Gramer Nazis Unite!

TheMercenary · 02-04-2009, 03:35 PM

What do you all think?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28900351/

glatt · 02-04-2009, 03:41 PM

If you are putting a finished product out there, like a report or a sign or a menu, it should look professional and you should make the effort to make sure the grammar is correct and so is the spelling.

If you are posting in the Cellar, or shooting an e-mail to a cow orker, it doesn't matter at all.

When I send e-mails to teh entire firm, including all teh senior management, I proof them a few times and make sure there are no mistakes.

When I post to the Cellar, I usually don't. (I'm leaving those "teh"s up there.)

Shawnee123 · 02-04-2009, 03:49 PM

It sounds to hard...

er...what glatt said.

tw · 02-04-2009, 07:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

If you are posting in the Cellar, or shooting an e-mail to a cow orker, it doesn't matter at all.

If I don't have any cow orkers, then it still does not matter? Or do I have some and didn't read the directions?

Sheldonrs · 02-04-2009, 03:52 PM

Me tinks it be phuking stoopid to git awl bent outta shape aboot it.

:-)

My personal feeling is pay more attention to WHAT someone is saying rather than HOW they say it.

HungLikeJesus · 02-04-2009, 03:55 PM

Good title.

Even in the Cellar I try to eliminate syntactical, grammatical and morphological errors in my writing, but am not always successful.

I'll admit to being disturbed when I see 'to' when 'too' is intended. And I've lately begun to notice how frequently commas are mis-used.

TheMercenary · 02-04-2009, 04:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

Good title.

Even in the Cellar I try to eliminate syntactical, grammatical and morphological errors in my writing, but am not always successful.

I wish I had that skill. I effectively avoided most of the traditional english classes in HS. I only had it for one semester the first year. After that I took acting, competitive speech, and some other stuff that qualified. I paid for it on a regualar basis when on active duty, but that is what the wife was for, she helped me stay out of most trouble with my major reports and investigations.

Shawnee123 · 02-04-2009, 03:57 PM

You try to hard. (You know you do...winky nudgy)

glatt · 02-04-2009, 04:00 PM

Your ellipsis is used incorrectly there, Shawnee.

HungLikeJesus · 02-04-2009, 04:01 PM

And she forgot the period... and left out the work "make."

glatt · 02-04-2009, 04:03 PM

Are 'winky' and 'nudgy' even words?

kerosene · 02-04-2009, 04:24 PM

The "to" should have been "too."

Aliantha · 02-04-2009, 07:44 PM

It is concerning how little most of us care about our written word, but that should be hardly surprising when we consider how some of us articulate ourselves.

I wouldn't say I'm traditionalist in my views on grammar and the like, but I do think it's important to learn the rules before you start breaking them, hence my attitude towards my kids trying to txt spk 2 me.

Urbane Guerrilla · 02-08-2009, 09:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aliantha

It is concerning how little most of us care about our written word, but that should be hardly surprising when we consider how some of us articulate ourselves.

Wot Ali sed. It is concerning. I am not down with those who can't see the importance of good writing.

Commas are among the fuzziest of punctuation to use well. Too many think they're in there to breathe on and that's it.

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TheMercenary · 02-04-2009, 07:50 PM

Eh. I never thought, nor do I now think, that posting on a website or forum equates with the quality expected and required of an official bit of written work.

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Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	It sounds to hard... er...what glatt said. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	Me tinks it be phuking stoopid to git awl bent outta shape aboot it. :-) My personal feeling is pay more attention to WHAT someone is saying rather than HOW they say it. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

02-04-2009, 03:55 PM	#6
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Good title. Even in the Cellar I try to eliminate syntactical, grammatical and morphological errors in my writing, but am not always successful. I'll admit to being disturbed when I see 'to' when 'too' is intended. And I've lately begun to notice how frequently commas are mis-used. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

02-04-2009, 03:57 PM	#8
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	You try to hard. (You know you do...winky nudgy) __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

02-04-2009, 03:41 PM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	If you are putting a finished product out there, like a report or a sign or a menu, it should look professional and you should make the effort to make sure the grammar is correct and so is the spelling. If you are posting in the Cellar, or shooting an e-mail to a cow orker, it doesn't matter at all. When I send e-mails to teh entire firm, including all teh senior management, I proof them a few times and make sure there are no mistakes. When I post to the Cellar, I usually don't. (I'm leaving those "teh"s up there.)

02-04-2009, 04:00 PM	#9
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Your ellipsis is used incorrectly there, Shawnee.

02-04-2009, 04:01 PM	#10
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	And she forgot the period... and left out the work "make." __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

02-04-2009, 04:03 PM	#11
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Are 'winky' and 'nudgy' even words?

02-04-2009, 04:24 PM	#12
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	The "to" should have been "too."

02-04-2009, 07:44 PM	#13
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	It is concerning how little most of us care about our written word, but that should be hardly surprising when we consider how some of us articulate ourselves. I wouldn't say I'm traditionalist in my views on grammar and the like, but I do think it's important to learn the rules before you start breaking them, hence my attitude towards my kids trying to txt spk 2 me. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

02-04-2009, 07:50 PM	#15
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Eh. I never thought, nor do I now think, that posting on a website or forum equates with the quality expected and required of an official bit of written work. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

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