Oooh...now I am feeling bad for her. She'd better really be this bad with her English skills, or else I'm going to feel very swindled! (Even though I haven't even shown her one ounce of charity.)

Getting out my red pen

I am a critical person. Maybe it's the teacher in me, or I'm just a snob, but I notice spelling and grammar errors. And I seem to notice them everywhere. The most offensive are those from commercial sources. I figure those wishing to make me part with my money should prove to be capable of using it. And sometimes I just assume that the ad or offer is just plain fraudulent if the writing is bad.

I don't usually say much about what I come across online. I especially "play nice" when it comes to casual interaction or any personal blogs. I know spelling and grammar are not every person's strength. I am not perfect, either. But, I am neurotic about it enough to grab a dictionary or check dictionary.com if I'm not sure about my own spelling. Truthfully, I haven't wanted to offend good friends by criticizing their writing. It's just not that important.

That being said, I don't think it would hurt anyone to check into when to use than vs. then or knowing when their is better than they're or there. A really common one is your against you're. So much fun. :)

Anyway, I bring this up because I was browsing my local Craigslist tonight. That is a great place to look for spelling and grammar problems. Some people type too fast. Some people don't proof read after editing. Some people are just missing certain skills. I came across one last week that apparently never learned how to use the word our and resorted to are instead. It was a bit of a challenge to understand what the person was saying at first. Someone else said "in a half" instead of "and a half." There are a lot of shelfs for sale on Craigslist. I could go on. This would be a great source of (bad) examples for a high school English teacher to use in class!

And then there are the ones like this:

Wanted: I need a a girl front faceing car set

i am looking for a car set for my little girl she is out growing her new born car set if you have one that is in great condition not been in a reack please sennd me a picture and let me know how much i cant afforward very much

Is this real? I have to think that this person is actually very smart to make it look like she's so illiterate...therefore (assumably) poor and needy = please take pity on her and give her a car seat. Unless she really does want a set of cars...not likely, though.

This makes me extra determined that my kids pae attention and doo well in skule!