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[megamini_jb]

lolzzz

[Beej123]

I've just turned 20 and when I was at school grammar and sentence construction were never mentioned.
My dad went to an old fashioned grammar school in London so it was forced onto me and my brother at home.

I know for a fact I have got jobs over other people just because of my ability to present myself and adapt my speach and written skills to certain situations.

I think poor grammar is to do with being lazy and with most of these people it follows them through life, I have interviewed people for sales and administration roles that have turned up with no tie on, this may seem picky and over the top but presentability is important.
I know I sound like a grumpy old man but I would like to add that my biggest problem when typing is my stupid spacebardoesn'twork sometimes so i have to re-read everything!

Rant over.

[Bobby9779]

Well if it is in rules and regs then it should be followed/enforced.

If it is too much of a job for the TMF staff to handle then I (as I am sure others) would be happy to fulfil this "job opening".

A little spelling mistake here and there can be forgiven, but when posts are littered with it (and I mean everything that has been spoken about) then users should be stopped, or timed out, or posts deleted. Whatever suits.

[Mini Mad Drakeley]

i will admit to slipping up sometimes and using text speech but i try not to, i still use lol and lmao and any words i do use will be easy to understandand and you probably wont notice. im 17 and i have no problem with text speak unless its really bad, i hate it when someone says "liek" it drives me nuts and people that use text speak in normal conversation, one of my ex's always said "lol" and a few other things and because of it there was just no humour, needless to say i dumped her pretty quickly lol

it annoys me when people needlessly correct everyones little spelling mistakes, its something an annoying little chav would do if they knew it was annoying (im not being stereotypical, the chavs round where i am are just like that)

[surfblue63]

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Has anyone noticed there has been a very large earthquake in Japan and an on going civil war in Libya!




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Edited by surfblue63, 11 March 2011 - 01:17 PM.

[Mini Mad Drakeley]

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Has anyone noticed there has been a very large earthquake in Japan and an on going civil war in Libya!




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im going to be brutally honest, japan is rich enough to get back on its feet, libya has frig all to do with us and i believe in the term help starts at home, we should get our own country properly sorted first instead of sending lots of aid to pakistan who have plenty of rich people they can tax, thats my own opinion and im sticking to it but obviously i feel for all the familys and people its affected

Edited by Mini Mad Drakeley, 11 March 2011 - 01:28 PM.

[Ethel]

Shouldn't there be a comma after Japan?

[Scallywag630]

I've just turned 20 and when I was at school grammar and sentence construction were never mentioned.
My dad went to an old fashioned grammar school in London so it was forced onto me and my brother at home.

I know for a fact I have got jobs over other people just because of my ability to present myself and adapt my speach and written skills to certain situations.

I think poor grammar is to do with being lazy and with most of these people it follows them through life, I have interviewed people for sales and administration roles that have turned up with no tie on, this may seem picky and over the top but presentability is important.
I know I sound like a grumpy old man but I would like to add that my biggest problem when typing is my stupid spacebardoesn'twork sometimes so i have to re-read everything!

Rant over.

Now here is a young man that will go far. Poor grammar and spelling are just symtoms of either poor education or laziness. There are spell and grammar checkers available to computer users with disabilities.

I wonder if the same attitude to spelling and grammar prevails when attempting other tasks. Would you feel safe in a mini maintained with the same splap-dash attention to detail?

[Bobby9779]

Then start a thread about it surf...you serve in the forces or have family/live in lybia? Then nothing you are doing about it presumably.

Anyway. That has nothing to do with this thread.

It has been brought to our attention that this issue is already in black and white in the rules of the forum. So my question to admin staff is, does anyone check on this from time to time? Ages ago there was a thread such as this backed by admin. Now there are new illiterates and admin staff are no where to be seen.

So illiterates; why are you argueing the point when it is dogma?

Edited by Bobby9779, 11 March 2011 - 02:39 PM.

[The_Mistro]

There is a Grammer mistake in the title of this thread!!! pot, kettle, black!?

Edit:
Sorry, there are actually a few mistakes

"the Youth Of Today!", Never thought i'd say it

"The Youth Of Today", Never thought I'd say it

Edited by The_Mistro, 11 March 2011 - 02:41 PM.

[Juju]

There is a Grammer mistake in the title of this thread!!! pot, kettle, black!?

And another.

[The_Mistro]

I'm part of the youth of today though!

And technically thats spelling!

Edited by The_Mistro, 11 March 2011 - 02:45 PM.

[Ethel]

that's - oh, where will it end?

[Chris_R]

Then start a thread about it surf...you serve in the forces or have family/live in lybia? Then nothing you are doing about it presumably.

Anyway. That has nothing to do with this thread.

It has been brought to our attention that this issue is already in black and white in the rules of the forum. So my question to admin staff is, does anyone check on this from time to time? Ages ago there was a thread such as this backed by admin. Now there are new illiterates and admin staff are no where to be seen.

So illiterates; why are you argueing the point when it is dogma?

Come on Bobby, you come across as if you're spoiling for a fight on this matter |

Despite your edit there are still at least half a dozen errors in your post, and as for the use of the word "dogma" that's had me laughing because of the irony.

Edited by Chris_R, 11 March 2011 - 02:51 PM.

[Juju]

There is a Grammer mistake in the title of this thread!!! pot, kettle, black!?

And another.

And another.....