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[Miss Wiggle]

One last thing, I can use your same attitude back at you, if you don’t like threads about people criticizing bad grammar, then don’t read them!

Lol indeed!

My current favourite is the use of the word 'shore'.

These is a person out there who shall remain unnamed (because he has at least 15 user names) who still believes that 'shore' means 'sure', or sometimes we get a middle ground 'shure' it makes me pmsl as its the easiest way to spot his latest identity.

Look it up in the dictionary 'you know who' you have been doing it for nearly a year now to my knowledge.

pmsl, you know everyones gonna be watching out for that now!

 

[WILDER]

My english is terrible, got behind at school due to having operations.
Just never caught up, and the school put me a year behind which didn't help matters.

 

[stang1]

We really shouldn't be knocking people because of their use of grammar. There are many intelligent people who get their words mixed up and their spelling isn't brilliant.
My mum was an incredible lady who had an MA in English and BA (Hons) in English Literature. Sadly she died before she could do a PHD. She wrote a thesis on the poet, John Clare and that is now available in many libraries. She would have been the first to admit that her spelling wasn't up to scratch and that her grammar could be a bit iffy at times.
Surely there are more important things in life to worry about than the way people spell and use incorrect terms.

 

[WILDER]

I agree stang1, we all can't be great writers.

 

[loafybones]

Here here. I hate sloppy grammar.
ANother bug is the use of '. As in I have some egg's instead of eggs.
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I hate that too!!!

Having said that I don't think it matters as long as you know what the person is trying to say.

English is not everybody in the world's primary language and to be fair it is an extremely difficult language to perfect, as we have a lot of words which sound the same but have different meanings and sometimes the other way around.

Just look at all the time it takes people who speak English to learn it in our schools- it's confusing even for the people who use it every day, never mind the people who have to translate it in their heads or whatever to get it down in writing- more power to them is what I say, full marks for effort!!

 

[Torrean]

deos aonyne get itetirard wehn I do tihs...I do it all the tmie...and hdarly eevn tinhk aobut it...I konw it's spepuosd to snifgiy taht trhee is mroe to say...but I tned to use it lkie a cmoma...ecpext it d'esnot rlelay go wrehe a cmoma soluhd...it's mroe lkie it spereteas my tghuots wvehener I pasue mlentaly...








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does anyone get irritated when I do this...I do it all the time...and hardly even think about it...I know it's supposed to signify that there is more to say...but I tend to use it like a comma...except it doesn't really go where a comm should...it's more like it seperates my thought whenever I pause mentally...

Just so you know I am talking about ... I'm not sure what it's called. I use it way more than I should without even thinking about it.

The point to everything being spelled wonky is to show people how the brain works. For many people it is only important that the first and last letters be correct and that all the other letters are contained within the word. I've been waiting for a topic that gave me an excuse to tpye lkie tihs.

BTW it is much harder to type like that than it is to read it. I can read it without much trouble at all.

 

[QuotheRaven]

Lol I do this.... all the time to... it's easier and quicker... Lol and I lol alot even though I don't lol in real life but I type lol anyways...annoying?

 

[Jozlyn]

I have to add my bit to this one too. I don't find the incorrect spelling or grammer as annoying as I find the use of acronyms, it took me weeks to work out what LFS meant, even after reading the sentances over and over, then the light bulb finally went off!

I only really find the spelling, grammer, acronyms etc really, really annoying if they're an answer to something I've posted. I really hate trying to work out what someone's trying to tell me.

Being on the wrong side of 35, I learnt to touch type properly, therefore I have no problem in making sure I use the whole word and hopefully the correct grammer and (Australian) spelling.

A thread like this is fun

 

[TerraDreamer]

I think we all need a group tongue kiss and return to talking about fish.

Personally I don't rate people on their grammar skills. There are many knowledgeable members on this site who provide kind, valuable assistance in the keeping of fish and not all of them write or speak perfect English. I couldn’t care less if they use their, there and they’re incorrectly as I have enough brains to know what the hell it is they’re talking about. I also find this foolish thread an incredible insult to them. On the way through the front door here, I didn’t see any signs saying proper grammar and spelling was mandatory for membership.

If you’re so hung up on the proper grammar usage or spelling ability by members on this forum to the point that you must actually post a thread about it, might I suggest finding a web forum that is filled with other grammatically correct snobs so as to not have your day ruined by the poor, ignorant, uneducated slobs who post good content here in an effort to help others.

Unbelievable.

Admin: Lock or move this thread!

 

[t1tanrush]

Honestly, this is a forum, not an essay for english class, who gives a rip if your theres are correct? I don't think its rude, its the truth.

 

[vinylman]

Honestly, this is a forum, not an essay for english class, who gives a rip if your theres are correct? I don't think its rude, its the truth.

Anyone who has English as their first language and doesn't suffer from dyslexia shouldn't need to struggle with grammar. I was taught it at school and remember it. Unfortunately, more and more people on websites seem to think they're sending text messages, judging by the nonsensical abbreviations.

 

[t1tanrush]

Checking your posts for correct grammar just isn't something that really matters. If its readable, who cares which there you use?

 

[SuperColey1]

I have to add my bit to this one too. I don't find the incorrect spelling or grammer as annoying as I find the use of acronyms, it took me weeks to work out what LFS meant, even after reading the sentances over and over, then the light bulb finally went off!

I only really find the spelling, grammer, acronyms etc really, really annoying if they're an answer to something I've posted. I really hate trying to work out what someone's trying to tell me.

Being on the wrong side of 35, I learnt to touch type properly, therefore I have no problem in making sure I use the whole word and hopefully the correct grammer and (Australian) spelling.

A thread like this is fun

Being the right side of 35, I also learnt to touch type, but that was in the day when all keyboards were the same size. My keyboard at work (where I am typing this message) is the long thin type. My keyboard at home is the Microsoft Natural where the keys are arranged to suit the angles of your hands, with a gap down the middle and some keys longer than others.

My problem with the touch typing and grammar complaint is this:

1 - When I am at home I am normally drunk, hitting the wrong keys a lot, and type in slurred language!!!, although I am very used to the keyboard so the first hour is perfectomundo (not in the dictionary this word).

2 - When I am at work, I struggle with the straight keyboard because I am so used to the natural one I have at home, also because I am at work, I dopn't have the time to proof read everything and correct the punctuation (although I have in this message)

My wife is portuguese, and spells all english phonetically, like 'whork' and 'shor' because that is how she would spell those sounds in her language. I don't sit her down at a desk with an english language program. I work out what she means from the words she types.

This thread should've ended a long time ago. Waste of time as always, and makes me angry when someone starts getting on their high horse about other people not being able to type, spell, punctuate perfectly.

YAWN YAWN

p.s. don't bother coming in my pub because the main barman can't read, can't write, doesn't pronounce words properly, and guess what!!!!!1

He's a thoroughly nice chap, who always charges you the right amount, and thats life. Everything there is in life, some can do it, some can't, some don't try, some don't care.

Bye Bye

 

[Majjie]

... 1 - When I am at home I am normally drunk, hitting the wrong keys a lot, and type in slurred language .......

Funny - when I'm drunk my three fingered typing improves enormously