When people write 'your' when they should write 'you're' really bugs me, people even do it at my work when writing Emails to clients (e.g Let me know what your up to later...)
2007-12-20 18:11:47 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
A period is what females have once a month.
2007-12-20 18:26:54 · update #1
I hate it. I find it very hard not to criticise people of YA when they're grammatically incorrect.
Now all I'm waiting for are all the thumbs down!!!!!
2007-12-20 18:15:52 · answer #1 · answered by farmgirl 4 · 7⤊ 2⤋
If I understand the written message, I'm ok with incorrect spelling or grammar, especially on this site.
I can't help but notice errors, but that's only because I'm a qualified proof-reader and my brain has become trained to find errors.
Interestingly, the Australian education system will not automatically mark down students for spelling or grammatical errors unless it's for an English class.
Everyone makes spelling mistakes and grammar is such a changing dynamic that many authorities on the subject will still argue over some traditional and contemporary grammatical forms, such as "I wish I were" versus "I wish I was".
In today's world, correct spelling and grammar is considered to be less important than knowing how to do Powerpoint.
2007-12-20 18:40:01 · answer #2 · answered by Miss Sally Anne 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Slightly. But everyone makes mistakes, and as long as the words are comprehensible, I think that's what matters most.
(-: Even you've made a couple of boo-boos. Shouldn't the last e.g. of e.g. have a period? And shouldn't you follow that up with a colon? And you forgot a period at the end. AND, the comma in the middle should either be a period or possibly a semi-colon.
(-: And you'll notice I'm starting a bunch of sentences with "and." That's not a grammatical error; that's a choice of style, meant to imply that I'm piling up the evidence that maybe grammar doesn't matter as much as the "heart" behind the communication.
Go have some egg-nog, and cheer up! At least you and I are literate; which maybe wouldn't have been the case 200 years ago.
2007-12-20 18:23:17 · answer #3 · answered by Madame M 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Not especially. As a linguist, I find it interesting to see what people are actually doing with their language, not what grammar books tell them to do. In the case of "your"/"you're" the words sound exactly the same, which reveals that apparently the mental place where we store knowledge about the spelling of our language is somewhat disconnected from the mental place where we store our knowledge about the sounds. This reveals something about the human mind, and that's exactly the kind of thing that gets linguists like me excited.
By the way, evidence suggests that many grammar rules were made or perpetuated based on the language use of people with higher social status. The rules say that language forms from certain dialects are bad. But since these dialects are associated with certain (lower-status) groups, discriminating against the language form can actually be a secret way to discriminate against a group of people. This is why one linguist has called linguistic discrimination the last acceptable form of discrimination.
2007-12-20 18:38:35 · answer #4 · answered by drshorty 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
You are egging your own face because you are complaining about something that isn't even a grammar mistake, it's a spelling mistake.
Is you understanding me? <-- THAT'S poor grammar, in which the definition of "poor" is relative anyway being that language is ever-changing and being shaped by all types of bounds (and lackthereof).
2007-12-20 18:36:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
My pet peeve is the wrong usage of seen, as in..
"I seen that" instead of "I saw that"
Drives me crazy!
Oh, wait the question is grammar, is that a grammar answer, and why am I still awake?
Good Night folks!
2007-12-20 18:32:00 · answer #6 · answered by KneeKnee 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is very irritating. I'm not perfect myself but I try my best to make sure it makes sense and has little grammar/spelling problems.
2007-12-20 18:48:28 · answer #7 · answered by L.M.L 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am constantly surprised at the amount of errors I see.
In addition, I find it unnecessary to 'text speak' on this forum.
There's spell check right above this box. Use it, is my opinion.
2007-12-20 21:42:09 · answer #8 · answered by Marguerite 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but one guy's answer on here got me to thinking. He said, "why is it everyone makes fun of my speling an grammer, yet I am great in math." Well I always thought like you, and I am only efficient in math meaning business math and not trig or calculus. This guy could do both. So it is too bad we are not all gifted in spelling, grammar, and math.
2007-12-20 18:18:31 · answer #9 · answered by Sparkles 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Poor grammar is remarkably irritating. It's particularly annoying when someone claims to be in their forth year of university and they can't even capitalize or punctuate a sentence.
2007-12-20 18:18:09 · answer #10 · answered by North 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋
with my grammar then i really cant get pissed at other peoples grammar. its a great shortcut when your writing. i think your instead of you're comes from people shortening it to 'u r' then to 'ur' which when people write properly they think immediately of that and write your
2007-12-20 18:23:28 · answer #11 · answered by lilbruvver2 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