Over Zealous or Lack of Education?

I do find it distracting and also irritating. I think that if you're trying to communicate, you should do it as well as you're capable of doing. For many people, that's their best. They were not taught well in school or they've been around people all their life that speak that way and it's become an ingrained habit. I tend to judge someone's intelligence on how they speak and express themselves in writing. That's not considered proper these days but I can't help it. I'm often wrong.

I am bothered by text speak--it has some of the same problems. I am bothered by some of the wording when people have poor grammar, but do not see it as much here as on another site I frequent. I have concluded that some of the people actually are adults with learning disabilities, or brain damage from a stroke, etc. I can afford to overlook their errors.

Hi Heather I have not come across this one yet I have come across a few but they are not English born and bred so I accept that they are trying which I give them credit for As for an English born and bred that is bad News and they should really be more careful

Oh oh ya could be talking about me lol I know I dont have good grammer to me that was for school and as I dont write for a living I use the slang word bu then you know me and how I write lololol

I find that quite off putting actually. I must be getting burnt out or something because it's one of the things that will cause me to move on to another discussion without hesitation.

I think it's not just the one poster - it's everyone. It makes me ill. I work with juvenile delinquent kids day in and day out. On some cases, I have to have a paragraph or two of what happened so we can take that to the judge for sentencing or evidence. The grammar and spelling on these kids are horrible. I know I make mistakes from time to time - we all do. But this is a generation who doesn't know what your and you're mean. They use them all time as if they're one word. Students are supposedly supposed to learn not to end a sentence with a preposition However, how are students supposed to learn not to end a sentence with a preposition, if they don't even know what a preposition is? Thus, instruction in basic concepts of grammar and language is vital. I've actually heard this from a teacher who teaches at a public school: Teachers can't correct because it "limits their creativity" Basically, the kid gets upset and goes crying to his mommy, who then goes crying to her lawyer. We've gotten so bad that teachers now can no longer use red pens to correct students because that damages the student's psyche.

Yes it does distract me too. I hate it cuz I need to get my posting done and when I run across a bad discussion that is hard to read then I'm put into a holding pattern of trying to read that discussion. The page we type on gives us a chance to preview our posts--so why don't they??? By the way, thanks for bringing this topic up. quita88

Doesnt bother me. When I joined here, I knew that we were a community with people from all over the world, background, education, etc. So Im not paying attention to how they write or spelling mistakes. Im smart enough to be able to understand what they mean and I reply to the discussion if Im interested in the subject or wont if Im not interested but it has nothing to do with the way its written. We're not paid millions to post discussions so why make it harder on ourselves!!

I really don't find this distracting since i get used with these kind of persons. I am after the message that he wants to deliver to the readers, if it is new info then it can I'll go for it but if not then I can go ahead and find others.

It does depend on how/what they're writing. As long as they aren't using the whole "text speak" thing or writing in l33t I can look past it. This is an informal gathering of different cultures. There will be miscommunication, and people will type more like they speak. That's just what I expect from a forum, as long as the idea gets through, all is good.

Isn't that just what newspapers do? Or the Breaking news lines on TV. I don't mind if I can still understand it. I hate it when the title is the first few words of a sentence with the rest continued in the main text.