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My mother was a grammar Nazi. She grew up in England and emigrated to Australia. She had married my father who grew up in Australia. Every word had to be spoken in the queen's english. Pronunciation had to be correct. If it wasn't the way she was used to, she corrected us. For example the soil in the garden was soil not dirt. She loathed Australian slang, again more corrections.
Does grammar matter to me yes. Am I uptight about it? No. |
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The yellow text drives me nuts. Some people used to do that on PC, back when we had RealChat - I was always thankful for the option to disable all those horrid colors and make everyone's text black. *manic laugh* I like some tiny fonts, where appropriate, but sometimes, I agree, it can be a little strenuous to read heaps of teeny-tiny text. xD I'm OK with people using caps to emphasise a word or brief sentence, but when people type out entire messages in capital letters, it's just annoying; I think sometimes, they are people that aren't used to the world of Online, and don't realise they are SHOUTING IN YOUR BRAIN. My dad actually did the whole caps-typing thing, until my sister and I explained about the shouting thing. Quote:
I relax a lot more, nowadays, letting a hint of Scottish get through, and getting casual with some slang, but I still can't help but to use a decent word or two, and I do my level best to avoid things like double-negatives. Unfortunately, for some unknown reason, my written English is far better than my spoken English. I think I've just gathered bad habits, over the years, those of which haven't plagued my typing, for some reason. Quote:
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Lip-reading must be incredibly hard, especially when some numpty like me, forgets that you need to read lips, and so then you can't understand anything. >.< I say "like me", because I've done that before - eye-contact isn't my forté.
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Grammar is important and more so in some situations than others because proper communication is vital. Unless someone asks for assistance, then help them with what they are asking so that they can learn and get the correction(s) that they need. Especially with being an ESL and learning assistance teacher at one point, there is no way to know where someone is coming from in their background, capabilities, or desire to achieve in that moment. However now when I do see mistakes including my own, unless asked for help or in asking for help, it is not my place to do anything other than to live and let be. Then there is that mistakes also just happen, just forgive.
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What about misused phrases people think they're saying right, but don't make sense the way they come out? One in the same For all intensive purposes It's a doggy-dog world Blessing in the skies Being tongue and cheek Take for granite And the one that makes the least sense to me: "I've done a complete 360 degree turn!" If you're ever using image manipulation software, select an object and turn it 360 degrees. Which way is it facing now? That's right--the same way. 360 degrees is a circle. If you want to say you've done a turnaround with your life, and you're now going the opposite direction, it's 180 degrees. Any farther, and you're starting to go back the way you came. But sometimes if you do try to tell these people they're saying it wrong, they'll insist they're not. That's the way their grandma said it, so it must be right. |
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It's one thing to make grammatical mistakes here and there, but to make the same grammatical mistake hurts my eyes. For example, I read someone's online posts where they repeated the use of "your" instead of "you're" about five times. I am going to be honest: I think the person is dumb.
So, while this instance was not a professional setting, if you took the time to write something and have the chance to edit -- why not write properly? |
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Ah, the distinctions; my stepmother did those too; only men "sweat", women "perspire"
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I'm going to start saying a doggy dog world just for the hell of it.
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not really, but i do find it amusing when people get the simple stuff wrong!
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Oddly, especially after my last post, I was sort of expecting to come in here and be slapped on the wrist for being some kind of conceited know-it-all and acting like I'm smarter than other people. Thanks for not saying that, everybody. I don't even know why I thought was going to happen.
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Anybody ever seen the case made for spelling "fish" G H O T I? |
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Four uh grate thyme clique hear ----
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Good grammar is very important, although i am guilty of using slang alot. I think maybe it has to do with where you're raised.
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There seems to be an effort, intentional or not, to "dummy down" our society to the lowest common denominator. Schools don't teach, kids don't learn, parents don't care and the list goes on. As a result, we are restructuring our society, and filling it with people who can't read, write or do math. It all seems to come together at the fast food joints. Go inside a Mc D's some day (so you can watch the cashier closely). Maybe your order comes to $6.51. Give 'em a $10 bill and a penny....then watch the confusion.
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Yes it does matter to me.
That said, I am not hypervigilant over it. To see "go their" does eeek like nails across a chalk board, for me. I am a retired, I taught English overseas in universities. Yes I appreciate seeing correct English. Do I have an apoplectic fit at everything messy I see online? No. I guess some things matter more than others. With that I acknowledge that I myself have with years now of texting and typing online given up on proper grammar, complete sentences, and omitting some punctuation. Yet I spell correctly. Except where ipad auto- finish gets it wrong. That's right. ![]()
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If I'm not mistaken, there are different types of intelligence. One can be not particularly gifted with language skills, but be a whiz at something else like maybe finding their way around a new place, or fixing an appliance. I once knew a man who was about on the level of Forrest Gump or the Waterboy with his intellect, but he could program a VCR faster than I could type those words--and I'm a typist.
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Cannot tell you how many times I've heard, but your Bill is (ex.) $6.51...give $12.01....a penny washes penny ...now we are talking a five and one(six) plus 50¢...to my ten and two ones. Now, one of those ones gives me 50¢...down to a ten and one minus six...hmmm.. And don't you miss the days of count backs? Kids at my school, plus even hs, liked me on register, for that reason... ![]() I just smile, at the yeah buts...then they realize after...'ayup...mmhmm.. Sent from my LG-MS910 using Tapatalk 2 |
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Yes, definitely matters.
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My classmate made a horrid mistake during his oral part of English graduation exam (English is not our native language). He went on long talk about "I want to buy a w.hore... but they are expensive, especially black ones". Committe ask if he really means what he is say and he confirmed, that yes. But in fact, he wanted a horse.
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