Where is your grammar?

[Tycoon101]

Excuse me for sounding snooty, but it irritates me to no end when I look at a thread, or a sentence, and I find that someone, who is an otherwise intelligent person, types paragraphs that are filled with grammatical errors, spelling typos, and/or uncapitalized letters.

Why can't people learn to make fully punctuated, and grammatically correct sentences? This applies to all age groups, inside and out of the CFC. I see improper grammar in a great deal of places, place where spelling and grammar are key to the interpretation of the paragraph. Even books for God's sake!

What do you think? What can we do to stop this menace from consuming us all? Or do you feel that improper spelling and grammar is not rampant? I would like your honest opinions.

 

[classical_hero]

it is a forum and thus people get lazy and cant be bothered to be correct

 

[Mise]

i dont care normaly

 

[C~G]

Me apologices for having such bad grammer.

I'm not native english speaker. Nor writer. Nor reader.

Doesn't bother me as long as it's readable.

 

[warpus]

Some misspellings do drive me insane, such as the mixing up of 'their' 'there' and 'they're'.. as well as "here here"

But I just accept that some people are incompetent fools and move on

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

I do my best to use proper grammar and spelling, but sometimes my dialect kicks in, and I spell things the way we do around here, or use expressions and words that might not make sense to someone not from rural Maryland.

 

[classical_hero]

Basically as long as I can understand what that person is saying, I really do not care too much about grammar, especially considering the high number of foreigners here who often speak English as a second, third, fourth, or even fith language.

@Mise. I beat you to it.

 

[Smellincoffee]

I think maybe people take the ease of the internet for granted. It's easy to communicate your ideas, but that doesn't mean you should stop thinking about what you want to say and how you want to say it.

 

[Till]

As every hun, i type from saddleback. Naturally, errors occur as a result.

 

[classical_hero]

You must type wireless.

 

[LLXerxes]

Most people say 'why bother, it's the internet'. Most of my friends online will talk like this-
"lyk r u cumin 2 mi howse 4 the par t?"
just because they think it looks cool, or because they're lazy. It happens with almost everybody my age.
I try my hardest to use correct grammar and spelling because what I type here affects how I type on a more professional stage.

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

It happens, move along. I just accept that on internet forums and instant messaging misspellings happen, and that some people ignore capitalisation in order to quickly post. As long as it's readable.

Not to mention that on a forum such as this, as a couple of people have said already, English may not be their first language.

 

[El_Machinae]

My maternal grammar is dead and my paternal grammar is in Edmonton.

Oh ... it's could HAVE! Not could OF.

And irregardless is not a fricken word

 

[Mise]

@Mise. I beat you to it.

I didn't notice you were being especially lazy

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

As every hun, i type from saddleback. Naturally, errors occur as a result.

Brilliant post.

Now why don't we all blame our grammar on national stereotypes?

 

[Tycoon101]

Me apologices for having such bad grammer.

I'm not native english speaker. Nor writer. Nor reader.

Doesn't bother me as long as it's readable.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean it that way.

I meant it more towards people who speak English as a first language. These are the sorts of people who should know better than be grammatically incorrect.

I mean no offense to non-native English speakers.

 

[Masquerouge]

What do you think? What can we do to stop this menace from consuming us all? Or do you feel that improper spelling and grammar is not rampant? I would like your honest opinions.

Maybe it's just that all CFC members are not native English speakers?

 

[Gladi]

Bright day
In US High School system. I blame institutional education!

 

[BCLG100]

what you being drunk right now and everything?

 

[Tycoon101]

I think maybe people take the ease of the internet for granted. It's easy to communicate your ideas, but that doesn't mean you should stop thinking about what you want to say and how you want to say it.

Good idea. If we are trying to make a good impression upon others, then everyone should try to talk as best as they can, instead of being sloppy.