Internet Grammar
By MrPickle
@MrPickle (36)
2 responses
@tinkerick (1257)
• United States
17 Mar 08
Um, based on the topic, I take it your typos are purposeful and sarcastic?
Since I don't stop to read people's profiles and figure out whether or not they are from a different country, I automatically dismiss grammatical errors as simply due to the language barrier. Translation programs are definitely not perfect and have difficulty keeping things grammatically correct from one language to the other.
As for typos and spelling errors, if it occurs now and then I understand, I have typos too. But if it's a recurring thing like "loose" instead of "lose" by an obvious english speaker, then I do get a bit annoyed. But I bite my lip and carry on.
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@tinkerick (1257)
• United States
17 Mar 08
Yes, I agree with you there. Although sometimes I do allow myself the indulgence of using shortcuts, I agree with articles berating the fact that grammar has declined due to the popularity of text messaging and IMing.
We have become so gadget dependent and "instant" dependent that we have allowed ourselves to slip into the degraded languages of "l33t" speak and such.
The written word is a beautiful thing as we should strive to use it to it's fullest capacity when at all possible.
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@Farside604 (870)
• Canada
18 Mar 08
The interenet is defintly a relax area and i dont really think people care about anything much less grammer over the internet. People are much more likely to run their mouths on the internet saying things they would never say in real life. Furthermore i think some of the grammatical mistakes might have to do with typos. Not being the best typer i probably made the a few errors but since people ge the general jist of what im saying its not really worth proofreading.
