Grammar Police

Thriceshy
Thriceshy Posts: 708 Member
edited September 29 in Chit-Chat
The number one rule when attacking others for their grammar? Make sure yours is impeccable. Otherwise? Keep it to yourself, because when your punctuation is lazy (or near-non-existent) and you seem confused by the whole "your" versus "you're" thing, you come across looking ten kinds of stupid when you insult others for their writing.

Also, turning to grammar policing in the middle of a disagreement does not mean you "win." In fact, it tends to communicate a lack of ammunition in any dispute. If you're going to argue, argue the point. Arguing the grammar just lets us all know that arguing the point is beyond you.

Just something that's been on my mind this morning.

Kris
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  • emmaNEEDSskinny
    emmaNEEDSskinny Posts: 317
    i hate when people correct!
  • kaaatielove
    kaaatielove Posts: 248 Member
    The number one rule when attacking others for their grammar? Make sure yours is impeccable. Otherwise? Keep it to yourself, because when your punctuation is lazy (or near-non-existent) and you seem confused by the whole "your" versus "you're" thing, you come across looking ten kinds of stupid when you insult others for their writing.

    Also, turning to grammar policing in the middle of a disagreement does not mean you "win." In fact, it tends to communicate a lack of ammunition in any dispute. If you're going to argue, argue the point. Arguing the grammar just lets us all know that arguing the point is beyond you.

    Just something that's been on my mind this morning.

    Kris


    +1!! thank you, im not the only one thinking it.. I crack up when people correct others and their grammar is absolutely horrible!!
  • countrymom1
    countrymom1 Posts: 125 Member
    Haha! Well-said. I must confess, though, I have a shirt that reads, "I before e, except after c? Weird."
  • Dencrossgirl
    Dencrossgirl Posts: 501 Member
    I find bad grammar annoying I admit, but I really hate it when someone is expressing a problem they are having and someone feels the need to correct their grammar. Time and place ladies.
  • LaPistolaSexola
    LaPistolaSexola Posts: 243 Member
    :yawn:
    you must be in a different time zone, as it's way to early for this shiz here.
  • DKing33
    DKing33 Posts: 78 Member
    Well said, we are here to support each other in our healthy lifestyle changes not to be in English class!
  • jenwall1973
    jenwall1973 Posts: 7
    Love it! Well said!!!!
  • staceyseeger
    staceyseeger Posts: 778 Member
    Thanks! I agree!
  • SoldierDad
    SoldierDad Posts: 1,602
    I can't spell, have bad grammer and I am not super bright... But I know how to love peopel and that is enough for me. :flowerforyou:
  • lemonychick
    lemonychick Posts: 81 Member
    I can't spell, have bad grammer and I am not super bright... But I know how to love peopel and that is enough for me. :flowerforyou:


    ^ Love this post!

    Completely agree with OP too!
  • nikkidziggy9
    nikkidziggy9 Posts: 13
    I agree with you Soldierdad..
  • Avalonis
    Avalonis Posts: 1,540 Member
    I can't spell, have bad grammer and I am not super bright... But I know how to love peopel and that is enough for me. :flowerforyou:

    Grammar Nazi says "You spelled "people" wrong."

    Yes, this is funny to me.:laugh:
  • KnottyJen
    KnottyJen Posts: 1,070 Member
    Hrrrrmmmm....I'm a bit of a grammar snob. Although, most of the time, I keep it to myself. But I do cringe every time I see loose instead of lose.

    Just sayin.....:smile:
  • jeffrodgers1
    jeffrodgers1 Posts: 991 Member
    Why can't y'all leave me allown? Huk'd on fo'nics werk'd fer me. :laugh:

    Seriously though... I totally agree! There are much better things for us to do than criticize. Additionally, this is an international community. When cultural differences exist, it is far more important to understand the content, than criticize the delivery.

