Forum Grammer & punctuation?

Post » Sat May 12, 2012 1:14 pm

Poor grammar really annoys me, so I have to try very hard not to be a member of the grammar police.

That being said, you are using an internet forum which means that we do not get to hear inflection in your voice or pick up visual cues from your body language. That means that the only data we can use to form an impression of you is what you typed and how you typed it.

When you use poor grammar, it gives us the impression that you are some combination of ignorant, uneducated, lazy and ambilvalent. Honestly now, would you want to deal with people who meet those definitions?
(Please note, I am not saying that everyone who uses poor grammar is one of those things, I am saying that, by using poor grammar, they give the first impression that they are one of those things and first impressions are very important in that most people tend to accept/reject you based on them. Since that is the case, it is always in your own best interest to use proper grammar).
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Josh Dagreat
 
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Post » Sat May 12, 2012 10:39 am

I avoided that meaning on purposes :stare:
:hehe:

I wouldn't be me if I did that..

Ha you're a wise donkey with long ears! :teehee:
Long ears?

When did that become an issue?

[feels ear lobes]

meh. Okay, I'll give you that one. :shrug:
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Post » Sat May 12, 2012 9:05 am

*cough* you're *cough*

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Post » Sat May 12, 2012 2:31 pm

Why do so many people care about punctuation and grammar for forum post?? These aren't essays... they are supposed to be free flowing conversations. But if you have a post that isn't pretty much edited by your college english professor people always troll the heck out of you. This coming from people that use twitter and text where its basicially pigeon english?? I just don't get it.

Grammar Nazi will hound you no matter where you go i'm afraid. Heck i've been knee deep in an FPS typed something up without proper punctuation and had a Grammar Nazi pop up out of no-where. Luckily everyone on the server turned against him even his own team so he got what he deserved there :P. I just don't take it too personally anymore as the grammar police are just people with sticks up their butts.
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Post » Sat May 12, 2012 4:06 pm

I try to have good grammer and punctuation. It helps people understand what I am trying to say. I don't care if people have bad spelling, grammer and punctuation, just as long as I can figure out what it is you are talking about.

What does bug me is when people don't break up their paragraphs and just write one big wall of text.
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Post » Sat May 12, 2012 11:48 am

I have no idea, I think that it's just a spelling difference between American and British English. :shrug:
That's my understanding. From my perspective, "spelled" looks a bit strange, whereas Americans say the same about "spelt".

Well, actually...

Spelt (Triticum spelta) is a hexaploid species of wheat. Spelt was an important staple in parts of Europe from the Bronze Age to medieval times; it now survives as a relict crop in Central Europe and northern Spain and has found a new market as a health food. Spelt is sometimes considered a subspecies of the closely related species common wheat (T. aestivum), in which case its botanical name is considered to be Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta.


I am officially a wise-ass. :hehe:
I had a spelt loaf a while back; it was actually very nice. I did think at the time it would probably be called "spelled" in the US. :laugh:
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Post » Sat May 12, 2012 10:29 am

...and b's & d's...and lower case els, cap eyes and with many san-serif fonts, the 1. These can be very similar, and often it takes a magnifying glass and many hours to properly sort out a font that careless redistributing has resulted in the "l's" the "I's and "1's" having been put in the wrong compartment.
Letterpress printing does not even require electricity. It can, but I have a couple of presses where I have romantically printed by candlelight. It is experiencing a resurgence, and the escape from that which is electronic is a major reason why it is pursued by a great many hobbyists and those who choose to attempt to make money at it (letterpress wedding invitations and the like).
It's a very tactile process, as are the results.

Very cool! My nine year old son loves using his antique typewriter to write short stories. The typewriter does not have a letter L. You use a 1 instead!

He enjoys using it and has come to appreciate writing as an art form after a lot of crumpled up papers. He spends more time considering how best to articulate his thoughts. Using it helps develop writing style and composition skills.
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Post » Sat May 12, 2012 9:03 am

I can read anything as long as periods of used. Mispelled words and all that don't matter to me.

But I will say my own grammar bugs me sometimes. I often have trouble knowing the difference between its and it's. So if you see me post something and I use both and only one of them is used properly, that's a case of me being confused with it >>.
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Post » Sat May 12, 2012 3:57 pm

That's my understanding. From my perspective, "spelled" looks a bit strange, whereas Americans say the same about "spelt".


