tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post115208654177103638..comments2023-11-22T05:51:28.934+00:00Comments on Frank Chalk: Heroes of Spelling Rescuers of Grammar and Correctors of Factual ErrorsMr Chalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02300002644366743672noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-55618141617088813422010-04-20T14:26:21.487+00:002010-04-20T14:26:21.487+00:00i have gone through this blog. i found it really i...i have gone through this blog. i found it really interesting fot my job and my future career<br /><br /><a href="http://www.onlineuniversalwork.com" rel="nofollow">study and earn</a>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02177712721406997899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-1160471469488086112006-10-10T09:11:00.000+00:002006-10-10T09:11:00.000+00:00I'd recommend learning how to use the table, tr an...I'd recommend learning how to use the table, tr and td tags - basic example using some of your post<BR/><BR/><table><BR/><tr><td>Independant</td><td>Anonymous</td></tr><BR/><tr><td>Discreetly</td><td>Karrde</td></tr><BR/></table><BR/><BR/>Hopefully I've added enough &lt;s to please blogger or the example may have disappeared.bozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09724311245386489012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-1155726651525378092006-08-16T11:10:00.000+00:002006-08-16T11:10:00.000+00:00Please tell me that the spelling error in your sec...Please tell me that the spelling error in your second sentence, "spelling, grammer and factual accuracy", is deliberately ironic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-1153410811256687632006-07-20T15:53:00.000+00:002006-07-20T15:53:00.000+00:00For your HTML spacing you need to include the semi...For your HTML spacing you need to include the semi-colon at the end of the  . That will actually provide the spacing and not add it to the text.<BR/><BR/>AlAlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10865998551753086920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-1153172612080964652006-07-17T21:43:00.000+00:002006-07-17T21:43:00.000+00:00Judging by your attempt at Latin in an earlier pos...Judging by your attempt at Latin in an earlier post,I don't think that you teach Classics either! <BR/>(Mind you, Classics in your school sounds like it would include the study of 'Neighbours')Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-1153159572667530202006-07-17T18:06:00.000+00:002006-07-17T18:06:00.000+00:00There isn't HTML for tab as such but you can use "...There isn't HTML for tab as such but you can use "& nbsp;" (without the space between the & and the rest)as a spacer. It's a really small space though so you needto use loads.Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10865998551753086920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-1153135235358091102006-07-17T11:20:00.000+00:002006-07-17T11:20:00.000+00:00"incompetance ": oh dear."incompetance ": oh dear.deariemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06654632450454559188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-1153084207290474362006-07-16T21:10:00.000+00:002006-07-16T21:10:00.000+00:00Dear Anonymous(the one before this post),I bet you...Dear Anonymous(the one before this post),<BR/><BR/>I bet you spent a long time reading over what you had typed so as not to look a fool with a simple mistake, didn't you?<BR/><BR/>I will be all grown up about your comment and reply with - \/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-1153052970902572492006-07-16T12:29:00.000+00:002006-07-16T12:29:00.000+00:00Can somebody tell me what the difference is betwee...Can somebody tell me what the difference is between a spelling mistake and a typo? Anyone who bothers to check their work before handing it in (so to speak) should be able to minimise these errors. <BR/><BR/>As for me, my spelling's always prefect. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-1152911946382955992006-07-14T21:19:00.000+00:002006-07-14T21:19:00.000+00:00I feel like I have been named and shamed (and semi...I feel like I have been named and shamed (and semi-famous) by what was not a spelling mistake, just a typo, correct letters but slightly in the wrong order.....honest mister :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-1152894684540599292006-07-14T16:31:00.000+00:002006-07-14T16:31:00.000+00:00what a dickhead the anonymous tosspot at the top o...what a dickhead the anonymous tosspot at the top of these comments is. <BR/>teachers are there to punish people for their spelling errors you simpleton. it's the fact that they can't do that any more which is problematic.<BR/>as for how much you earn, if you earn twice as much as the average teacher (i'm guessing that puts you on 60 grand...bully for you), i earned about 30 times as much as you last year and i owe every penny i rake in from my admittedly lucrative bond trading job to my maths teacher (mr mercer, hello if you're reading this) for forcing me, albeit against my will at first, to realise that i could do maths, and, actually, i was quite good at it. even though i didn't want to.<BR/>ooh, the teachers told me off for spelling wrongly. ooh...look at me...i'm better than they are...you whinign twat.<BR/><BR/>NB mr mercer, if you ARE reading this i don't literally mean i owe you every penny. but you know what i mean. is it true you shagged stacey wall by the way?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-1152862311841354402006-07-14T07:31:00.000+00:002006-07-14T07:31:00.000+00:00Sigh.www.dictionary.com(Although it probably spell...Sigh.<BR/><BR/>www.dictionary.com<BR/><BR/>(Although it probably spells in 'Merikan)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-1152823002869643822006-07-13T20:36:00.000+00:002006-07-13T20:36:00.000+00:00Fascinating blog, Mr Chalk. [Or should that be 'Si...Fascinating blog, Mr Chalk. [Or should that be 'Sir'? :-) ]<BR/><BR/>Anyway, well done. I salute anyone who's happy to 'tell it like it is'. <BR/><BR/>I'm looking forward to reading your book when it comes out. <BR/><BR/>PS Spelling alert! - in your June 23rd entry, 'coherant' should of course be spelled 'coherent'. <BR/><BR/>So please take a black mark and several detentions (or whatever it was that we poor grammar school kids would have had foisted upon us for similar misdemeanours back in the dark and dismal 1970s...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-1152133179781880482006-07-05T20:59:00.000+00:002006-07-05T20:59:00.000+00:00Good evening Mr ChalkI've found your site via "The...Good evening Mr Chalk<BR/><BR/>I've found your site via "The Policeman's Blog"<BR/><BR/>Being married to a member of SMT at a very deprived inner city school in a very, very deprived area of the country, I have every sympathy with you.<BR/><BR/>When she gets home from work (It's nearly 10pm now) I'm sure she'll enjoy reading your blog, if she's got the energy.<BR/><BR/>I've put you on my sidebar to remind me to keep popping back and hope that some of my readers visit you and pass comment.<BR/><BR/>PS - now every classroom seems to have an interactive whiteboard (How come they can be called whiteboards, but blackboards had to be called chalkboards?) what do you throw at the kids who aren't paying attention? Board rubbers bouncing off heads used to give out a resounding ring on some kids in my class!Stan Stillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06330455352959128074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-1152099146588177402006-07-05T11:32:00.000+00:002006-07-05T11:32:00.000+00:00Presumably that should be "incorrect" spelling. T...Presumably that should be "incorrect" spelling. There is more to life than what you earn, and more to life than being able to spell accurately too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-1152095153579494202006-07-05T10:25:00.000+00:002006-07-05T10:25:00.000+00:00I had failures like you punish me for my correct s...I had failures like you punish me for my correct spelling. I'm glad I earn twice as much as you will ever do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com