Grammar and spelling mistakes abound but the most serious is the lack of punctuation.
Like leaving out a comma? (after abound)
Well why the heck would you need to worry about grammar and spelling?Autocorrect fixes everything for you so you don't gotta know all the rules. That's why!But actually though, who cares about spelling and grammar on Facebook? It's Facebook, not a masters thesis.
There's a difference between the writing of non-English speakers and the younger native English speakers. I've noticed that the non-native English speakers' writing is actually more comprehensible than the younger native English speakers, which is ironic.
So I've been on this forum for 10 years now and over the past decade, I've noticed that newer/younger members don't write very well. Grammar and spelling mistakes abound but the most serious is the lack of punctuation. The second most serious is the fact that the writing is disorganized and finding their actual question is like searching for Waldo. (A Where's Waldo? reference.) I've spoken to University professors who've taught a long time (since the 90s or earlier) and the biggest complaint about their students in the past few years is that they can't write. Reading this and other forums, I think I understand what they mean. I can mostly identify young persons, early 20s or younger, just by how they write.
I think anybody under 30 years of age is full of sh*t regardless of how they write.
As a side note, maybe the forum could introduce an error message for poor grammar that disables the post. Similar to the way a php script will fail if its not written properly.
Having gone through English speaking elementary and high schools, I can attest to the lack of education with regard to written communication.
All I'm saying is, when I write in PHP I don't skip on correct syntax
What would happen if we started returning errors for forum posts Hmmm .... Parse error: parse error in "is jus learnin pathetic sonata HELP need tut on lhands tremloz yo!" on line 22.
However, and this is directed at you R4eva.. if you do not atleast know how to, you are going to suffer certain problems later in life whenever you need to read something that has legal consequences of any kind..
even if it might annoy j_menz
Those younger than that may never have written a letter. They approach a forum as if they were having a conversation with friends. They don't see a reason to be careful with oral speech, and neither do I. But when they apply the same lack of rules to a forum, it irritates oldtimers like me, because we see it as writing.
Why would we need that, we already have Jmenz
What's OG? Older, Grammier? (or Grammiar...)
I'm going to stop replying to posts that are written ineligibly from now on. Until they learn how to write properly, they won't be getting my response.My new pet pieve:Spacing out sentences like they are paragraphs.When they aren't.Just like this.Dog gamnit! It's just ONE paragraph! Go back to school and kick your English teachers' butts and force them to teach you how to use a paragraph!
I'm going to stop replying to posts that are written ineligibly from now on. Until they learn how to write properly, they won't be getting my response.
hfmadopter,Do you realize how tedious it was to read your sentences with all those commas in place? The meaning was difficult to ascertain. The ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and efficiently is what caused the reduction in prevalence of the comma. Many other words, such as "the", have dropped in prevalence as well. It really isn't necessary to use it when it's obvious what is being spoken about. So the necessity of concision usually Darwinizes certain aspects of language. However, not using paragraphs correctly is a pain in the ass.In the interest of full disclosure, I was never taught how to use the paragraph, either. The only kind of instruction I received throughout years of schooling was "each topic gets its own paragraph."
hfmadopter,Do you realize how tedious it was to read your sentences with all those commas in place?
You sound like a douche.
Yeah, this is the reason young kids can't write nowadays. They think they're right about everything so if no one understands what they're saying, it can't be their fault. Their audience must have hearing and/or reading problems.
Topic: OG members: Have you noticed younger members can't write? 