SPELLING AND GRAMMAR

Finally, spelling and grammar! This for me (and a lot of people I’ve spoken to) is a big issue. Can you imagine making a minor, accidental slip of the finger and then having a great wave of tweets telling you (sometimes for hours) that you’ve spelt something wrong? It is probably the one single thing on Twitter guaranteed to REALLY get under my skin. Though you might be genuinely outraged, don’t do it!!!

Sometimes I tweet very very quickly, in a tv studio, with 5 seconds to spare, my finger may slip, my phone, iPad or computer may spell check incorrectly just as I hit send… there are many different reasons. The last thing I or anyone else needs is 5,000 gloating, smug replies from the spelling police! It might be a technical error or it might be a genuine moment when I’ve got it wrong, I wouldn’t dream of correcting you, think twice before you pounce on me, chill out. We’re not at school - Thank you

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