grammatical and typing errors in topics..., Your position please Options

[malpaso]

My English is nothing special... I know that. So... just wondering what you folks usually do when you see:

1. just wrong letter (never, newer, nover... etc.)
2. letters fine, or just bad tense (I have been working since 7am, I am working since 7am, etc. )
3. total nonsence (reversing light, backing-up light, recede light, etc.)

So what you will do?

[mzztoyota]

As an English major I feel the need to comment

The point of a language is to express yourself or make yourself understood, therefore, as long as others can understand you, then you are successfully communicating!

This doesn't mean that utterly horrible grammar doesn't annoy me sometimes. I know I miss keys or hit extra ones all the time. Hell, I misspell crap in almost every post, I think. I can deal with minor stuff, and members whose native tongues aren't English I easily forgive, but sometimes really poor grammar just makes you look idiotic. I try to imagine a person actually speaking when I read posts, and if a post can't be read out loud at least fairly smoothly, then I wind up picturing the poster as a babbling toddler with a stuttering problem as he throws a temper tantrum...

[malpaso]

As an English major I feel the need to comment

The point of a language is to express yourself or make yourself understood, therefore, as long as others can understand you, then you are successfully communicating!

This doesn't mean that utterly horrible grammar doesn't annoy me sometimes. I know I miss keys or hit extra ones all the time. Hell, I misspell crap in almost every post, I think. I can deal with minor stuff, and members whose native tongues aren't English I easily forgive, but sometimes really poor grammar just makes you look idiotic. I try to imagine a person actually speaking when I read posts, and if a post can't be read out loud at least fairly smoothly, then I wind up picturing the poster as a babbling toddler with a stuttering problem as he throws a temper tantrum...

I had to look in dictionary for (almost) every word from that last sentence . There are so many words to learn every day Keep it up

This post has been edited by malpaso: Jul 21, 2006 - 5:52 AM