Grammar Nazis

[cadburys_egg]

Do we need them? Are you one?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's an argument for them;

 

 

 

They promote good grammar (evidently from name) and possibly encourage people to type like a normal person and not like a dyslexic cat having a seizure across the keyboard. It's not only good to use correct grammar so you won't be persecuted by the particular person, but its good practice for typing skills.

 

 

 

When I first joined TIF I typd lyk dis cus it ws fst. But, I soon learnt otherwise. I found that it took long to do homeworks considering I needed to type normally. I was actually so lazy at one point that I set all of my autocorrect options so when I typed in chat speak, it corrected it to normal. But I soon learnt that my typing wasn't getting any better. Now, I am a self-taught typist and can average a 100wpm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's an arugment against them;

 

 

 

They can ruin the environment of a forum. Having a friendly, light-hearted conversation is great, but when one person makes a grammatical error... BAMTHEYGETATTACKED. Sometimes usually contributing nothing towards the topic. Pointing out errors is one thing, but flaming them so much that global warming happens isn't going to help any more.

 

 

 

Some people just want to type like they do. Just because they type like a 6 year old doesn't make them a bad person. Most people see chat speakers as some chav who only goes on the internet to cyber, go on forums and update their "space". (Trying to get that across without dodging the sensor)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But, what do you think?

 

 

 

Discussify.

[Sp4de]

They're annoying, but if everyone just spelled right or had the abiliyt to smell right, i'd make the world of inteweb a better place.

[Mercifull]

Of course I could be pedantic and mention that technically Nazi is a term meant for those following the ideology of the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei. ;)

[cadburys_egg]

It's a figure of speech, similiar to that of "GTMO MY THRED NOOB". :P

[petey]

Of course I could be pedantic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MMMM yes. Shallow and pedantic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I agree, there should be...reward's for the more intellectual people on these forum's. Maybe a new forum for the smarter?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ooh I feel all...library #-o

[Mercifull]

It's a figure of speech, similiar to that of "GTMO MY THRED NOOB". :P

I know ^_^

[BlueLancer]

I never make a post purely based on somebody's bad grammar, I don't even mention it at all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But...Then there is the occassional post (even here on tip.it) that is SO horribly written you simply can't understand what the person is saying. The thread loses it's meaning and becomes a contest of who has the best intepretation, and people start flaming each other about what the original poster meant.

[Pete_the_Viscous]

 

Of course I could be pedantic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MMMM yes. Shallow and pedantic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDIT: ! Commited a cardinal sin! Bad grammar in a grammar post!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hahaha. On topic, I find it annoying if someone corrects something that was obviously just a typo. That is, if it's obvious that someone generally knows what they're doing, but made a litle mistake like that, then it is just pedantic to pick them up on it. If it's something consistant, though, like using their, there or they're in the wrong place, then it annoys me and I like people being told what they're doing wrong.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm generally not bothered about real hard-core grammar things, though. People using less when they should use fewer, for instance, doesn't really bother me; to stupidly split infinitives sort of gets on my nerves, but I don't think it's something for which people should be jumped.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To sum up: I don't like grammar nazis, but I quite like the odd grammar... well, what's less extreme than nazi but in the same vein? One of them.

[Tigra00]

I like grammar nazi's, but not the crazy ones that will go on about like college english stuff that noone cares about.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

People who type like an idiot need to be told they do, because it isn't cool. I used to type like an idiot when I was like 13, and I can't imagine doing it again, it's too much work NOT spelling things right. :lol:

[megakiller32]

I dont mind them, but lets say you accidently mistyped something, thats not good, and about 1 word in slang i dont mind.

 

 

 

But when you go

 

 

 

" lol, dat was 2 funny!111!!!!1!"

 

 

 

That obviously annoys me :?

[katha610]

 

It's a figure of speech, similiar to that of "GTMO MY THRED NOOB". :P

I know ^_^

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

im on mercs side. i know it's common in the US to just use it.. also for someone who is f.e. insisting, but it bugs me if i ask the person who used it and he didnt know the real meaning of the word and that it can be disrespectful and insulting in some ppls eyes

[ThurinEthir]

I guess you can consider me one. I mean, how exactly is it faster? It saves you what, 5 letters? I usually don't point it out, but I sort of get mad in my head. The only excuses I'll accept for using it are:

 

 

 

1. My English isn't so good (As in worse than a 6th grader's). I don't know the rules of it, and my spelling isn't so good.

 

 

 

(Unless they don't capitalize...Since almost every language requires capitalizing.)

