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Originally posted by notreallyalive
Are you one of those people who care about using correct grammar?
It's rude to correct people and not really worth the time but on the other hand correct grammar truly reflects on the perception people hold of ATS!
Originally posted by MissMegs
reply to post by Silver Shadow
Isn't that a homo-nympho?
Seriously though, I'm closer to 40 than 35, and everything about grammar and spelling was drummed into us at school.
I like to see correct grammar, and spelling, but if it doesn't detract from the way it reads then I think that's ok too.
P.S. I think Americans say aluminium funny!
Present-day spelling Most countries spell aluminium with an i before -um. In the United States, the spelling aluminium is largely unknown, and the spelling aluminum predominates. The Canadian Oxford Dictionary prefers aluminum, whereas the Australian Macquarie Dictionary prefers aluminium.
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) adopted aluminium as the standard international name for the element in 1990, but three years later recognized aluminum as an acceptable variant. Hence their periodic table includes both. IUPAC officially prefers the use of aluminium in its internal publications, although several IUPAC publications use the spelling aluminum.
Originally posted by detachedindividual
But, this is what happens when people succumb to accepting txt spk as acceptable. Language is devolving back to something akin to the poverty stricken of the Victorian era, where only an elite had access to adequate education and the poor people struggled to put a sentence to paper. It's quite sad to see.
Originally posted by Happyfeet
We call people like you Grammar nazis.
Are you one of those people who care about using correct grammar? Does it drive you crazy when others use there instead of they're?
Originally posted by MissMegs
Interesting.
I was taught in school that English is one of the hardest languages to learn, because it is the only language that has 'exceptions after the rule'.
Originally posted by redoubt
But beyond all that, ignorance does not immediately imply a personality of similar dysfunction. Just because Johnny can't write doesn't mean that Johnny is a knuckle-dragging meth user. In short, we shouldn't judge a book by its cover... or in this case, its spelling.
Originally posted by notreallyalive
Originally posted by alyosha1981
Grammer is not an accurate indicator of intelligence...
I agree.