When considering whether to schedule an appointment with a companion, how important is their ability to articulate thoughts, use proper grammar, distinguish between commonly misused words like 'your' and 'you're,' as well as understand the disparity between 'ad' and 'add'?

not always.

Typically when I book a companion, I’m more interested in their looks, personality and ratings, rather than their ability to ace the verbal section of the ACT.   I also find people who act as the grammar police on message boards and social media to be pretentious and, frankly, lame as fuck.  The only exception may be when someone is insulting another person but use the wrong words (eg writing “Your an idiot”).    I’ve been a victim of autocorrect before and written the wrong word, only to have a bunch of message board smart asses challenge my intelligence, which I found to be laughable.  Hope I punctuated that correctly…

while grammar is extremely important, bad grammar will not stop either of us from shtupping an insanely hot woman.
Conan says she won't be using bad grammar when his schlong is in her mouth.

between auto correct errors and texting in a hurry, plus trying to keep messages brief,  proper grammar is becoming a lost art.    i do appreciate when i receive entire sentences instead of  "Where R U ?"  ...  there was a story recently online about a 20something year old that got a text from a 35 yr old and could not decipher his intent when after a 1st date he said " had a great time, have a nice day"  

I saw a granite monument today and looked at its inscription. Someone obviously spent considerable time and money erecting it. It had a grammatical error: it’s instead of its.  

Typos are fairly common. I don’t take minor typos to mean a person isn’t smart. Also, misusing your and you’re could also be an oversight. I do not assume someone doesn’t know the difference. But hey, if it’s really bad, I will have concerns.

I say "virtually" bc I am thinking of the worst case scenario where there are numerous misspellings all over her ad, or website, and her grammar is so atrocious that I can barely understand what she is saying, but those cases are extremely rare.  
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What I value is beauty, compatibility, and sweetness/kindness. It is hard enough these days to find all three of those qualities without having to add in spelling and grammar as possibly disqualifying. I would disagree a bit with your statement of "Precision in language is crucial for effective communication..." That of course is true in many fields, but I don't think it applies to this lifestyle, at least not for me.  
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I don't need a provider to be "precise" in her communication with me, as I just need to be able to fully understand what she is saying. Using your examples of "ad" or "add" or "your" or "you're", I will quite easily be able to understand what she is saying as there will be context provided from the rest of the sentence or paragraph. It's never once been an issue for me.

educated gentlemen prefer educated companions.   I agree 100% with everything you said.  

It's interesting that you say that spelling of homonyms can change the written meaning, yet through context alone when hearing them we can figure out the intent.  In fact most people are not confused when the wrong homonym is spelled out in writing and they can in fact figure out the intent.
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English is a bastard language -- which is both a strength and a weakness.  The weakness is its inconsistency and complexity. The strength is that it is quick to adopt new words to incorporate new concepts.  Keep in mind that languages are formed through usage -- rule books are written as an afterthought.
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If I am looking for signs of intelligence, I look for structure of thought and not fealty to the pliable "rules" of English.  I'll take a concise thought versus precisely spelled gibberish.

If they’re not correct, then the larger ones will most likely be overlooked too.

I believe that no matter what.....Proper Grammar is the best thing for both the Hobbyist & Provider.  But some grew up in a Ghetto area and just do not care about what they say. It is as if the person that they are talking to must understand what the person is saying.  

(eg writing “Your an idiot”)

I know that many providers are not native English speakers so I don't expect perfect English and grammar. It's definitely not a deal breaker for me, tho if the communication is just too hard to manage I will reluctantly walk away 😞

I know many providers who speak perfect Korean, but their English is understandable but not perfect  I, on the other hand, speak perfect English, but my Korean is barely understandable sometimes and other times, downright wretched.  Lol

But I can’t, because experience has been teaching me otherwise. I want to agree with all these people saying that her looks, charm, and bedroom skills are way more important to me than her command of the written word. Honestly, that makes logical sense and I used to think that way. I’ve been finding, however, that poor writing seems to be a fairly good indicator of what kind of experience I’m going to have.  

