In the U.S. that would be the USGA. They do the rules here. The R&A do the rules overseas. The PGA bodies play by those rules. There's still not one overseeing body.
Simple Poll Question about organization of Pool USA
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I think it is good that there are different flavors for the pool person to choose from. One might try BCA, then try APA and for whatever reason they might really prefer and excel from the APA's different set of rules. Someday if there are more PROs in the US, I think that things at the PRO level could become more standardized as the need arises.
You can't read the poll and see that you worded it in a way that leaves no choice but for everybody to have to pick "yes" as their answer because of the incorrect way you worded the poll? You can't see that you forgot the words "one" and "a" and it should have instead read "so is only one organization a good or bad idea?" You can't see that you misspelled the word "good" as "god"? If you can't spot these errors you didn't actually read what you wrote. They don't require a PhD to spot, these are mistakes caused purely by laziness and a complete disregard for others and that even a 7 year old wouldn't make unless they too were also being too lazy to proof read what they wrote just like you are. These mistakes are easy to catch and prevent if you just proof read your post and correct the mistakes before posting it. There is no excuse, you aren't too dumb or uneducated to be able to write in a manner that people can easily understand, you are just being lazy and don't care.Maybe in my next life when I get my PhD, become Professor at some university. Being big cheese in English, Grammar, and Spelling Dept.
This old dog is into no new tricks.
Seriously, read your poll and then try to claim again that you can't see that you worded it in a nonsensical way, misspelled the word good, and left out several words, etc. You clearly did not go back and read it. Stop being lazy.
And just in case you are going to try to claim you don't know what proof reading is, and are going to be too lazy to find that out too, it is simply reading what you write and making sure that it makes sense, reads fairly easily, and doesn't have an abundance of really stupid misspellings and grammar mistakes etc, and then correcting all the mistakes you can find before you send the post through. Nobody is expecting perfection, but when you have 48 major errors in every sentence and it is tough to tell what you are even trying to say it is a major problem.
One good trick to use is to read your post out loud (yes literally out loud) before submitting it because sometimes you will be able to hear mistakes that you might miss just by reading it. Another good trick is to ask yourself, "is this how it would have been written by somebody else", and if it doesn't sound like what somebody else would write then try to imagine what it would look/sound like if you saw it in a book.
There are also a few free online proof reading tools you can use which I've linked below that will help catch some spelling/grammar/writing errors. They don't do that great of a job and are far from perfect and will miss lots of your mistakes, so don't think if you pass all of them it must be good because they usually miss a good portion of mistakes, but at least it is a second set of "eye balls" that might help you catch something that you still didn't catch and two eyes can be better than one.
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You can't read the poll and see that you worded it in a way that leaves no choice but for everybody to have to pick "yes" as their answer because of the incorrect way you worded the poll? You can't see that you forgot the words "one" and "a" and it should have instead read "so is only one organization a good or bad idea?" You can't see that you misspelled the word "good" as "god"? If you can't spot these errors you didn't actually read what you wrote. They don't require a PhD to spot, these are mistakes caused purely by laziness and a complete disregard for others and that even a 7 year old wouldn't make unless they too were also being too lazy to proof read what they wrote just like you are. These mistakes are easy to catch and prevent if you just proof read your post and correct the mistakes before posting it. There is no excuse, you aren't too dumb or uneducated to be able to write in a manner that people can easily understand, you are just being lazy and don't care.
Seriously, read your poll and then try to claim again that you can't see that you worded it in a nonsensical way, misspelled the word good, and left out several words, etc. You clearly did not go back and read it. Stop being lazy.
And just in case you are going to try to claim you don't know what proof reading is, and are going to be too lazy to find that out too, it is simply reading what you write and making sure that it makes sense, reads fairly easily, and doesn't have an abundance of really stupid misspellings and grammar mistakes etc, and then correcting all the mistakes you can find before you send the post through. Nobody is expecting perfection, but when you have 48 major errors in every sentence and it is tough to tell what you are even trying to say it is a major problem.
One good trick to use is to read your post out loud (yes literally out loud) before submitting it because sometimes you will be able to hear mistakes that you might miss just by reading it. Another good trick is to ask yourself, "is this how it would have been written by somebody else", and if it doesn't sound like what somebody else would write then try to imagine what it would look/sound like if you saw it in a book.
There are also a few free online proof reading tools you can use which I've linked below that will help catch some spelling/grammar/writing errors. They don't do that great of a job and are far from perfect and will miss lots of your mistakes, so don't think if you pass all of them it must be good because they usually miss a good portion of mistakes, but at least it is a second set of "eye balls" that might help you catch something that you still didn't catch and two eyes can be better than one.
Proofreading
Before you hit publish, you always proofread. Make it a painless process and stock up on some helpful tips and techniques.Free Online Paper and Essay Checker | PaperRater
Weed out grammatical and spelling mistakes in your writing with PaperRater’s free essay checker. Unlock errorless assignments and papers with the best essay grader there is.www.paperrater.com
Ginger Software | English Grammar & Writing App
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No sign-up required. Safe AI checks only ✓ It's simple: copy and paste your text to check grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Find the best words to improve any text instantly using GrammarCheck's free online grammar checker.www.grammarcheck.net
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Well if you too challenged to vote, can’t understand question, hope you don’t vote in election in 2022 for Congress.
Your are obsess with perfection, hope you tell your Trash collection people get if they don’t have Phd, to avoid your pickup.
As I clearly said (sounds like you need to learn to make the effort to comprehend what you read as well), nobody expects perfection. What people do expect though is that you at least make enough effort to make readable posts so that everybody else isn't left having to make a massive effort to figure out what the hell you are trying to say. Proof read your posts and fix them before sending them through like everybody else does when they aren't great at getting it right the first time (which is probably most of us). Stop being so lazy and inconsiderate, there is no excuse for it.
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