Once I corrected somebody in DS, what I had in mind then was making it easier to read for the easily confused. Well I was reading a blog by Peter Payne the owner of jlist.com, he used to be a english teacher in japan. He wrote a ton of quotes and letters in his blog from his past students, well I saw one of the quotes written in the same fashion as the post I corrected.
Now I feel like a insensitive grammar nazi, because what if that person was somebody that doesn't know english very well and still is in the learning stages. I could of offended the person.
Once I corrected somebody in DS, what I had in mind then was making it easier to read for the easily confused. Well I was reading a blog by Peter Payne the owner of jlist.com, he used to be a english teacher in japan. He wrote a ton of quotes and letters in his blog from his past students, well I saw one of the quotes written in the same fashion as the post I corrected.
Now I feel like a insensitive grammar nazi, because what if that person was somebody that doesn't know english very well and still is in the learning stages. I could of offended the person.
Has this happened to anybody else before.
If you're as big a Grammar Nazi as you claim, shouldn't you have ended your post on a question mark, what with it being a question and all?
I have had this before, but it just annoys me when people do it wrong. It seriouslt has gone downhill, at least here in Holland it has. Many people of the age of thirty or younger write things that make you think: "Did you actually proofread that stuff for yourself?
It;s not just grammar or spelling that annoys me. What I find truly, earth-shatteringly annoying is sentences that are long and confusing even though they may be correct in both grammar and spelling.
Once I corrected somebody in DS, what I had in mind then was making it easier to read for the easily confused. Well I was reading a blog by Peter Payne the owner of jlist.com, he used to be a english teacher in japan. He wrote a ton of quotes and letters in his blog from his past students, well I saw one of the quotes written in the same fashion as the post I corrected.
Now I feel like a insensitive grammar nazi, because what if that person was somebody that doesn't know english very well and still is in the learning stages. I could of offended the person.
Has this happened to anybody else before.
If you're as big a Grammar Nazi as you claim, shouldn't you have ended your post on a question mark, what with it being a question and all?
I said, I felt like one, which doesn't mean I am one and I'm half asleep, I typo sometimes when I'm half asleep.
It's like, I just love a cowboy
You know
I'm just like, I just, I know, it's bad
But I'm just like
Can I just like, hang off the back of your horse
And can you go a little faster?!
@warioswoods after the "wot r u doin rit now" thread, I seriously wanted to revive it. As for the topic at hand, I don't consider you a grammar Nazi, because your posts haven't exactly been grammar-Nazi-ish. What I mean by that is, if you hated it when people had bad grammar, you would be a hypocrite.
I've always believe language was to communicate. If you can understand what the other person has said, then language has succeded. It may not have been flawless, but it did what you needed. I think I'm in the minority, though...
As such, no, I have never felt like a grammar nazi. If somebody learning the language wants me to help correct them, I will. Otherwise, I go with the flow.
Lieutenant Commander of the Lesbian Love Brigade
There can only be one, like in that foreign movie where there could only be one, and in the end there is only one dude left, because that was the point.
I've always believe language was to communicate. If you can understand what the other person has said, then language has succeded. It may not have been flawless, but it did what you needed. I think I'm in the minority, though...
As such, no, I have never felt like a grammar nazi. If somebody learning the language wants me to help correct them, I will. Otherwise, I go with the flow.
I've always believeD language was to communicate. If you can understand what the other person has said, then language has succeEded. It may not have been flawless, but it did what you needed. I think I'm in the minority, though...
As such, no, I have never felt like a grammar nazi. If somebody learning the language wants me to help correct them, I will. Otherwise, I go with the flow.
You're under arrest for improper grammar and spelling
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You're under arrest for improper grammar and spelling
Good for me.
I honestly stopped caring about being flawless after I ended my stint as an English major.
Lieutenant Commander of the Lesbian Love Brigade
There can only be one, like in that foreign movie where there could only be one, and in the end there is only one dude left, because that was the point.
You'll start caring when you have to sit in five English classes for your punishment >:3
You understand English is my best subject, right? When I want it to be, everything is perfect. When I don't care...
It honestly can't be any worse than anything I'm doing right now. Take me away~
Lieutenant Commander of the Lesbian Love Brigade
There can only be one, like in that foreign movie where there could only be one, and in the end there is only one dude left, because that was the point.
I honestly stopped caring about being flawless after I ended my stint as an English major.
I got my undergrad degree in English (Lit. and Language), so it comes reflexively for me. And being a lawyer now, correct grammar, word usage and word choice can mean the difference bewteen winning or losing a case. Ironically, i was less "grammar-nazi-ish" during my time where i was trying to be a (fiction) writer.
(If anyone cares, I was somehow unable to convince my landlord and others that my lack of income was a good thing and eventually sold my soul to the New York State Bar. =P)
That being said, i have always steadfastly believed that an English degree gives all holders the official power to create words, conjugations and grammatical rules at will. =)
I've always believe language was to communicate. If you can understand what the other person has said, then language has succeded.
Communication is more than the raw meaning of words though - communication is also the meaning behind the words.
Grammar and spelling creates meaning behind words. Poor grammar and spelling means one of three things - the person is not a native speaker (forgivable), the person has poor literacy skills (which makes it difficult to give any argument they're making credibility), or the person is simply too lazy or arrogant to even try (which is poor manners).
If a decent grasp of your native language isn't reflexive - if you have to think to get these basic communication rules right - then your language skills are sub-par. No one cares if you make some honest mistakes in a casual Internet forum post, but a blatant disregard for language is pretty rude.
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