Grammar: How important is it?

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Grammar: How important is it?

Post by CPT Worm »

Very. I think a course of proper puncuation and capitalization should be a requirement for joining the forum.
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Of course it should. But it's discrimination, since not everybody can read or write, and that's mostly not a choice whether you can or can't. Opposed to smoking. People are learning by posting.

But yeah, some people...
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Post by cyb3r.god3 »

AHHHHHH. NO WORD FILTERS, LETTER FILTERS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. look grammar and spelling and everythin shouldnt matter aslong as its readable


(i wrote the caps because ive had bad experiences with those)
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Post by Gamer_V »

As lnog as it's rldaabee? Tihs is aslo rebldaae, but olny bacuese the frsit and lsat lteter are the smae.

If a post looks too crappy for me, I'm not even going to try to read it. I do this for fun, ya know.
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robhofen wrote:no warcraft is a rip off of age of empires and so are a lot of other games
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lyk i full3 fink dat talkin lyk dis iz da bombzz!!1!one! LOLZ.

If you have time to write on a forum, you have time to do your best at grammar and spelling. I'm not saying it has to be perfect, but atleast have an attempt. Anything you say if it is written illegibly will be dismissed as an argument even if you make a good point. You have the time to edit (not like on instant chat, etc), so use it.

:) Personal pet hates: "Try <b>AND</b> do it..." (should be "to"), "I <b>seen</b> you yesterday", "I <b>done</b> my homework"... I'm a bit picky...But really, a good attempt is all that is needed. :)

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I think my rant speaks for itself. ;)
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Post by nastypoisonspikes »

Seeing as about half of the regulars on this forum have a tenuous grasp on the use of spelling, grammar and punctuation, there'd be even less posters than there are now. Of course, it would be a utopia, and these people annoy me every time I'm on this forum, but it's not worth it. If only they'd read over their posts before they submitted them and realised they're looking like idiots otherwise ...
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Gamer_V wrote:Of course it should. But it's discrimination, since not everybody can read or write, and that's mostly not a choice whether you can or can't. Opposed to smoking. People are learning by posting.

But yeah, some people...

That true I can`t write that good
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