You are viewing our Forum Archives. To view or take place in current topics click here.
Bad spelling punctuation and grammar...
Posted:

Bad spelling punctuation and grammar...Posted:

Lightyear
  • Prospect
Status: Offline
Joined: Feb 23, 201311Year Member
Posts: 698
Reputation Power: 33
Status: Offline
Joined: Feb 23, 201311Year Member
Posts: 698
Reputation Power: 33
Am I the only person who gets seriously bothered by people who use poor SPG? Like come on is it worth saving 2 seconds of your time to write like an idiot? I could be over reacting just wanna get your opinion on this. EDIT: From the looks of things people have misunderstood the topic. I'm not talking about common mistakes or spelling errors. I'm talking about text language to the extreme from people who are capable to write normal English. You all quickly jump to the assumption I'm trying to point out people's flaws and get defensive. Breathe, after all, it is 'The Rant' forum.


Last edited by Lightyear ; edited 1 time in total
#2. Posted:
3PT
  • TTG Senior
Status: Offline
Joined: Oct 28, 201311Year Member
Posts: 1,048
Reputation Power: 91
Status: Offline
Joined: Oct 28, 201311Year Member
Posts: 1,048
Reputation Power: 91
As long as I can read and get an understanding of what a person is trying to say, then I don't really care about little grammatical errors here and there. It's the internet bro.
#3. Posted:
Lightyear
  • Prospect
Status: Offline
Joined: Feb 23, 201311Year Member
Posts: 698
Reputation Power: 33
Status: Offline
Joined: Feb 23, 201311Year Member
Posts: 698
Reputation Power: 33
3PT wrote As long as I can read and get an understanding of what a person is trying to say, then I don't really care about little grammatical errors here and there. It's the internet bro.
You're right, but the people who attempt to abbreviate every word just bug me. I'm a strange human, I know.
#4. Posted:
ProfessorNobody
  • Summer 2020
Status: Offline
Joined: Nov 07, 201212Year Member
Posts: 3,732
Reputation Power: 362
Status: Offline
Joined: Nov 07, 201212Year Member
Posts: 3,732
Reputation Power: 362
I hate to be 'that guy' but whoever else notices isn't going to be as nice about it as I am.
just wanna get your opinion on this.

In reality, even abbreviations like, 'You're' and, 'Isn't' are not Standard English.
There are people who would complain about you using 'Americanisms' in your text and perverting the sanctity of the English language.
Nobody uses perfect spelling, punctuation, and grammar because there is no such thing as perfect English.
It is a constantly changing and evolving set of symbols.

While I find it refreshing to see people try to use the English language correctly - and on some subconscious level it might even influence how I feel about them as people - as long as I can understand what someone is trying to say I don't mind how they write it.
#5. Posted:
002
  • Summer 2023
Status: Offline
Joined: Sep 25, 201410Year Member
Posts: 4,817
Reputation Power: 7349
Status: Offline
Joined: Sep 25, 201410Year Member
Posts: 4,817
Reputation Power: 7349
I don't might it so much on TTG. Keep in mind this is a gaming forum with the target audience of teens. Spelling doesn't matter here as long as you can understand what they're saying.

Also, you should know our generation doesn't want to be inconvenienced with the full spelling of words, nor do they want to actually say the full words. Case in point, "suh dude". Some even go so far as to just say "suh duh".
#6. Posted:
9nty
  • Summer 2019
Status: Offline
Joined: Jan 26, 20168Year Member
Posts: 11,792
Reputation Power: 11040
Motto: 9nty.gg
Motto: 9nty.gg
Status: Offline
Joined: Jan 26, 20168Year Member
Posts: 11,792
Reputation Power: 11040
Motto: 9nty.gg
is it worth saving 2 seconds of your time to write like an idiot


It's the internet, bound to see people writing out a sentence with poor grammar. No-one can be perfect and so what if they do? You're no perfect yourself in-fact no-one is to be fair.
#7. Posted:
lRaaazR
Status: Offline
Joined: Jun 19, 201113Year Member
Posts: 1,148
Reputation Power: 52
Status: Offline
Joined: Jun 19, 201113Year Member
Posts: 1,148
Reputation Power: 52
I'm not really bothered by it I probably make mistakes quite often


Last edited by lRaaazR ; edited 1 time in total
#8. Posted:
-YoungSinatra
  • 2 Million
Status: Offline
Joined: Jun 14, 201410Year Member
Posts: 476
Reputation Power: 21
Status: Offline
Joined: Jun 14, 201410Year Member
Posts: 476
Reputation Power: 21
Your title points toward bad punctuation itself, which leads to hypocrisy.

Your title in correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar would be:

"Bad spelling, punctuation, and grammar..."

Just forgot to add the commas bud.
#9. Posted:
21
  • Summer 2019
Status: Offline
Joined: Oct 05, 201311Year Member
Posts: 16,216
Reputation Power: 3087
Motto: Me big smarts. Brainy boy do learns much
Motto: Me big smarts. Brainy boy do learns much
Status: Offline
Joined: Oct 05, 201311Year Member
Posts: 16,216
Reputation Power: 3087
Motto: Me big smarts. Brainy boy do learns much
U wana go m8?

Al do u in
#10. Posted:
Lightyear
  • Prospect
Status: Offline
Joined: Feb 23, 201311Year Member
Posts: 698
Reputation Power: 33
Status: Offline
Joined: Feb 23, 201311Year Member
Posts: 698
Reputation Power: 33
-YoungSinatra wrote Your title points toward bad punctuation itself, which leads to hypocrisy.

Your title in correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar would be:

"Bad spelling, punctuation, and grammar..."

Just forgot to add the commas bud.
I'm not talking about extreme... I'm talking about people who attempt to abbreviate every word, text language to be exact. They try to shorten every word and completely misuse punctuation for example: "R u rlly sre??? Do u rlly thnk dat,,, or am I rong?"
Jump to:
You are viewing our Forum Archives. To view or take place in current topics click here.