Are you serious???

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I'm pretty much sick of it, same goes for poorly titled threads and threads in the incorrect sections.

I've seen excuses like "o sry i just tipe fast", I type really bloody fast and all of my grammar, punctuation and spelling are correct or close enough to correct to not bother anyone; even to a point where it probably makes me look like a bit of a posh wanker. Kids just need to slow down and have a think about what they're posting.

No excuse for poor english, abbreviations are fine in laid back conversation but leave that to MSN/IRC (Or AIM for you Americans that don't know proper English anyway ;)). It pretty much just makes you look like a dumb-ass, and believe me even if you clearly know what you're talking about, but your grammar is terrible, I won't look at you as a credible source of information.
 
japes;1671155; said:
I'm pretty much sick of it, same goes for poorly titled threads and threads in the incorrect sections.

I've seen excuses like "o sry i just tipe fast", I type really bloody fast and all of my grammar, punctuation and spelling are correct or close enough to correct to not bother anyone; even to a point where it probably makes me look like a bit of a posh wanker. Kids just need to slow down and have a think about what they're posting.

No excuse for poor english, abbreviations are fine in laid back conversation but leave that to MSN/IRC (Or AIM for you Americans that don't know proper English anyway ;)). It pretty much just makes you look like a dumb-ass, and believe me even if you clearly know what you're talking about, but your grammar is terrible, I won't look at you as a credible source of information.
Thats the biggest load of crap I have ever read.
 
japes;1671155; said:
I'm pretty much sick of it, same goes for poorly titled threads and threads in the incorrect sections.

I've seen excuses like "o sry i just tipe fast", I type really bloody fast and all of my grammar, punctuation and spelling are correct or close enough to correct to not bother anyone; even to a point where it probably makes me look like a bit of a posh wanker. Kids just need to slow down and have a think about what they're posting.

No excuse for poor english, abbreviations are fine in laid back conversation but leave that to MSN/IRC (Or AIM for you Americans that don't know proper English anyway ;)). It pretty much just makes you look like a dumb-ass, and believe me even if you clearly know what you're talking about, but your grammar is terrible, I won't look at you as a credible source of information.


I think thats the biggest load of feces I have ever read as well. Keep your fecal material to yourself please.
 
Aqua Sanctuary;1671270; said:
I think thats the biggest load of feces I have ever read as well. Keep your fecal material to yourself please.

Care to explain why?

The general level of English on these boards is terrible compared to most other communities and forums that I participate in. I realize there are many participants from around the globe who aren't from primarily English speaking countries, but a quick look at their location under their username gets a pardon from me. If you disagree with me and think that the amount of kids on these forums that refuse to even try to type remotely reasonable English is acceptable, then I can understand why you think what I've written is ****.

It's not an age thing either, there's numerous members on these forums that are in their early teens (Mystix212 for example) that type great logical responses in proper English. I'm willing to make the direct correlation between people being dumb and not posting proper English too, the two go hand in hand.

I think it's a disgrace, but because you share a different opinion you just say I'm talking 'feces'. Way to be all grown up.
 
Hawkfish3.0;1669784; said:
Just something I've noticed here on MFK: there are a lot of members that have absolutely horrible grammar, vocabulary, spelling, and punctuation skills. For the most part, it's not that big of a deal. Some of these posts, however, are almost impossible to read! I know that it's not a requirement to have a formal education to be a member of MFK, but for crying out loud! Are you serious?

A couple examples:

sents - since
no - know
there - they're or they are
sume - some

Wow! That's all I can say. I do understand that some members are not from English speaking countries and we all make mistakes from time to time, but the members that should know the language often don't. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

Um... Or Their!!! :D
 
I read the first few post and skipped to the end. I think it is crazy what is being said. When people type they will try to find the quickest and shortest way to do it. Why take the time to write out "by the way" when you can just type BTW, why write out because when you can put b/c? same as other stuff. People don't have to type to the T on the computer. Just because they use poor grammar on the internet doesn't mean they do when they talk.

As for putting something in the wrong section, it's an innocent mistake. People can be reading something about stingrays and it may have something about a catfish or Blood parrot in there and they are like hey, I will start a thread about something... and forget to look at what section they are in. This thread is stupid. I shouldn't of even posted.

I understand when it gets really crazy to the point its hard to read, but simple stuff as punctuations are just nit picky to me.
 
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