other peoples grammar

~darksavior

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:42:26 -0400

If it can be understood to a certain degree then yes i wouldn't mind. However if almost every word is mispelled, slangs were used, and such then yes i would be annoyed. Because it's just too much trouble to decode them.

~ichi02

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:30:16 -0400

Not that much but I wish people on the net can speak more properly. People using shortcuts like "u" for you and some more annoys me.. It's not like we're paying for our posts and there's a limiter. Geez.. They're acting like they're texting with someone else.

P.S. In my country, people always use shortcuts in their messages. Really hard to understand them.. Ugh..

~ireallylovesydney

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:48:52 -0400

Not really...

I guess simple things like 'Your and You're'
I'm not the best at english so yeahh. XD
As long as people dont use 'LMAO' or 'ROFL' IRL, then- I'm happy.

~nWo4Life26

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:50:07 -0400

It depends. If the person being spoken of types atrociously, but is just trying to express his or her's message, then I wouldn't mind it -- Just as long as I am able to read and comprehend what the message was. However, if the person being spoken of acts as though he or she is intelligent but makes an obvious grammar or spelling mistake, or just plain out types a message horridly, then I am inclined to be rather perturbed over the grammar and spelling of that post and that person in general. In conclusion, I won't get pissed off or even care about a grammar or spelling mistake from people who themselves don't care, but if a person cares about making themselves look intellectual but makes obvious grammar or spelling mistake(s), then yes, I will care.

~WalrusMongler

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:20:45 -0400

Yes, I agree with you on that one. While typing you have little to no excuse for poor spelling and/or grammar. Either you are way too cool to type coherently or you just don't know how. Laziness and typing is just pathetic, if I discern someone doing this I don't really mind, it is just a little bit distracting to read. Speech on the other hand, that is a whole different story. You might have a speech impediment or maybe you were raised in a different state or country. As long as you don't judge people for how they type/talk, then it's all good!

:D

~eirlysia

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:10:08 -0400

I'm a grammar/ spelling nazi... :) But isn't there supposed to be an ' in your title?

I'm the type of person who would be watching my friend type, reach over, and corrects the word he misspelled or something. I edit my friend's story and then I told him that I should be an English teacher, and he agreed.

~jaejoong

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:36:20 -0400

My grammar isn't really well off to begin with xD

As long they don't use chatspeak and random capitals in their sentences then I'm fine with it. Random capitals in the sentence would be "sOmeThiNg lIkE tHis" it just bothers me. A lot.

~NephThys

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:30:30 -0400

I`m not actually bothered by it. Cause I am aware of the fact that not all people speak English or were born in a English speaking country. I usually have no problem understanding them and such.

~RabidxRabbit

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:26:57 -0400

As long as they aren't using chat speak it usually doesn't bug me.

~ruffdog

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:08:54 -0400

If i hear it being spoken, doesnt really bother me but if its written it bugs me a little.

~mekunami

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 01:07:48 -0400

As long as the message is clear then I am not bothered...

~achaye

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:22:02 -0400

Maxi-Ryu99, you hit it on the nail with that one; to be able to learn a language at the COMMUNICATING level (else what good use is learning a language for were it not for communicating?), a greater emphasis must be placed on conversational ability. Of course, no one can get away without knowing the basics of grammar, but to focus so intently on grammar and vocabulary is a lost cause.

When I was taking Chinese at my university, our professor was being threatened of losing his tenure and subsequent firing (which was eventually what happened) because he went against the university's Chinese department's guidelines on structured teaching. Basically the Chinese department faculty set these standards that a certain amount of time must be spent drilling grammar, certain amount of time drilling vocab, etc, which leaves very little for just plain reading or even "shooting the breeze."

My professor's approach was low emphasis on grammar and vocabulary, taking the philosophy that if you SPOKE and HEARD enough (with attentiveness, which isn't hard if conversations and topics are interesting, which it generally is. Much easier to focus and pay attention to than drilling grammar/vocab), you will naturally pick up the vocab and grammar, with the added benefit of being more comfortable with communicating with an actual speaker of the language.

I mean, humans were wired to learn language by HEARING and TALKING; we don't teach infants and small children how to speak different languages by drilling grammar and vocab, we TALK to them. This seems like such a simple and straightforward concept that I am baffled as to why the vast majorities of institutions teach with the classical method of learning language. Suffice to say, our class protest was not enough to prevent our professor from being fired, even though our test scores and competency were higher than the other classes'.

So back on topic to reiterate, I always let bad grammar slide if I know, and it's usually pretty easy to tell, someone is a foreign speaker. Native speakers, however, shall have to feel the full extent of my wrath lest they take penitence in the wrongs of their feeble grammar MUAAHAHAHAHAHA.

~Maxi-Ryu99

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:38:00 -0400

In Asia, learning English is too much based on grammar and memorizing things... but the real essence the language skills are rather neglected. People just pass an "English test" for examination and settle it. And when they talk to real foreigners, they're done for. No, no, no... that is a problem in most Asian problems, with the intense focus on too much grammar young English students are rather intimidated than encouraged to learn English... IMO a more step by step approach to practical skills should be done instead of memorizing grammar patterns...

~Maverickslayer

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 05:46:27 -0400

sakurasuki

but some of these people that you're referring to might not even be native English speakers. Sometimes people just write like that to be cute me thinks

I agree with that, though, it doesn't but me really too, what really bugs me is the using of vulgar words in the middle of every sentence, 2000 years of civilisation, to end saying "that movie was f******* good" or "that thing was total s***"

but well, ningens >_<

~yukiharu8

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:08:57 -0400

It doesn't bother me when people are speaking, but I get extremely annoyed when people write something and don't bother to use the proper spelling. I am in high school and students are meant to be learning how to write properly. Even when corrrected repeatedly, people continually make mistakes!!

~Kerensa

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:40:18 -0400

Grammar doesn't really bother me so much. Well, that's somewhat of a lie. It bothers me. I don't expect people to take the time and effort to type to me as though they are writing a thesis, I just want people to take the time and effort to realize they're making a run-on sentence (though everyone makes run-on sentences on accident). Just be aware of what you're writing.

Mistakes happen with writing and I'm sure I'll make a few mistakes writing this; but that's because I don't plan on proof-reading this when I'm done writing it. I plan on pressing "submit" and sending it on it's way.

Diction is one of my pet-peeves. A lot of people use the word "ironic" out of context when the situation is really just "sarcasm" or just simply a coincidence. You wouldn't believe how many people use words in the incorrect context. It's either they really don't know how to use the word or they aren't giving a hoot; and I really don't have the time to stop and ask them which one is right.

One of my major pet-peeves is peoples' confusion between the differences of their, there, and they're. There's a simple way to remember the differences (if you're smart enough to actually remember it): " They're over there with their dog." Another bothersome habit people tend to have is two, to and too. Those sorts of words. I could sit here for hours writing about it while pulling at my hair in some futile attempt to actually education someone, but I'm fairly certain my cries will fall on deaf ears and that the majority of you are already smart enough to know the differences.

I'm an English major, yet I suck at spelling and if I'm not trying to impress anyone there's a chance that my grammar will suck as well. If I'm talking to someone over an IM, the chance of me capitalizing the first letter of the word when I write something out isn't very high. It happens, but not that often.

In the end this is the internet. Whereas it would be nice for people to write coherently, that is not always the case. There will always be l33tspeak and there will be individuals who use acronyms (e.g. ppl, nvm, hru, wtf, etc). I don't mind most of them, really. I'm guilty of using some of them in conversation via IM or text message because I'm lazy.

Anyways... HELLO! :D