It irks me at times when people butcher the language. I think it bugs me more in text probably because it's more obvious. Like then & than, your & you're and than theirs the there's they're .

by Anonymous 5 years ago

Glad to know you feel as strongly as I do about proper English

by Anonymous 5 years ago

I agree strongly. Ax is a damn tool not a verb.

by Anonymous 5 years ago

Exactly.

by Anonymous 5 years ago

I have mixed feelings on this. On one hand, I think that proper spelling and grammar and pronunciation are important - not in communicating, but in being taken seriously. The entire point of using words and grammar is to communicate, though. Even if how you say things isn't completely technically correct, getting your point across is ultimately more important. The best argument we have in favor of being "correct" is that being "incorrect" is distracting. On top of all of this, we'll find that many "incorrect" pronunciations are simply regional or dialectical. A dialect is no less correct than another, just different. So if you're speaking with people that take "ask" as the only correct pronunciation, you should probably pronounce the word as such if you want to fit in with their language culture. But if the people you're speaking with aren't massive sticklers, who cares? In a different example, most people won't call you out for using "data" as a singular noun (ie. "the data is/shows") even though "data" is a plural noun (ie. "the data are/show"). But if you're not talking to people that know or care about that, then why should you?

by Anonymous 5 years ago

It's i.e., smartypants

by Anonymous 5 years ago

Think you might've proved my point

by Anonymous 5 years ago

Then it's our point

by Anonymous 5 years ago

:'-)

by Anonymous 5 years ago

I'm sorry, but for some people it's HARD to say it properly. If it bothers you, then too bad.

by Anonymous 4 years ago