I do not want to see another post about someone's grammar!

Seriously though, when my mother posts on my Facebook page saying, "omg i had no idea u wer in a flud," it really embarrasses me. In this day and age, the internet is so fully ingrained into our lives that it is still a representation of who you are. You shouldn't spell like a 14 year old girl who just got her first cell phone.

But, aren't we all here to educate ourselves and become better people? Maybe the central theme is weight loss, but that entails learning about nutrition and physiology (scientific literacy anyone?) and is embedded within the pursuit of better health, happiness, and respect. The ability to express oneself as a literate adult fits into these goals. I try not to judge people who lack this ability, since I have no way of knowing why they struggle with writing - but to me, the meaning of 'support' is willingness to help people improve themselves as people.

I did not join MFP to be complacent and demand that others respect and support me for the attributes that I had when I started - I'm here to make myself a better person, and see 'support' as anything that aids this process.

This X 2.

In pursuing my degree, in classes filled with people from ages 20 through 50+, we were required to work in teams and a good portion of our grade relied on a good team effort. Many of our assignments were research-based thesis writing. In my team was a young man, in his 30s I believe, whose first submission to our team paper needed reworking. I was the team editor that week, so I submitted my suggestions for his section.

To his credit, he called me directly and told me his concerns. He gained my respect that way. I assured him that his concepts were stellar, but they were hidden by the way he presented them. He accepted my suggestions, reworked the submission, and did a great job. Over the next twenty weeks, no matter who was editor, we all remained very plain-spoken with one another and pushed each other to do our best.

When we graduated, that young man came to me and hugged me in thanks. He said in all the time he spent in high school, nobody had bothered to correct him. He literally had no idea he had been making all these errors all these years. In the business world, he would not have the success he wanted if he couldn't write well, and he recognized that. His feeling was that nobody in his school life or his personal interactions felt he was worth correcting so he could learn.

So when I correct somebody, which I do sometimes but never with a rude or condescending tone, please understand that I am showing you that I believe you are worth correcting - not that I feel you are deficient in any way.

I think I was more proud of that young man than I was of the degree I earned. :flowerforyou:

Lose, loose, loss.

That is all all.

I am at a loss as to why people complain that their clothes are too loose after they lose weight.

Did I pass?

Baha YES!

I am quiet distressed that we as a society are far too tolerant of the inability of people to articulate themselves in the most BASIC fashion. why is it wrong to expect adults to be able to spell correctly and use good grammar?

being able to spell and use grammar correctly does not require a college education nor a phD.

for goodness sake, even the most basic computers have a grammar and spell checker built in. Perhaps the deeper truth is the worrying combination of both laziness and a lack basic literacy skills.

I find it hilarious that you're complaining about poor grammar while using poor grammar.

I am quiet distressed that we as a society are far too tolerant of the inability of people to articulate themselves in the most BASIC fashion. why is it wrong to expect adults to be able to spell correctly and use good grammar?

being able to spell and use grammar correctly does not require a college education nor a phD.

for goodness sake, even the most basic computers have a grammar and spell checker built in. Perhaps the deeper truth is the worrying combination of both laziness and a lack basic literacy skills.

I find it hilarious that you're complaining about poor grammar while using poor grammar.

Bully! Pot, kettle, pot!


I kid.

I am quiet distressed that we as a society are far too tolerant of the inability of people to articulate themselves in the most BASIC fashion. why is it wrong to expect adults to be able to spell correctly and use good grammar?

being able to spell and use grammar correctly does not require a college education nor a phD.

for goodness sake, even the most basic computers have a grammar and spell checker built in. Perhaps the deeper truth is the worrying combination of both laziness and a lack basic literacy skills.

I find it hilarious that you're complaining about poor grammar while using poor grammar.

Would you care to point out the grammar issues? I see colloquialisms appropriate to the context, a common typo, and obviously a lack of capitalisation, which I presume is a consequence of using a touchscreen. I'm not sure I see startling grammar problems? Perhaps though your standards of internet writing are higher than my own.

I am quiet distressed that we as a society are far too tolerant of the inability of people to articulate themselves in the most BASIC fashion. why is it wrong to expect adults to be able to spell correctly and use good grammar?

being able to spell and use grammar correctly does not require a college education nor a phD.

for goodness sake, even the most basic computers have a grammar and spell checker built in. Perhaps the deeper truth is the worrying combination of both laziness and a lack basic literacy skills.

I find it hilarious that you're complaining about poor grammar while using poor grammar.

Bully! Pot, kettle, pot!


I kid.

Grammar police = bully. Try to be kind.

There are bullies on both sides of the fence.

Stupid /= "writing style"

This is a website. We communicate through text. It is common sense and a courtesy to try your best to make yourself understood. I rarely see people attack simple bad grammar (otherwise my sentences could be RIPPED APART), people only attack people who write text speak or full on ebonics or things like that.

If you can't manage to spell out simple words (or use spell check) or form a sentence that people can understand, find another means of support. If you have some kind of disability and can't write, find another means of support. If you are too lazy to writte out a full word, find another means of support.

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