Comments on: Really Really Bad Writing

By: Zac

Zac — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:38:02 +0000

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.”

By: Dennis Foreman

Dennis Foreman — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:35:22 +0000

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.

By: Hilary

Hilary — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:59:50 +0000

Rule#7
Add ” !!!” more than once in a statement to indicate extra importance!

By: Anang, yb

Anang, yb — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:57:49 +0000

rule#1 and 2
It’s my habit! :)

By: Lee Leib

Lee Leib — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:16:16 +0000

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?

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:32:15 +0000

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.

By: Lyndoman

Lyndoman — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 23:42:18 +0000

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.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:39:27 +0000

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.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:39:58 +0000

lmao…

// added: Hey now this is my rant post!
:-)

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:38:21 +0000

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.