But I do see that for a few nitpickers it's their way to target a few ladies, to kinda give them a jab over their grammar.
And it seems, it only happens on this board....weird, huh?
But in reality, how much written correspondence are you guys having with the ladies? I keep it brief, and simple. We're not discussing over emails or text “War and Peace.  
If I say during our text exchange, “Looking forward to meeting you” and she responds with, “Me two”...am I going to cancel? Is anyone going to cancel over this??...Really?
And I would hope that once you meet, you're not writing notes back and forth in person.
Imagine this, some guy going down on his girl, she moans “Yeah, there” does he stop and break stride and figure, “does she mean there or their or..??”. Or when she says “Your turn”, will he stop and scratch his head and think, “Does she mean you're turn?”....I'm fucking around but some comes off like that.  
In the grand scheme of things, are we going to be that petty? This is a fuck board, you're not opening a joint checking account.But if guys want to treat this board as their ego boost, then have at it.
Oh and Hi Nico...it's been awhile...fun in the sun at the Bellagio. Great time. You're in Ohio, WTF!!!

I was scrolling down the 20+ replies to see if anyone would mention English as a second, third, or more-th (I just made up that word: "more-th: used in place of "fourth, fifth, sixth, etc." when using an ordinal series. Example: "For some Providers, English is not their first language. It is often their second, third, or more-th language.") language.  
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I probably do make inferences based on spoken accents, written advertisements, etc.. If someone CLAIMS "I am currently working on my third masters degree ..." but their writing is, uh, not so good, it plants seeds of doubt.

But I do believe I like “more-th” much better!

"I  applaud  you  @Miss Nico Veneta  for  your  exquisitely  written  post!"  "Brava!"  
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Thanks! You're the more-th person to offer to sign it!

Re: poor writing indicative of in-person experience

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There are just too many other factors at play, especially in these more modern times with talk-to-text, autocorrect, etc for me to be concerned about it unless it is truly egregious and widespread, then maybe that might be a turn-off. MAYBE. Then Lopaw chimed in with an insightful comment that English is a second, or third language for many women, thus further muddying the waters.  
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Looking at the responses here from the buyers where we can distinguish what side of this debate they fall on, it seems roughly 75% of them don’t put much stock into grammatical errors. And re: the ones that agree with the OP, I wonder how many of them would REALLY pass on a provider they are wildly attracted to, who possesses a fantastic profile, backed up by great reviews and is compatible with her in terms of cost and her other requirements to see her (deposit, verification needs, etc) simply because she confused your with you’re, their with there, or ad with add.
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IOW, it’s one thing to say on this board, in this thread, you (plural) wouldn’t see the type of woman the OP describes…its quite another to pass on her when her availability is staring you in the face and you are desirous of her. Me thinks many, if not all, of the OPs defenders would cave in a heartbeat, given the scenario I lay out above. Well, all of them except CDL of course. We all know him to be a very principled man. Lol.

Grammar mistakes are a YMMV thing for me.  

In the story of the king who had no clothes, the king was "educated" to believe his clothes were of such luxurious and fine threads that only the most elite could see them.  When a young commoner boy upon seeing the naked King strut down the street exclaimed "The King has no clothes!" the "uneducated" boy proved to the "educated" king that indeed the commoners were too lowly to see his finery.  The king's "education" was reinforced.
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The king was "educated" but the boy had "knowledge."    Never confuse the two.

That point being, that people can be so stupid and prideful that they are easily suckered into thinking they are buying something valuable when they are not.

That point being, that people can be so stupid and prideful that they are easily suckered into thinking they are buying something valuable when they are not.

But that's what it takes to get Fester to understand how dumb he is.

so i copied ALL the texts in this thread to OpenAI and the summary is ....  :::  

That said, I don't put a priority on spelling or grammar in choosing to see a new provider. The vast majority of providers that I have seen 10 or more times were ESL. Spanish, Thai, French, Portuguese.  
I do, however, feel some frustration when a provider can't put a sentence together well enough to communicate important information regarding the arrangement we're trying to coordinate and I'm certainly less likely to repeat if we can't have verbal interactions without a struggle. A one-time romp is one thing, but hand signals or translator apps don't cut it if I want to communicate a particular preference, or just want to chat during foreplay or downtime.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQQ3LCWZJd4
[The Emperor]
The suit of clothes is all togethеr
But, altogether, it's altogether
The most remarkable suit of clothes
That I have ever seen
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These eyes of mine at once determined
The sleeves are velvet
The cape is ermine
The hose are blue and the doublet is
A lovely shade of green"
(Lovely shade of green)
"Somebody send for the queen"
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[Parade Watcher]
The King is in the altogether
But, altogether, the altogether
He's altogether as naked as
The day that he was born
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The king is in the altogether
But, altogether, the altogether
It's altogether the very least
The King has ever worn
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A derivative concept is from someone's exclamation that, "The Emperor Has No Clothes!"  
http://digitalcultures.net/slang/the-emperor-has-no-clothes/
"... The phrase has since become an idiom used to describe a situation where someone is pretending to be something they are not, or when something is revealed to be a fraud. It’s a way of pointing out that someone is not as powerful or impressive as they claim to be, or of exposing a lie or deception. ..."
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"Since the publication of the original tale, the phrase has since been used as a symbol of speaking truth to power and has been adapted into various forms of media, including books, films, and even political cartoons.  ..."
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How many of us had to sit through meetings where some pompous ass is making pronouncements about a project, strutting their stuff, dressed in their finest bullshit and then someone points out one or more major flaws or lies. "Your key component doesn't exist yet. If you actually read the description, you'd know that it's a dream product that might be available after 50 years of R&D. Maybe."

