picks you up on you're grammar?
Me thinks there are a lot of retired English teachers out
there. Or simple nitpickers!!
2007-02-28 10:17:03 · 19 answers · asked by Minxy 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Thank you Jacj - just testing!! lol
2007-03-01 00:59:55 · update #1
Sorry again Jack - I hit the wrong key!!
2007-03-01 01:01:37 · update #2
yeah thats true I want quick/good answers to my questions not someone with there head up there *** wastin theres an my time pickin me up on something that I dont give a "?@% if Im doin because I'm gettin things done quicker not worrying about grammar an that suits me.
2007-02-28 10:25:19 · answer #1 · answered by alkalik1 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It does not irritate me that, "when rather than answer the question, some clever clogs picks you up on your grammar" (CORRECTED INTO ENGLISH) because I NEVER get it wrong. Not because I am a retired English teacher, just because I speak (and write) ENGLISH.
Partly because I am literate, and partly because I am capable of using the Check Spelling option that would enable me to avoid writing "whenrather".
2007-02-28 18:25:38 · answer #2 · answered by Essex Ron 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sometimes when the grammar is wrong you can't take the question seriously. However, I do not nitpick, I just ignore the question.
2007-02-28 18:24:58 · answer #3 · answered by interpreters_are_hot 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'nitpicker', perhaps. 'simple', never.
Really bad spelling and grammar is a real turn off, hard to read and, often, open to misinterpretation. Everyone should be able to write reasonable English on this site, I think.
2007-02-28 18:32:12 · answer #4 · answered by guernsey_donkey2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a nitpicker too, I'm afraid. But I am trying not to do it so much now. Like your grammar, for instance. I am definitely not going to mention it, even.
2007-02-28 18:22:08 · answer #5 · answered by R.E.M.E. 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It does bother me when people ignore the question only to criticize someone's grammar, but I'm even more frustrated when people try to sound smarter than everyone else but don't bother proof-reading what they've written.
2007-02-28 18:34:27 · answer #6 · answered by OhKatie! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just by roaming around looking at questions I know exactly what you mean. I have seen several people do that instead of answering. Even though our language of English is important we shouldn't go around correcting everything we see.
2007-02-28 18:37:13 · answer #7 · answered by basketballchic750 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it annoys me
after suffering from brain injury I spend a lot of time on yahoo
I do use spell check ,people should not be so quick to judge others
if they don't like it why do they not ignore the question rather than being judgemental
2007-02-28 18:36:47 · answer #8 · answered by miss smidgey 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is irritating. As long as the wording makes sense I don't think it matters. We can't all be a Shakespeare
2007-02-28 19:27:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Language is the material with which we think.
Grammar is the architecture of logic.
If we are sloppy with grammar, we may find ourselves in a logical cul de sac.
2007-02-28 18:21:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