Too many spelling errors!

You want to go see bad spelling, check out the 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand forum *shudders* :|Oblivionfan10

I have noticed in(ON) this site, and in(ON) the web generally (IN GENERAL) that very few (Few what? Cows?,Cats?, People?)know how to write a correct sentense(SENTENCE), and even worse, very few care to do so. Almost every text that is posted is (2 x is, try to rephrase) full of grammatical and spelling errors. I'm not an English speaker (Yes you are, your not a Native American/Englishmen etc.) my self, yet I try my best to avoid as possible any errors (wow this phrase is pretty bad). And even if I eventually do some(again, do some what? You cant do mistakes, you mean: Make some mistakes), at least I try not to. I don't understand why people don't care anymore to be expressed(to express themselves) using proper English. Is proper use of language old-fashioned ?

It would be very interesting for me to read your opinions, especially those who are Americans or English speakers generally (leave the generally part).

Rheinmetal

Im not doing this to be an as*&^^^ im just doing this to show you that everyone makes mistakes, be it at their own level. Therefore you shouldn't assume that everyone types incorrect on purpose. And ofcourse you will see more mistakes then during English class but thats also because this is an informal webforum, and not a graded essay.

(Few what? Cows?,Cats?, People?)N0han

[QUOTE="N0han"](Few what? Cows?,Cats?, People?)Rheinmetal

Yeah I know its overreacted, but I remember having this primary school teacher that would always say that.

Im not doing this to be an as*&^^^ im just doing this to show you that everyone makes mistakes, be it at their own level. Therefore you shouldn't assume that everyone types incorrect on purpose. And ofcourse you will see more mistakes then during English class but thats also because this is an informal webforum, and not a graded essay.

You shouldn't had bothered to show me something, that I already understand by my own (and in any case, you could had found a more elegant way to do it.) Perhaps I wasn't clear enough, in what I was meaning: I am annoyed because I see that many people don't care to express themselves properly. Not knowing (like me) is one thing, but not trying at all is something, that I don't like as an attitude, whether English is someone's first language, or second . Also, there is a great distance between writing in an informal way, and completely ignoring, or worse, defying on purpose (I insist), the rules of written communication.

For me, an internet forum is a place of communication, not so much different than any other place where we meet people. While in a forum, our written expression is the sole way to show to the others something from ourselves. It's the equivalent of how we care, or don't care for our behaviour, or for our apperance , when we are in a public place, where we can see and hear each other. So my point is, that neglecting the language, is the same as neglecting a part of ourselves, and being disrespective towards the others.

ahh com'on we are humans we all make mistakes :)

and who cares if someone just makes some small mistakes.....dose anyone suffer for this or something like that?

TheHolyDevil16

Don't be so sure about the "suffering" part...

if you read, what I have read here for almost a year, you will understand exactly what I mean.

I have noticed in this site, and in the web generally that very few know how to write a correct sentense, and even worse, very few care to do so. Almost every text that is posted is full of grammatical and spelling errors. I'm not an English speaker my self, yet I try my best to avoid as possible any errors. And even if I eventually do some, at least I try not to. I don't understand why people don't care anymore to be expressed using proper English. Is proper use of language old-fashioned ?

It would be very interesting for me to read your opinions, especially those who are Americans or English speakers generally.

Rheinmetal

Nobody is being graded, so who cares? It's notation therefore it's expendable. Sure they could use the onboard spell checker but they are not obligated to do so. If they neglect to check their spelling and grammar it's probably because everything else is more important than this message board. It all boils down to how much their time is worth. Apparently you're not worth their time, no offense. They do what they do because they don't care if you don't like it.

Don't be a grammar nazi, it's trivial. Your grammar isn't perfect. Proper english is a style of grammar, not the only correct grammar. Your english isn't proper. Nobody uses proper english because it's flamboyant. It's a style of English that was created by rich snobs because they loved the stink of their own **** Nobody fully uses proper english. It's always a hybrid of guttural & proper.

[QUOTE="Rheinmetal"]Don't be a grammar nazi, it's trivial. Your grammar isn't perfect. Proper english is a style of grammar, not the only correct grammar. Your english isn't proper. Nobody uses proper english because it's flamboyant. It's a style of English that was created by rich snobs because they loved the stink of their own **** Nobody fully uses proper english. It's always a hybrid of guttural & proper.

MagnumPI

When I talk about "proper English", what I have in mind, is a minimum common code that everyone can understand, and feel comfortable with. Nothing more than that. If you are happy with how the language is used on the internet, it's ok with me, believe me.

Is "sentense" some new pretentious word that I don't know about? Bloodbath_87

Isn't that what spell check is for? Also, seems Jandurin is our grammar cop. :P-Katsuri-

[QUOTE="-Katsuri-"]Isn't that what spell check is for? Also, seems Jandurin is our grammar cop. :PJandurin

An arrow through your left leg? :Phorgen123

[QUOTE="horgen123"]An arrow through your left leg? :PJandurin

/QUOTE]

Im not doing this to be an as*&^^^ im just doing this to show you that everyone makes mistakes, be it at their own level. Therefore you shouldn't assume that everyone types incorrect on purpose. And ofcourse you will see more mistakes then during English class but thats also because this is an informal webforum, and not a graded essay.Rheinmetal

You shouldn't had bothered to show me something, that I already understand by my own (and in any case, you could had found a more elegant way to do it.) Perhaps I wasn't clear enough, in what I was meaning: I am annoyed because I see that many people don't care to express themselves properly. Not knowing (like me) is one thing, but not trying at all is something, that I don't like as an attitude, whether English is someone's first language, or second . Also, there is a great distance between writing in an informal way, and completely ignoring, or worse, defying on purpose (I insist), the rules of written communication.

For me, an internet forum is a place of communication, not so much different than any other place where we meet people. While in a forum, our written expression is the sole way to show to the others something from ourselves. It's the equivalent of how we care, or don't care for our behaviour, or for our apperance , when we are in a public place, where we can see and hear each other. So my point is, that neglecting the language, is the same as neglecting a part of ourselves, and being disrespective towards the others.

Okay fair enough. I can sympathize with your opinion. I dont see it as such a big problem as long as I understand what someone is trying to say. Having that said I do hate really bad internet slang like /endthread and stuff like that.

[QUOTE="chessmaster1989"][QUOTE="Rheinmetal"]

I have noticed in this site, and in the web generally that very few know how to write a correct sentense, and even worse, very few care to do so. Almost every text that is posted is full of grammatical and spelling errors. I'm not an English speaker my self, yet I try my best to avoid as possible any errors. And even if I eventually do some, at least I try not to. I don't understand why people don't care anymore to be expressed using proper English. Is proper use of language old-fashioned ?

It would be very interesting for me to read your opinions, especially those who are Americans or English speakers generally.

Jandurin

I have noticed on this site, and on the Internet in general, that very few people know how to write a gramatically correct sentence, and, even worse, that very few people care to do so. Almost every text that is posted is filled with grammatical and spelling errors. English is not my first language, yet I try as much as possible to avoid any errors. And, even if I eventually do make some errors, at I have tried not to make those errors. I do not understand why people do not care to express themselves using proper English. Is proper use of a language old-fashioned?

It would be very interesting for me to read your opinions, especially from those who are Americans, or English speakers in general.

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I am sorry-that was a really mean move by me:|

*facepalms* I failed :P

When I talk about "proper English", what I have in mind, is a minimum common code that everyone can understand, and feel comfortable with. Nothing more than that. If you are happy with how the language is used on the internet, it's ok with me, believe me.