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03-25-2008, 06:56 AM
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Back on topic yo.
My school of thought holds this:
If you bother to post something, and want people to read it, you will have to "meet them halfway" by using grammar/spelling/punctuation that makes your post readable. Doesnt have to be perfect, but it does need to be legible.... ...if you really want someone to read and respond to your post. A Brother of mine once was an avid online gamer (older bro) and was continually dismayed with the quality of "speech" used by the gaming community (he was playing D&D back in 1st edition...). He wanted to set up a little "entrance application" that you'd have to fill out to join his game/server/whatever. He'd ask all prospective players to type out a paragraph or 2 about who they were, why they wanted to join, what they could offer...etc. He mentioned that grammar would be noted as well =) The idea was that, if you even lightly screened people over the internet (ie- set low grammar standards), the "quality" of your group would go up dramatically. Yes, having to write a "report" would turn a lot of people off, but its not like anyone was short for players to play with or servers to play on. I still see the relevance. -John I dream of a forum like that someday....
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03-25-2008, 07:49 AM
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Oh, the irony...
 The brain can process mis-spellings as it reads them but an occasional punctuation mark and a paragraph every now and then go a long way towards making long posts easier to read.
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03-25-2008, 08:20 AM
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Imagine......Hattie, the grammar Nazi!
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03-25-2008, 09:22 AM
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On an auto forum
Why do we care about "grammer" [sic] in this forum?
Because it's part of proper human communication. English may have weird spelling and lots of exceptions to its rules, but we accept that as a tradeoff for the turbocharged power this language gives us . . . when we use it properly. Change your verb tenses as appropriate, keep the subject-verb agreement topped off, properly inflate the spelling, and English'll serve you for a lot of years. That is all. .
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03-25-2008, 09:28 AM
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Unfortunately, poor grammar seems so widespread in America today that it is getting harder and harder to communicate effectively. It's not due to lack of education, either. I know plenty of folks with master's degrees who never learned English grammar sufficiently to construct sentences correctly. Sometimes I use poor grammar just because correct usage sounds bizzare.
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03-25-2008, 09:43 AM
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03-25-2008, 10:03 AM
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03-25-2008, 10:03 AM
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In the infamous words of David Sedaris- "One day Me Talk Pretty." HMA
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03-25-2008, 10:04 AM
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03-25-2008, 10:04 AM
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03-25-2008, 10:05 AM
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