People should talk in a way that can be understood, else they are not communicating.
Joel Send a noteboard - 05/10/2011 09:17:37 PM
1. Does anybody (besides me) use proper grammar when texting, posting on Facebook, etc.?
I am sure there are other uptight grammar nerd who do the same and I am sure some of them post here.
2. Do you correct somebody who uses incorrect grammar while talking? If not, do you at least do it in your head?
Typically adults take offense to being corrected by people who think they know better, even if they do. Same goes for history and science and politics ect.
I know this because I have annoyed people by correcting them, not typically in grammar but I doubt people take being corrected on verb usage any better than they do on historical facts. If they actually cared they would have taken the time to learn, it isn't really that hard.
3. Do you wince whenever you read a particularly awful Facebook post?
I worry more about the logic behind the thought than the grammar behind it.
4. Have you noticed a trend on Facebook where people don't even bother using periods to separate sentences anymore?
The problem with all the uptight grammar Nazis in there failure to understand the difference between formal and informal communication. Just because it is being written doesn't mean it should be held to a higher standard than other forms of informal communication. Like words spelling and grammar have become part of the slang with people misuses them initially.
5. Have you noticed misspelled words that have nothing to do with 140 character length? (Today I saw somebody spell "do" as "dew"
have you noticed the people use the word bad to mean something that is good? it is called slang.
6. (Off topic) Are people whiny bitches on Facebook or what?
I guess it depends on your friend list. I have a bigger problem with people who seem to wish the worked for Hallmark.
7. Has anybody ever called you a Grammar Nazi?
no
8. Has Twitter and texting eroded proper grammar for today's youths?
What make you believe they had it before?
9. Have you succumbed to the 140 character shortcuts? How often do you text or tweet this way?
I don't tweet and only text to my wife. Since I use swype my spelling in my text is probably better than my post As far as my grammar in text it is about the same as when I talk to her. Maybe a little worse since some grammar moistakes or simply typing mistakes and not ones I would make when speaking. Overall though I don't worry about if me or I comes first but I also don't use double negatives.
10. Were there any grammatical mistakes in this survey?
Didn't bother looking. Once you get beyond the basics most grammars rules are just so lit majors have something to feel superior about, god knows they need something. Strict grammar rules are a misguided attempt to stagnate and control something as complicated a regional as human language. Why should people talk in away that seems unnatural to them? BEcause some uptight college professors say they should? If I am not writing a paper for them to grade I really could careless what they think. For eltist tingle of sounding wel educated? I guess that works for those simple enough to be impressed by how you said something and not what you said. A well worded phrase is great but that has more to do with style than grammar. Why is a word like ain't which has been around for hundreds of years and is used daily by tens of millions people still not considered a word? Becaue the grammar kings decided it ain't.
And, no offense, but I have thrown up my hands trying to divine the meaning of more than one of your posts, though the fact it has not happened for a while suggests you have made an effort to eliminate that challenge; if so, rest assured it is greatly appreciated. That, however, is why grammar rules exist, not to give humanities students otherwise pointless lives some meaning, but to give EVERYONES words meaning. I promise I and most people use language a lot more than, say, meteorology, on any given day.
All that said, I do routinely blow off grammatical rules in chat, mainly because it's real time and my typing speed maxes out at about 70 wpm.
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Grammar junkies
05/10/2011 06:46:31 PM
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I'm not always sure that I'm correct, but....
05/10/2011 07:04:13 PM
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I didn't see any errors
05/10/2011 07:24:27 PM
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Must ... have ... grammar.
05/10/2011 07:53:34 PM
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For you and Tom as well, the same question about question eight.
05/10/2011 08:33:39 PM
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Tom can probably give you actual terms and correct rules, but here's my take on it.
05/10/2011 08:43:47 PM
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Er...yes I meant them as a singular idea... *NM*
05/10/2011 08:47:34 PM
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Use them together, and only together, for fifteen years and we can discuss this again. *NM*
05/10/2011 09:32:30 PM
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That makes sense as far as it goes.
05/10/2011 09:02:42 PM
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But do you actually regard them that way?
05/10/2011 09:08:36 PM
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Yeah, pretty much.
05/10/2011 09:25:18 PM
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No, Joel. You're just wrong. Again. Get used to it. We have.
05/10/2011 09:31:21 PM
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I can live with being wrong, at least in the sense of technical error.
05/10/2011 10:06:30 PM
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Let's just pare this down to the bare bones.
06/10/2011 01:37:30 AM
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He made a mistake that I did not recognize as a mistake because I read his words as he intended.
06/10/2011 04:43:39 AM
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You bring up a point that I was researching the other day
05/10/2011 08:53:40 PM
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You guys mean a hyphen, not a dash.
05/10/2011 09:00:25 PM
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You're right of course!
05/10/2011 09:13:44 PM
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I frequently am.
05/10/2011 09:16:38 PM
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So I've noticed.
05/10/2011 09:19:38 PM
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Achtung! Grammatik! :insert Nazi-saluting smiley as the Wehrmacht marches by:
05/10/2011 08:10:45 PM
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Good poll, especially for this site.
05/10/2011 08:11:10 PM
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Re: Grammar junkies
05/10/2011 08:33:06 PM
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People should talk in a way that can be understood, else they are not communicating.
05/10/2011 09:17:37 PM
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Re: "everyone's". ~winky~ *NM*
05/10/2011 09:22:18 PM
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Is it time for my lecture on superfluous apostrophes again?
05/10/2011 09:43:47 PM
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Unsurprisingly, I don't really agree with you at all on this point. :p
05/10/2011 10:29:59 PM
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I do not really think I am "right" on this one so much as "not wrong."
06/10/2011 12:01:36 AM
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But contradictions are inherent in the entire English language!
06/10/2011 01:25:39 AM
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Ghoti. Also, this is why Rebekah and don't argue this any more. *NM*
06/10/2011 04:44:42 AM
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Sure, but not deliberate ones created by grammarians who know better.
06/10/2011 05:40:58 AM
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I'm going to listen to the others.
06/10/2011 06:17:18 AM
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Like I say, I appreciate exceptions when justified (and again, only claiming to be "not wrong." )
06/10/2011 07:26:18 AM
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But you are wrong
06/10/2011 02:17:40 PM
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I disagree.
07/10/2011 12:15:14 AM
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How utterly unsurprising
07/10/2011 02:21:38 PM
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"We want to be nothing if not persistent."
07/10/2011 02:39:19 PM
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Doesn't matter.
07/10/2011 03:12:14 PM
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Perhaps not, but it should, and I am not above being a lone voice crying in the wilderness.
08/10/2011 05:17:35 PM
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What.
06/10/2011 06:17:41 PM
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Those cases are not the same, because those words are already possessive in their own right.
06/10/2011 10:52:06 PM
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if you have trouble understanding my post it is more likely do to typing skills than grammar
05/10/2011 09:31:42 PM
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Likely so; I have the same problem, but usually when writing by hand.
05/10/2011 09:53:08 PM
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#1) I do not use NetSpeak while playing games, texting or using social media.
05/10/2011 11:34:12 PM
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What about NateSpeak? *NM*
06/10/2011 04:01:08 PM
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I did use that once to tell the story of you and CNRedDragon going to see Ice Princess. *NM*
07/10/2011 01:46:50 AM
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I freebase split infinitives on a regular basis.
06/10/2011 01:53:36 PM
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