RANT: Grammar Police Can Suck My Pencil

[reajcox]

Still alive and well and still getting reply's.   

[Janx101]

I wouldn't correct peoples' spelling and grammar here unless it's horrible, making communication difficult, as this is a motorcycle forum.

However, if it were a political forum, and people are making arguments about how we should run our country and why, I will, as spelling and grammar is an indication of how much or how little someone understands about why the world is how it is.  It's your language, and it's your job to master it.

For instance, I am someone who believes in liberty, limited government, and constitutional principles, understanding that it's best for all.  I hope you do as well.  The survival of our republic depends on it.  If I see someone complaining for more taxes and government spending to hopefully help their lives, using horrible spelling and grammar in the process, I will pick them apart, suggesting to them that their lack of education and understanding (possibly ambition as well) is preventing them from succeeding, not a bunch of rich guys holding them down.

i beleive that last bit needs more
new lines for the next
sentence
so
there is an obvious
case for self correction and education here 

and any paragraph that start with a For instance, should be completed with care. As its a "soapbox" moment and one should really not protest their brand of right vs wrong whilst making the same errors that they doth protest about     

[Janx101]

really?.. still me from october last year?... shocking!

[Higgins13]

I strongly agree with title lol. I come here for entertainment/research. Not to practice me grammer and speeling

[NortwestRider]

Dear Grammar Police,

Just in case you have not yet realized it, this is a casual Internet forum about motorcycles. It is not a scholarly journal, term paper, or a literary work of any importance. You are not being graded, and you are not my English teacher. It is simply a laid back online forum for people to hang out, post stuff, etc. Everyone should feel comfortable posting, right?

I personally find it obnoxious when someone "corrects" my spelling or grammar. You know what I mean, so why call me, or anyone else, on it? Are you trying to make them feel like a degenerate? Why do you feel the need to proove how smart you think you are? I'm not impressed.

Do you correct the speech of those around you? I hope not, because just like on here it only makes you come off as pompous and condescending. Almost no one - except maybe foreigners  - speak true, proper English. Our dialect is casual. Get over yourself.

Would a quick read through / spell check / preview hurt before posting? Of course not. But is it really that important? No, it isn't.

If you want to be all anal about your own posts, that's great. Keep on keepin' on.

And if you don't like it, you can suck my pencil. Beeyotch. 

Phaedrus

PS - G'head - Look it over for a typo or a spelling error, but I've got better things to do 

Dude my wife is a 5th grade teacher..WELCOME TO MY LIFE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[john]

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