English grammar (American, speakers, quote)

adidasss · 05-22-2007, 05:08 PM

This topic trouble me so. First off, I don't understand how anyone can go through schooling and not know how to spell properly. How does that happen? Are you people not required to write in school? Are all your classes oral? Do you not read books? I'm speaking from a viewpoint of a foreigner who took English twice a week (yes, that means I was required to speak or read in English only an hour and a half a week) and yet it appears that my grammar is better than 70% of the native English speakers...are you people not embarrassed of this fact? Admittedly, my grammar and spelling are far from perfect, but if I can manage to construct a coherent sentence in a foreign language, how is it that so many native English speakers fail to do the same? Really...I'm curious to know. What are your excuses? How do the rest of you, the (seeming) minority that has a handle on their own language, explain this phenomenon?

PopIsDead · 05-22-2007, 05:18 PM

I explain this phenomenon by saying that a lot of people (especially Americans) are lazy idiots who feel it's better to save time in writing whatever they're writing than to make their sentence coherent. Sorry if that was incoherent.

sleepy jack · 05-22-2007, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PopIsDead

I explain this phenomenon by saying that a lot of people (especially Americans) are lazy idiots who feel it's better to save time in writing whatever they're writing than to make their sentence coherent. Sorry if that was incoherent.

Quoted for tr00f.

Curiosity marijan, are you basing this off from encounters with teenage americans on forums? Because thats a terrible thing to base it off. Since the majority of teens on the internet think its okay to type like they're writing a text message.

PopIsDead · 05-22-2007, 05:26 PM

Teenage Americans make me want to laugh and then choke myself with a cereal bar.

adidasss · 05-22-2007, 05:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crowquill

Quoted for tr00f.

Curiosity marijan, are you basing this off from encounters with teenage americans on forums? Because thats a terrible thing to base it off. Since the majority of teens on the internet think its okay to type like they're writing a text message.

So you're saying that in real life they're quite capable of spelling normally?

Sparky · 05-22-2007, 05:33 PM

d00d it s nat mi foult i dun carr, i liek 2 busy txtn to do the sentuncos.

****, i put a comma in there >.<

you'd be surprised at how bad some kids are at genral reading and writing comprehension at my school, but mainly it's because it doesn't have an immediate benefit and its rather time consuming at first, making kids not want to push themselves to get better at it.

i blame microsoft word >:[

sleepy jack · 05-22-2007, 05:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adidasss

So you're saying that in real life they're quite capable of spelling normally?

I find most of them are quite capable, they're just lazy.

adidasss · 05-22-2007, 05:43 PM

I don't accept that as a valid excuse. No one is that lazy.

sleepy jack · 05-22-2007, 05:52 PM

You'd be amazed, i've called people out on it hear and they all tell me this isn't school.

right-track · 05-22-2007, 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crowquill

You'd be amazed, i've called people out on it hear and they all tell me this isn't school.

*here

5/10 see me!

I blame the educational system.

In my day the curriculum was much more demanding than it is nowadays.

05-22-2007, 05:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	English grammar This topic trouble me so. First off, I don't understand how anyone can go through schooling and not know how to spell properly. How does that happen? Are you people not required to write in school? Are all your classes oral? Do you not read books? I'm speaking from a viewpoint of a foreigner who took English twice a week (yes, that means I was required to speak or read in English only an hour and a half a week) and yet it appears that my grammar is better than 70% of the native English speakers...are you people not embarrassed of this fact? Admittedly, my grammar and spelling are far from perfect, but if I can manage to construct a coherent sentence in a foreign language, how is it that so many native English speakers fail to do the same? Really...I'm curious to know. What are your excuses? How do the rest of you, the (seeming) minority that has a handle on their own language, explain this phenomenon? __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

05-22-2007, 05:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
PopIsDead Edgyswingsetacid Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 342	I explain this phenomenon by saying that a lot of people (especially Americans) are lazy idiots who feel it's better to save time in writing whatever they're writing than to make their sentence coherent. Sorry if that was incoherent. __________________ "No one likes a smart-ass but we all like stars."

05-22-2007, 05:26 PM	#4 (permalink)
PopIsDead Edgyswingsetacid Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 342	Teenage Americans make me want to laugh and then choke myself with a cereal bar. __________________ "No one likes a smart-ass but we all like stars."

05-22-2007, 05:43 PM	#8 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	I don't accept that as a valid excuse. No one is that lazy. __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

05-22-2007, 05:33 PM	#6 (permalink)
Sparky not really Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,223	d00d it s nat mi foult i dun carr, i liek 2 busy txtn to do the sentuncos. ****, i put a comma in there >.< you'd be surprised at how bad some kids are at genral reading and writing comprehension at my school, but mainly it's because it doesn't have an immediate benefit and its rather time consuming at first, making kids not want to push themselves to get better at it. i blame microsoft word >:[