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burgerstein on 20 January 2010
room414 said:

as far as judging people goes in regards to the grammar debate... some people come across as uptight assholes while others come across as more easy going and relaxed

can you guess which ones are which?

 


Or some people come off as lazy and incosiderate assholes, while others come off across as more careful and thoughtful.

Can you guess which ones are which?



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room414 on 20 January 2010
burgerstein said:
room414 said:

as far as judging people goes in regards to the grammar debate... some people come across as uptight assholes while others come across as more easy going and relaxed

can you guess which ones are which?

 


Or some people come off as lazy and incosiderate assholes, while others come off across as more careful and thoughtful.

Can you guess which ones are which?

grammar nazis don't qualify as careful and thoughtful, sorry

btw you spelled inconsiderate wrong



                                
TruckOSaurus on 20 January 2010
burgerstein said:
Lots of deliberate errors seen in here. Like many said before me, I'm less likely to read poorly written posts. Though internet communication is more like speech than written word, so things you wouldn't necessarily write in a paper are acceptable. Though, I read over every post at least once before hitting the button.

Some things that really bug me though.
-It's sequel, not sequal. I've even seen sekuel. I guess if you're going to misspell a word, you may as well spell it so badly it look intentional.
-If you want to shorten because, it's 'cause, not cos and especially not cuz.
-All intents and purposes, not all intensive purposes. I think I saw someone make this mistake while critiquing another member's grammar no less.
-Grammar doesn't have an E in it. One of those mistakes you only need to call somone out on a few times before they're fixed.
-Definite, it's de and finite, definite.
-Ridiculous also lacks an E. The same root as ridicule.

Someone should just make a thread about annoying spelling and grammar errors. I've got loads of examples.

The one that annoys me the most is "sales vs sells" which I see very often since this is a sales web site:

Game x still sales good.

What are the sells for this game?



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stof on 20 January 2010

why is being on the internet an excuse to use terrible grammar? It's not like it's difficult or time consuming to sound intelligent when you type. Unless of course it is difficult to do so; in which case the problem isn't that annoying people draw attention to your mistakes, but that you are incapable of communicating properly.

And if you are incapable of communicating with a modicum of grammar or sentence structure, you deserve all the crap you get.

(I'm using "you" as a general term)



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Rath on 20 January 2010

Grammar is the difference between:

I helped my uncle, Jack, off the horse.

I helped my uncle jack off the horse.



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pbroy on 20 January 2010

It matters alot

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Sephiroth357 on 20 January 2010

Half the time I type nonsense.

I hardly pay attention to my grammar.




pbroy on 21 January 2010

To me, it matters when I'm typing on the computer.

When I'm typing on my cell phone, that's a different story. I tend to get careless, for multiple reason:

  • I shouldn't be going on the internet on my cell phone at work.
  • I can only be in the bathroom for so long, until someone will notice how long I've been gone.

So, cellphone typing at work is a good excuse for bad grammar.

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saicho on 21 January 2010
CommonMan said:
Lots of grammar errors actually, but your sentence was still structured in such a way that your point came through clearly. I don't understand why punctuation is such a big deal, or capitalizing for that matter, is the extra keystroke going to break your finger? Do you have a pay-per-press keyboard or something? The only time I really have a problem with it is when someone gets all uppity because I didn't understand their poorly worded, spelled and punctuated post. I respond to them and they're like "That's not what I meant, dumbass!", well then make yourself clear the first time!

This happened to me today. It's quite annoying.



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d21lewis on 21 January 2010

Not so much on the internet, but I hate it in the real world when you see somebody who has a really prestigious position or they're a secretary or something and they have piss poor grammar or can't spell. I think to myself, "How the hell did you become my boss?" It bothers me even more, nowadays, when I meet a student who has nothing but A+ grades in school and gets a college scholarship and they have trouble with simple grammar. It boggles my mind!