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Proper Grammar and Spelling
Since there appear to be many new faces here, I'd like to remind you all that sloppy posts will not be tolerated. Occasional typos and gaffes are understandable, but repeated or gross errors will be dealt with harshly. Most of you are doing well, but I note several individuals who seem to have great difficulty typing properly.
This is hereby fair warning that, should you continue to fail at the English language, I will begin naming names and bringing ridicule. It is my hope that the problem will self-correct.
If it does not, then the pogroms will begin.
This is hereby fair warning that, should you continue to fail at the English language, I will begin naming names and bringing ridicule. It is my hope that the problem will self-correct.
If it does not, then the pogroms will begin.
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Hi, I'm Scott Johnson and I'm a poor Grammarist and speller. Mainly because I either forget there is a spell check or I shot off a response without rereading what I wrote.
:-p
That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
Seriously though, I understand the need for posts to be grammatically correct for legibility.
However, threatening ridicule and this constant bitching about people's grammar, I don't think anyone cares that much, so why don't you get a life or go to your local library and check each book for typos (the editors will be pleased to hear from you).
It's not difficult to write properly. People who fail to do so either cannot, which displays a lack of intelligence, or will not, which displays a lack of care/effort/willingness to present well. I don't care if people occasionally make typos, or end sentences in prepositions, or use emoticons, or type in 1337.
I do care, however, if someone repeatedly makes obvious errors (its/it's, their/there, than/then, etc...) that could easily be avoided by even the smallest amount of care. They obviously haven't put much thought into their post in the first place, or else they've utterly failed to learn the English language. Neither is acceptable.
These forums will not descend into the chaos that most online forums become.
Also, whenever I see a post or correction by Mr. Period, I can't help but think of Col. Jessep from A Few Good Men, and his speech at the end of the film. A grotesque and incomprehensible existence, standing a post, all that. We can't handle the truth (that we suck at writing).
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Same here!
I don't know about my colleague's schooling, but I know that in my school correct writing wasn't emphasized very much. There was this sort of hippy policy that as long as a student was expressing themselves then that was good. Even if they had no idea how to use a comma the important thing was that they learned to like writing. I don't know if the assumption was that they'd learn the actual rules later but to this day I still don't know what a participle is. The only reason I can write with any sort of legibility is because of my Stepmom, a former english major who wouldn't abide poor writing.
PS-Thanks Mom.