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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DH is a highly successful lawyer. He's a beautiful writer and his mother says he's always had great reading comprehension and argument skills. The man cannot entire out a grocery list without misspelling something! He cannot spell. He tries, but spell check was invented for people like him.  Some people just never get it, but they can be very successful anyway![/quote]

This is me, too.

I was a very early and advanced reader, and I was always great with comprehension and picking up on subtleties and nuance in books, arguments etc.  Similarly, I've always been a very strong writer.  Great at putting my ideas into words, organizing coherent essays and arguments.  Also quite detail-oriented when it comes to grammar, sentence structure and punctuation (posts on DCUM excluded.)  :-)

And . . . I'm terrible with spelling.  Truly terrible.  I can't explain it, but I've always been this way.  Learning words for spelling tests was crazy difficult for me growing up.  And I often just forgot it all soon after.  As an adult, I'm still amazed sometimes by my spelling errors.  How is that possible?  I read like crazy for both work and fun.  My guess is it has something to do with that part of my brain and memory.  Spelling (and other details) just don't stick as well as ideas, concepts etc.

Interestingly, my DD is completely different.  She loves to read and has an incredible memory for spelling.  I'm amazed by how quickly she picks it up and how long she retains it.  I don't think her methodology is anything special.  My guess is it has something to do with the way her brain is wired.[/quote]

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