HelpingTeens: Support Groups

I know what you mean. I replied to a post in which this girl said "Yah i m tha best spelller in mah grup. yew r juzt jeluz." What the hell?!

Originally posted by PunkInTooDeep@Aug 10 2003, 05:00 PM

I just think like it was said before, people should learn to express themselves freely. If people really want anyone to understand though, then maybe they can try to write more clear. But then...I don't know. I don't wanna get into an arguement so bear with me here.

My thoughts exactly. When I seriously write poems or letters, I have really good grammar..........Here I spell stuff correctly, but as long as my meaning is clear, I don't really care about grammar.

Yeah, it can get really annoying, but usually if the majority of people use proper grammar the rest buckle to peer pressure. It can be annoying, but we would never ban it, that is just silly.

You just get used to it...soon you hardly notice it.

I don't even notice anymore, but I do skip topics if they have over-used "mah" cos that just annoys me.

i have been reading more and more posts like that (however, i mostly notice that people only type like that in chit-chat, because the true imbeciles dont venture outside of it!) hehehe

what annoys me is when people randomly add letters into it like:



&i woz@hissssssss house talkin2himmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm



(i can understand the use of abbreviations and slang, but pressing random letters on the key-board is just eyeball-gouging!)

*arhg* i can understand what you mean about bad grammar, especially because i plan on studying english in college to become an english teacher...



let's just remember that bad spelling does NOT count for bad grammar--it counts for bad SPELLING. grammar is conjugation between subject and verb, correlation between plurals and their possessives, adjectives, and whatnot. (sorry if i lost anyone) examples:



you was thinking (wrong subject verb agreement)

it got me thinking wrongly about the stuffs (poor adverb use and incorrect plural usage)



it doesn't bother me that [sometimes] the spelling is atrocious around here (i mean, i don't like to capitalize things when i'm typing for speed, and not accuracy!) but seriously, understanding grammar in the english language and spelling in the english language is *ahem* more easier sed then dun (*argh* I JUST TYPED THAT?! omg... *walks away contemplating her decision for a career choice* )

It's a reflection of a person's personality. Since you can't sense sarcasm, humor, or other things over the internet, you need to find other ways to express yourself, and I guess that toying with the way you type is a way of doing that.



Personally I try and use good grammer because it would throw me when I went to go type a paper, and be typing like this "In 1999 bush iz 2 cool 4 words."



TJ

Originally posted by xxlilcubancutie0@Aug 11 2003, 02:12 AM

Showmethemoney:

Yo, hey if your learning english or whatever language it is it dosn't matter if you make mistakes, hey we all do. So dont sweat it! Its coo that you are trying a new language!



***Hey and this is like a P.S thing alright?? damn..***

^^^When i do that its a p.s.^^^^^

weeey, thx... that's a relief, hehehehe...

Originally posted by grrlstar0357@Aug 11 2003, 08:24 AM



let's just remember that bad spelling does NOT count for bad grammar--it counts for bad SPELLING. grammar is conjugation between subject and verb, correlation between plurals and their possessives, adjectives, and whatnot. (sorry if i lost anyone) examples:



you was thinking (wrong subject verb agreement)

it got me thinking wrongly about the stuffs (poor adverb use and incorrect plural usage)

like when people say:



Oh, I seen you the other day.



That irks the hell out of me.

eh. don't faze me! say all u want k? i can understand u. use all o the slang and abbreviations you want cuz i dont give. yall have a nice day. i'm out!

Originally posted by maya@Aug 11 2003, 07:29 PM

I just dont like it when it makes the post really hard to read and you don't know if ur actually answering their question.

That's exactly what I hate too. Especially when there's no periods whatsoever so you're like going on and on about something you can't even understand

big deal there is slang to every language.u people are fuckin picky, if there is one thing at all you dont like then u come here and complain about it.....................................now smart people if you did put a no slang rule out there how would you enforce it?issue warnings and eventually bans to anyone on the site that uses slang.good idea about 1/4 or more of the users on the site wouldnt be here