If you are talking about the posts on here, then: Bad grammar could be a sign of a foreigner or a little kid. If you mean the real world, then it can still be a foreigner

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I meant in the real world, and I didn't mean foreigners. I meant people who have English as their first language.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Oh hah, well yeah you're right

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I even undid my thumbs down

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Glad to hear it :]

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I have a tendency to assume that there is a correlation between poor grammar and lack of intelligence, but I guess it's not always true.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's not always true, but majority of the time it is. I mean, if English is your first language, it shouldn't be this hard to speak it correctly. Completely contradictory to my point (but still relevant) Albert Einstein couldn't even fluently speak his first language, German, until he was nine, and he grew to be a genius. So I guess you never know. But I think that it's pretty safe to say that your average person with bad grammar is not going to become the next Albert Einstein.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Eh, or just a sign of someone who can't be bothered with grammar, unless it's pertaining to something scholarly.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

If that's the case, then I have to ask how our society has reached a point where grammar is a "bother" rather than the natural structure of our language. Shouldn't it be second nature by now?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I second that. (Well said)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Why should it be second nature? Some people don't even grow up in a household, in which correct grammar is used on a daily basis. I know mine isn't. With text talk a vital part of teenagers' daily lives, you'd think they'd be more inclined to INcorrect grammar as second nature.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Exactly. It's not, but it SHOULD be. It's pretty sad that it isn't.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I doubt that it ever will be. In this lifetime at least.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I agree with you. But that doesn't mean that it shouldn't. For example, homophobia and racism will probably never go away. But they should (not, of course, that I'm putting bad grammar on the the same level as those, but you get the point.)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I suppose.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Or a sign of general laziness

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Or maybe they just weren't taught it very well when they were little, and no one really reinforced it later on in school. I never really understood grammar all that well until a few years ago when my teacher actually decided to go back and teach us again because of this.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's a sign of ignorance, not stupidity.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I think it's both. You are right in saying that's it's ignorant, but I also think that someone with bad grammar is probably generally stupid. Not necessarily (see example of Albert Einstein above), of course, but a lot of the time.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yes it are.

by Anonymous 13 years ago