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Proper grammar online- NBR

Ken122014Ken122014 member
edited October 2015 in December 2015 Moms
I haven't been in here regularly in quite a while, but I read this article and instantly thought of a few posts I have previously read! Grammar snobs are not alone! ;)

https://www.wsj.com/articles/whats-really-hot-on-dating-sites-proper-grammar-1443746849

Edited to change the term to grammar snobs, to be more considerate!
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  • elbouelbou member
    redfallon said:
    Yes! It is important, even though a lot of people do not think that it is. I don't understand how it isn't. Written communication is how most everyone communicates these days. Everyone thought it went out with the written letter, but it is now in text, email, social media, and message boards, like this one.

    Since it is so important, you would think that people would be more grateful when someone lets them know that what they have written is not legible, but no, there are too many people that get offended and do not care that what they have written looks uneducated. Poor grammar and punctuation is a reflection of a person.
    Seriously. Why would anyone want to look uneducated? That more than anything else is what I don't get.


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  • mrs14678mrs14678 member
    Yes!!!! This!!!!! "It's the internet, no one cares.." Um, really? I don't get how people think this.
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  • Gingermom15Gingermom15 member
    rmarie13 said:

    Sometimes I won't participate or answer a question just because OP's grammar/spelling is awful. :-$

    Amen, sister. Or I start a comment and lose the will to finish.
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  • hummingbird35hummingbird35 member
    @redfallon hahaha that gif!!!


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  • redfallonredfallon member
    VegDumpling said:

    @redfallon hahaha that gif!!!

    That's who I think of for that!

    Jamie


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  • EEB88EEB88 member
    edited October 2015
    sarahgn said: I just wanted to add that lose (the opposite of win) is not the same as loose (the opposite of tight). And the expression is 'nip it in the bud,' not 'the butt.' Those two have popped up a lot lately. Also, "I could care less" implies that said person still cares. "I could not care less" is the proper sentence.


    Haha, I     could agree more! (sarcasm)
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  • ChiccoBeanzChiccoBeanz member
         I've read "Teach her own" instead of "to each their own" or "to each her own". I don't get too stuck on grammar and spelling, because if I can't understand what was written, I just keep scrolling. Also, it often just gives me a headache or annoys me. 
       As for people getting offended, I've observed it happen when people make fun of them or come across as the person trying to help them is insulting their intelligence. Don't get me wrong, some of these instances are hilarious, but I totally get people feeling embarrassed or upset when they are put on the spot. 
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  • ealiskaealiska member
    VegDumpling said:

    I just wanted to add that lose (the opposite of win) is not the same as loose (the opposite of tight). And the expression is 'nip it in the bud,' not 'the butt.' Those two have popped up a lot lately.

    My boss said "nip it in the butt" to me last week. It took everything I had to keep a straight face.
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  • redfallonredfallon member
    ChiccoBeanz said:
         I've read "Teach her own" instead of "to each their own" or "to each her own". I don't get too stuck on grammar and spelling, because if I can't understand what was written, I just keep scrolling. Also, it often just gives me a headache or annoys me. 
       As for people getting offended, I've observed it happen when people make fun of them or come across as the person trying to help them is insulting their intelligence. Don't get me wrong, some of these instances are hilarious, but I totally get people feeling embarrassed or upset when they are put on the spot. 
    That's one of the points of this. The people that you scroll by aren't being legible in what they are saying, so you scroll past it.

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  • angelicmommyangelicmommy member
    Okay... I completely get where you all are coming from, but some of us arent native English speakers.

    That said, I do try my best.
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  • redfallonredfallon member
    @angelicmommy said:
    Okay... I completely get where you all are coming from, but some of us arent native English speakers. That said, I do try my best.
    Agreed with PPs! I never would have imagined you to not be a native English speaker. And everything else about trying to make it right and not being an ass about it if someone offers a correction. It's the people who are native English speakers who think it doesn't matter that get me.

    Jamie


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  • amye02amye02 member
    This. Whole. Post.
    Between these boards and work emails my inner grammar nazi's red correction pen has been on overdrive this week.

