Bad spelling and grammar.
Why?Why does it bother me so much? Too many people that blog cannot spell or use proper grammar.
I become frustrated and pass right over these blogs. I decide not to even look at the person’s profile. I'm not being mean. I'm very serious to the fact that there are too many typos, misuse of words like: they're, their and there. Or LIAR spelled LIER. Accept or Except? Then or Than. Decisions, decisions.
We're all adults. We should have all learned the same curriculum in every grade from Kindergarten to our senior year of High School. When did we become so lazy, spell words phonetically and forget the English language? When did phonetics take over rather than utilizing the Merriam-Webster's Dictionary?
It actually saddens me to see that even with all our technology, no one has taken the time to spell check their work. You're on a computer, please do us all a favor and type your post on MS Word, spell check it and then post it.
Comments (27)
J.D
I think phonetics should take over the English written(did I get this one write? joke!(right) language and it should be rewritten(how about this one?), it needs a serious makeover.
I notice many people use shortcut style and that's fine by me. I guess some of us don't(how about this one?) care to over intellectualize life...it makes it boring.
It was stressful writing this post...Am I in school or a social site? Now, I wonder, did my speller checker catch everything?
In a forum I am also liable to make spelling errors, because it can happen quite fast, and the essence of the communication is not very deep,- But if someone has more than one spelling/grammar error on their profile, I have to admit this person is 'out of the 'picture' for me, because after all they had plenty of time to edit and correct,-or use the forum to have it checked over by other members etc..
First impressions count, everybody knows it,- and those that don't just seem a little simple to me.
Btw, I learned to speak English after I was 20 yrs old, so no excuse for foreigners neither!
And I am dyslexic, though I will admit it affects me mostly with numbers and sequencing.
I agree, those who are spelling challenged should use the (free) Firefox web browser, it has helped many to improve their spelling.
LOL.
Live and let spell.
Come on folks, English is not that complicated, trust me. I learned English on my own when I came to this country. I was 21 and, guess what else, dyslexic.
Is it that much of an effort to open a dictionary or use spellcheck?
Claire
With reference, the comment to Green Tassels.. "Your funny" should in fact read "you're funny".
Have a nice day!
This is also similar to the "It's" vs. "Its" situation. "You're" is a contraction of the words "You" and "are". If you can substitute "You are", then you can use "You're".
Example: "You're on the way to the mall." Replace "You're" with "You are", the sentence still makes sense.
"Your" is a possessive pronoun and indicates possession of something.
Example: "This is your sandwich." In this case, "your" indicates that the sandwich belongs to you.
A common misspelling is "Your welcome." The correct spelling is "You're welcome."
You say you decide to write in lower case, that's your choice and I respect that, however, I don't think it's fair to attack other people over their choices.
Not everyone has such a command of the English launguage as you claim to have. I don't see any fun in being so uptight about spelling and grammar on a site like this.
Take a little chill pill, maybe pass them on to some of the others who are a bit stressed over this, and focus on the important things in life.
I apologize if this comes over as critical, it's not meant to be, I just think there are far more important issues in the world than someones poor grammar.
Hopefully all of the above is grammatically correct, if not I'm sure someone will let me know.
xx
Some in have medical conditions, having prevented them from achieving your intellectual state of mind.
The do State, that we are all figments of our own imaginations.
like us-fustrated cdn=Frustrated.
Maybe that`s what you are! Allot.
That`s why maybe, you`ve been alone,for a long time, or hard to please,your i think I`m a diva ways.
Not to many men would tolerate your bull!
Ther is not one universal English or grammar. many differences!
There are few with different spelling and grammar.
Goes to show, by your Thread, that ignorance,& arrogance is your real issue, you should really address.
I went to school 8 years thus never learned much of grammar.
I take pride in my spelling.
I find too many who just do not care.
Please don't write in caps I can read you and really it is more difficult to read Caps.
So why do you do it? It is called shouting, drawing more attention, yet you accomplish the opposite.
I for one skip those entirely.
Next please after a dot, leave a space. Here again if you knit it all together is if more difficult to read.
I also find it difficult to read tsk u r etc. are we really in that much of a hurry or what is the attraction?
You think it looks smart?
Sorry not from where I am sitting it is not.
Thank you for the one who explained about your and you're I used to make that mistake all the time.
once and ones is another I get mixed up at times
Once I got an email from a guy who is living in California, USA. First time typos is okay, but then it went on getting worst, that I became suspicious he is from other country, which is his mother tongue non English. I decided to stop replying his email, because I thought he lied to me. He isn't who he is in his profile. My thought was; Why his English so clutter if he is American?
Spell check is only one little step."
Can someone,please,explain me the next issues??
#1-Knowing how to use the spell check is the same as to communicate properly?
#2-Learning how to use a spellchecker is the same as fighting to improve oneselves and be a better person?
#3-Do you prefer dating someone that (apparently!) knows how to spell correctly,just to find out,a few weeks or months after,that the only thing that this person knew about spelling is:how to use the SPELL CHECK tool on the PC????
Thank you!
Rock on!
I myself, am a perfectionist at heart - so, when I write, I will try to make sure that what I am saying is as clear as possible. This doesn't make me bored. Sorry. It just makes me a lover of words.