reely bad spelling

Dave_C_2

mttylad wrote: »

...lol ... lol ... lol ... lol ...lol ... lol, lol, roflmao ...roflmao...

It's really annoying when people use LOL and ROFLMAO too much, especially in lower case. Even worse when used as punctuation.

In the original netspeak:
LOL = Laugh Out Loud
ROFLMAO = Roll on the Floor Laughing My !!! Off

I doubt very much that the original poster laughed out loud 7 times and rolled on the floor twice when typing that post.

Why not use the built-in forum smileys?

Dave

Gingernutty

Willow92

People who can't spell or correctly use grammar should probably read this.

Labmanager

Willow92 wrote: »

People who can't spell or correctly use grammar should probably read this.

I'd happily buy that for arcon5 if he promised to read it and act on it! Still shaking my head at his 'solemates' spelling! Needy girl indeed? She's had a lucky escape!

Plan_for_Chaos

I agree that correct spelling and grammar is essential in written discourse, however there is a lot of smugness in this thread. Has anyone heard of the greengrocer's apostrophe? It's 'toos' not 'too's', it's 'tos' not 'to's' and it's 'typos' not 'typo's'. I know it looks wrong and it jars, but it's correct. I get so aggravated by this, it is especially common in numbers e.g. 20's, 30's etc. It's 20s and 30s.

biscit

I think when we give people who make mistakes a break, we should do so in such a way that we don't devalue the skill that they have failed at.

Saying that grammar and good spelling don't matter is surely a slap in the face to people who do spell well as one of their positive qualities is being dismissed at a stroke. It's almost like saying "Hey people who can write well- guess what- no-one cares!" While we shouldn't belittle people who lack skills, we should continue to give due respect to those that have them.

Azari

Plan_for_Chaos wrote: »

I agree that correct spelling and grammar is essential in written discourse, however there is a lot of smugness in this thread. Has anyone heard of the greengrocer's apostrophe? It's 'toos' not 'too's', it's 'tos' not 'to's' and it's 'typos' not 'typo's'. I know it looks wrong and it jars, but it's correct. I get so aggravated by this, it is especially common in numbers e.g. 20's, 30's etc. It's 20s and 30s.

Typo's = "Typographic Errors".

The apostrophe stands in place of the letters removed when the abbreviation is made.

Azari

biscit wrote: »

I think when we give people who make mistakes a break, we should do so in such a way that we don't devalue the skill that they have failed at.

Saying that grammar and good spelling don't matter is surely a slap in the face to people who do spell well as one of their positive qualities is being dismissed at a stroke. It's almost like saying "Hey people who can write well- guess what- no-one cares!" While we shouldn't belittle people who lack skills, we should continue to give due respect to those that have them.

I think there is more to it than that.

Despite the screaming and shouting of the 'Illiterate and proud of it' brigade, there are a lot of people with imperfect English language and punctuation skills (including myself) who actually appreciate having their mistakes pointed out.

They know that making errors when writing can be disadvantageous, particularly if they are looking for a job or for promotion.

After all, very few people have ever been rejected or passed over for not making mistakes in their English.

Plan_for_Chaos

Azari wrote: »

Typo's = "Typographic Errors".

The apostrophe stands in place of the letters removed when the abbreviation is made.

Fair point, though that isn't a hard and fast rule, it's completely at the writer's discretion, in this instance I find the apostrophe unnecessary. Typos is in common usage, the apostrophe doesn't aid my understanding of the word however I accept it might for others.

Azari

Plan_for_Chaos wrote: »

Fair point, though that isn't a hard and fast rule, it's completely at the writer's discretion, in this instance I find the apostrophe unnecessary. Typos is in common usage, the apostrophe doesn't aid my understanding of the word however I accept it might for others.

I tend to agree.

For words like 'typos' and 'photos' it's discretionary. For words such as 'hes' (he is) and 'theres' (there is ) it's mandatory (as far as any rule can be considered mandatory when there is no controlling authority).