Originally posted by: O2bnVegas
I admit having trouble with any of those "ence" and "ance" words.
Same for similar "...time" words.
I'm sure I have wrongly used "that" and "which" more than once, as I often pause to debate which one to use.
If writing for a more scholarly effect I try harder. If posting in KS I may ponder something a second or two, but I wouldn't wring my hands over it.
And I used to be pretty good at English comp.
Google or other search engine is a blessing for the best shot at spelling something right, usually.
Candy
David's posts are absolutely riddled with basic English errors, but I think that unlike you, he's not even aware of them.
He reads Trump's Lies Social posts every day in rapt fascination. Those posts contain a ridiculous number and frequency of grammar and spelling mistakes. The most prevalent is Trump Capitalization Syndrome--capitalizing random nouns for...emphasis? So David may truly believe that Trump English is the way to go.
As you imply, how much attention one pays to proper English often depends on how important one considers presenting the proper image to be. You might proofread a letter to your mortgage company; to your daughter, not so much. And Kitchen Sink posts? I think it depends on whether you're claiming something to be true--especislly if it's MAGA political nonsense. David makes outrageous claims and in the process, commits half a dozen English errors per paragraph. It lets the air out of his "messages."
Similarly, when Trump embarrasses himself and his country with his childish English mistakes, he lowers his credibility. Though since MAGAs like David absolutely, explicitly believe everything Trump says as if it were gospel on high, perhaps he thinks he doesn't need to write properly. And maybe he isn't even aware of how stupid it looks to capitalize every other word and refer to himself in the third person.
Every President except him has been careful to present a polished and dignified image to the public and was careful with his English. Choosing words carefully and following grammar rules helps with that. His social media posts, unfiltered and unedited, make him look like a buffoon.
But they do make David's panties wet, so...