Grammar Lesson

[bluedragon4]

Your life must be pretty boring. Who cares.Some people type fast.My gripe is people who bitch about small things like it was the end of the world.

 

[ahotjock71]

In before lock!

(One of these days I'm going to say that & a mod is actually
going to lock the thread. )

 

[looseliam]

just for that i am going ee cummings i will use no more punctuation or capital letters

 

[looseliam]

i hope you dont take mine as a pissed off response

 

[BenF]

Some people are just thick - don't try to tell them any different, you're just wasting your breath.

 

[spooger]

*clip*
It most likely won't do a damn thing to those who need to learn it the most. You'll just bitch and moan like always.

Have a nice day.

Proper GRAMMAR demands agreement of person here. One shouldn't use 3rd person in the antecedent and follow with 2nd person in the voice.

Just thought you should know.....'ya no?.....

Have a nice day.....

 

[pacz]

I'm glad that you recognized that many members second language is English.

 

[looseliam]

fly like a butterfly and sting like when i pee

sorry, ill leave now

 

[andyspete]

Since so many of you are "pissed-off" by grammar corrections, I thought I'd let you know that there are hundreds of members on this site who are just as annoyed at these repeated mistakes.

Typos are one thing, but just not giving a shit is another.

Your DOES NOT mean you are, that's "you're"

There is not a catch-all for

Their (possesive) or They are, which is "they're"

This is elementary school stuff and not rocket science.

p.s. This is NOT directed at the members who use English as a second, third, etc. language. Although, at some point, they should learn these differences. Maybe this thread will help them.

It most likely won't do a damn thing to those who need to learn it the most. You'll just bitch and moan like always.

Have a nice day.

I hate to bitch here but I have to correct you. You used a run-on sentence in your diatribe about grammar. You wrote, "Your DOES NOT mean you are", and followed that comment with a comma and then another sentence. The comma is where the problem is. That should be a period. I appreciate correct grammar too.

 

[herenthere]

Cant we al jist get along

 

[herenthere]

My point exactly. Only the people who already know these things will even bother to look at them.

I never said I, or anyone, had to be perfect. It isn't about that, it's about making an effort.

Sometimes, always for many, you just want to type and not think about the rules. I just like to remind myself, and others, that it does not go unnoticed.

I see your point.

When i first read your posting I thought you were being a little critical and maybe a little "bitchy".

As I watched your posts I realized all you wanted, was for us to have a little more respect for the English language.

I agree..
Thanks for the wake up

 

[Paladin]

I completely agree with JDsmagik. The problem is more and more prevalent. The rise of texting and the internet has lowered expectations and no-one seems to care much about it. I see it in business emails too. So many people just rely on spellcheckers as though that is going do their thinking for them.

 

[treanir]

I've said this before and I'll say it again: I don't mind spelling mistakes and grammatical mistakes, as long as I can still understand the text. I have to admit that mistakes like they're/there/their and it's/its stick out for me, but I don't skip a post simply because it isn't perfect. My posts aren't either.


It's not about perfection, it's about communication.

 

[Eagle653]

I agree completely, JDsmagik.

I also agree with adidas4boyspunk in that it frequently amounts to what I choose to read and even try to understand. If it's full of grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors, I just don't bother trying to sort it all out.

I also think many others, consciously or unconsciously, form opinions about the validity of someone's comments based on how well they're expressed (with the exception of those for whom English is a second language). So, yeah, I think taking the time to express yourself clearly is worth it.

 

[unclaimedblessing]

When you meet someone, you naturally form conclusions about them based on their grooming, clothing, manners, use of speech etc.
On the net, all we usually see are their writing abilities.

 

[Rand]

Some people are just thick - don't try to tell them any different, you're just wasting your breath.

or, in this case, their key-strokes

 

[Andreus]

oddly enough, i can say that i have seen another side of this issue

up till now, i have always stubbornly said that grammar and spelling nazis dont consider the english as a second language people... that its too hard to keep up with the spelling rules.i have a hard time with remembering the rules of capitalization and spelling exceptions in english.. and honestly...?

i have started using the spell checker

heres the reason that i never considered until recently

my brother knows little english and cannot read it at all. he doesnt know the alphabet yet.

he uses a translator program to read JUb

the program has a hard time with bad grammar and bad spelling

Guess who he constantly asks for help when the program spits out gibberish back at him if the grammar and spelling is off?

yup, that would be me

I never considered that better english actually helps the folks who know english the least amongst us

live and learn, I guess

 

[jordyy]

ugh MSN messenger and texting have turned me into the laziest typer ever! i now type without capitalization and without apostrophes...(and i use elipses a lot now.....see?). it doesnt help that if i do type like this in Word, it will fix everything for me. but, for the record, i do pay attention to you're/your, its/it's, their/there, they're. i guess i just feel like what i do doesnt necessarily mess with the flow of what i am saying, whereas word choice does. or does it? you tell me, lol.

 

[crlcxll]

JD,

I am happy to see that you have posted this thread. I am always amazed at how many grammatical errors are found in speaking and writing English, especially when it is one's first tongue.

English grammar is not taught very well in American schools anymore, and that is really a shame. Using short hand responses in IM's does not help the situation either. I have an extraordinarily educated colleague (Cambridge University) who sends me electronic messsages that read as follows: "RU going 2 the meeting 2day?" It is simply not acceptable. I always have to correct the grammar and punctuation in his research papers which he submits for journal publications. What a shame!

I read an article which reported that high school seniors in Buffalo, New York, did not know their multiplication tables. When asked why, one the students responded by saying that it is not necessary since he always uses a calculator.

It is a known fact that education in America is among the worst in the world. There is certainly no reason whatsoever for that to be the case.

 

[looseliam]

I can't speak for anyone, but I read so much in a given day, that I become accustomed to proper written English.

For most it wouldn't be a problem. However, my mild OCD tends to fixate on the errors, making it difficult to continue.

I would neither think less of, nor hold it against someone who didn't have perfect grammar.