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I second that, except i dont think people should be flammed or kicked out just cause of a few hardly noticable mistakes. If they make a concious effort to type with good grammar than everything should be fine.
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No one wants to do that crap. Rofl. Anwyay, yeah, that makes sense. Quote:
I'm afraid to say "poorly" because I know Guido will come up with some whacked reason why "badly" can be used. Last edited by ToshX; 12-31-2006 at 06:35 PM.. |
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Control-F'ing for "grammer" on the previous page turned up more results than it should have.
@ Dude above me: I personally give much more leeway to those whose native language isn't English, and I'm sure anyone else who isn't an asshole does the same. I'm also willing to give Reach a break for "themselfs" because he's just a silly Canadian.
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I'm more than happy to accommodate those who speak / write English as a second or third language. Just don't assume there are "many". It's maybe 0.5%.
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In majority of cases I find those people have better form of writing than so called native speakers with their despicable way of trying to shrink words using numbers and avoiding to spell correctly, seemingly on purpose. Then they grow up used to writing like that.
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I only did that over the internet as a youngen, and that's because I was easily influenced at that age. The only person that I know of that writes that horribly in real life is a real idiot, and I haven't seen her since 7th grade.
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It's just bad writing practice. Normally, I'd call it a spelling error, but it can hardly be called that if it was done on purpose. ps one of my bosses left me a note at work the other day and they used "u" in it.
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I understand using some acronyms to shorten something or if you're trying to write a quick message, but I have my limits.
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Hm. It's good to type correctly and all but many people just do it when they can't find proper fault at another. I can remember tons of instances where this was the case as well. Take this for example, a kid puts up a logical argument, and although it is hard to read, it's very sensible. He gets flamed for typing the way he does..It's usually just a last resort for flaming someone. As a whole though for just typing, it's just good to get in a habit of doing as society today prefers good grammar over horrible grammar.
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and only realised it was wrong when i read through it at the end. Ever since then i've started writing you even in instant messenger because i was so angry at myself |
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There's still a bit to improve on, but yes, it seems you learned from experience, and that's great, because apparently many people don't. If everyone learned by us telling them not to do it, we wouldn't even have this topic.
Also, NO ONE has perfect grammar. It'd probably take longer than a lifetime to learn every single grammatical thing in English. You know how some rules and words *** up grammar and make no sense? That's what I'm talking about. |
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I remember when I joined this site 2.75 years ago, I met Squeek on MrEsqueek, and on AIM he eventually got me to type formally. Now I got my friends to do the same. And before I post anything that is longer than a sentence, I copy and paste it in Microsoft Word to see what the spell check/auto correct thing comes up with.
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wow, that is comitted/committed... I wish I was so zealous.
ToshX, I know my grammar isn't perfect, as I said in a previous post, but look, in this one I've capitalised all my 'I's Last edited by sherbtail; 01-2-2007 at 05:03 PM.. |
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Firefox 2.0 for a built in spell checker
![]() Works wonders for my spelling. ![]() I first started out in forums with the dumbed down English, but started using formality when I joined a forum where everyone wrote elegantly. Now I type out everything instant messaging except my 'I's. I still use idk, idc, lol, and lmao. |
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However, when I'm here, this is a well-over-99% English-speaking community. I get to expect more from native speakers than ESL's. --Guido http://andy.mikee385.com |
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