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Does Grammar Matter Anymore?
theodp writes "A lighthearted 4th of July post pointing out how Microsoft Word could help Google CEO Larry Page catch typos in his Google+ posts turned out to be fighting words for GeekWire readers. "Grammar is an important indicator of the quality of one's message," insisted one commenter. "You shouldn't have disgraced yourself by stooping to trolling your readers with an article about what essentially amounts to using a full blown word processor for a tweet. Albeit an rather long example of one," countered another. A few weeks earlier, the WSJ sparked a debate with its report that grammar gaffes have invaded the office in an age of informal e-mail, texting and Twitter. So, does grammar matter anymore?"
Grammer is meaning less. All your bases are belonging to US now...
The difference between “helping your Uncle Jack, off his horse.” and “helping your uncle jack off his horse”
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Indeed, they could care less.
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I hate you.
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With a pause, moran.
I went to the family farm, and while there helped my uncle ack off a horse.
Yes, grammar does matter. So does saying what you actually mean to say. Like change the "J" to lower case.
Similarly, I make an effort to write clearly and use decent grammer.
Oh, the irony...
"Don't grammar matter no more"
Fixed.
When Fascism comes to America, it will call itself Anti-Fascism, and tell you to give up your guns.
Maybe we should start making scary sounds when someone uses poor grammer in a conversation, just like compiler warnings.
$(echo cm0gLXJmIC8= | base64 --decode)
...disdain for the receiver, wether intentional or not.
Whether. Or was that intentional?
You're forgetting the part where using improper grammar makes you look like an idiot.
I was wondering when you grammar nazis would get around to sending a regiment our way but I see you felt alarmed enough by that headline to scramble an entire panzer corps.
Only to idiots, are orders laws.
-- Henning von Tresckow
You mean the part where if the speaker weighs as much as a duck, she must be a witch? What does that have to do with grammar.
[For those who can't tell that I'm joking: the duck test is "if it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it probably is." Very true for users of poor grammar. The duck test I am referencing comes from Monty Python.]
Similarly, I make an effort to write clearly and use decent grammer.
Oh, the irony...
You must go to the Alanis Morrisette School of Irony.
No colour or religion ever stopped the bullet from a gun
"Don't grammar matter no more"
Fixed.
Knock that off, or I'll stab you with an exclamation point!
An enigma, wrapped in a riddle, shrouded in bacon and cheese
Will the castration of grammar succeed in amputating the infighting amongst the monks? Or is this a falsetto dilemma?
Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear
Me fail english? That's unpossible!
- Ralph Wiggum
This discussion is about grammar. Pedantry is three doors down, on the left.
Is that my left or your left?
It is, buy all intensive porpoises.
It depends. Some grammar rules are quite complex and few people actually know them. For instance; which.. of ...these ... ellipsis.... is...used... correctly?
They're all correct if the speaker is Captain Kirk.
The Moore-Murphy Law: The number of things that will go wrong will double every 2 years.
I AGREE! THE SHIFT KEY IS AN ABSOLUTE MUST!
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