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Originally posted by Stella Lotus
You're
Originally posted by MJZoo
Your being picky.
Originally posted by anumohi
And don't forget YOUR and YOU'RE , while your on the subject
I just love the grammar policeedit on 14-8-2011 by anumohi because: (no reason given)
"While (you're) on the subject"
Originally posted by anumohi
A member of the forum staff, BLA BLA BLA, has sent you a warning regarding your activity on the thread titled,
bla bla bla. Your have been warned 2 times.
YOUR??? WTF
Originally posted by dagobert
I find myself immediately losing interest in what someone has to say if they can't take the time to double-check their spelling and grammar before hitting the post button. At the very least it makes me suspect the brain capacity of the person making the post. Typos in thread titles probably irks me more than anything (it's the thing that is going to draw people into what you have to say -- it needs to be perfect!), although an exceptional amount of exclamation points has much the same effect. I realize that there are people with disabilities that make it difficult for them to communicate in standard English, so I don't want to sound too harsh, but a spellchecker would be nice to use and a second glance over wouldn't hurt either.
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Dagobert -- longtime lurker but first-time poster.
Originally posted by gimme_some_truth
Originally posted by anumohi
A member of the forum staff, BLA BLA BLA, has sent you a warning regarding your activity on the thread titled,
bla bla bla. Your have been warned 2 times.
YOUR??? WTF
What? That is the proper use of your. You participate in activities.... You are not not an activity.
so they are YOUR activities.
Or are you joking and it just went over my head again? I swear.... This is not a good week to tell me jokes for some reason.
That said, to the OP, not everyone has English as a first language here, so please,do not discount them just because they are not perfect with spelling or grammar.edit on 14-8-2011 by gimme_some_truth because: (no reason given)edit on 14-8-2011 by gimme_some_truth because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by renegadeloser
reply to post by anumohi
There is nothing more telling about a persons intelligence, and more irritating to me, than when someone ignores the meaning, and logic, of a persons post, and instead chooses to point out grammatical errors. Even if you are an expert in languages generally, or in the english language more specifically, you should realize that the grammatical details of a statement are, infact, the least important part of said statement.
It is the idea which the person is using the language as vehicle for, that should be given the most attention. As mature, thinking individuals, we should be able to look past such silly mistakes as replacing your with you're, and instead consider the meat of the matter.
Originally posted by TerryMcGuire
reply to post by sorgfelt
Sorg,
You equate the misuse of these words with a lack of intelligence.
El wrongo buberino.
Many here have English as a second language. Others have no skill in this area because they grew up in our modern day educational system that bored them to tears with it's inability to communicate the importance of learning these things.
Also many may just not give a rats patoote.
In any event, if I find the content compelling and honest I overlook the language weakness. If not, I just laugh at the moron and move on.
No excuse for misspelling and bad grammar.