Grammar whores unite

[Brock]

Anyone else a grammar whore like me?  Like if you see an error in your post, you actually care enough to correct it kind of thing?

And if you're like me, you hate people Who Type Like This.  Capitalizing Every Single Word And spilign everytghing wrongg adn writign out theyr ideassa Badlyy?

I'm only really talking about forums or writing on paper...  Chat lines are a bit different, I don't care as much there

[iDante]

I like Meow Mix.

As long as it's understandable I couldn't care less how people communicate.

[frogboy]

caring about literacy is stupid, and i employ everyone to delibrately make mistaikes out of spite.

[{LAW} Gamer_2k4]

I really prefer proper grammar on forums and the like; in chat rooms I have similar standards, but capitalization doesn't matter there for me.

I think my main example here is going to be PANZERCATWAGON.  His posts always have some pretty good content, but it takes effort for me to actually decide to read them, since they look awful.

[STM1993]

I do care about the English, makes posts look neater and better. But as long as I can understand it's fine for me. Weird English (or stuff like 1337 speak) make things quite difficult sometimes (annoying if the post is long), but generally I'm okay. One of the only things I truly hate is stuff like having emoticons in the middle of words, mostly seen when speaking on IMs.

Eg: ed
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I voted "Yeah, somewhat" though.

Ultimately, the content is more important than how it is presented, but how it is presented can help you show your content better.

[echo_trail]

"Yeah, somewhat"
I really do care a lot about my grammar when writing in danish. After all, I'm studying to become a journalist, but with english it's kinda different. I'm not nearly good enough at english to be anything of a grammar nazi. ...but I try

[~Niko~]

Like you, I can't stand people like AntiHero Who Writes Like This.

Yeah, somewhat.

[The Specialist]

As long as I can understand when I read it, it's fine.

[a-4-year-old]

I try to spell everything correctly at the very least. I figure that someone who spells several words wrong in a sentence is an idiot so I try not to be an idiot.

[echo_trail]

Or has a different mothertongue, thank you.

[a-4-year-old]

Or has a different mothertongue, thank you.

Actually you all were taught it properly so thats how you do it. Native speakers are the worst offenders.

[Espadon]

Capitalization isn't a huge one. The ones that get to me the most are people who always type in half sentences ending in ...

like so...

and then you probably know...

they're some poor as poo fatblob...

living in Australia...

And people who can't figure out which homonym to use. It's 'bear in mind' not 'bare in mind,' or even worse, I've seen 'bere in mind.' And get your 'you'res' and 'yours' and 'theirs' and 'they'res' right ffs!

[Vilho]

I'm not nearly good enough at english to be anything of a grammar nazi. ...but I try

As well.

[Kazuki]

It depends, really. When it comes to other people, I don't mind as long as the spelling is mostly correct and the grammar allows for easy reading. For example, n00bface and Panzer never really use proper punctuation and capitalization, but their posts are easy to read. On the other hand, there are people like AntiHero, whose posts are a huge pain to read.

When it comes to myself, however, it's a different story; I like my grammar to be near perfect, even as I'm typing in an IM or in IRC. I'll go out of my way to read my messages before I send them and correct them if necessary. I'm not sure why that is. In fact, I'm not sure why I even started doing it in the first place, but now I'm so accustomed to it that it feels rather blasphemous to not type the way that I do.

[PANZERCATWAGON]

I think my main example here is going to be PANZERCATWAGON.  His posts always have some pretty good content, but it takes effort for me to actually decide to read them, since they look awful.

ur a fagott

so long as my words are spelt correctly i couldnt give a shit

i think the real crime is when some of you spend hours making sure every single hyphen and semi colon is by the book and they still end up not making any sense

[Thinkto urself]

There is a fine line between proper grammar and sounding like an overlysophisticated idiot. Yes, somewhat.

[echo_trail]

I don't have nothing against peoples poor vocabulary, and I don't mind the commas. But lack of punctuation makes it difficult, and random capitalization is just evil.

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[SDFilm]

If they don't care enough to even write it properly, then why should I care to read it?

Although a lack of grammar etc in txt messages via mobile phone and in-game are ok.

[echo_trail]

Nothing personal here mate, but you limeys have horrible grammar.

[Espadon]

What is up with you trying to sound like such a damn Brit?