    Have a Great Day!
  • brattyworm
    brattyworm Posts: 2,137 Member
    :yawn:
    you must be in a different time zone, as it's way to early for this shiz here.

    i'm with this..
  • tammykoon
    tammykoon Posts: 298 Member
    YES! YES! YES! YES! :bigsmile:

    I was so angry the other day. I saw a post where this lady poured out her story. She was struggling and needed encouragement. The "Grammar Police" attacked her over punctuation! By the end of the thread she was planning on walking away from MFP. :mad:

    A few days ago I was responding to a post about homeschooling and BAM- Grammar Police! Same girl starts in again. :explode:

    What do they think they are accomplishing? We are here to get healthy not be "schooled" about our use of commas!!!!!!!

    Thanks for giving me a place to vent this.
  • binary_jester
    binary_jester Posts: 3,311 Member
    The little "G" in my signature is a Grammar Nazi symbol I thought was amusing. Unfortunately I find myself caring less and less.
  • jayb123x
    jayb123x Posts: 138
    Your wright, I no that can be annoying :wink:
  • Avalonis
    Avalonis Posts: 1,540 Member
    YES! YES! YES! YES! :bigsmile:

    I was so angry the other day. I saw a post where this lady poured out her story. She was struggling and needed encouragement. The "Grammar Police" attacked her over punctuation! By the end of the thread she was planning on walking away from MFP. :mad:

    A few days ago I was responding to a post about homeschooling and BAM- Grammar Police! Same girl starts in again. :explode:

    What do they think they are accomplishing? We are here to get healthy not be "schooled" about our use of commas!!!!!!!

    Thanks for giving me a place to vent this.

    I do sometimes get people about grammar, I'll admit. Nothing more irritating than someone showing how dumb they are by typing like a tween girl on a cell phone. Usually its when they use words that don't mean what they think they mean, or shorten EVERYTHING they type.

    However, I try to also respond and provide some good input at the same time, rather than just criticize.
  • Avalonis
    Avalonis Posts: 1,540 Member
    Your wright, I no that can be annoying :wink:

    *eye twitch*
  • LaPistolaSexola
    LaPistolaSexola Posts: 243 Member
    The little "G" in my signature is a Grammar Nazi symbol I thought was amusing. Unfortunately I find myself caring less and less.
    i thought i was your little G :grumble:
  • kimmerroze
    kimmerroze Posts: 1,330 Member
    It irritates the piss out of me when people correct others grammar. They really need to get a life. Honestly!
  • Heather75
    Heather75 Posts: 3,386 Member
    I don't disagree with what you are saying, but it baffles me that people don't understand contractions. I mean, they teach that in grade 2...

    Like binary_jester, I care less and less about spelling and grammar on this site. I have been broken.
  • Thriceshy
    Thriceshy Posts: 708 Member
    YES! YES! YES! YES! :bigsmile:

    I was so angry the other day. I saw a post where this lady poured out her story. She was struggling and needed encouragement. The "Grammar Police" attacked her over punctuation! By the end of the thread she was planning on walking away from MFP. :mad:

    A few days ago I was responding to a post about homeschooling and BAM- Grammar Police! Same girl starts in again. :explode:

    What do they think they are accomplishing? We are here to get healthy not be "schooled" about our use of commas!!!!!!!

    Thanks for giving me a place to vent this.

    I do sometimes get people about grammar, I'll admit. Nothing more irritating than someone showing how dumb they are by typing like a tween girl on a cell phone. Usually its when they use words that don't mean what they think they mean, or shorten EVERYTHING they type.

    However, I try to also respond and provide some good input at the same time, rather than just criticize.

    Might want to proof this :wink:

    Kris
  • Temporalia
    Temporalia Posts: 1,151 Member
    I haven't been a victim of the grammar police yet, i'm surprised but sometimes those who do that might want to consider that not all of MFP users have english as their first language.
  • Thriceshy
    Thriceshy Posts: 708 Member
    YES! YES! YES! YES! :bigsmile:

    I was so angry the other day. I saw a post where this lady poured out her story. She was struggling and needed encouragement. The "Grammar Police" attacked her over punctuation! By the end of the thread she was planning on walking away from MFP. :mad:

    A few days ago I was responding to a post about homeschooling and BAM- Grammar Police! Same girl starts in again. :explode:

    What do they think they are accomplishing? We are here to get healthy not be "schooled" about our use of commas!!!!!!!

