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Grammar gadgies...
Satan Slave
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My grammar has usually been fairly ok, not obsessed with it though, and of course as time goes by I'm making more and more errors, tbh this IPad is guilty of actually typing others letters other than what I press!!..
I know it sounds like bollocks but hey , that's the truth.
Anyway, I'm not one of those folk who will use errors in another's grammar simply to point score in heated debate.
I've never gone for that and I believe it's poor sport, kind of like someone thinking they are better than you, probably similar to how many Africa s feel we are somehow superior to them, I don't like that, we are all the same.
But I noticed in the past that when on another forum, some will resort to using other's errors in grammar as an excuse to Insult, , cheek up, abuse or take the piss out of other posters.
It has been a while since I have witnessed this kind of behaviour thankfully, but has anyone else ever encountered this ?
I know it sounds like bollocks but hey , that's the truth.
Anyway, I'm not one of those folk who will use errors in another's grammar simply to point score in heated debate.
I've never gone for that and I believe it's poor sport, kind of like someone thinking they are better than you, probably similar to how many Africa s feel we are somehow superior to them, I don't like that, we are all the same.
But I noticed in the past that when on another forum, some will resort to using other's errors in grammar as an excuse to Insult, , cheek up, abuse or take the piss out of other posters.
It has been a while since I have witnessed this kind of behaviour thankfully, but has anyone else ever encountered this ?
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Fcuk off!!!:D
Mis-spelling a word in order to circumvent the swear-filter is grounds for a ban on this forum, so I've been told.
..oh tis it tis
I don't know what "cheek up" means. Or "gadgies".
Most gadgies have poor grammar.
On this forum? Certainly not - perish the thought!
Oh, by the way ...
"others' errors" - the errors of others.
Hope that helps.
Like chavs.
..you REALLY have not worked out what 'cheek up ' means?
And tbh, it does not take much working out, just read it as it says, I'm sure you'll figure it out.
Clue...it's not the kind of cheeks on our face or our backside.
...oops!!, hardon me!:)
Thanks.
It is not the first thing I mention, however, knowing the difference between your and you're / there, their and they're is not much to ask, is it ?
The reaction from the person being corrected tends to say more about them, then the person doing the correcting.
That said, if som1 wz spkin lyk dis an didnt spll thing proparly an refoosed 2 punktuate there sentances acc lulz I'd probably get annoyed and ask them to speak properly.
You should always listen to your mother.
...aye Jane, the 'gadgies' is a Scots term
...that just does not ring true Sheets, the person correcting someone continually for very minor errors is the issue IMO.
I make errors with small words at times myself , but if it is still readable , then what is the problem?..
Why would one so educated and astute get all hot and bothered by very trivial spelling errors or missed comas?...
See, the corrector obviously has issues.
Maybe as they do not see it as trivial ?
Bad grammar etc grates with me, but I don't always point it out and would never use it to try and score points, unless I was in a bad mood.
Also, at work I have to put up with it from so-called managers that I can't correct so easily. I guess I sometimes correct people online purely because I can - also, they might not be aware of their mistakes and might learn something.
I used to get it's and its wrong until someone on a forum pulled me up on it. I was grateful to them for pointing it out.