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> Theirs always someone nitpicking... https://i.imgur.com/L2Rhc.png https://i.imgur.com/L2Rhc.png Based on my limited experience, people who think grammar Naz

by simi_ 12y ago

> Theirs always someone nitpicking... https://i.imgur.com/L2Rhc.png https://i.imgur.com/L2Rhc.png Based on my limited experience, people who think grammar Nazis are annoying shouldn't be suspected of being too intelligent.

lclarkmichalek 12y ago
They derail the conversation. Of course they're annoying..
- simi_ 12y ago
  I will never mind a "Hey, you misspelled «X»". I can agree "Ha, he misspelled «Y», he's such a complete moron" is annoying/disruptive, but I don't think the answer to assholes is to stop caring about basic grammar rules. Incidentally, as an outsider I've never seen people being as careless/clueless with their language as British/American people are. A result of the education system or society, maybe.
  - maemilius 12y ago
    I think it's mostly the number of common homophones and the speed at which most English speakers think and type that causes the problem. Add that to obscure language rules and you can end up with something that looks completely wrong, but isn't. A great example is "red-head scarf"; what you read is "(read head) scarf" what it means is "red (head scarf)". Granted, it makes the wording unnecessarily complicated, but it's probably grammatically correct.
  - mcguire 12y ago
    Or possibly a result of the number of people using the language. Including those with only limited experience.
    - simi_ 12y ago
      I was talking about native British and American speakers. Not to mention that most of the people I've been in contact with were (highly) educated.
  - thizzbuzz 12y ago
    By calling yourself an outsider, I'm assuming that you don't speak British or American English? If so, you're not really in a good position to judge grammaticality.
mathieuh 12y ago
Language is about communicating ideas, I couldn't care less if someone leaves out that arcane little tick or uses the wrong pronoun. In 99% of cases it makes no difference to comprehensibility.
- Retra 12y ago
  Not to someone who can't tell the difference, no. But that's true of anything.
V-2 12y ago
http://youtu.be/N4vf8N6GpdM http://youtu.be/N4vf8N6GpdM

by simi_ 12y ago

lclarkmichalek 12y ago

They derail the conversation. Of course they're annoying..

simi_ 12y ago
I will never mind a "Hey, you misspelled «X»". I can agree "Ha, he misspelled «Y», he's such a complete moron" is annoying/disruptive, but I don't think the answer to assholes is to stop caring about basic grammar rules. Incidentally, as an outsider I've never seen people being as careless/clueless with their language as British/American people are. A result of the education system or society, maybe.
- maemilius 12y ago
  I think it's mostly the number of common homophones and the speed at which most English speakers think and type that causes the problem. Add that to obscure language rules and you can end up with something that looks completely wrong, but isn't. A great example is "red-head scarf"; what you read is "(read head) scarf" what it means is "red (head scarf)". Granted, it makes the wording unnecessarily complicated, but it's probably grammatically correct.
- mcguire 12y ago
  Or possibly a result of the number of people using the language. Including those with only limited experience.
  - simi_ 12y ago
    I was talking about native British and American speakers. Not to mention that most of the people I've been in contact with were (highly) educated.
- thizzbuzz 12y ago
  By calling yourself an outsider, I'm assuming that you don't speak British or American English? If so, you're not really in a good position to judge grammaticality.

mathieuh 12y ago

Language is about communicating ideas, I couldn't care less if someone leaves out that arcane little tick or uses the wrong pronoun. In 99% of cases it makes no difference to comprehensibility.

Retra 12y ago
Not to someone who can't tell the difference, no. But that's true of anything.

V-2 12y ago

http://youtu.be/N4vf8N6GpdM http://youtu.be/N4vf8N6GpdM