I hate to admit it, but I'm a bit of a snob when it comes to spelling, punctuation and grammar.
If you can't tell the difference between "your" and "you're,"
If you post on Facebook that you are "on route" somewhere
If you constantly use txt spk
If you don't know that an apostrophe denotes ownership or a missing letter, and think it just goes between a word and the S at the end of it
If your sentences never feature commas
If you randomly use colons and semi-colons mid sentence for no apparent reason
If you don't know the difference between "there," "their" and "they're"
If you use ie when you mean eg or nb
If you put Random Capitals at the starts of words that do not require capitals
If you use "too" when you mean "to" and vice versa
If your sentences run over several lines because you've forgotten where the full stop button is
If you hyphenate words-that-should-not-be-hyphenated
If you say things like "2am in the morning" or "3pm in the afternoon"
If you say "seen as" instead of "seeing as"
If you write "loose" when you mean "lose"
... you can pretty much guarantee I don't read your Facebook updates/Twitter feeds/blog posts past the second mistake.
And I judge you.
They may have dyslexia!
ReplyDeletemmmm see as much as the odd grammatical, spelling mistake can bother me, I also know it isn't always their fault,as the previous comment states, they could have something like dyslexia. I consider myself fairly intelligent but even I can make mistakes, and then of course there is also auto correct which isn't always correct lol x #archiveday
ReplyDeleteI understand what you mean, and it's not like I instantly close a page if someone makes a mistake - but there is usually a difference between dyslexic spelling mistakes or auto-correct errors, and just general misuse of grammar.
DeleteAlso it irritates me when people say it doesn't matter, or they didn't learn it in school - if we're publishing our writing for the world to see, and wanting to make money via sponsored posts or reviews, then we really should make the effort to ensure it is correct!
I think I was just lucky in that my first school only had 30 pupils, and it was before the National Curriculum came in. My teacher had the time and inclination to drum it into us!
Why are there/they're/their no more comments on this? It's/its a brilliant list! I wrote a similarly judging piece about bloggers a while back as one I know only bothers to proof-read her text if it's a sponsored post! You missed one of my favourite pet peeves though: should/could/would have *not* of ;)
ReplyDeleteHa thanks, I'm glad you appreciated it. When I first posted it, I got a lot of grief on Facebook - a place that is rife with poor spelling and wilful misuse of language!
DeleteIt's fair enough to have a poor grasp of spelling and grammar, but if our writing is being published into the public domain then we really should make the effort to learn!
And you are so right - "could of" drives me batty!
Ah, I too am a fully paid-up member of the Society of Grammar Pedants. As the old saying goes, good grammar is the difference between knowing your s*** and knowing you're s*** ... :-)
ReplyDelete... and that is something I appreciate about your blog!
DeleteI could have written this.
ReplyDeleteDon't get me started on grammar
ReplyDeleteDon't get me started on grammar issues. Their, there and they're are biggies for me! If I don't know how to use a punctuation mark, I don't use it at all. I do however make sure I remember where the full stop button is!
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