to think it is bloody nasty and childish to pull someone up on grammer

[2shoes]

on here(mn) I mean ffs
can I just say arse holes to anyone who does that?

Yep, they do. Especially in a thread titled as above.

Sorry.

There's nothing wrong with the odd mistake but somtimes I wonder if the poster actually speaks English. Does it matter? Well no, nothing much matters when you think about it, short of life and death, but we tend to care about lots of little things. Why not the way we communicate?

tbh I think I am just bloody angry and venting.
I posted cos I was really happy about somethingreally happy
most people shared my joy.one just thought .....oh yippee a chance to stamp on her.

Sorry to hear that.

Oh, yes I hate it when people make a spelling mistake but then post again to correct that mistake.

OrmRenewed I am still happy and excited

Provided you understand what someone is trying to say then I don't think it matters.

I went to a grammar school and didn't notice the grammer spelling. Knew what OP meant though so who cares?!

I think if the thread is about that very subject people will comment.
I posted again today to correct my spelling. Dont see what the problem is. Everyone makes spelling/grammatical errors at some point. I dont see the hassle in having it pointed out.

I'd say that context is everything - if you're just having a chat then it's irrelevant, but otherwise, there is always a risk that spelling/grammar mistakes reveal that you are a)drunk, b)14 and a troll or c)thick and therefore your views count for nothing (I've read this through 5 times...how may typos etc did I miss...)

I went to a Grammar school and only learnt to spell the word decades later.

Says a lot really.

Here is my theory prepares to be flamed.

I work full time - job involves a lot of official-type writing. So, I write properly in RL but on an internet forum, I'm relaxed and not paying so much attention to every single word and sentence. It's an internet forum FFS.

So my theory is that the people who are obsessed with correcting the grammar of others, are like that because they have nothing better to do. Perhaps they have given up work to care for child(ren) full time and so need to find some way of proving their worth in an "adult-world"(IMO, SAHMs already have my admiration - not sure I could do it).

Correcting grammar on an internet forum simply screams of arrogance......

Agree.

Hate to see posters being corrected on spelling and grammar. Mainly because mine is crap and it embarresses me.

I dont read long posts without paragraphs though. Txt spk drives me bonkers.

I dont correct my spelling but I do that (sp) thing. Because I know I cant spell, I am embarressed about it but I am not thick.

Picking on someones spelling when they are posting a 'I am really happy' post seems more than a bit mean.

I can't do text stuff, so I just spell it badly lol

But Bosch. Im not a good speller and Im not drunk or a 14 year old troll.

That doesnt mean Im thick and my views dont count!

I always type/spell much better when I am pissed.

See???

I am a 14 yr old drunk troll.

I don't give a fuck about grammar or spelling on MN tbh

i will want to be a 14 year old drunk troll on the happy night......i might fit in better.

so come on some one ........

it it..
I bought a cat and brought it home?
or

I brought a cat and bought it home

??

my dear old dead dad used to explain it to me

2shoes it was mean for someone to spoil your thread about being happy, agreed.

Having said that, I hate text speak with a vengeance. And grammatical errors, and some spelling errors (though there are several words which I am not sure of at all) I suppose I mean there/their/they're and that kind of thing- the rules are simple and just need learning. Would not ever pick someone up on it though, that would be like singling out a child in a class.

Disagree that an internet forum should not follow rules of Standard English though- it's a public domain and I think that there should be public standards- you wouldn't expect a newspaper to be in text speak or contain errors for example.

yikesascorpiobaby I was sooooo excited I am supised I managed to post in the right topic

Some posts are so badly spelled, punctuated or in text-speak so as to be almost incomprehensible - other than that I don't think it matters that much. We're chatting on a forum not submitting a thesis.

That said, I've lived abroad for so long now I can't spell in English anymore, my sentence structure is stuffed, and I mix up my languages. I posted on an abortion thread a few days ago and spelt it 'abortian'. Oh dear........seriously considered a new identity/ name change after that one!

Just seen thread 2shoes, definitely a bit petty there

And sometimes MNers are a bit er, drinken tired, especially on a Friday night.

I like unusual posting styles. I like tigga's sign-offs and aitch's lack of capitalisation and cod's pun user-names and odd typing.

Life's Rich Pageant innit?

yikesascorpiobaby well I will be in the same "room" as him so maybe some one is a little green

Ive seen a few posts which there are loads of spelling mistakes, but I think if spelling is so bad the poster is most likely to be dyslexic or has other problems.

I think if we let dads have an opinion, why not bad spellers.