Filed under: Content Creation — Scott @ 10:40 am
Six Things that can make me Totally Think you Really Really are an Idiot!
- Use the phrase “really really” to preface something important. I blame the pop culture of the eighties for the really really phenomenon. Regardless you are not a teen blasting Duran Duran anymore so its time to put this to bed. Remember you are a writer not a Hungry Hungry Hippo.
- Use the word “very” more than once in a statement to indicate extra importance. Blame it on a the really really American style of writing thats very very bad because we use exclamations for every thing! Try to channel your inner European and use discretion with your exclamations.
- Capitalizing words you feel are important willy nilly. Perhaps you’ve written one to many text ads or maybe you really really think Really Bad Writing Is Made Clearer This Way.
- No statement as to what the hell your writing about. I get we’re blogging and its kinda sorta informal.. but at least let me know what the point of your post is. Hopefully in the beginning but I’ll settle for the end to.
- Totally.. another hang over from the eighties. Stop with trying to sound like your still 16 already and grow up.
- Trying to hard to follow stupid rules of writing like these. Slavishly following a formula ( likely from your college textbook ) can make you sound stilted and forced. Keep writing you’ll find your proper voice and read great writing for inspiration
Ahh…. I feel better….
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Awww, I was going to get stuck intill I got to number 6.
I really, really liked your totally awesome post.
Screw grammer
Screw spelling
Screw the rules
The only thing that matters is the end user experience.
This is a terrible post. It’s incoherent, makes conflicting assertions and doesn’t come close to following the very rules it whines about. It just makes you look and sound ridiculous.
I understand that you’re trying to sound slightly controversial, edgy, etc. – that’s increasingly necessary in blogging, but the content still has to make sense and exude credibility. This post does neither.
First of all, If you think this post comes even close to edgy then you have a pretty boring reading list. The mistakes that I made that mirror the ones I actually pointed out were on purpose. The others pointed out were due to my lack of editing and a crappy English teacher in fourth grade.
I can’t agree with Matthew. To me this post is clear and coherent, there is a point and it follows through. (BTW I teach English for a living, so I think I know a thing or two)
I can’t endorse this post – it’s rife with errors and I won’t pretend as though it isn’t.
In addition to the errors Daniel pointed out, I’ll add:
#4: “your” should be “you’re”, and “to” at the end of the sentence should be “too”.
Also, Rule 8: Never end a sentence with a preposition.
One bunch of people who never fail to wind me up it’s the grammer police.
The English language is not about grammer, it’s not about rools. It’s about communication. If you understand it you understand it. Why do people think blogs are written for a test. It’s down and dirty human one to one.
Most people who follow the rules and do the grammer, can’t write for shit. It’s about grabbing people by the balls, not about pleasing Mrs Ratchet, your crusty old English teacher.
Arsewipes. Go find that in the dictionary.
I dunno man I think there’s a good middle ground to be found. Accurate and clear writing isn’t to be despised just as expressive writing shouldn’t be either. I think it largely depends on the type of writing that should set the tone for the amount of accuracy and proper spelling.
I’d have to both agree and disagree with Lyndoman:
These “Grammar Police” can be good or bad.
The bad ones troll and just try to make you feel inferior when they correct mistakes.
There’s some (like me, for instance) who make a friendly reminder (usually privately) when necessary.
Putting any mistakes aside, Scott talks about the all-too-annoying instances of the common people who post on forums, blogs, and social websites. A line has to be drawn somewhere.
If you guys are commenting on a post’s spelling and/or grammatical mistakes rather than commenting on what the author is trying to convey to you [the viewers], you’ve got way too much time on your hands. Put it to good use.
Besides – I only have problems with little kids who try to sound professional (especially trolls) when they flood their walls of text with mistakes. That just turns me completely off. I typically reply to them with something like, “First, fix all of your mistakes. Only then will I take it more seriously.”
A few good points, but notable errors in punctuation (several), spelling (such as “to” should be “too” at the close of #4), and grammar, such as: “Keep writing you’ll find your proper voice…”. Maybe the whole point is to find all the obvious errors (aside from intentional blog-speak) and therein would lie a degree of deliberate parody of the subject. I hope so, for otherwise, some of the article itself is an example of “Really, Really Bad Writing! (there, I chose to use the exclamation point for that one…it simply fits the statement, so why not?
rule#1 and 2
It’s my habit! :)
Rule#7
Add ” !!!” more than once in a statement to indicate extra importance!
What a brouhaha!
The Commentariat has been outraged by your too clever posting and will doubtless respond appropriately.
You can soon expect a visit from…
Conan the Grammarian.
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