American Grammer

kendiggy · Joined: 30 Nov 2004 Posts: 366 Location: not here

I very much agree with Wildcard and Shyft. I don't have the patience to deal with stupid people.
But for the time being, I'm going to elaborate on Shyft's point for a while, because he made one that I hadn't really put much thought into before.
Think of the target audience in these forums. Magic players. How many magic players do you know aced their 9th grade english exam? Now how many do you know aced their math exam? Probably a higher percentage, am I correct? Magic players simply have a tendency to not be very good at spelling because their interests lie elsewhere.
Now, for the benefit of the critics and to pre-empt anyone who would do this anyways, lets analyze myself for the record.
I think I got about a 92 on my english exam. What did I get on my 9th grade math exam (course II math, for the curious parties)? A 97. Science (Biology)? 98. Now, fast forward to 12th grade. English - 73. Math - Non-existent. Science - Did I even take science my senior year? Why the dramatic change? Drugs. And I was mild... only pot. I think my spelling and grammar are fine.
I don't know what the statistics are, but a large portion of America's teenagers are prescribed Rytalin. For those who don't know, it is a drug widely used to help with the condition known as ADD, a.k.a. Attention Deficit Disorder. It basically helps your mind focus. It also causes a wide variety of health problems and self-esteem issues. It is also a very abused drug. Most teens and young adults who have a prescription are either not using it and selling it to prescription drug addicts or are grinding it up and snorting it themselves. Which really isn't the greatest thing to be doing to your brain.
Now, that, coupled with the pop-culture frenzy of smoking "weed" and getting "crunked" and blowing coke and taking mushrooms and acid and ecstacy, and speed and heroin and whatever else their doing these days, I'd say we've got a bit of an epidemic here. No wonder most Americans can barely speak the language. They're all too high to care. And who do we blame? We really can't blame the kids, they're only doing what they see on T.V. as the popular thing to do. Do we blame the parents? No, what are they going to do? Making something taboo only makes it more of a desirable thing to do. Can we blame the doctors prescribing the medicine, or the drug dealers on the corner? I wouldn't; they're only trying to make a buck. You know who we should really blame? The media! Sure, they're only trying to make a buck too, but they're the ones in control. They're the ones telling our kids what to do. Our kids pay more attention to the media than they do their parents. Or their teachers for that matter.
So, if you really want to do something about people speaking bad english on the forums, get involved. Take control of the media and tell them to stop influencing our kids in a way that makes them make spelling errors and look like idiots in the forums. Until then, stfu an liv ur own life sotp tryin to tell my wut to do

mikeg542 · Joined: 06 May 2006 Posts: 82

PV · Joined: 17 Sep 2004 Posts: 77

I wish you'd just shut up about the grammar thing... you know, not everybody is american -_-

What I hate the most about the forum posts are the "first, second". They just flood the topic without adding anything. I suggest a ban.

The second thing I hate the most about forum is that the "notify me when a reply is posted" is auto-checked and I have to uncheck it every time.

NightFlare · Joined: 08 Sep 2004 Posts: 234

zomg a tread about engrish/gramer and mispelting and nobodi invieted me ,

WildCard · Joined: 06 Sep 2004 Posts: 735 Location: Japan

I JUST NOTICED I'M under WC but this is AYAME, I'm not retyping all this.

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WildCard · Joined: 06 Sep 2004 Posts: 735 Location: Japan

Hopefully I got this right. American grammar is different than what my topic was about.

SnoopMogg · Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Posts: 5

It's azmaing how you can stlil usterndand waht is bieng wtriten as lnog as the fisrt and lsat leettrs of ecah wrod are corercet!

Strovil · Joined: 11 Mar 2005 Posts: 567

Well, since this has been separated into its own topic:

There is no excuse for the abysmal spelling and grammar that are commonplace on these boards. People who do not speak English as a first or even second language have a firmer grasp on the language than too many posters.

This is not a chat room. Believe it or not, you have all the time you need to write, proofread, and spellcheck before you click the Submit button.

Should every post be read and reread and edited to perfection? No.

Should posts consist of actual words spelled out completely and (mostly) correctly? Yes.

Should posts use capital letters to begin sentences and punctuation to end them? Yes.

Should posts be coherent? Yes.

NightFlare · Joined: 08 Sep 2004 Posts: 234

shuold i step up and try 2 save this tread just liek teh other 1?

nico · Administrator Joined: 28 Oct 2003 Posts: 824

Nightflare: you should have a custom title:

Nightflare
saviour of threads

Greetz Nico