The single most popular education story in 2011 was about the financial cost of poor spelling.

It is very difficult to read, with little punctuation, and poor spelling.

Poor spelling is often, but not always, associated with poor reading.

I played spot the poor spelling in a post criticising the intelligence of others.

And tardiness is not the same as poor spelling.

But the problem can be as simple as bad handwriting or poor spelling."

This attempt by an online entrepreneur to calculate the impact of poor spelling clearly struck a chord.

You spotted poor spelling/ usage on the internet.

Greta, who is dyslexic, has poor spelling and some players have found it difficult to understand what she is writing.

Once again it is the impression that poor spelling creates which is harmful to the writer.

I know the Grauniad is famous for its poor spelling, but - don't the subs even bother to turn up at the office these days?

My first job was as a shorthand typist - I was fired after three days, mainly for poor spelling.

Perhaps it would focus teachers' minds on the basics if they knew pupils would lose marks in every exam for poor spelling.

What the backward slope and poor spelling is really sating is "I don't give a toss about this".

It was Dor's poor spelling that should have excited Cherie's ire.

Yglesias is also somewhat infamous for the often poor spelling of his blog posts, a weakness to which he frankly admits.

The letter, describing her life, was badly written with poor spelling and inaccuracies including even getting her own age wrong:

The poor spelling.

Poor timekeeping is like poor spelling.

Though it is considered gauche to publicly criticize posters for poor spelling or grammar, the network places a premium on literacy and clarity of expression.

The poor spelling in many of the messages suggests that the writers are so exercised by their baseball convictions that they cannot control their typing.

Perhaps less surprisingly, bosses tend to have the poorest spelling and worst grammar, conveying the sense that they have better things to do with their time.

Critics made much of Miller's poor spelling and rhymes; he once rhymed "Goethe" and "teeth".

He recalls that in early December the ribbon relayed a story razzing Texas for having to destroy several thousand books because of poor spelling and grammar.

"I've bought and sold stuff on eBay and Yahoo that I bought for next to nothing" because of poor spelling or vague descriptions, he said.