Spelling and Grammar..Yes or no?

What really grinds my nipples the most is the number of times grammar and spelling errors are pointed out in what started off as a civilised discussion, but turned into a scrape the bottom of a barrel contest because one side ran out of arguements.

Oh and txt ***. EDIT <-"speak"

But all in all I do try to speak/(type) well and respond better to those that do the same. I don't mind the odd accidental error - it's the more deliberate things or errors that arise due to laziness, i.e. not being bothered to re-read and correct that sentance with eight mistakes in it.
 
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wordy said:
It's an informal internet message board, and I can't understand why people would be annoyed about the incorrect spelling or use of grammar to be honest.

I think it says a lot more about the people who need to bring it up than it does about the people who don't spell every word correctly, or use incorrect grammar.
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It's not so much that the grammar in people's posts is incorrect that annoys me; it's more that people actually don't understand it and can't be bothered to do anything about it.

Like I've said before, the fact that this is a forum is absolutely irrelevant. Anyone who knows their grammar and spelling will naturally use it correctly, regardless of context. Your own post is a fairly good example of this :)
 
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Inquisitor said:
* Subconscious (unless you type in your sleep :p)
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No, unconscious is the correct term ;) The word has more than one meaning.

It is like when you first ride a bike, or drive a car.

At first you are consciously incompetent.
Later as your skills improve you become consciously competent.
Finally you become unconsciously competent. You ride / drive to a high standard without needing to consciously think about it.
 
Inquisitor said:
Laziness doesn't come into it; if you know the distinction between their, there, and they're, for example, then it's just natural to type the correct one. There's no extra effort involved if you know what's what.

What you're referring to is ignorance.
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Bothered much?
 
[TW]Fox;11919560 said:
<devils advocate>

People who are not very good at sport dont tend to play sport. People who cannot play a musical instrument do not play in a band. I wonder if you could say something similar about people who cannot form sentances participating in discussion forums...

</devils advocate>

;)
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Seeing as I have had extra teaching throughout my education, it shows that some things just can't be learnt.
 
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rodo said:
What is annoying is:

"4 sur lyk i wz in der 4 lik bear time b4 day got 2 me" - you get the picture
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*** - the odd grammar or spelling mistake I can accept.

Typing like a ****ing retard is what really grinds my gears.
 
Morba said:
Bothered much?
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By ignorance and apathy, yeah I guess
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My grammar and spelling is not the best, but on the other hand I try to make my posts readable.

Strangely though, I really dislike using "short hand" in text messages. The result being that it usually takes me twice as long to send a text as most other people. Seeing something like "how r u 2day, i am going 2 the mall wth a m8" really bugs me - no idea why though.
 
wordy said:
It's an informal internet message board, and I can't understand why people would be annoyed about the incorrect spelling or use of grammar to be honest.
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Like many PC forums, it's a place that contains of anal, holier-than-thou geeks and nerds... this sort of thing should not surprise you. Personally I think that in the grand scheme of things, pointing out a persons minor typos or grammatical errors when it's really quite obvious and clear what someone is trying to say is the height of loserishness. But maybe that's just me.

A lot of people, especially those mathematically/scientifically minded, suck at English, and computer forums contain a lot of these people. Alternatively, some people just find it a real effort to write correctly and can't be arsed to get it all perfect before hitting the submit button, I know I sometimes can't. As long as they don't write in psychas it's really not the end of the world. :D
 
Richdog said:
A lot of people, especially those mathematically/scientifically minded, suck at English
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Having associated with these 'types' both academically and professionally, I say this is untrue.

Richdog said:
Personally I think that in the grand scheme of things, pointing out a persons minor typos or grammatical errors when it's really quite obvious and clear what someone is trying to say is the height of loserishness. But maybe that's just me.
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In the grand scheme of things, maintaining rigid rules for the written word is very important. Without them, verbal communication will ultimately suffer. Speech would eventually regress back to guttural grunting (with the occasional bash with the club) making the transfer of complex concepts impossible (linguistically, at least).
 
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