Pointing Out the Obvious wrote:
Incorrect. The people who provide corrections to grammar errors without making disparaging remarks toward the person in error are providing help. Sorry, but you are simply wrong.
Wow, you are so deep you don't even realize it. You are like a kid screaming, "No, I'm not tired!" You are unable to make a point without insulting someone or telling them they are wrong. I feel sad for you.
think again wrote:
Spelling and grammar indicates you have not done much reading and writing.
Oh the irony.
think again wrote:A person is not innately "smart" without reading and writing.
Huh? How are you defining smart? Smart generally refers to IQ. There are plenty of brilliant mathematicians who have trouble putting a grammatically correct email together.
When telling people to get off their high horses, you really should use an explanation mark!
Pointing out grammar mistakes on a message board is just a childish way to insult someone.
Bad grammar & incorrect spelling above all else show a lack of care. Or course it starts at the top, with the Brojos.
The only time being a grammer (sic) Nazi is warranted...and this is important...is to shame someone who is shaming another persopn, particularly when that someone is boasting about their own intellect. If you spot a typo in the post of an internet bully, then you should fire at will.
thejeff wrote:
The only time being a grammer (sic) Nazi is warranted...is to shame someone who is shaming another person...
Especially when the bully invokes one of the fake rules we all learned in junior high, such as "Never start a sentence with `and' or `but.'"
This sort of thing was described perfectly by HL Mencken:
"All the books on style in English are by writers quite unable to write. The subject, indeed, seems to exercise a special dreadful fascination over schoolma’ms, bucolic college professors, and other such pseudo-literates....
"Their central aim, of course, is to reduce the whole thing to a series of simple rules--the overmastering passion of their melancholy order, at all times and everywhere."
so tired wrote:
Pointing Out the Obvious wrote:Incorrect. The people who provide corrections to grammar errors without making disparaging remarks toward the person in error are providing help. Sorry, but you are simply wrong.
Wow, you are so deep you don't even realize it. You are like a kid screaming, "No, I'm not tired!" You are unable to make a point without insulting someone or telling them they are wrong. I feel sad for you.
Incorrect. It is a shame that you cannot see something so obvious.
pointlessness of the blind wrote:
Pointing out grammar mistakes on a message board is just a childish way to insult someone.
Incorrect. Further, those who take insult simply identify themselves as being tragically insecure and tend to continue to make the same mistakes indefinitely. It is a shame since making such errors very often keeps people from succeeding in life. They are often seen as morons. This obviously has serious drawbacks in the business world. Most of the time they never even realize that the reason that they are such failures is that they did it to themselves - for little more than tending to their wounded pride.
Try to learn. It is helpful in so much of life.
thejeff wrote:
The only time being a grammer (sic) Nazi is warranted...and this is important...is to shame someone who is shaming another persopn, particularly when that someone is boasting about their own intellect. If you spot a typo in the post of an internet bully, then you should fire at will.
That would be true . . . if it were not inherently false.
The very nomenclature that you use gives away your insecurity. Anyone who uses the term "grammar Nazi" indiscriminately is showing that they are unable or, more likely unwilling, to recognize simple helpful corrections. Further, it is not always obvious that a 'typo' is in fact just a typo.
One example would be the use of 'there', 'their' and 'they're'. It is clear that many on these boards do not understand which to use. If 1/10 of the time and energy that they expend in expressing their rage toward grammar Nazis instead was used to simply learn from the corrections provided by others they would be very well served.
The proper (and manly) way to respond to a grammar correction is to say 'thank you', learn from it if there is something to learn, and move on.
Pointing Out the Obvious wrote:
Getting offended by people who provide corrections instead of thanking them for the opportunity to learn identifies you as insecure. Failing to learn, (or even attempting to learn), through such corrections leaves more stupid than you would otherwise be.
The LRC message boards represent a casual environment. If I was at a bar watching a game with friends, I wouldn't bother to correct their word pronunciation. Using the same rules-of-engagement, I wouldn't correct a person's post on these message boards.
https://bigeyedeer.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/this-cartoon-wrote-a-sweary-word-on-your-toilet-wall/Don't piss me off.
