I was sitting with a friend at her computer yesterday. She logged into MySpace and went to post a comment on someone's generic photo. "Your so pretty," she wrote. I brought it to her attention that she used the wrong form - that it should've been "you're" for "you" and "are". She looked at me and very seriously said, "I don't want to look like a snob." She then submitted her comment, incorrect usage and all.
So now it's snobbish to use correct grammar? I wasn't aware of this; I just assumed very few people knew how to use it. How many people deliberately use the wrong form of this in hopes of avoiding a certain label?
2007-01-06 14:06:41 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I wouldn't consider it snobbish for a person to use correct grammar, I would sooner consider polite. I don't why she would be so caught up in appearing "snobbish" when using incorrect grammar comes off somewhat dumb or ignorant. If someone wrote "your pretty" to my picture, I would wonder, "My pretty what?"
2007-01-06 14:10:49 · answer #1 · answered by Joy M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The last vestiges of my faith in humanity are waning rapidly. And today was such a good day...
I am of the opinion that you should always attempt to get your grammar and spelling right, regardless of how snobby you look doing it. As anything else doesn't make any sense.
Would you wear less fashionable clothes to not looks snobby?
2007-01-06 22:14:07 · answer #2 · answered by Lucifer 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
So, it's come to this: good basic English is now seen as... what, pretentions of aristocracy?
I'm sorry for your friend, who has wasted all those years in school. She has, no doubt, a fine career awaiting her in which basic skills such as alphabetizing correctly are not needed.
But, I congratulate you for using good form. You'll find that people who matter (your boss, your friends, your collegues) will respect you for this.
2007-01-06 22:16:01 · answer #3 · answered by silvercomet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Down here in South Carolina some of us farmers still get their water from a whale.
2007-01-06 22:12:36 · answer #4 · answered by Eva 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't. Sometimes I might speak informally, but I use the same meaning as I'm supposed to. Your and You're mean different things. I use "ur" when I'm no typin to someone I'm supposed to be talking correct to.
2007-01-06 22:13:12 · answer #5 · answered by baller4billions 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not me, thats just pointless. Whats wrong with using propper grammer? Nothing?
2007-01-06 22:09:01 · answer #6 · answered by love-life 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not snobbish. That's silly.
2007-01-06 22:10:59 · answer #7 · answered by Jess H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