The grammer and spelling in so many questions and answers on Yahoo Answers is appalling. Is this a harbinger of proper English's demise, or just a phase that we will eventually grow out of?
2007-10-22 10:11:36 · 20 answers · asked by kawm63 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I appologize for the misspelling of grammar. I never did well in English myself but believed that this was a thought provoking subject.
2007-10-23 03:15:26 · update #1
its the net, its not school, its not a report, i dont know about most people but i dont really care how it looks as long as its understandable
2007-10-22 10:14:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Any language that is still being spoken will constantly undergo changes. "Proper" english went out the window when they started allowing people to use apostrophes in the written language.
Are the current changes larger, and more painful to educated minds? Yes. Will they go away? No. Is internet chat and texting killing English grammAr? No. Spell check, "no child left behind," international trade, and a loosening of immigration laws have done at least as much damage, and you aren't innocent either.
Part of the problem is that we do not require immigrants to learn english when they enter our nation. But an even larger part of it is that we demand everyone speak english when we talk to them in other parts of the world. This forces foreigners who will never see an english grammar book, and who may never see more three Americans a week to learn enough english to sell their wares. "English" is thus becoming the international language of commerce, but it is not "proper" english, it is the kind of english that a korean citizen and a spanish citizen can use just well enough to negotiate a deal with.
English as an international language of commerce is changing, and being simplified so that even the most bizzare foreign tongue can understand it. The resulting language, once fully established, will look about as much like "proper" English as Tagalog looks like "proper" Spanish.
2007-10-22 10:23:17 · answer #2 · answered by ye_river_xiv 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I even heard they were thinking about allowing this new 'sort-of-language' in schools: can you immagine essays and exams with this? And actually, I think you too are affected by that, since you wrote 'grammer' instead of 'grammar'! XD Apart from that, these are just spelling mistakes, here though we're talking about children who are supposed to learn the proper English grammar. Instead they prefer writing in an English that would make all the great English writers cry! However, we shouldn't generalise: not everyone is addicted to that kind of writing. One thing is certain though: if we don't don something about it, or better, if the government and the Education Department doesn't react, we will have children who won't know how to spell their own names!
2007-10-22 10:22:41 · answer #3 · answered by Kool J. B. 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well I've got the one who was printed in Great Britain and it's very good because I am not English and this book has helped me a lot. But anyway, at the end of this book, English Grammar in Use (Raymond Murphy), you can study the most important differences between American and British english.
2016-05-24 19:36:56 · answer #4 · answered by juliette 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I do. It bugs the crap out of me when people type like they failed the 4th grade. Unfortunately, it's the internet and grammar isn't supposed to matter...I guess. People should at least type so that someone can actually understand them. Oh, by the way...I believe it's grammar not grammer.
2007-10-22 17:56:43 · answer #5 · answered by hannahbannah 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
PEOPLE are the ones killing the language... I fine that cutting words when chatting or texting is LAZINESS.
It's very VERY important to write properly to give complete sence to the ideas you are transmitting, or to express oneself correctly, so there is no misunderstanding of what you mean.
English is not my native language, so I really hate having to guess what others mean when they write bad English...
2007-10-22 10:28:37 · answer #6 · answered by Antonio M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no, I think that grammar and spelling are not nearly as important to culture as they were, say even about 5 years ago. I still believe they are important, but I can't even find a dictionary in my house anymore.
2007-10-22 13:39:31 · answer #7 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Computer-mediated communication is not the same as formal written English. It's not edited, it's informal, it's quick. It's a different register. There's no reason to hold it to the same standards as formal written English.
2007-10-22 11:43:59 · answer #8 · answered by ganesh 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i am an a/b student, not once getting lower than a "b" on my report card for english and i could care less how i type when im on the internet. it really is laziness. (yeah, ill admit it) notes, texting, IM, theyre all just quicker ways of saying things.
2007-10-22 11:10:58 · answer #9 · answered by ♥ *~*Tiara*~* ♥ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In many ways it is, and it does. But fortunately there are people, myself included, that find this IM language appalling. I tend to write out exactly what I mean and want to say.
2007-10-22 10:22:14 · answer #10 · answered by Madeline H 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, it was found that many students would write their reports in text shorthand and have to do them over in proper English. it's fine between friends, but kids need to remember to use correct grammar and spelling to get a good grade.
2007-10-22 10:20:13 · answer #11 · answered by wendy_da_goodlil_witch 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