Comments on: Likelihood of Finding Proper Grammar on the Internet

By: Artanis186

Artanis186 — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:03:22 +0000

Oh, if only that were true… The human race as a whole is full of idiots. Women are just as big of idiots as men. They’re just usually idiots in different ways, because that’s how it’s stereotyped. Stereotypes make people that are stereotyped to act in the way they are stereotyped. They do it because it’s socially accepted as such, and everyone just wants to fit in. That’s where the idiocy lies, if you can’t get past a stereotype, you’re an idiot. Yes, I’m implying about 99% of the people who are reading this at this moment.

By: Viola

Viola — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:58:31 +0000

Perfect grammar includes proper capitalization, spelling, and punctuation, by the way. If you’re going to correct people to the point that your teacher calls you rude, you should be following those rules yourself. (i.e. your I’s need capitalization; grammar is spelt with an “a,” not an “e;” there should be a comma between “much” and “and”; there should be a period or semicolon before “she says it’s rude,” not to mention the period that should be at the end of that, and the period that should be before “I correct people…”) In other words, don’t be a hypocrite.

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:57:50 +0000

Obviously made by a female. Women are inherently bad at math. 100% of the time when women are involved, then something more than zero without women? If you add that up, it equals dumb woman.

By: Lianaloo

Lianaloo — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:29:21 +0000

i am a girl and i’m ocd about perfect grammer i correct people so much and my 5th period teacher is a jerk about it she says it’s rude

By: burningled

burningled — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:55:33 +0000

Maybe adult women. Teenage females, hell no. If i had a nickel for every time i heard “OMG THEIR SO KAWAII!!!!1!! <3<3<3"

By: buttercup

buttercup — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:01:29 +0000

By: D.M.G

D.M.G — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:42:19 +0000

im out of 100% never haz propr grmmer

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:05:52 +0000

Here’s a good strategy for improving writing style with grammar.

Grammatical sentence openers: http://penningtonpublishing.com/blog/grammar_mechanics/how-to-improve-your-writing-style-with-grammatical-sentence-openers/

By: huh

huh — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:04:23 +0000

Gender insults are only ok if they are funny. This is not funny. So it’s not ok.

Inb4 “No, all gender insults are bad, BAD BAD BAD!”. Whatever.

By: huh

huh — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:01:26 +0000

Someone is a blatant hypocrite. Wait… did I just spell those last two words right??? DAMN IT!!! Someone correct me please.

By: Jackarunda

Jackarunda — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:56:27 +0000

screw off, maker of this chart, the vast majority of females are blathering idiots

By: That's Not My Name

That's Not My Name — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:18:12 +0000

‘your best bet to get your point across properly is to writer properly.’

: )

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 31 May 2009 00:54:00 +0000

Correct grammar is used to communicate and properly convey what you are trying to say. The less effort you put into it, the more likely you are to be misunderstood. Since it is harder to convey tone and intent without the use of voice pitches and body language, your best bet to get your point across properly is to writer properly. Anyone that does not try their best to user proper grammar on the internet deserves all the ridicule they get.

By: Nina

Nina — Fri, 29 May 2009 23:58:34 +0000

Dude, jus cuz sum1 rites liek this, doesn’t mean they are stupid or that they think it’s proper spelling. And if you actually look it up, it’s not even considered improper grammar. I also read an article about that kind of writing specifically in texting; it’s a vital part of developing communication skills.

Bottom line, it’s wayyy more retarded to make assumptions.

By: Nina

Nina — Fri, 29 May 2009 23:55:15 +0000

It’s supposed to be a joke…no one makes a big deal when sexism towards females is made. Guys are just more immature usually….unlike this chart though, that can be backed up by fact for the most part.

By: Nina

Nina — Fri, 29 May 2009 06:00:15 +0000

Seriously! All this sexism towards women and men get angry over this?

By: Nina

Nina — Fri, 29 May 2009 05:59:02 +0000

You guys calling this ’sexist’, get over it! DO you even realize how much more sexism there is aimed towards women in this society and on the internet? There’s way more! And men are more immature and that could have something to do with grammar.

By: Nina

Nina — Fri, 29 May 2009 05:57:13 +0000

Men have bad grammar because they don’t care.
..there are actually loads of girls on the net lol

In my experience women are more likely to pay attention to the grammar they use on the internet.

And you idiots calling people retarded for bad grammar on the internet, it has little to do with intelligence usually, so don’t even think for one second that you’re smart because you have good grammar.

By: Uber Dude the 2nd

Uber Dude the 2nd — Thu, 21 May 2009 19:37:46 +0000

I would like to say:
How very sexist this is,
How big a lie this is,
and How I use proper grammar. (I’m a guy.)

By: wormboy

wormboy — Tue, 05 May 2009 00:42:02 +0000

you fail.

By: zoellster

zoellster — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:31:17 +0000

there are no females on the internet

By: Poo and sexiness

Poo and sexiness — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:10:10 +0000

As long as one can understands the writing, it should be fine.

To enforce correct grammar simply because it’s correct is nothing short of
annoying and bitchy.

keap it r3al br0 :3

By: Gundam Hugger

Gundam Hugger — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:34:49 +0000

I’ve seen quite a few places where it’s socially acceptable to make disparaging comments about women, but any jokes aimed at men aren’t allowed.

And yes, this graph is quite correct. On every single online game and almost every forum that I’ve visited, I have found that female players have better spelling and grammar.

