Makes you wonder why folks get so bent out of shape at spelling errors Because some of us have a personality that demands that things BE the way they ARE, and not they way they aren't. I think I've made it fairly clear here that I don't like gray areas. I want things to be either black or white. Or maybe sometimes one and then the other. But I want a clear delineation between the two--none of this, "Well, it could be this way if you look at it like this, but it could be that way if you look at it like that". That is not to say that I actually expect this, mind; just that I would strongly prefer it that way. I don't like permanent guesswork. I don't mind guessing my way through various types of puzzles, but I want to know for sure at the end what "the" answer is.
I want things to be precise. Errer is NOT error; never mind that I know what is meant. I have learned, with difficulty and not a 100% success rate, not to get so bogged down with what was and what wasn't, while telling a story that I lose my audience after my second sentence. But darn it, if such-and-such happened at 2 p.m., I can't stand it if somebody says it happened at 4. Even if the time has NO relevance to the point of the story, 4:00 is not 2:00! So--there's one reason for you.
