Grammar
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Am I the only one that is honestly bothered by peoples grammar on this site?
Why aren't people offering corrections for people that need their grammar corrected? Also, is it so hard to type correctly?
Is it really that hard to sit down and spell check your writing so its readable?
Sorry. But I digress- I'd love to see correct writing, grammar is becoming scarce, and that just makes me sad.
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people's grammar*
so it's readable*
But in all seriousness, it does annoy me. And As Kium said, one of my problems is with mistakes regarding two, to and too. But my particular grudge is against your and you're. God I hate when people misuse those.
But in terms of correcting poor grammar, it's rude - if they couldn't be bothered then you bugging them isn't going to make them be bothered, and if they didn't know, then they didn't know. In the end, most of the time it's basically legible so it doesn't really matter. Plus we have to bear in mind that a percentage of people online don't speak English as their first language, and as I make grammar mistakes when I write in German, I can forgive them for doing the same.
Though I beg to differ; if people aren't going to make the effort to correct their grammar because it's basically legible then it shows that they aren't willing to learn how to use grammar properly, and that's just sad. That or they're dyslexic/ have dyslexia.
As for people that don't use English as their primary in either writing or speaking I can also forgive for misspelled words and such. I have no issue with that. If nothing else, it shows what words they pay attention to/remember.
Sometimes It would be wise to think of the other side of the coin, some of us don't choose to be bad it at because we're lazy, we're bad it it because we have problems.
As the other side of the coin goes, I do think on the other side of it- rather frequently, actually. I do think that people should try a bit harder to be more consistent with how often they use grammar properly though. If nothing else, consistency can help with the issue of improper use of grammar.
I apologize if you were offended. That was not the intent.
Most of the time, grammar issues don't bother me as it is usually clear what was meant. After all, what is being said is usually more important than the individual words being used. The only time I really get bugged is when someone publishes a book and there are bad errors in it. (The kind of errors that stop your reading because they make no sense, proof reading shouldn't miss those kinds of errors.)
I personally try to correct my spelling and grammar when I can. I'm not always perfect there were several things about grammar that I A; never understood and B; never learned very well. As for my spelling, if I realize that I spelled something wrong, and don't know how to spell it, I will add something like (sorry for the bad spelling).
On a side note, probably the reason I personally don't care is that both my father and older brother have terrible spelling. Both have ADHD, and my brother is mildly Autistic (probably spelled wrong).
If you have noticed that my spelling was fine before, and now is not so good, it's because Fire Fox has a built in spell checker, Explorer does not.