Freakin Grammar Police

Sugarplumfairy_2

But should you have to know if they are dyslexic before criticising ?

Yes some can be hard to follow but again, do you know whether they can't be bothered or just can't ?

My daughter was belittled on a shop floor by her manager on a busy saturday afternoon, asked if she was 'thick or stupid' because she couldn't answer quick enough the question she was asked. (She needs time to put into words what she is thinking) Humiliated she walked out the job, never returned. Unfortunately it had taken her over 6 months to gain the confidence to look for another job.

So my point is that if no one points out that they have problems with grammar, spelling or clearly expressing themselves then we just shouldn't just assume it is laziness.

IMO

SPF

Sugarplumfairy_2

nomoneytoday wrote: »

There's a difference between the odd typographical error, dyslexia and lazy idiots using inappropriate txt spk IMHO

No text speak is just laziness !!!

I detest it

SPF

Azari

Oliver14 wrote: »

You do that in an English exam and i'm afraid you'll fail.

Funny. I had no trouble passing mine.

(In other words, you are talking rubbish.)

Examiners aren't stupid. They know the difference between fragmented sentences and a valid use.

Azari

WFarmer wrote: »

Well if we're being pedantic, you've put an apostrophe in "Haven't". If you're going to reproduce quotes, then you should reproduce them as they were written. In this case that should be "Havent".

WRONG!

I wasn't quoting the OP.

I was simply correctly punctuating what I wrote.

paulofessex

It aslo aonnys me taht poelpe citrsice the way poelpe tpye.

fluffnutter

maninthestreet wrote: »

Sentences cannot start with AND.

Of course they can. This is nonsense. A bit like complaining about split infinitives (which was just some bizarre obsession with Latin on the part of one Victorian guy).

Just because something's technically a conjunction doesn't mean you can't begin a sentence with it. Stylistically 'And' (and 'But') at the start of a sentence are very useful.

pendulum

Have you noticed how often the person who is attempting to correct the spelling and grammar of another poster makes a mistake himself?

I'm not against bad spelling and grammar being pointed out to the poster where it looks like he/she has just been very lazy, which has resulted in the post being very hard to read. I think people who point out just the one spelling error in an otherwise good post are a little on the sad side.

Esqui

You should put an apostrophe after "freakin" in the title

Sugarplumfairy_2

Esqui wrote: »

You should put an apostrophe after "freakin" in the title

Actually should have replaced the r e a with u c k

jc808

nomoneytoday wrote: »

There's a difference between the odd typographical error, dyslexia and lazy idiots using inappropriate txt spk IMHO

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