I had a spelt loaf a while back; it was actually very nice. I did think at the time it would probably be called "spelled" in the US. :laugh:
Doubtful indignations aside, I'm guessing that it follows the same format as the past tense for spill, as in

"He spilled that on the floor."


In the UK it's written up as "spilt", isn't it?

Or has my size twelve [censored] kicker just landed in my piehole?

:shrug:
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Post » Sat May 12, 2012 11:01 am

But I will say my own grammar bugs me sometimes. I often have trouble knowing the difference between its and it's. So if you see me post something and I use both and only one of them is used properly, that's a case of me being confused with it >>.
It's is only used as a contraction, e.g. "it is". I think people get confused because possessive nouns use an apostrophe, but it's incorrect to use an apostrophe for the possessive form of its.
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Post » Sat May 12, 2012 9:01 am

Doubtful indignations aside, I'm guessing that it follows the same format as the past tense for spill, as in

"He spilled that on the floor."


In the UK it's written up as "spilt", isn't it?

Or has my size twelve [censored] kicker just landed in my piehole?

:shrug:

I think for both words it can go either way. At least to me it sounds right either way. "Spelled" might be more proper but "spelt" works just as well. It's definitely not something I'd flame someone over on a forum.

Speaking of "definitely", is there some joke I'm not in on where it's cool to spell it "defiantly"? I see people spell it this way all the time and it's really annoying. And no, they're not using "defiantly" in a context where "defiantly" would make sense. They're definitely meaning to use the word "definitely". Definitely!
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Post » Sat May 12, 2012 1:26 pm

Very cool! My nine year old son loves using his antique typewriter to write short stories. The typewriter does not have a letter L. You use a 1 instead!

He enjoys using it and has come to appreciate writing as an art form after a lot of crumpled up papers. He spends more time considering how best to articulate his thoughts. Using it helps develop writing style and composition skills.
That reminds me of my grandfather's typewriter, which 30 years ago was an interesting contrast to the early home computers that were quickly becoming ubiquitous. It was very mechanical in that I think it weighed more than I did, and needed quite a lot of effort to use; but it was good enough for him to churn out endless scripts for the BBC, and he said of modern electronic equivalents that he didn't care for them because "they run away with you".

Doubtful indignations aside, I'm guessing that it follows the same format as the past tense for spill, as in

"He spilled that on the floor."


In the UK it's written up as "spilt", isn't it?

Or has my size twelve [censored] kicker just landed in my piehole?

:shrug:
No, that is indeed the case: same with "burnt"/"burned" and various others that I suddenly can't think of.
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Post » Sat May 12, 2012 1:27 pm

Its a whole helluva lot easier to take your opinion seriously when you use proper grammar. Most people also don't like to read things like:

OMG wut the hel bethesda why no fiz bug?!
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Post » Sat May 12, 2012 4:37 am

I typically don't read posts that don't come across as intelligible. Punctuation mistakes don't bother me, but when I see a sentence that has more than 3 misspelled words, with no attempt at proper grammar, chances are I'm not going to finish reading it.

Even though posting in a forum is probably not that serious to most people, it would be wise to use the opportunity to improve your writing & typing skills. It takes little effort.
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Post » Sat May 12, 2012 1:35 am

Being that I, more or less, learned grammar strictly from coming on places like this, I appreciate the fact that most people feel that proper grammar, even on the internet, is the way to go.
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Post » Sat May 12, 2012 1:11 am

For me it's a pride thing. People take pride in their bodies by working out and eating right. People take pride in their work by being on time and productive. People take pride in their appearance by grooming themselves, dressing presentably, and having good hygiene. People should take pride in their language, both written and spoken, because there is no gain to be had from not taking pride in it.

It's not hard to form complete sentences and use proper punctuation, it's just not. You learn that stuff in 5th grade and it's something that should always be practiced in my opinion, no matter the venue or setting.
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Post » Sat May 12, 2012 3:41 pm

Grammar Nazi will hound you no matter where you go i'm afraid. Heck i've been knee deep in an FPS typed something up without proper punctuation and had a Grammar Nazi pop up out of no-where. Luckily everyone on the server turned against him even his own team so he got what he deserved there :P. I just don't take it too personally anymore as the grammar police are just people with sticks up their butts.

