nah. imo, if you judge a person's leisurely grammar, that makes you really pretentious. i use lapslock and lots of emoticons, but that doesn't mean i don't know what i'm doing. also, some people might not have english as their first language and my gf, who is twenty-four, has arthritis and it hurts her to type properly all the time, so there's that too. to me, lapslock is just more aesthetically pleasing, but i'm quite serious business when i'm actually writing something for real. i think that's the only time judging grammar should be alright.
do you judge people by their grammar?
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Yeah, I judge but don't care enough to mention it unless we're in a debate or serious conversation and you ask why you're not being taken seriously or understood.
I'm cool with foreigners or non-english speakers. As someone who plays in a chinese server of an mmorpg, I can't even write or read it, so I understand. I don't expect people to compromise with me in that situation though.
but um.
If you type like something near this this is what you sound like to me and I for real cannot take it seriously sorry
I'm cool with foreigners or non-english speakers. As someone who plays in a chinese server of an mmorpg, I can't even write or read it, so I understand. I don't expect people to compromise with me in that situation though.
but um.
If you type like something near this this is what you sound like to me and I for real cannot take it seriously sorry
Grammar nazis are more annoying than people who don't use proper grammar. But I had an american friend that always made fun of the way I said certain words cause I pronounced some things the british way... but he couldn't even use you're/your properly. Now that pisses me off. English is not my first language either T.T
If someone has perfect punctuation and little to no emoticons, I assume they're older. People in their twenties joke around a lot despite lacking the emoticons, while the 17-19 ages tend to sound all serious business. People in their late twenties to thirties use those...ish emoticons in a very...separate fashion. If someone uses "XD", "._./.-.", "o-o", etc, with perfect punctuation, I assume they're teenagers or younger. I assume that people who mess up capitalization, use little emoticons, sound REALLY dramatic by SUDDENLY CAPITALIZING what they SAY, and misspell a lot are extremely young. I assume people who use ellipses and emoticons, misspell a lot, and talk in strange breaks are foreign. I assume people who use a lot of text speak on a forum are something that is too mean for me to say on tbt.
This seems pretty spot on to me.
I don't judge people by their grammar, but it does drive me crazy sometimes if they don't at least try. I only use text language when texting, but on a forum I think you're suppose to use proper grammar anyway. A paragraph with no punctuation can be really confusing, and I never realized that until I joined a forum. Also, I feel that trying to use grammar helps people to take you more seriously.
Oh and I pay attention to smilies/faces used. Mainly because, since you can't tell by a voice you can't hear, you don't know exactly how someone is saying it. So if someone was to insult me and put some kind of smiley/jokey face after it, I'll assume that they're joking and not being serious. I think smilies makes a huge difference when typing, since all grammar makes you sound more serious.
For example:
I hate you. ~ sounds more serious. (I'd probably assume that they mean it and would stay away)
I hate you.
~ the smiley makes it sound less serious, so I'd probably assume that they're joking. So yeah. I don't judge people really on their grammar, but I do think that it does affect the way that people treat you on the internet. I try to be careful about how I phrase things so that I don't accidentally offend someone.
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Nerd House
Content Creator
You shouldn't judge anyone at all, tbh.
What if you know someone really well and you judge them? It's human nature to judge people, and it's how we 'survive' physically or mentally. There's good judging and bad judging after all, so I wouldn't say that we shouldn't judge anyone at all if I'm honest. (Just IMO)
If you mean we should meet people before we judge them, then yeah I agree. (With exceptions, such as they were pointing a gun at your head ~ random example).
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As long as I'm not struggling to understand what someone is saying I don't have much of a problem. Though I do make some assumptions, I'm not going to discredit someone just because they don't have perfect spelling and grammar. I've had a lot of people assume I'm far more serious than I am because of the way I type, but really I'm just bad at being casual until I know a person well. I do have some issues with a lot of emoticons. There are a lot that I associate with a couple of people I really dislike, so whenever I see people using them I automatically cringe inside, but I try not to let it get in the way of how I judge that person.
i type like an absolute moron do ing thigns like tthis because im simply too lazy to add punctuation or fix my errors - unless we're talking about a serious topic (then i guess ill type a bit more properly to show im serious). i dont judge anybody by how they type, i think its very interesting to know how others type. i mean ive had people call me stupid over how i type but in english im well above average in the highest set - and i could type properly, but it's just up to my choice how i type and i think judging somebody over it is a wee bit silly; then again it's not my life so yeah uwu;;;
but one question - something i was never taught in school. do you end a sentence involving brackets (like this)?, or perhaps (like this?). or (like this?) ive always been confused about it heheh @w@
but one question - something i was never taught in school. do you end a sentence involving brackets (like this)?, or perhaps (like this?). or (like this?) ive always been confused about it heheh @w@
Punctuation goes on the outside, and I remember learning that you shouldn't type out full sentences inside them either, so there'd be no need for any other punctuation. I'm pretty sure the only place I ever learned that was in AP English Comp.
I get slightly annoyed but I do have exceptions, children, other languages being their first. In those cases I have actually helped them with their grammar and pronunciation of words. But people who are being ignorant and spelling like a 2 year old purposely get on my nerves. I know I lapse on grammar at times, mistakes are made, hence why when I'm corrected I'll hold my hands up and laugh at myself (cry inside)
averylee97
Freshly Delivered Lawn Clippings
I don't judge, but I do try to use proper grammar. My mom was an English and grammar teacher before she got married, so she makes sure I know what is proper.
XTheLancerX
Dedicated Gamer
I try to use proper grammar when I type, but when I am texting someone on a phone/iPad or something, I get lazier. I do take people a lot more seriously when people use decent grammar, but when it is like: "hahehah there goin too da parti huehue cx you're famly shud come two lawl" I almost immediately lose my patience, and I cannot take them seriously. I try not to judge though, someone might be a good person, but not be that gifted with grammar.
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My grammar is not that amazing xD I use emoticons way too much. Someone once drew me and other people with speech bubbles for what were 'known for' For example, Sej (Hope you don't mind me using you as an example!) was 'I love twiggy' and I was ':3' Guess it's not a bad thing though?
debinoresu
you foolish fool
yes. I try to follow grammar rules to the best of my ability, only skipping out on capitilization, but I don't really mind when someone doesn't use capitals. I will talk with perf grammar when im being serious, though, so in taking people who use perf grammar more seriously, I am reflecting my own behaviors and their meanings onto them.
