Just noticing again the lack of grammer used in some peoples posts, I have long since thought that with the invent of TXT launguage that good grammer would dissapear and day by day i see more and more proof of this. I don't know about anyone else, but it puts me off reading something if it is not gramaticly correct, I always think that person is uneducated or just plain lazy?... call me old fashioned but i really do hope this trend ends soon . Just to make it clear, im not judging (for who am i to judge) just an observation...

Firefly

a very good observation:) its like, you have to just take an extra second out and type the 'e's and 'u's.. but i guess its just plain laziness.
in the above line itself i would have written:
gud for good
xtra for extra
wud for would:)))

Hi Swetha
In New Zealand we call this the "dumbing down of our society" when i went to primary school in the 70's grammer was drilled into us over and over again and we were marked acordingly. If you failed you tried harder next time, but now my kids are told its ok - you dont have to spell correctly or start off with a capital , so long as you try!, it teaches my kids nothing. I despare when they go into the real world and try and get a job if they cant even spell or put in a full stop on their C.V.... I think if it is worth while writing something other people are going to read then it is worth while spending another 5 minuits checking to see if it reads well.
anyone else feel the same way??
Firefly

I am unsure as to whether this thread has been written by those with a US or UK education in English (I am UK educated), however, I too feel that to write, and hence communicate effectively with another, one should endeavour to create flow and understanding of the text. This is done by the use of good grammar. Good grammar facilitates understanding by the reader and enables the writer to convey her thoughts more accurately and without misunderstanding.

I believe this is especially true if one is writing for a readership that is beyond her immediate local accent and dialect.

If ah was t'write as ah speak, in me broad Yorksher aksent, then it wud be difficult fer uthers t'understand what ah was on about. butalsoifididntusegrammaritdbeevenworsewithnospacesfullstopscommasorcapitalletterstodefinethetext.

Another thought: if books and periodicals were written in "textese", how would we ever understand the nuances of more complicated concepts and ideas? The mind boggles! Are tomorrow's thinkers and writers going to be in such scarcity because increasingly fewer people will able to communicate well?



CC

CC.. you have summed it up precisely

your analogy using a broad Yorkshire accent made me laugh as my father was indeed a Yorkshire man so yes, i actually could understand what you are on about...

I was educated in New Zealand but born in the U.K - the best of both worlds you could say.

I don't profess to be anything other than i am, but poor grammer makes me less than i can be.

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Firefly