By: Maeghanne

Maeghanne — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:34:17 +0000

It’s not. However, that is not grounds for insulting or making sweeping generalizations about the entire gender. People that do that are just jaded and insecure, regardless of gender.

By: Maeghanne

Maeghanne — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:26:38 +0000

BWAHAHAHAHA!!! That’s hilarious. As a woman that shamelessly adores men (and women not jaded and insecure about their own strengths and abilities) I must agree. It’s this exact sort of generalization and slander that the feminist movement (in theory) is trying to abolish toward their own gender! I think I am seriously thinking about starting an anti-feminazi club for women who appreciate Men!

By: meh

meh — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:36:29 +0000

categories should’ve been (in descending order, but not necessarily in this order)
-normal person
-in a preschool
-while playing halo online
-on a message board
-on icanhascheezburger
or at least somewhere along those lines. also, get rid of “on the internet” in the title. waaay too specific.

By: You Am Lame

You Am Lame — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:35:23 +0000

No they don’t

By: Neero

Neero — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:34:05 +0000

I concur.

By: TheRealWazzar

TheRealWazzar — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:32:53 +0000

I remember those days, and I’m glad they’re over. Most were unfunny, and done just for the heck of it.

I prefer these life “truths”. At least I can relate to them.

By: TheRealWazzar

TheRealWazzar — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:27:40 +0000

You should see my Myspace page. The comments posted by guys are slightly better in grammar and spelling than those of girls.

Mind you, Myspace isn’t known for geniuses.

By: Dionysus187

Dionysus187 — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 08:24:14 +0000

Being mad at bad grammar on the internet is like being mad about crap smelling bad. Futile.

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:51:40 +0000

epic win

By: Alc

Alc — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:46:19 +0000

It took, what, 40 responses before someone pointed this out? Jesus Christ, GraphJam. I thought MySpace and FaceBook had long since proven that that poor grammar abounds between both sexes (not that evidence was lacking before those two came along).

By: Ninjah!

Ninjah! — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:17:10 +0000

I am not sure whether or not to be offended by this. Does it mean that I as a woman am superiour with my proper use of grammar, or that I am teh fail for not being 1337?

By: haounomiko

haounomiko — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 08:03:09 +0000

I agree with you except for the idea that a whole 70% of the people on the internet can use proper grammar. Perhaps 70% of them can sound reasonably literate and articulate, but many of them are making common mistakes on a regular basis.

By: haounomiko

haounomiko — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:57:20 +0000

Many style editors these days complain about ellipses being used for a pause because it is overused and unnecessary; I could understand someone levelling that complaint against Destin because there is nothing really being conveyed by that pause. However, that wasn’t the complaint being levelled. You’re right in that an ellipsis isn’t incorrect in a purely syntactical sense, and a comma sure as hell isn’t acceptable there.

By: haounomiko

haounomiko — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:50:45 +0000

There is no grammatical construct in which four periods in a row is correct.

By: a.l.

a.l. — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 06:09:15 +0000

“Use female as a noun only when you are speaking about animals or writing scientifically. When you are talking about female humans, the favored nouns are woman and women. Likewise, when you’re talking about male humans, the favored nouns are man and men.”
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/woman-versus-female.aspx

By: Zira

Zira — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:51:23 +0000

Not true. I was once on a little community called CafeMom, (obviously a community for women) which I now call CafeIlliterateDramaWhore for good reason.

By: srab

srab — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:40:00 +0000

same! those were actually funny. the graphs i’ve been seeing here lately just remind me of “airplane food” jokes.

By: Deimos

Deimos — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:47:31 +0000

Win. Very much so.

Effing helicopter parents…

By: Radial

Radial — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:31:53 +0000

I thought it meant that guys cleaned it up if girls were looking.

By: Kittah Noir

Kittah Noir — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:32:32 +0000

Our brains are only smaller because they don’t have a massive layer of fat surrounding it!

By: Adeline

Adeline — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:17:20 +0000

Lame. This infers one of two things:

1. Women have better grammar than men – which is both sexist and untrue. I know just as many women with atrocious grammar as men with atrocious grammar. I might even know more women with atrocious grammar, just based on the fact that I know more women than men overall.

Although the first is probably what you meant, one could also infer:

2. That when women are present, men try harder to use proper grammar, thus elevating the amount of proper grammar used on the internet when women are present.

Either way, females or no females, you aren’t going to get anywhere near 95% proper grammar on the internet. There are too many idiots in the world with access to the world wide web. 70% cap might be the best you’re looking at.

By: Gundam Hugger

Gundam Hugger — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:46:56 +0000

So why is it fine for things which insult women to be posted?

By: Not Me

Not Me — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:34:17 +0000

Hey, I’m a woman, and I take offen…ooo, look at the sparkly thing!! Let’s go shopping!

By: Not Me

Not Me — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:04:13 +0000

*weren’t true
.
Subjunctive mood–it’s grammar, too!

By: Lomoco

Lomoco — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:53:15 +0000

That, my friend, is sexism. A female might find it humorous, but on the opposite side, a male might not. I for one, do not find it in the least bit funny.

You can tell what my gender is, or can’t you?

By: Destin

Destin — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:08:00 +0000

I knew someone would comment on this. This site, when you a person types four periods in a row, for whatever reason, displays it as three periods and a comma. I don’t quite understand why, but try it out for yourself.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:54:30 +0000

Makes no sense. The average internet female is just as illiterate as the average internet male. >.>