Do things like spelling and grammar....

olDave

...really matter in forums like this?

TylerJ76

depends on if you want to appear intelligent or not...

diodelcibo

For a certain group of people it makes them twitch.

sunsnstatheart

depends on if you want to appear intelligent or not...

^ This. Just be careful, because correcting grammar is against the rules, just like correcting false beliefs is bullying.

Scott2ndGradeTeacher

Their a lot of people hear looking 4 a raisin 2 correct you’re grammer an spelling.

wolverine66

communication is made up of senders and receivers. The responsibility of the sender is to send the information out with the fewest barriers. Incorrect spelling and improper grammar are barriers. If you are sending to one person, who you know and knows you to the point where a barrier like spelling or grammar would not be an issue, then spelling and grammar do not matter. The more people the sender wants to reach with his/her message, the more proper and within the general rules of sentence structure, spelling, and grammar they should make the message. While it is indeterminable to whom the spelling and grammar effect, you will not find someone who cannot understand the message because it IS spelled properly, and structured correctly.

So, really, whether or not it "matters" is dependent upon with whom the sender wishes to communicate, and if they want to exclude people from receiving said communication.

Is that the kind of answer you were wanting?

UsedToBeHusky

Kinda... but not really. :ohwell:

You want people to understand what you are writing. But a few spelling and grammar mistakes aren't the end of the world. Of course, we often forget that not everyone who uses this site speaks English as their primary language. I try not to let it bother me too much. But I do have grammatical pet peeves that send me into a tizzy.


Actually, I am taking my MBA courses online, and you would be amazed how badly grad students **** it up. I think that annoys me more than seeing spelling and grammar mistakes here.

jacksonpt

Only if it gets to the point where it's hard to understand the post. In that regard, I think punctuation is far more important than spelling.

olDave

Kinda... but not really. :ohwell:

You want people to understand what you are writing. But a few spelling and grammar mistakes aren't the end of the world. Of course, we often forget that not everyone who uses this site speaks English as their primary language. I try not to let it bother me too much. But I do have grammatical pet peeves that send me into a tizzy.


Actually, I am taking my MBA courses online, and you would be amazed how badly grad students **** it up. I think that annoys me more than seeing spelling and grammar mistakes here.

I agree....there are situations where proper spelling and grammar are important but not in forums like this. It may just be me but I see a dumbing down of our society overall when it comes to spelling and grammar when compared to twenty or thirty years ago.

Scott2ndGradeTeacher

Only if it gets to the point where it's hard to understand the post. In that regard, I think punctuation is far more important than spelling.

"Let's eat grandma!"

"Let's eat, grandma!"

Cadori

I think so. A typo is one thing, but if a person is repeatedly making errors in spelling and grammar it can get frustrating to read. This is a written word medium that we're using, we should do our best to use it correctly.

cmriverside

Were there even online forums twenty years ago?

Regardless, before spell-check and computerized word processors, it would have taken us two or three hours to complete a typed document and then to retype it to fix those errors. I think we made more of an effort to be grammatically correct when it meant having to redo the entire document. Now I can make all kinds of mistakes and have a lot of them corrected before I even realize I've done it.

Word processors changed the way we do business for the better. Productivity is far higher.

Now that we have text speak, people want to use as few characters as possible to keep the message short but still understandable.





Oh, and "Get off my lawn."

csuhar

I would generally say "yes". But there is a level of forgiveness to be given, too, especially due to the speed at which these discussion boards move. Normally, I say that if you have the time to compose a message, take it and try to have a good product. Here, however, you almost have to treat it as though you were texting, lest ten more posts show up between when you choose to reply and actually post it.

Cadori

Oh, and "Get off my lawn."

:laugh:

i lik u. wnt 2 hng out?

Cindy873

communication is made up of senders and receivers. The responsibility of the sender is to send the information out with the fewest barriers. Incorrect spelling and improper grammar are barriers. If you are sending to one person, who you know and knows you to the point where a barrier like spelling or grammar would not be an issue, then spelling and grammar do not matter. The more people the sender wants to reach with his/her message, the more proper and within the general rules of sentence structure, spelling, and grammar they should make the message. While it is indeterminable to whom the spelling and grammar effect, you will not find someone who cannot understand the message because it IS spelled properly, and structured correctly.

So, really, whether or not it "matters" is dependent upon with whom the sender wishes to communicate, and if they want to exclude people from receiving said communication.

Is that the kind of answer you were wanting?

I think I love you. I'm even willing to overlook the lowercase "c" at the beginning of the first paragraph. :flowerforyou:

CharityGC

I'm a fan of proper grammar and spelling everywhere.

witchy_wife

Let's eat Grandma.

Let's eat, Grandma.

Sometimes punctuation is important lol.

But mostly I don't freak out about spelling or grammar. It can be a bit annoying when it makes it hard to read what people write, but I'm not perfect with it either so would never go around trying to correct anyone.

xiamjackie

Only if it gets to the point where it's hard to understand the post. In that regard, I think punctuation is far more important than spelling.

"Let's eat grandma!"

"Let's eat, grandma!"

I used these examples when teaching grammar to my 7th graders!

taso42

There does seem to be a correlation between poor spelling / poor grammar / use of all-caps, and Really Dumb Posts. Just an observation.

wolverine66

communication is made up of senders and receivers. The responsibility of the sender is to send the information out with the fewest barriers. Incorrect spelling and improper grammar are barriers. If you are sending to one person, who you know and knows you to the point where a barrier like spelling or grammar would not be an issue, then spelling and grammar do not matter. The more people the sender wants to reach with his/her message, the more proper and within the general rules of sentence structure, spelling, and grammar they should make the message. While it is indeterminable to whom the spelling and grammar effect, you will not find someone who cannot understand the message because it IS spelled properly, and structured correctly.

So, really, whether or not it "matters" is dependent upon with whom the sender wishes to communicate, and if they want to exclude people from receiving said communication.

Is that the kind of answer you were wanting?

I think I love you. I'm even willing to overlook the lowercase "c" at the beginning of the first paragraph. :flowerforyou:

Thank you for the reprieve. :drinker:

Oishii

I think I've stopped caring about grammar and spelling because the lack of reading comprehension skills seems a far bigger issue to me. It makes me wonder where our education system is failing.