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I almost fell over when someone that I had just met for the first time in person after knowing them online for a few years criticized the fact that I say "uh-hmm" sometimes instead of saying yes. They went as far as to even say I should work on that and they realize I probably do that a lot because I am on the phone a good bit in work listening to employee complaints, but that I should realize I'm not in work and not do that! They told me that the proper thing is to say yes. I could not believe it because this was from someone that has the worst grammar and punctuation I have ever seen! They don't know when to properly use "you're or your","their, there or they're". This person types out things like "I should of went" instead of "I should have gone". She even says "ain't". This person is from Tennessee and has that southern drawl. I could go on about this person's grammar and ect, but I don't have all day! Just needed to vent!!
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Possibly a little intimidated or just trying to find something to talk about without thinking first...who knows
Either way if you pick on me for my grammar or punctuation well I guess I could take it to heart if I was living with you, you were making my meals, cleaning my clothes, buying my groceries.........
In my experience people who correct spelling and grammar are the most arrogant, condescending, insecure people on the face of the earth.
People who do so on an internet message board are even worse....how pathetic.
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In my experience people who correct spelling and grammar are the most arrogant, condescending, insecure people on the face of the earth.
People who do so on an internet message board are even worse....how pathetic.
Sometimes we're just obsessive, not necessarily arrogant, condescending or insecure. It drove me insane when I first started posting on message boards and discovered that so many people don't care how they spell. I'm not talking about typos; everyone makes them at some point and I get annoyed with myself when I later see one that I made and missed. I'm also not talking about people with learning disabilities. I'm talking about people who just can't be bothered to write things correctly. There are so many of the latter, and they can't ALL have learning disabilities.
Eventually I realized that spelling and grammar on a message board really aren't all that important in the grand scheme of things. It's a casual venue and not meant to be critiqued for writing, so now I just grit my teeth for a moment and then let it go.
Of course, others like me do swap our tales of woe in threads on the Writing forum, hehehehe, especially after seeing people ask for "advise" for the hundredth time or tell how they are afraid to "loose" something for the thousandth.
(And now you will notice those two examples all the time, too!)
In my experience people who correct spelling and grammar are the most arrogant, condescending, insecure people on the face of the earth.
People who do so on an internet message board are even worse....how pathetic.
I laugh at this. I should keep a collection of messages where poor grammar and spelling completely changed the message the person was trying to send.
The other day, I saw one contentious message where this happened. The person got 100% thumbs up. I assume the intelligent readers agreed with what she said, knowing that wasn't what she meant and the rabble who agreed with what she meant, didn't notice!
but that I should realize I'm not in work and not do that! They told me that the proper thing is to say yes.
Where is the logic in that? Surely, the "proper thing to say" should be used IN work? Not that I'm saying you shouldn't be using it in work either but I could at least see the logic if her advice was to speak more formally in work and save "improper" speech for when you're with your friends and family.
With the exception of two friends who I know won't take it personally, I never comment on grammar or spelling on Facebook.
One of my FB friends is a teacher and doesn't know the difference between you're and your I've never corrected her, but she consistently makes comments like "your awesome" and "you're new haircut looks great", etc.
She's a teacher for crying out loud That's just plain sad.
"Ain't" is the most practical word ever
Where I come from we have changed "ja"(=yes) into a simple breath-noise.
Seriosuly if you're not over 60~ then don't bother about internet grammar unless you want to be seen as a stuck up selfimportant fool,
I don't think i know anyone who uses capital letters or punctuation when writing on facebook, textmessages etc, it ain't worth the time to check through, and a FB comment is no letter to the congress... generally "internetwriting" (including most forums, but seemingly not this one) are informal...
In my experience people who correct spelling and grammar are the most arrogant, condescending, insecure people on the face of the earth.
People who do so on an internet message board are even worse....how pathetic.
exatcly, personally i hardly care to go back and change a "ghello" for a "hello" or a "doug" for a "though", simply waste of time...
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instead of "I should have gone". She even says "ain't". This person is from Tennessee and has that southern drawl. I could go on about this person's grammar and ect, but I don't have all day! Just needed to vent!!
That's just plain sad.
