But by all means, having poor grammar doesn’t imply that you are less intelligent than one with good grammar. You can still score higher on other areas, or it could just be that you don’t give a damn. Those with correct grammar will usually be regarded smarter than those without, tho’. They seem more educated and that is often (wrongly) associated with intelligence.

I’m aware that not all schools teach good grammar and spelling anymore, by the way, considering the fact that my school system stopped teaching spelling after 6th grade and grammar after 7th. No one ever taught me what a gerund is, but that didn’t stop me from doing my best to learn how to use the English language properly. It didn’t stop me from making sure that my computer checks my spelling on everything I do, either, since my spelling is atrocious.

P.S. –The fact that language is fluid doesn’t make “your gay” any less incorrect, nor does it stop me from wanting to reply to people who post that statement in the comment section of any website with “My gay what?”

Seriously, I’m not trying to get your goat and I wasn’t before; I was genuinely puzzled about what was so terrible about the posting that it would induce a sarcastic response. Especially since you clearly write well yourself. I just sincerely don’t understand your reaction to either post.

One question: why would anyone make a sarcastic reply to your post (I refer to winternets)? It’s as if it’s a perceived slight that anyone might dare to reveal knowledge beyond one’s own. I thought that was how you learn things.

The author of this graph belongs in the Hypocrite section.

“hi i got your email……he said he can call me later……..but i didnt give him my phone number lol…………anywayz…………call me when you get home….okay bye…”.

Has anyone else noticed this? It appalls me. The users should be lashed for every extraneous period.

Whenever I post responses or comments on the internet, I proofread what I wrote several times to make sure that I did not make a mistake. I believe this should be a habit of anyone who wishes to not make a fool of themselves.

Grammar is one part of three that make up the correct usage of a written language: the other two are spelling and punctuation.

It seems that everyone online always uses the buzzword “grammar” to refer to any mistake in written English language, but it’s usually not the grammar, but the spelling and punctuation, that is incorrect.

My advice to users of the English language: call it grammar only if you know what grammar is (the study of internal structure of words and use of words in the construction of phrases and sentences) and if it is in fact grammar that is being violated.

Not to mention the “ignorant” people who learned a second language to the point where they are able to communicate and be understood by others are not only not dumber but rather a whole LANGUAGE ahead of a lot of those same “Grammar nazi’s”.

There, they’re and their people

1) Here, There and Everywhere – it’s a place and it’s “here” with a t in front.

2) They’re = They are…it’s a common contraction and contractions have apostrophes.

3) Their is the only one left. It’s possessive.

Not rocket science.

I guess you don’t realize that language is fluid, do you? We’re not all sitting here speaking Proto Indo European! We’re speaking English, or at least some dialect of it, and please, do realize we don’t all have to speak Biology textbook English to get our point across (for the record, that’s called code-switching: you speak with your professor differently than you do with a 2 year old child).

Also, do not always consider the person at fault for the grammatical and/or spelling errors. It’s usually the school’s fault. Having attended a number of schools in my educational career I can assure you they all have extreme variations in their standards. Also, there are some people who may actually have problems with their motor and language skills. So you’re going to call the person retarded for that? Well, then you’re not any better than the person saying “your gay”, now are you?

I guess its so easy pointing the finger and automatically discrediting a person based on their spelling and grammar, I’ve just come to assume its the other party’s way of saying they concede and have nothing left to argue (at least when the discussion revolves around an argument). Just because a person isn’t a good speller doesn’t mean they’re an idiot in everything else.

So this is NOT criticism or poking fun – far from it. If more native English speakers had your grasp of spelling, grammar, and punctuation, the internet would be a much less stressful place for people like me. (c:

SO:
opinion
conscious
encourage
a lot (two separate words)

And TBH I didn’t even catch “conscious” and “encourage” until the second read-through. (By the way, a lot of people mix up “conscious” and “conscience.” Very loosely defined, conscious = aware; conscience = sense of morality. You used it correctly, of course, but I include the other spelling just in case it might come in handy for you sometime.)

Bring on the haters, but there you have it. One person’s “error” is another person’s “correct.” It changes from historical period to historical period, too. It’s not like grammar is handed down from God. No need to pass judgment on a person just because of his/her use of grammar. There’s no correlation between intelligence and ability to control grammar. None.