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Also about proper grammar
+79Sometimes you just hit "No Way!" because the person's lack of proper grammar/spelling was inexcusable, amirite?
Also about real reason
+151The real reason Gandalf survived his fall in the Mines of Moria is because he had Life Alert, amirite?
Also about real reason
-86Theres no real reason men must wear shirts to be served at restaurants, amirite?
harass
not to
http://ctrlv.in/97216
(I'm an asshole.)
Oops XD
I have failed as an English Major.
On another note, I never learned that you had to put it as "not to" rather than "to not." What rule would that be?
Saying "to not" is called a split infinitive. It's always supposed to be "not to", I think.
Ah, I see. Thanks!
In the school district I grew up in, we never had a proper grammar lesson. I never learned any of these rules until I had to take a grammar course in college. Even then, the college professors tell me all the time that many of the grammar rules are a load of bullshit XD
Your/you're used to bug me endlessly, but as long as you can communicate efficiently it really doesn't matter.
I think it bothers a lot of people because we're taught it when we're very young. It's like "How do you forget that?"
Don't get me wrong. People make mistakes. Hell, I know I've done it by accident before.
Also, I just took a class for teaching where I was basically taught that traditional grammar is a load of shit because it's based off of Latin, and that we shouldn't freak out if a student, say, splits an infinitive.
I think when you do it so much online though it effects your skills in general. I used to be amazing at spelling but now I'm just okay and I blame it on relying on spell check so much
English can be border line illiterate and we can still understand it well enough to know what someone is saying. Also there's that trick where as long as the first and last letter are in the right place, you can jumble up the middle and still read the words fine.
Yah, but it's just another example of us not needing to correct other peoples grammar when it doesn't matter since we know we can read it.
But doesn't the trick only work if you already know how to spell the word correctly?
No!!! Grammar is the difference between helping your uncle Jack, off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse.
That's punctuation though
Still falls under grammar
http://answers.yahoo.com/questi...7184949AAysWjS
"I helped my uncle Jack, off a horse" is incorrect. You either need another coma before Jack or none at all. "I helped my uncle jack-off a horse" looks more correct for the other way in my opinion.
I agree that we shouldn't make fun of people for spelling wrong or having bad grammar, but grammar isn't just for looking smart. I think it is kind of important for life in general.