Grammar Usage

[bigoak]

The children of whole language.

[justinmill14]

  erniebanks said:

you r rite long it is hard to figer out whatsome ppl r trin to say when they let sentses run on an on with out eny puncton and with poor spelin to i have to reed sum of them sevral times to figer out there drivvel the inglish languge is hard enouf for some of us with out poor writin

Yeah, I understand that, but I don't type that bad, Usually I just don't use capitalization and occasionally put prolly in stead of probally, but I don't think it makes it any harder to read.

[julie_m]

  pjsnyc said:

aT lEaSt No1 iS tYpInG lYk3 dIs!

OMG!!!!!!! i s0 n0 wat U mEaN!!!!!!!!!!!!

  The Birdieman said:

Harry,

Harry? Never...

[907golfer12]

  justinmill14 said:

Yeah, I understand that, but I don't type that bad, Usually I just don't use capitalization and occasionally put prolly in stead of

It's spelled

probably

[mstuk]

  justinmill14 said:

Now I'm not an english teacher or anything but I wan't to know why everyone on this forum freaks out if I don't use proper grammar or something. People keep giving me negative reputation points because I don't capitalize "I" or something like that. I mean, common people this isn't a business website or something. But if its that big of a deal to everyone, then I will try to use proper english from now on.

Is English your first language ?

[JaY_B]

At least You Don't Type Like This Starting Every Word With A Capital.

I am surprised you got neg rep for this, would I be right in assuming the person who left neg rep did not leave their name?.

Don't worry about it, as long as your grammar is acceptable there isn't a problem, wen u start tlkin lyk dis coz u cnt be bovverd to tipe prprly it becumz a prblem.

Basic spelling, punctuation and grammar are all that's needed, just keep your posts 'neat and tidy' lol.

[Harry Longshanks]

  justinmill14 said:

I don't think it makes it any harder to read.

It does.

Remember, your brain already knows what the word is. That's why it seems ok to you. Other people have to decipher ambiguous words in order to figure out what you are saying. And while "prolly" isn't too hard to decipher, it does prohibit the reader from simply reading your post. It's like a speed bump in the middle of the highway. You're cruising along and WHAM! - hit the brakes. And paragraphs without punctuation and capitalization are like busy intersections without stop lights - it's hard to tell whose turn it is, who has the right of way, and when/where/if you should even stop. Think about how frustrating it is to be stuck in traffic on the highway when you have some place to be, simply because some moron who was driving too fast didn't feel like using a turn signal and ended up causing a wreck. Bad grammar is the intellectual equivalent.

[Harry Longshanks]

  JaY_B said:

Don't worry about it, as long as your grammar is acceptable there isn't a problem, wen u start tlkin lyk dis coz u cnt be

Dude! Even your text speak has an English accent!

(In the U.S., it would be "bodderd").

[Lefty731PM]

  justinmill14 said:

Now I'm not an english teacher or anything but I wan't to know why everyone on this forum freaks out if I don't use proper grammar or something. People keep giving me negative reputation points because I don't capitalize "I" or something like that. I mean, common people this isn't a business website or something. But if its that big of a deal to everyone, then I will try to use proper english from now on.

Don't worry about it. Just make sure to put an apostrophe before every s.

busine's's wedge's and becau'se. Also, take note of the following defanately and definately, NEVER definitely. Lastly don't forget the double s in occassionally. Why would you wan't two use proper grammer anyway. as long as you make youself understood!

[julie_m]

  Lefty731PM said:

Don't worry about it. Just make sure to put an apostrophe before every s.

I hate you and your kind.

[ClairefromClare]

I clearly need to get to this site more often. This is almost as much fun as internal rates of return and standard deviations.

That was deviations, not deviants.

[Harry Longshanks]

  ClairefromClare said:

This is almost as much fun as internal rates of return and standard deviations.

I think I speak for the majority of the membership here when I say:

"Huh?"

[joshtpa]

Harry,
Did you get out of Dents Basement?
lol

[justinmill14]

  Harry Longshanks said:

I think I speak for the majority of the membership here when I say:

Your right Harry. I was thinking the same thing and then I read your post. Lol

[JaY_B]

  Harry Longshanks said:

Dude! Even your text speak has an English accent!

I am English... what do you expect lol. "bodderd" in place of "bovverd".. really? I can't picture someone saying "bodderd" lol.

[Harry Longshanks]

  JaY_B said:

I am English... what do you expect lol.

That's what cracked me up. I didn't expect an accent in writing!

Would "bovverd" be a Cockney accent?

  JaY_B said:

"bodderd" in place of "bovverd".. really? I can't picture someone saying "bodderd" lol.

Think NASCAR fans. (ooooooo, I'm gonna catch crap for that one! )

[joshtpa]

Git r dun!

[julie_m]

  Harry Longshanks said:

(ooooooo, I'm gonna catch crap for that one! )

Oh, Harry, don't think cause you made it size one, no one's gonna see it.

I could post pictures of NASCAR fans too, you know.