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RE: Grammar Nazi fetish - 7/4/2012 2:33:53 PM

seleya

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I think there are different styles for chatting, discussing on message boards and what one puts into a profile. A profile is the first thing most people look at - it's your one chance to make a good impression, if that's what you're going for. Anyone who has interacted to any degree online has varying levels of formality with the tools presented. While I certainly do use many of the acronyms, I'm not huge on txtspk even in phone texts - never liked them, think many are more trouble than they're worth and becoming increasingly obsolete with the preponderance of smart phones and laptops.

When you write a profile, you can take as long as you wish to present yourself to your audience. If you choose to sound like a Neanderthal, include cock shots, abuse punctuation, ignore grammar, forget you have a shift key, present a wall of text/demands, have *no* profile, or do/NOT do anything else which could help you put your best foot forward, then it is what it is and peoples' reactions are what *they* are.

I don't jump at every misspelling, especially in less formal settings such as message boards/chats - if it's understandable, there's no reason to worry about fixing every typo in deference to the flow of conversation. Don't you think telling people it's classist to care about grammar is as classist as them saying it bugs? In the long run, it usually isn't even about the grammar [unless it's absolutely abysmal], it's about the content, which only adds to the impression for better or worse. You can't suspend feelings and, in a written medium, that's all we have to base our initial opinions upon. I will say, if we get far enough into a discussion for me to ask for a picture, the first one I see had better be from ABOVE the belt line or I will consider you just another wanker.

My own profile is very sparse currently and has recently had some added negative comments I have always avoided including [I'm more for the positive profile], but I'm not trolling women for their attention, either. ;)

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RE: Grammar Nazi fetish - 7/4/2012 5:58:01 PM

imdmb

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woah there seleya! i wasnt saying its classist to care about grammar, im saying its classist to say you must buy my product in order to be allowed on the internet

i never said it was classist to care about grammar, just look at our current celebrities, some are quite high class from the t.v. money, but they still cant read 'Hop on Pop' HAHA i keed (but only a lill)

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RE: Grammar Nazi fetish - 7/5/2012 5:43:52 AM

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i wasnt saying its classist to care about grammar, im saying its classist to say you must buy my product in order to be allowed on the internet

Pfft, she was responding to having a handicap and doing nothing to accommodate it. Word is a catchall for "any word processing program that has spell and grammar check." Word just happens to be the most common one. Kind of like Kleenex. I've known there were alternatives to Word since 1996. A dyslexic's doctor, teacher, or support group would know about alternatives too.

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Here's the thing.....write your responses in Microsoft Word. It not only has a spell-check but also a grammar check that will catch your grammar mistakes, so no that is not an excuse. Sorry.

And please don't give me the excuse that you don't have it on your computer or you don't use it. Get it and use it. If you had a handicap and you needed something like a wheelchair or special tool, wouldn't you make sure you have it so that you could lead a normal life?

My brother doesn't drive. Does this mean he stays at home and complain that he can't drive or afford taxis? No - he gets rides from me, Mom, friends, takes the bus, walks, takes the state shuttle. Sure, taxis are options too, but since he can't afford this finds alternatives.

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RE: Grammar Nazi fetish - 7/5/2012 7:05:47 AM

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ORIGINAL: imdmb
i never said it was classist to care about grammar, just look at our current celebrities, some are quite high class from the t.v. money, but they still cant read 'Hop on Pop' HAHA i keed (but only a lill)

You're confusing money with class. Money does not equal high class.

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RE: Grammar Nazi fetish - 7/5/2012 8:40:19 PM

littlewonder

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Yeah I don't drive and Master doesn't take me everywhere. He has a life too. I walk and take the buses, trains and subways and if I had a bike, which I'm working on finding one that isn't sooo expensive, I'd be doing that too. So the no driving excuse? Yeah...it's just that; an excuse.

If you quit making excuses for yourself and start living your life you may find yourself a lot happier, healthier and wiser. Besides I don't know a single woman who respects a man who makes excuses.

Good luck!

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