    I have noticed a correlation between first time posters / MUD and bad grammar. Trolls me thinks?
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  • Daphneh28Daphneh28 member
    Agreed with PPs about non native speakers and accepting mistakes graciously. I speak English as my second language too and though I have been studying it for almost all my life I still make mistakes. I don't think it's a big deal and laugh it off. My favorite thing is when I am right and a native speaker is wrong and insists they are correct lol! This happens mostly when I am speaking though cause I have a lovely accent ;)
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  • redfallonredfallon member
    @Daphneh28 said:
    Agreed with PPs about non native speakers and accepting mistakes graciously. I speak English as my second language too and though I have been studying it for almost all my life I still make mistakes. I don't think it's a big deal and laugh it off. My favorite thing is when I am right and a native speaker is wrong and insists they are correct lol! This happens mostly when I am speaking though cause I have a lovely accent ;)
    Now I need to know where you're from! I have a friend who is from South Africa and I love hearing her speak :x

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  • EEB88EEB88 member
    @BostonBaby1 As someone who has also been effected by the Nazis and WWII, at first I thought you were being overly sensitive. But in reality, I understand where you're coming from and making a joke about a person/group of people who created mass genocide probably isn't considerate. Sorry Mama, I hope you understand that no-one meant any harm. (At least I hope not.)
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  • BostonBaby1BostonBaby1 member
    edited October 2015
    EEB88 said:

    @BostonBaby1 As someone who has also been effected by the Nazis and WWII, at first I thought you were being overly sensitive. But in reality, I understand where you're coming from and making a joke about a person/group of people who created mass genocide probably isn't considerate. Sorry Mama, I hope you understand that no-one meant any harm. (At least I hope not.)

    I know that no harm was meant, which is why I haven't said anything for months while the word has been used time and again… But it would be wrong of me to sit back and let it continue to go on without at least mentioning the fact that it can be upsetting to other people.

    But I know that nobody meant any harm by it. Shall we all just move on?
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  • EEB88EEB88 member
    Absolutely, you need to stand up for yourself and your beliefs. 

    Moving on sounds just fine to me.
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  • JenniferKate315JenniferKate315 member
    VegDumpling said:

    I just wanted to add that lose (the opposite of win) is not the same as loose (the opposite of tight). And the expression is 'nip it in the bud,' not 'the butt.' Those two have popped up a lot lately.

    Ugh my husband always writes "loose" instead of "lose" and also "dose" instead of "does"!!!!
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  • Court11152325Court11152325 member
    edited October 2015
    I've tried deleting my comment several times over the last few days, but it won't go away
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  • groovylocksgroovylocks member
    edited October 2015
    BostonBaby1 said:
    Ladies, I've been holding my tongue for several months now and I just wanted to say that the use of the word Nazis out of context is offensive to Jewish people. It minimalizes and trivializes the actual damage that was done by Nazis. I understand that nobody means any harm, but if we could please try to cut down on it I would greatly appreciate it. *typo

    I try really hard, as a jewish person, not to be offended by it. Then I realized "Why the hell am i trying not to be bothered by something that bothers me? Why am i accommodating this?"

    Because I have been called that before. And that's the problem with the expression. You don't know who you're slapping that tease on. Somebody with survivor's guilt? Somebody who has been harmed at the hands of neo-nazis or racists. Somebody who knows or knew a loved one traumatized as a POW. Even somebody who comes from a nazi lineage and suffers as a result. You just don't know.

    Right now, fyi and on a lighter note, I am not getting called that so much these days. On a normal day, I have trouble putting my pants on without peeing myself. Being able to articulate myself at all is a miracle.
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  • angelicmommyangelicmommy member
    Daphneh28 said:
    Agreed with PPs about non native speakers and accepting mistakes graciously. I speak English as my second language too and though I have been studying it for almost all my life I still make mistakes. I don't think it's a big deal and laugh it off. My favorite thing is when I am right and a native speaker is wrong and insists they are correct lol! This happens mostly when I am speaking though cause I have a lovely accent ;)
    Oh my word I get this! DH is a native English speaker and he often makes mistakes. Then insists that I am wrong. You know, because it is not my first language. 
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  • Ken122014Ken122014 member
    edited October 2015
    I just came back here and saw all the comments! Ha too funny, I love everyone that agrees ;)

    @BostonBaby1 you know I mean no disrespect, and am glad you spoke up. Honestly, I don't even like the term and typically don't use it and don't like reading it. I'm thinking it was used in the article and that's why I wrote it. I think (I don't have a good memory so I don't remember for sure...) I kind of grappled with whether to use the term or not and decided to use it since it was in the article (I think?!). I will say grammar snob from now on!

    (See, I don't get offended when people correct me! ;) )

    Eta- just reread the article and I don't think it did use the term! I have no excuse. Sorry! (which I should have said originally- excuse or not!)
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  • BostonBaby1BostonBaby1 member
    @Ken122014 you definitely don't have anything to worry about. I KNOW you have zero ill intentions and are certainly not the first to use the term around these parts... ❤️ You!
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