Literacy

[lynmilne65]

To think people should have a degree of literacy before posting ?

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So people with severe dyslexia or just learning English aren’t allowed to ask for help?

Lyn, pristine is correct. Go away.

Yes you are being unreasonable

Apparently - I learnt it from a thread recently - that it's disablist (ablist / antidisablist?) to suggest someone's post is difficult to read.

I think your completely reasonable.

deliberate homophone error, by the way...

What's more important, impeccable spelling and grammar? Or the ability to realise that some people for whatever reason are not able to read and write to a university degree in the English language level, but are nonetheless intelligent and/or in need of advice?

@Pinkyyy

I love the irony of your post.

tempEmails

What's ironic about it?

Hopefully the fact that I'm quite literate

sounds like a mickey mouse degree to me

The myriad of errors.

"Hopefully the fact that I'm quite literate"

lol'd

No, they shouldn't have a degree of anything in order to post, just wish to post. Actually, it is a very well-spoken, eloquent site. I am surprised at how few mistakes people make.

Myraid of errors? I've never had any issues in my life with my literacy and if someone wants to pick my sentences apart, they're probably coming from the same headspace as the OP. We are not all master's degree holders, but a degree clearly doesn't give someone the skills to realise that people's strengths are in different areas

Arsehole alert 🚨

Pinkyyy ignore this person.

Language elitists are vile.

I'm a teacher and although lazy spelling and grammar annoys me in academic work, on a place like Mumsnet where people may be dyslexic, underprivileged or using EAL, grammar and spelling really isn't something to get worked up about.

Also, Pinkyyy, you're fine. Your sentence structure is slightly off, but it's pretty obvious what you mean, which on Mumsnet is no problem whatsoever. TempEmails isn't so perfect either.

There are very few posts on this site where SPAG errors make it difficult to comprehend the post.

If you are finding it a big problem, then perhaps the issue lies closer to home.

I think there should be a decree of literacy. Across the land...

Thank you both! Luckily my occupation doesn't require perfect literacy so I'm not too worried

I can string a sentence together, but my children's SPAG homework baffles me.

It's important to remember on places like Mumsnet that not everyone has had the same advantages in life as those who feel the need to criticise other people's standards of literacy.

I work in IT, I'd love all the users to have a good standard of IT competence before being unleashed on a computer, but that isn't how life works.

Hopefully my degree of literacy is enough to satisfy lyn...

What's 'the English language level'?

There are two occasions when it is acceptable to correct someone’s SPAG.

When it’s your job or when they ask.

People who do it on a forum like this are desperately sad individuals trying to give themselves a superiority complex.

So in answer OP, no. I think it’s more important people feel able to post rather than it be an exercise in literacy.

YANBU

People post as they speak. Having the ability to say the correct words will always be beneficial.

read and write to a university degree in the English language level

To the level of someone with a degree in the English language.

Good enough yet? Probably not.

It makes me clench a little when I see "defiantly" in place of 'definitely". That's it. Noting else gets me wound up because not everyone has identical abilities, identical understanding or identical literacy levels. Additionally, in times of stress I think lost of people type out ranty posts that don't focus on perfect grammar simply because the words pour out.

I do think posters who correct grammar and spelling on here are often just twats who are doing so to feel good about themselves. You find your kicks where you find them, but using other people's errors to get yours is a dick behaviour whichever way you look at it.