Mykonos

I do that with my Tory newsletter that comes through every now and again. I have no idea how they get voted in with their clear lack of skill in the English language.

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DoctorSoft

As long as I can understand what the persons saying I don't really care. Not everyone learned the proper grammar rules or whatever.

Paedantic Basterd

Which begs the question, why not? Anybody who is taught English as a first language and is free of learning disabilities has no excuse.

DoctorSoft

Dropped out or their school didn't teach it or some ****, idk.

Paedantic Basterd

I've never heard of a school not teaching English, as it's probably the number one requirement for graduation, and dropping out, unique circumstances asides, isn't a valid excuse. It just means that grammar is the least of your problems.

Mykonos

People can have plenty of excuses. I've seen more than one person on various internet thingys with dyslexia, and even though they could make sure everything is correct, I don't think they should feel the pressure to do it. And some people just aren't gifted with language, which is why you still see GCSE English students that don't know how to use apostrophes or your/you're properly.

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DoctorSoft

Well with my dad, the reason he can't read is cause he had to stay home to help on the farm all the time, so he never learned how to do very much school stuff.

Howard the Duck

i just like tomfoolery with the language and some of my errors are intentional

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djchameleon

Some people feel like grammar isn't important with online activities because of the informal setting but it sucks for the kids that spend so much time online writing informal then make the same errors when handing in a paper.

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Burning Down

Wow, thankfully I'm not the only one who circles errors in newspapers and magazines and such.

I hate that so much. I'm a peer tutor for essay writing and students come to us (it's a writing clinic thing) with their essays and short written assignments so we can edit them and guide them with their writing. I've read term papers on everything including medicine, chemistry, history, music, political science, etc and you'd be surprised at the amount of issues with grammar, syntax, diction, all that stuff that I find. Keep in mind that these are 18-25 year olds in university, writing this stuff. None of them are ESL students or have learning disabilities (all those people go to a different place for help). To get into university in Ontario, you need at least a 70% (or C+/B-), meaning that with those grades you should have some kind of grammar skills. Many of them will give an excuse like, "I'm a chemistry student, I don't need to know proper grammar". Yeah, right.

I think it's getting worse now, with younger people using "txt spk" and whatever. They're not always applying the proper grammar skills that they will need later in life, in a professional or academic environment. As somebody who is an aspiring school teacher, it really upsets me.