English is not my first language. Maybe that's the reason some of the mistakes people make are hard to understand. For me "their", "there" and "they're" are as different as "dog", "fog" and "log" – yes, phonetically somewhat similar but not interchangeable.And then there's the most common one: "your" and "you're". It seems that about 50% of the English speaking population is using them incorrectly. Especially when I see someone stating "YOUR AN IDOT" on a message board it totally makes my day. Could someone educate me? Is it because:a) They really don't know the differenceb) Is "your" an unofficially approved way to spell "you're" in informal writingc) Has something dramatically changed in English grammar (or should I say grammer? :) since the days I learnt English at school?Sincerely You'res
Pointing Out the Obvious wrote:
thejeff wrote:The only time being a grammer (sic) Nazi is warranted...and this is important...is to shame someone who is shaming another persopn, particularly when that someone is boasting about their own intellect. If you spot a typo in the post of an internet bully, then you should fire at will.
That would be true . . . if it were not inherently false.
The very nomenclature that you use gives away your insecurity. Anyone who uses the term "grammar Nazi" indiscriminately is showing that they are unable or, more likely unwilling, to recognize simple helpful corrections. Further, it is not always obvious that a 'typo' is in fact just a typo.
One example would be the use of 'there', 'their' and 'they're'. It is clear that many on these boards do not understand which to use. If 1/10 of the time and energy that they expend in expressing their rage toward grammar Nazis instead was used to simply learn from the corrections provided by others they would be very well served.
The proper (and manly) way to respond to a grammar correction is to say 'thank you', learn from it if there is something to learn, and move on.
You are correct, OP. Knowing grammar does not make someone smart.
Using correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation does, however, make someone a better person than someone who doesn't use them correctly.
smart? wrote:
think again wrote:Spelling and grammar indicates you have not done much reading and writing.
Oh the irony.
Touché. I just reread my post and realized I left out the word "poor" to start the sentence. Oh well.
the answer is.... wrote:
You are correct, OP. Knowing grammar does not make someone smart.
Using correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation does, however, make someone a better person than someone who doesn't use them correctly.
Bad grammar and misspelling = millennial privilege.
Pointing Out the Obvious wrote:
thejeff wrote:The only time being a grammer (sic) Nazi is warranted...and this is important...is to shame someone who is shaming another persopn, particularly when that someone is boasting about their own intellect. If you spot a typo in the post of an internet bully, then you should fire at will.
That would be true . . . if it were not inherently false.
The very nomenclature that you use gives away your insecurity. Anyone who uses the term "grammar Nazi" indiscriminately is showing that they are unable or, more likely unwilling, to recognize simple helpful corrections. Further, it is not always obvious that a 'typo' is in fact just a typo.
One example would be the use of 'there', 'their' and 'they're'. It is clear that many on these boards do not understand which to use. If 1/10 of the time and energy that they expend in expressing their rage toward grammar Nazis instead was used to simply learn from the corrections provided by others they would be very well served.
The proper (and manly) way to respond to a grammar correction is to say 'thank you', learn from it if there is something to learn, and move on.
Hey genius, I AM the grammar Nazi. My mom taught English for 25 years; recognizing grammatical errors in newspapers, on TV, etc. is a tragic curse. I don't LIKE the fact that newscasters' poor grammar keeps me from enjoying the programming. I was defending my fellow grammar Nazis, not railing against them.
You would have seen that if you were not so eager to be contrarian. I am going to point out the obvious: you are not nearly as smart as you think you are.
But, I forgive you.
Correction wrote:
Don't piss me off.
It beats getting pissed on.
After a few years on message boards and comments sections, it's pretty clear that far too many Americans aren't just "making mistakes" but that they really do not know what is correct.
In response to the OP's question, yes, I would like a medal for knowing how to multiples. I can also divide.