Do the grammer police bother you?

Question

did i make a compplete centence! eny missppellings? du yuu still understand tha qwestwion.

Answer 1

LOL.
As long as the sentences are understandable, the mistakes are best left alone for sanity's sake.
What does annoy me is if someone has made a single spelling error and some self-righteous person feels the need to make a smart remark - everyone makes mistakes sometimes, and if there is only one mistake obviously the person does have a decent grasp on the English language.
There's better things to do than pick people's spelling errors. It's called answering questions from all people of all levels of education.

Answer 2

As an honorary member of the Grammar Police, I have to say that they do not bother me in the slightest - on the contrary. Whilst I recognise that language is changing all the time, I do believe that the change should be through natural evolution rather than because people are too lazy to spell, punctuate and construct sentences properly. I once joined a choir whose rulebook contained the following: "We insist that members are non-smokers". As I am a smoker, I simply pointed out that their statement was incorrect. By the time they had worked out they meant "We insist that members be non-smokers", I had left the choir anyway. Colleagues at work call me a pedant but nevertheless always ask me to help them draft their reports.

Answer 3

It depends. I used to fully support grammar police, and even was one occassionally, but that changed. Which is good, coz somewhere along the way my brain seems to have changed too and now I mostly write phonetically (not intentional... just started to happen).

I think there's a line though... on both sides. When people purposely mispell EVERY word because they somehow think it's "cool" then that bugs me... and when their grammar is so abhorant that you can't understand what they're saying, then yeah, grammar police to the rescue! But when it's quite easy to understand yet the grammar pigs decide to rip apart every nuance then, well... oink oink! I mean... who really cares if someone writes "it's" or "its"? You know what they mean!!!

What really bugs me is the short-sightedness and snobbery of the grammar police. Language does evolve (and yes, USUALLY do to laziness). Kind of a tangent here, but one thing that's always bugged me is that pseudo-intellectual snobs LOVE Shakespeare and place him on a pedestal, but he wrote in vernacular, thrived on inaccuracies, and his troupes were regarded as *slightly* above prostitutes. He also "invented", what, 1700 words? "Invented" means "made-up" loosely based on some other root words, ie: "fake" words. He also mercilessly slaughtered grammar and syntax to suit rhyme and flow. So what's the difference between Shakey doing that and some random kid on a message board doing that?

If you can understand what the person is saying, then nitpicking their grammar is merely a cop-out and shows that you have nothing intelligent to contribute, therefore feel the need to rip others apart (ie: focusing on stupid little details than ideas).

I'm also refraining from pointing out all of the grammar errors in grammar police's answers here... because there are quite a few (and yeah, I realise there are some in my post, too... but I don't care!)

Answer 4

i'm the grammar police. My son is slightly sluggish,and the different son is Autistic. With the 1st son, he spells phonetically, and confident i will comprehend this way of writing. i'm delighted that he tries in any respect. I compliment his artwork and then tell him a thank you to spell the be conscious precise. no rely how lots you hate the grammar police, we are in a position to be of great help. I shewd no yur meeneng, yet whut relating to the purson hoo is reedeng yur rezumay? do yoo thenk I wuhld greater a purson hoo dident no a thank you to spehl? My 2d son who's autistic is making an attempt to learn a thank you to ascertain. he's already going to be in the back of and function some extra desirable struggles. How is he meant to learn how to ascertain if all of us has a various way of spelling each and every be conscious? a remarkable, new, and insightful thought is a superb element. What in case you have been attempting to get a supply or some style of investment that should instruct your thought? might you not attempt to be as careful as available jointly with your wording as available? in case you have been in simple terms writing a letter to a pal or kin, typos are allowed. i don't reproduction and paste any pc reaction. i think of you have us puzzled with the context Gestapo.

Answer 5

At first, yes. However after some long years of keeping practicing on the 4 English skills, that is, listening, speaking, reading and writing both extensively and intensively, I have since then improved them gradually. Therefore, I have my own view on English grammar as a lawyer (not a policeman) to help us control what I have to speak or write so that my listeners or readers can promptly understand what I mean. It is, I think, also an academic standard regarding the English expression and comprehension.

Answer 6

Ha ha.

Yes, the grammar police do bother me. They are far, far too uptight. Still, they do have a point. I swear that some people go out of there way to write as poorly as possible. There is, after all, a spell-check button.

But really, what's wrong with incomplete sentences or a misplaced comma? A few spelling or mechanics errors are hardly the end of the world. Perhaps the grammar police have no real information to contribute and so rely instead on their (occasionally incorrect) grasp of the English language to make themselves appear more intelligent than they truly are.

Answer 7

Sorry, I've not heard of the "grammer" police. Is that a language? I agree with CJ, if those people do not take the time - and I know just how "precious" their time is - to spell, punctuate, and make a proper sentence, then they deserve to be strip searched and probed by the grammar police. Why should others accept their mediocrity?

Answer 8

Personally, I just think it's sad when people who are native speakers of English can't write the standard form of their own language. I don't say this to be offensive to anyone because many times it is not the writer's own fault; it is the fault of our schools who have foregone teaching grammar, punctuation and spelling and left a great number of people in our population on the brink of functional illiteracy.

That's tragic, and it's criminal.

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Answer 9

I don't really mind about people who can't spell correctly, since there's also people who can't speak properly or even read in this world. However, I wouldn't take seriously an answer coming from somebody that can't spell properly even with a Spell Check available.

Answer 10

Just because I understand it does not mean I have an obligation to converse with you upon the subject if the spelling and grammar are messed up.