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Can't get proper grammar anymore..

Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 12:23 pm
by Aitch
Not in the 'normal' world out there.

Okay, I know my grammar isn't always the best, English IS my second language after all - but what annoys me is when people are too lazy to bother about typing / spelling properly.

I'm not talking about the l33t speak or even the teenage taaaaallllkkkkkzzzzz which they looooooooooovvvvveeeeee...

It's the little things like the good old Apostrophe s, and their, they're, there..

oh, and don't get me started on TOO and TO.. and IT'S and ITS.

I am just ranting here, but I'm sure that most of the people reading this will share a similar obsession.

I just HATE reading "its there fault there not using the right tools and they are to lazy to use any puncuation or spellcheck" and similar things.

Rant over - I will hand the soapbox over to somebody else if they want it.

Thanks
Heidi

Re: Can't get proper grammar anymore..

Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 1:59 pm
by Tim Green
Hi Heidi,

Amen. I still take care to capitalize and punctuate correctly even when I'm texting on my phone, but I fear that we are in a dwindling minority... :roll:

Re: Can't get proper grammar anymore..

Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 2:07 pm
by Aitch
With modern phones, you don't need to shorten the words. "it tuk m a wile 2 b able 2 read it" - I can't even text type!

Oh and something else that I just read... Should Of.. It's Should HAVE! Could HAVE! Would HAVE!
And it's a chest of drawERS not draws.

But at least I'm not bitter.. :)

Re: Can't get proper grammar anymore..

Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 2:23 pm
by David Makulec
Dwindling, but gnarled and tough.

When they come for us, go down proofreading.

From a geometry teacher's poster, spotted recently in a local second-grade classroom:

"...width, heigth, depth..."