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01-04-2012, 03:46 PM | #1 |
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Is Proper Grammar Important?
I ask because I think so. I understand that the Information Superhighway is a beast all its own, but why is it "okay" or "acceptable" to dumb down your grasp of your natural language because of your environment? I am a self-proclaimed grammar whore that will edit my post if I see that I made a typo, but apparently, most folks don't take the same creative liberty.
Some common mistakes that hurt my eyes: When to use than or then; The difference between effect and affect; Someone saying your when they should have said you're. Anyone else share this sentiment, or am I on this island all by myself? 1/5/12 Update: Since I'm not alone in this, I am going to make a running list of common "irks": than/then effect/affect your/you're then/than passed/past could care less/couldn't care less weather/whether loose/lose there/their/they're sale/sell/sail two/too/to accept/except the unnecessary apostrophe were/we're/where dessert/desert tense shifts patients/patience impatient/inpatient counsel/council 1/6/12Update: our/are/hour r"e"diculous; correct spelling is r"i"diculous could of/could have/could've principle/principal conscious/conscience irregardless (not in the dictionary) specific/pacific a nother/another a lot/alot nucular/nuclear integral/intrical Last edited by tajikey; 01-06-2012 at 04:49 PM. |
01-04-2012, 03:51 PM | #2 |
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For all intensive purposes if people understand what your saying than it don't matter. You're hangups shouldn't have to effect what other people right on this sight.
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01-04-2012, 03:54 PM | #3 |
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haha, I see what you did their (there).
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01-04-2012, 03:56 PM | #4 |
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I see what you did there...
If someone is arguing on the Internet, and their post is riddled with errors, they automatically lose the argument. That's true even if they've factually supported their argument. Otherwise, I sit at my desk and inflate my chest like a proud gorilla when I see errors.
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01-04-2012, 04:00 PM | #5 |
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01-04-2012, 04:06 PM | #6 |
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Absolutely important. It bugs me when people do not understand the difference between then/than and you're/your; however, I have to look past it if I want to keep some friends.
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01-04-2012, 04:06 PM | #7 |
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01-04-2012, 04:11 PM | #8 |
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Ewe is in teh iland buy urselv.
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01-04-2012, 04:18 PM | #10 |
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Due they half grammer in Canada? A?
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01-04-2012, 04:21 PM | #11 |
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weather or not you like it, as long as i understand them and them me than I could care less.....!!!!
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01-04-2012, 04:21 PM | #12 |
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I don't think the skools doo good job of teeching any studunts more of an edumacation than before in history times.!!
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01-04-2012, 04:24 PM | #13 |
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˙"ǝsol" & "ǝsool" sı oʍʇ ǝɥʇ uǝǝʍʇǝq ǝɔuǝɹǝɟɟıp ǝɥʇ ʍouʞ ʇ,uop ǝldoǝd pɹoʍ ɹǝɥʇouɐ ˙ǝuıɟ s,ʇı uǝɥʇ 'ǝɔuǝʇuǝs ɐ uı spɹoʍ pǝllǝdssıɯ ǝʌıɟ ǝʌɐɥ puɐ ʇı uo pɹɐoqɹǝʌo oƃ ʇ,uop ʎǝɥʇ sɐ ƃuol sɐ ʇnq '0-5 ɹɐɯɯɐɹƃ ʇ,uop ı
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01-04-2012, 04:25 PM | #15 |
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If you want to come off as an intelligent member of society then yes, you should care how you are perceived where ever you are.
For the life of me I cannot understand why anyone would want to come off as a moronic idiot just because they are conversing on the internet. To each their own....
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01-04-2012, 04:27 PM | #17 |
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Howz many tyme did you takes to does dis!?
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01-04-2012, 04:29 PM | #18 |
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Thank you for making me stand on my head to read this
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01-04-2012, 04:31 PM | #19 |
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01-04-2012, 05:28 PM | #21 |
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yh man dfntly thnk tat grmar is imprtnt cuz u cud not undrstnd wat ppl r sying espclly when u r txting, ok i gtg c ya l8ter
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Plus, "lose" and "loose" are dumb compositions, considering that "lose" sounds like it should have the double-o. But it's still not a reprieve for the poor attempt to get it right. Chalk it up to English being rather screwy, to us U.S. Americans screwing it up, or to the World Wide Web wanting everything right here, right now. |
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01-04-2012, 08:54 PM | #23 |
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saw a bit of Judge Judy the other morning and this girl had texts from her gangsta ex-boyfriend where she asked him a question and he replied 'naw man'.
Judge Judy: "You said 'naw'. N.A.W. It's one more letter than 'N.O'." |
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There, their, and they're used incorrectly. Sale and sell used incorrectly. Two, too, and to used incorrectly. Apostrophes where they don't go, such as "I have card's for sale." I'm not obsessive over it or anything, but they do make my eyes hurt. Quote:
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01-05-2012, 12:47 AM | #25 |
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It pisses me off when people don't know when to use there their and they're and your/you're
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