Grammar during games is a differently thing entirely...
Often you're strapped for time, rendering grammar relatively irrelevant. You will also likely only be writing out shirt lines, not paragraphs.
Grammar nazis during gaming should probably be done for war crimes...
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Post » Sat May 12, 2012 4:23 am

Because I want to be taken seriously and sound somewhat mature?

Everytime I see textspeak on the forums it tells me your lazy, you don't put any thought into what your typing, and it tells me to ignore whatever you wrote.

This guy is correct. :thumbsup:
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Post » Sat May 12, 2012 3:38 am

Speaking of "definitely", is there some joke I'm not in on where it's cool to spell it "defiantly"? I see people spell it this way all the time and it's really annoying. And no, they're not using "defiantly" in a context where "defiantly" would make sense. They're definitely meaning to use the word "definitely". Definitely!
I hate that one.
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Post » Sat May 12, 2012 9:22 am

OP, you liken a forum thread to 'free-flowing conversation'. A fair anology. But not all spoken conversations are equal. Some people are eloquent and some are not. Those that speak in such a way that their point is clear and holds my interest are, at least in the art of conversation, superior to those that make the same points badly.

It works the same way with any form of communication. It's not simply what you say it, but also how you say it. Quite frankly, if a person is too much of a lazy dullard to make a small amount of effort with their writing or speaking, then I hope they aren't offended when I ignore their statement entirely.
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Post » Sat May 12, 2012 8:08 am

Good grammar and spelling keep people from thinking you are stoopid... Typos are forgiven, but so many use text speech in places where it isn't necessary. Not that text speech is necessary in texts. I hate that as well.
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Post » Sat May 12, 2012 1:21 am

Well the main thing most of you guys have said is that poor grammar is annoying, and show a lack of intelligence. Who cares really, a lot of things in the world are annoying. But, because people on the internet are protected by anonymity they lack the common courtesy all people should have, when dealing with others.

What if my 9 year old brother had a question about Skyrim and wanted to post. Then his lack of grammar got him Trolled and turned him off to being part of an online gaming community. So next time you run across bad grammar, and are annoyed, let it slide or just ignore that post there is no need to respond courtesy people. because you never know who you are trolling.
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Post » Sat May 12, 2012 4:09 pm

What if my 9 year old brother had a question about Skyrim and wanted to post. Then his lack of grammar got him Trolled and turned him off to being part of an online gaming community. So next time you run across bad grammar, and are annoyed, let it slide or just ignore that post there is no need to respond courtesy people. because you never know who you are trolling.
You need to be 13 years old to join this forum. :wink_smile:
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Post » Sat May 12, 2012 12:39 pm

Well the main thing most of you guys have said is that poor grammar is annoying, and show a lack of intelligence. Who cares really, a lot of things in the world are annoying. But, because people on the internet are protected by anonymity they lack the common courtesy all people should have, when dealing with others.
It's one more thing to be annoyed by. If you have poor grammar, it's hard to imagine there's any conviction in what you say. As for the last bit, there's a difference between speech and writing. Writing you can articulate what you say and revise it before throwing it out there; speech is instantaneous, therefore prone to error. If you were given a test where you could look at all the answers on a separate sheet, it'd be unacceptable to have any wrong answers. Whereas if you are given a test where you must have prepared, it's understandable to have a couple wrong answers.
What if my 9 year old brother had a question about Skyrim and wanted to post. Then his lack of grammar got him Trolled and turned him off to being part of an online gaming community. So next time you run across bad grammar, and are annoyed, let it slide or just ignore that post there is no need to respond courtesy people. because you never know who you are trolling.
This forum is 13+, your brother shouldn't be here in the first place.

Sorry that you cannot receive positive reinforcement and acceptance in all places, but we, the CD community, have standards. If you don't like having to write properly, stick to texting your friends and Facebook.
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Post » Sat May 12, 2012 2:35 am

its basicially pigeon english??
brrruuuw

crrraaw

mrrruuuuwm


wooohr
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