    Thanks for giving me a place to vent this.


    That's exactly it. I guess it all comes down to why we're here. Some folks may be here to show the rest just how stinkin' smart they are. If that's their goal, then playing grammar police is a given. However, if we're here to be helpful, playing the intellectual snob isn't the way to do it. If we understand the point being made, better we offer helpful advice rather than hold someone up to public ridicule because they're not as smart (or not as good at expressing their smarts) as we are.

    For the record, I am spectacularly anal about my grammar. Sure, I make mistakes, but I am a writer by profession. As a result, I notice most mistakes. However, I'm not here to edit, proofread, or otherwise correct other people's writing. I'm here to be helped and, hopefully, be of some help to others. Hard to do when going through each post with a red pencil.

    Kris
  • mikeyml
    mikeyml Posts: 568 Member
    For the most part, I never comment on someone's grammar, punctuation or spelling. As long as I can read what they've typed and understand it, then I try to stay on topic. That's not to say that egregious mistakes don't bother me, because they do. Typically I find myself editing someone's post in my head on a line-by-line basis. I correct the contractions, spelling, punctuation, sentence construction, etc in my head so that it makes sense to me; but, I never tell anyone that I do that. It's just something I do on my own because English comes very easily to me.

    The only time I have a problem is when I see a wall of text and absolutely zero periods or capitalized letters in it. If I have to sit here and figure out where one sentence ends and another begins, then you're wasting my time. No, this isn't English class, but at least have some courtesy for the people that have to read what you're trying to say.
  • tammykoon
    tammykoon Posts: 298 Member
    YES! YES! YES! YES! :bigsmile:

    I was so angry the other day. I saw a post where this lady poured out her story. She was struggling and needed encouragement. The "Grammar Police" attacked her over punctuation! By the end of the thread she was planning on walking away from MFP. :mad:

    A few days ago I was responding to a post about homeschooling and BAM- Grammar Police! Same girl starts in again. :explode:

    What do they think they are accomplishing? We are here to get healthy not be "schooled" about our use of commas!!!!!!!

    Thanks for giving me a place to vent this.

    I do sometimes get people about grammar, I'll admit. Nothing more irritating than someone showing how dumb they are by typing like a tween girl on a cell phone. Usually its when they use words that don't mean what they think they mean, or shorten EVERYTHING they type.

    However, I try to also respond and provide some good input at the same time, rather than just criticize.

    Might want to proof this :wink:

    Kris

    Nope. Lol

    I know I am not perfect. It doesn't bother me to make mistakes or when other people (pleople, ploplpe, etc lol) make them.

    I laugh and chuckle like the rest of you. My point was if someone is pouring out there heart and all a person can come up with is "you need to use commas", they arn't being very respectful.

    Another thing to consider is disablities. I am a dyslexic typer. I check my post over, and over just to make sure the words arn't backwords. I also have vision problems and there are times I am viewing the screen at over 250% larger just to focus.

    I love a good joke. But there is a time and a place for them. (Like the poop post that was up yesterday- the typos on there were epic!) But to ignore someones pain to point out their punctuation, give me a break! (or should I say brake? - LOL)
  • skinnywithin
    skinnywithin Posts: 1,392 Member
    I can't spell, have bad grammer and I am not super bright... But I know how to love peopel and that is enough for me. :flowerforyou:


    I think I just fell in love !!!!!!!! LOL you are awesome
  • Hottness4Lyfe
    Hottness4Lyfe Posts: 321 Member
    I live with the grammer police....(my 19 year old)... When she polices me I usually send her a text saying..."Phuck You....now correct that spelling"....:explode:
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