Grammar Wars

[aphrodite4ever]

I dont know about everyone else on here, but I get tired of seeing people get attacked just because their grammar is not as great as others. As long as they make their point and people basically understand what they are trying to say what does it matter? If you're in a job setting or something then I can see it making a difference. But on here all we do is just talk about the local happenings with each other. Who cares if someone says ain't instead of isn't or aren't? A instead of An? Effect instead of Affect or vice versa? Im not trying to start a debate over it or anything, I just thought it was something that needed to be said.

[yankeebaseball]

Im guessing you didint have Betty Carter

[aphrodite4ever]

Actually yes I did. I just meant I do not see why when someone makes a gramatical error everyone has to jump all over them on here. You wouldnt do that to someone in public. If I went into Wal-mart and said "I ain't going to wait in line for 30 minutes to get a quart of milk" I doubt a single person would say anything about it, but if someone says a instead of an or their sentence structure isn't perfect, then 2 or 3 users (sometimes more) have to make it a point to tell them, down them about it, and make them feel stupid.

[yankeebaseball]

Then you wouldnt worry about it. Whenever I start to mess up a sentence, I just see her looking at me.

[aphrodite4ever]

I loved having her as a teacher. I still see her sometimes, she's a nice lady.

[MikeJones]

She the English teacher from Pound? If so I think I had her in summer school. Anyways I could care lees about punctuation or spelling as long I can figure out what the posters point is.