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Your and you're is one of the most common mistakes I see.
Spelling and the lack of an excuse
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A good level of spelling and grammar is important. I did my GCSE English and hated it, plus I am Dyslexic and I will always do my best to come across as a well-spoken man. Their (see what I just did 
) is no excuse in these modern times. Use a spell checker and/or get a friend to check things over!
To put it bluntly, I could be the very knowledgeable with cars, but if I post on here advising you and I type like a ****, you will ignore my post.
) is no excuse in these modern times. Use a spell checker and/or get a friend to check things over!To put it bluntly, I could be the very knowledgeable with cars, but if I post on here advising you and I type like a ****, you will ignore my post.
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I don't really understand, though, how people make mistakes such as mixing your and you're....they mean completely different things!!!
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It's because some people actually talk like that! I really hate slang. I can't even bring myself to say m8 at the end of a sentence whilst speaking. There's just something, so vile, about it.
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Vocabulary, spelling and grammar are closely tied to class and education.
People that type liek dis and constantly use colloquialisms are probably proles.
And proles don't take baths very often.
People that type liek dis and constantly use colloquialisms are probably proles.
And proles don't take baths very often.
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I quick scanned to see if you got a reply, didn't see one so here goes:
Just right click in a text entry box and select "check spelling"
Job's a goodun.
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Ok, I'll bite.
As a working class person born in an industrial town with a state education that simply sucked, I must really mess up your little generalisation.
I have never and will never use these modern shorthands, not even when I need to send a message in a rush.
I'd be more inclined to say that these issues arise from nothing more than reading comprehension issues.
Luckily I was reading computer programming manuals in junior school and thanks to my eldest bro I was into works from people like Arthur C Clarke, Isaac Asimov and Robert A Heinlein by the time I was ready for high school.
Some people never made it past "Spot plays with a ball", and it shows.
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You are simply a class pariah.
Although Pierre Bourdieu would congratulate you for overcoming the ideological obstructions of society, and having acquired the social and cultural capital that should have been denied you.
Have you got to Bourdieu in your reading yet? Sci-fi is very adolescent.
(I am jesting here, in the echt attitude of a Ur grammar Nazi)
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I've always taken pride in using correct spelling and grammar to the best of my ability.
Therefore, I am somewhat baffled by those professing not to care. This includes siblings of mine who are educated to degree level, yet still type "hi how r u today?" I don't have the same level of education they have, so I make no claims about this being linked to intelligence, but I'll be damned if I'm going to type a message in what I personally consider "baby speak".
Quite simply, I can't stand the modern trend of waving two fingers at spelling and using proper grown-up sentences.
Therefore, I am somewhat baffled by those professing not to care. This includes siblings of mine who are educated to degree level, yet still type "hi how r u today?" I don't have the same level of education they have, so I make no claims about this being linked to intelligence, but I'll be damned if I'm going to type a message in what I personally consider "baby speak".
Quite simply, I can't stand the modern trend of waving two fingers at spelling and using proper grown-up sentences.
'Modern' and 'Browser' do not compute anymore.
Modern up to date current cool tech savvy awesome sauce 1337 SP33K pplz use smartphones and tablets for the internet, and seriously the automatic spell correction on those dreadful things is 10000000000x more horrible.
^^ THIS PLEASE I AGREE
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Being very serious I do not see much sci-fi of literary merit outside the major three that he listed above. But that's a discussion of an entirely different nature, one that would assumedly take place in circles that are comfortable with basic verb conjugation and the marvels of grammar.
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Blame mobile phones and computers. Have you seen the handwriting of people today? It's disgraceful.
This is descending into snobbery.
The idea that people should spell and type correctly is not some form of elitism. It's just a good idea and it makes life easier for everyone.
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People that don't know the difference between their, they're and there do not know the difference because of a lack of very basic, functional grammatical knowledge. They are deficient in a level of education that our society promises to provide. It is very easy for elitism to creep in, here, because there is a subtle inference that somebody lacking the most rudimentary of educations is thus, intellectually, a buffoon. Education and class are two sides of the same coin in a democratic state.
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Pariah?, hammer meet nail head, but not for the reason you think.
Back on topic, I've gone through the usual fare such as Orwell, Kafka, Plath et al, unfortunately I let things slip from that point on, I should have kept on pushing.
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