 

 

 

2. It was typo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nothing else. Not even "zmg pmg dys s lyk d bst wy t spk!!!!!" In fact, there's this kid I've known for a while, and all of a sudden he starts typing without vowels. His excuses:

 

 

 

1. I just got a Gameboy. (Seriously, who actually plays Gameboy that much anymore?)

 

 

 

2. I'm getting ready for when I get a cell phone and can text message people during school. (Wow...During school? And it clearly shows he doesn't understand how text messaging works, it's not like there's a keyboard...)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, to end my post...

 

 

 

pmg u shld lyk ttly tri dis gm ot i plyd yt fr a whl nd wen i frst strtd plyng i typd lyk dis yt rcks

[Nadril]

Hopefully you spell checked your post cad. :lol:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'll only point it out if it's laughable, and I can't even understand what they are saying. Lionheart mispelling a word here and then doesn't bug me. However:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

" lol, dat was 2 funny!111!!!!1!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

does :wink:

[How2PK]

People correcting other people's grammar all the time are generally more annoying than the one making the mistakes.

[Viktorkrum77]

Hehe

[killersushipunk]

Good grammer is the essence of language.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Later, in like 2000 years, archeologists will go through our data logs and dust off our hard drives with those brush things, and will see

pmg n00b i pwn ur noobie noobiness liekj ong himl + u get pwnt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They will think "How did these people survive with the intelegence of an orange?"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I want to prevent this situation

[darkmage099]

Good grammer is the essence of language.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Later, in like 2000 years, archeologists will go through our data logs and dust off our hard drives with those brush things, and will see

pmg n00b i pwn ur noobie noobiness liekj ong himl + u get pwnt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They will think "How did these people survive with the intelegence of an orange?"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I want to prevent this situation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roflmao. I'd hate them to think my intelligence is that of an orange. I'd take it as a complement if it was a banana.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

@Viktor, that was hilarious.

[Viktorkrum77]

Good grammer is the essence of language.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Later, in like 2000 years, archeologists will go through our data logs and dust off our hard drives with those brush things, and will see

pmg n00b i pwn ur noobie noobiness liekj ong himl + u get pwnt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They will think "How did these people survive with the intelegence of an orange?"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I want to prevent this situation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They will also be saying how do you live without handheld computers with internet anywhere, that are also a video telephone. And can print as well.

[Faux]

People correcting other people's grammar all the time are generally more annoying than the one making the mistakes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Definitely. Especially when they can't spell perfectly themselves.

[deloriagod]

I'm pretty much a grammar Nazi myself though I've learned to keep my mouth shut and put up with the headache I get from trying to decode some peoples' posts.

[Viktorkrum77]

My language arts teacher yelled at me for accidentaly saying something out loud. Supposedly I corrected him.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He said ambiance (am be an se) I said (om be once). He said short, and I said long, and got yelled at.

[ctp080188]

I mostly use correct grammar and spelling as far as my knowledge of it goes, occasionally I'll get lazy and spell something stupidly on purpose (if you catch my drift... i.e. gonna and all that). But to be fair, I don't really care how other people write, if I can understand it then it's fine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

However, those that don't use correct grammar, in a forum where the only way of judging someone is not only by content of the post, but how they spell and use grammar, a poor impression can be given off by these people. I don't mean the odd word or the odd apostrophe left out, I mean those posts where every word is spelt how it is sounded or with numbers and all that malarkey. I'm probably demonstrating bad grammar now with those humongous sentences but hey, deal with it.

[apinagez]

 

People correcting other people's grammar all the time are generally more annoying than the one making the mistakes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Definitely. Especially when they can't spell perfectly themselves.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Especially if you have problems with their ideology.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anyway, I think it is annoying, very annoying. And that's the exact reason why I do it to Lionheart.

 

 

 

I only do it to people I'm closer to and who know I still love them, though.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Much more annoying than people correcting grammar, however, are the pedantic idiots who'd do what Matt has done on his post here. And there are dozens of them in here.

[KCHughes]

Every communication arts teacher I ever had was so ridiculously analytical about everything. I hated them all. I made it a point to try as hard as I could to avoid growing up to be like them. That's why I don't correct peoples' grammar anymore.

[knives669]

I'm not a grammar Nazi. :P As far as I'm concerned, if you read something that is misspelled and you can understand the meaning of what the person was saying, then there's no need to correct them. However, if you can't understand a word of what they say, then you can ask them what they meant, but not flame them. It's not something worth getting your blood pressure up, or losing sleep over... Which is what I think some people here do. :lol: