grammer Nazi'ss

Paedantic Basterd · 09-16-2011, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

Some people feel like grammar isn't important with online activities because of the informal setting but it sucks for the kids that spend so much time online writing informal then make the same errors when handing in a paper.

That is endlessly frustrating to me. Spelling average words incorrectly and mistaking homophones isn't "informal", it's just wrong. I can sort of see where you're coming from with using shorthand in texts and IMs, but when it comes to "your" and "you're", there's no excuse not to know the difference.

Fun fact: every time I see someone on facebook say something like "It's you're turn", I always read it as "It's you are turn".

djchameleon · 09-16-2011, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Pedestrian

Fun fact: every time I see someone on facebook say something like "It's you're turn", I always read it as "It's you are turn".

That's weird lol

My brain just processes it the way that it's supposed to be. I tend to not notice grammar errors too much because I read over them like I knew what they were attempting to say.

Same thing goes for typos.

Paedantic Basterd · 09-16-2011, 05:02 PM

Another one is when people say something like "I was to tired", in my head the "to" sounds like "toe".

GuitarBizarre · 09-16-2011, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Vanilla

Dun dun dun....

Okay, so do you every want to tell someone on here how awful their posts are in terms of spelling/grammar/captials? It takes me a bit of energy to hold back because otherwise you always end up being called a grammar nazi. Now I am by no means a perfect writer and can make mistakes, but having text like this is just ridiculous:

"hi i am m0nica2143125 and i like music and my fav bands is good charlotte "

Do you suffer the same irritations?

~~*ItS eVeN WoRsE WhEn SoMeOnE TyPes EnTiReLy LiKe ThIs.*~~

djchameleon · 09-16-2011, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by GuitarBizarre

~~*ItS eVeN WoRsE WhEn SoMeOnE TyPes EnTiReLy LiKe ThIs.*~~

I don't get why people type like that.

It seems like so much more effort goes into doing that.

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 09-16-2011, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

I don't get why people type like that.

It seems like so much more effort goes into doing that.

That's what I would have thought.

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Originally Posted by Pedestrian

That is endlessly frustrating to me. Spelling average words incorrectly and mistaking homophones isn't "informal", it's just wrong. I can sort of see where you're coming from with using shorthand in texts and IMs, but when it comes to "your" and "you're", there's no excuse not to know the difference.

Fun fact: every time I see someone on facebook say something like "It's you're turn", I always read it as "It's you are turn".

I read it the same, except usually it's "your due to come see me". How can people not get the difference!!!!

GuitarBizarre · 09-16-2011, 05:24 PM

From an IRC channel:
22:21:42: <skellie> DID SOMEONE SAY NUKES?
22:21:48: <GuitarBizarre> Skellie: no.
22:21:52: <skellie> :P
22:21:52: <GuitarBizarre> nobody said nukes.
22:21:55: <GuitarBizarre> Especially not me.
22:22:02: <midgey> your so repetitive your a human carbon copy of every other britt on the web that things he has a better pot tooo piss in and thinks his understanding of pot smoking is at the highest evolution
22:22:10: <midgey> c ya deuascbag

djchameleon · 09-16-2011, 06:01 PM

ROFL

"deuascbag" is just the icing on that lovely cake

**Janszoon** · 09-16-2011, 07:24 PM

what drives me nuts is when people write entire paragraphs of text without ever using any punctuation or capitalization i know people will try to make the argument that you can still read it of course you can still read it but it's annoying as hell to do so punctuation and capitalization were actually invented for a good reason believe it or not they break up the text in ways that make sense and do actually make it a lot easier to read when people don't use them i always read what they've written with this totally monotone inner voice that doesn't pause between thoughts

GuitarBizarre · 09-16-2011, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

what drives me nuts is when people write entire paragraphs of text without ever using any punctuation or capitalization i know people will try to make the argument that you can still read it of course you can still read it but it's annoying as hell to do so punctuation and capitalization were actually invented for a good reason believe it or not they break up the text in ways that make sense and do actually make it a lot easier to read when people don't use them i always read what they've written with this totally monotone inner voice that doesn't pause between thoughts

Yes.

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09-16-2011, 05:02 PM	#23 (permalink)
Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	Another one is when people say something like "I was to tired", in my head the "to" sounds like "toe".