What is this place? A football forum or a English language school?

[Triggaaar]

That would be .......basics of THE English lang.....

Oh and try to avoid double negatives, its sloppy.

It's

 

[Triggaaar]

-childrens'

I don't think so.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Most spelling mistakes happen because people have gotten into bad habits or misunderstand a grammatical principle.

If enough people point out to someone that it's "you're" and not "your" (a common example online of incorrect grammar), the person might actually take it onboard and start using the correct version.


Better to be made aware of such things on a forum like this than looking like a thickie at work and missing that big promotion!

 

[super-seagulls]

I'd agree if it was isolated incidences, but the illiteracy just gets annoying. I'm really bad at spelling, finally passed English at the third attempt, but I make an effort.

There's no such thing. Schools realised years ago that if you classify a child who has shit spelling as dyslexic he/she would not count when the league tables were compiled. This coincided with an explosion of kids being classified as dyslexic.

I think it is simply a common courtesy to follow the basics of English language if you expect people to read what you have written.

Not using capitals, forgoing punctuation and using words incorrectly is just lazy.

I don't believe it is any coincidence that the posters most people enjoy reading (usually Edna, BoF, Easy 10 etc) are not simply people with opinions worth reading, but also people who make the effort to type with a consideration for the reader rather than just themselves.

Exactly, there are no stupid people, just lazy ones!

 

[Brovion]

People should be grateful that there are kind and considerate folk on here who go out of their way to help and educate all those of you who are as thick as pigshit and/or didn't pay any attention at school.

Sticking to the agreed conventions means you can get your point over better. Also as a general (but not total) rule the people whose grammar, spelling and punctuation is sub-standard tend not to have anything really worthwhile or insightful to say, it's all trite statements like "we should of kept murrey". The better posters, the ones worth reading, (even if you don't agree with them) all have a good standard of English.

I do think though there is a place for some text-spk abbreviations, such as imo, afaik, lol, etc, as these have become standard, and more importantly don't break any established rules (they can be seen as acronyms).

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

In the context of the sentance should it not be " an English Language School " not " a English Language School " ?

 

[Triggaaar]

In the context of the sentance should it not be " an English Language School " not " a English Language School " ?

See post 4 (and 5 and 7)

 

[Badger]

I'm happy to let most things slide except "would of", "could of" etc.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

In the context of the sentance should it not be " an English Language School " not " a English Language School " ?

Sentence?

 

[Bwian]

In the context of the sentance should it not be " an English Language School " not " a English Language School " ?

You're doing it on purpose now aren't you?

 

[daveybgtt]

I speeled wurds da bestest!

 

[Surf's Up]

Too many anal retainers imo!!

 

[Trufflehound]

Is it the case that people genuinely can't spell or punctuate? Or do some on here throw in a deliberate red heron now and again to see who's awake?

 

[Bwian]

No, actually I agree - there are one or two things that can be a bit irritating grammatically but for the large part it really doesn't matter and anyway spelling and punctuation are ever evolving (some might say with the advent of texting that they are disappearing). It's what people say that matters, or perhaps what they mean. Certainly not how they say it as long as the sense is clear.

It really does matter.

What some people are saying is weakened by poor grammar, lack of punctuation or poor spelling. Sometimes a combination of all three. I look at some posts/threads and simply cannot be bothered to read them. That might cause me to miss out on news of a big signing or firing but that news will show up eventually, in a post by somebody whose English is easy to read. My English is nowhere near to being perfect but I make the effort to check things over and make corrections before I hit the 'Post' button.

I truly hope grammar isn't evolving into some kind of free-form English where it takes longer to understand a sentence than it did to read it.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

I'm happy to let most things slide except "would of", "could of" etc.

Maybe Bozza could install an auto-correct feature that corrects all the occurrences of 'would of', 'could of' and 'should of' to sort this out once and for all.

 

[lost in london]

Top tip - if you don't understand when to use an apostrophe before or after an 's' at the end of a word - hedge your bets and don't use one. You're much more likely to be right than wrong.

For some reason people who don't understand the rules (and that's fair enough, it's not always easy) seem to be the ones happiest just to spray them around.

 

[looney]

There's no such thing. Schools realised years ago that if you classify a child who has shit spelling as dyslexic he/she would not count when the league tables were compiled. This coincided with an explosion of kids being classified as dyslexic.

This isn't true. Its the reading type of dyslexia that has been junked not the other two.

 

[looney]

double post

 

[Dave the OAP]

Some people on here have naff all else in their lives apart from either insulting, correcting or moaning at others.

You have to have a hobby in life.

 

[looney]

It's

Thanks "Trigaaar". I am not the one though who is demanding standards that I can not reach.