Top 10 grammatical errors that make you look stupid

[Biff]

And, uneducatable.

Yeah. Lazy uneducated linguistic bastards:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_linguistics

[Hitcher]

Yeah. Lazy uneducated linguistic bastards:

I don't see anything in your Wiki reference that advocates giving up and allowing the roaming barbarian hordes with their TXT speak and absence of punctuation to have free rein.

English is a rich, diverse and expressive language. I don't see why those who treasure this should bow meekly to the masses with a working vocabularly of 50 words, none of which they can spell correctly or even agree to spell incorrectly.

Yes, language does evolve. But not at a pace set by Mr Nokia or the uneducated illiterati who walk amongst us.

[Dave Lobster]

English is a rich, diverse and expressive language. I don't see why those who treasure this should bow meekly to the masses with a working vocabularly of 50 words, none of which they can spell correctly or even agree to spell incorrectly.

Know what I mean, Kind of and Like??

Yes, language does evolve. But not at a pace set by Mr Nokia or the uneducated illiterati who walk amongst us.

Shuffle.. they shuffle amongst us.

[Biff]

I don't see anything in your Wiki reference that advocates giving up and allowing the roaming barbarian hordes with their TXT speak and absence of punctuation to have free rein.

Neither did I. But I saw this:

People who generally refer to the English language "evolving" ... are just sloppy or lazy. .

IMO people who have issues with other peoples 'grammatics' (yeah ... feel me evolve baby) in tinternet forums for one of the following reasons

1. They use their (often fake) command of the English language to bellitle others simply in an attempt to cover up for their own their own inadequacies
2. It's a power trip. A bit like a penis measuring contest.'I must be cleverer than you because I can spell' kinda thang.
3. They're out of touch with the real world, and not 'with it'
5. Where did 4 go?
4. Ahhh there it is.

[Ixion]

People who generally refer to the English language "evolving" or who look to cover their own communications inadequacies with excuses like "detail not being important", are just sloppy or lazy. Or both. They probably don't believe in personal hygiene either, least it compromise their "individuality".

iċ geþwærlecan clæne. Awende forbeodan ist. Heonan

[Joni]

Hmm... I hear a deep dark rumble in the sky.....

I think the point is that this is a biker site... who gives a damn who spells well or not... who cares who has a good command of the English language... in fact who cares who has good hygiene (eww!)... its not what brought us here, its the passion for riding/bikes/racing that is the crux of the matter.

If this was a gramatical society that would be another story.

Sorry, no Hitcher offence intended, I know each one of us has our pet peeves and this one is yours... but, ah well... you know.

[Biff]

iċ geþwærlecan clæne. Awende forbeodan ist.

Germanicspeakenpoopinshizzer?

[Joni]

Germanicspeakenpoopinshizzer?

Fuck you are so funny! my sides hurt...

[Dave Lobster]

I think the point is that this is a biker site... who gives a damn who spells well or not... who cares who has a good command of the English language... in fact who cares who has good hygiene (eww!)... its not what brought us here, its the passion for riding/bikes/racing that is the crux of the matter.

But when the illiterate people post, it takes twice as long to read and comprehend what they're trying to get across.

[Joni]

But when the illiterate people post, it takes twice as long to read and comprehend what they're trying to get across.

Who gives a fuck... they are still bikers... just dont read it if you have an issue with it!

They are still on topic aren't they? Most of the time anyway...

Ooops sorry.

[idb]

..........They are still on topic aren't they?...........

How do you know if you can't understand what they're writing?

[mstriumph]

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the masses with a working vocabularly of 50 words, none of which they can spell correctly or even agree to spell incorrectly.

Yes, language does evolve. But not at a pace set by Mr Nokia or the uneducated illiterati who walk amongst us.

- as opposed to that set by the elitist pedants who prefer a snails'pace to a walk?

Language is not a thing, it's a process, a working tool of the masses ........... and, by definition, there are more of THEM than there are of either you or me, mr hitcher, sir

the 'brave little dutch boy who put his finger in the dyke and saved the day by holding back the torrent' only exists in childrens' stories, unfortunately ................

[mstriumph]

But when the illiterate people post, it takes twice as long to read and comprehend what they're trying to get across.

understand
what's WRONG with the word 'understand'?
using a more difficult word like 'comprehend' when there's an easy one like 'understand' may be to imply something you DIDn't intend .....

yes - i know - i do it lots ........ but I do it with malice aforethought!!

[idb]

- as opposed to that set by the elitist pedants who prefer a snails'pace to a walk?

Language is not a thing, it's a process, a working tool of the masses ........... and, by definition, there are more of THEM than there are of either you or me, mr hitcher, sir

the 'brave little dutch boy who put his finger in the dyke and saved the day by holding back the torrent' only exists in childrens' stories, unfortunately ................

Nobody expects everyone to speak like a linguistics professor but how could you hope to convey or understand complex concepts without a reasonable grasp of sentence structure, spelling and grammar?

[idb]

understand
what's WRONG with the word 'understand'?
using a more difficult word like 'comprehend' when there's an easy one like 'understand' may be to imply something you DIDn't intend .....

yes - i know - i do it lots ........ but I do it with malice aforethought!!

Why is 'comprehend' more difficult?