Yeah. As I was writing that post I was thinking about one in particular I’ve met who is very intelligent and reliable/punctual. Her board posts are often not grammatically correct, BUT her ads and website are always beautifully written, and if you email her you don’t have to get a HS kid to translate her reply for you.  

every provider you have seen, save ONE, the maximum allowable score under TER rules, I agree that whatever their shortcomings may be, they are meaningless to you.  

before I realized that straight people can use homonyms, too.      (Okay, it's a joke, but pass the smelling salts to the gasping pearl-clutchers anyway.  Lol)  

I'm a professional writer, so you might expect me to be a stickler for proper spelling, grammar and punctuation, but I'm not.
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In fact, it's because I'm a writer that I understand the most important aspects of communication are the ideas a person is conveying and the clarity and logic through which those ideas are conveyed.  Of course proper spelling, grammar and punctuation are intended to provide clarity, but their absolute perfection isn't necessary.
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To this point, I've read plenty of posts where I though the person was dumb and consequently lost interest in them -- but again, I'm usually making that assessment of their IQ based on the ideas and structure of their thoughts, not their typos.
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I'll also offer this:  if you can't understand an idea being conveyed unless it conforms to a strict set of rules, then you probably have a low verbal IQ.
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As many people have pointed out in this thread, there are all sorts of reasons for typos in posts, ranging from auto-correct and text-to-speech populating the wrong word to fat-fingering mistakes.  I've suffered those mistakes myself.  I absolutely know the difference between "it's" and "its", but I'm certain there must be posts of mine with those terms mistaken.  And finally, lots of providers have English as a second language.
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Well said

And don't forget, there are a lot of pinheads out there who get their jollies by pointing out the mistakes of others so they can feel superior.

It’s funny to me because you posted your website & email it’s, like an ad. If grammar was important, so would credentials. I have a college degree. I have certifications that’s don’t matter here. TER is a fuckboard is what I was told ten years ago.  

telling others that they don't matter, while at the same time,laughably calling our another provider for a potential threAD.
The irony is strong.

Not ALL Pinheads are like that.

That being said, I can overlook errors/misuses in texts and emails to a certain degree. It happens to all of us as y’all have noted. I do hold it against her if her add that she has carefully curated to withdraw as many funds as possible out of us for her services has errors. It should be pristine.

You mean me holy. But yes I was rushing to get my thoughts out and not thinking about being a grammar nazi.  I thought this was some random petty ass monger board, but clearly I was unaware that this was the Harvard School of Tricks n Hoes. I also did not know I was writing a dissertation about the prostitution world in these discussions 🙃 on that note, peace out

Nobody called me out for dropping the “add” Easter Egg?  👀🤓

This!!!

In reality proper grammer does not matter, because most of the Providers & Hobbyists are GHETTO (Street improper Talking)  type of people (Sorry to say it that way but it's true and ok).

Pedantic, supercilious, didactic--not so much.

Lmao exactly

Very ironic post for obvious reasons.  Your clientele perhaps,  but I wouldn’t generalize.  

Word Crimes .. a quick funny must see ..should end this series of posts !

From 30,000 feet she's probably correct.  TER-world is a small piece of the industry, then add in the "luxury providers" who are ghetto IRL, only exposing themselves in their oft word salad-posts with no regard for convention or syntax.

http://rebus.club/create?r=eyJEIjowLCJMIjoiZW4iLCJVIjoxNTAsIkMiOiJvbmUgY2FuIGhvcGUiLCJFIjpmYWxzZX0=