Do grammar errors in threads bother you?
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I expect thread responses to be strewn with grammar errors and typos because it's toss-off, stream-of-consciousness writing. I do expect a higher level of editing with commercially published content. A lot higher.
Riddled with, if you prefer. I don't spend time framing my responses so they adhere to MLA style, and I suspect few people would. An exception to the latitude seen in thread responses is anything put up for review in the SYW fora. Bring your A game to SYW.
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They get in my way - I can't help noticing, and they're a distraction. I take care to write correctly, and I return to edit if I spot an error after the fact.
I try not to be judgmental, but to answer the original question, yes - they bother me. I'd like to think I always take people seriously, though, until they prove unwilling to learn or improve.
I try not to be judgmental, but to answer the original question, yes - they bother me. I'd like to think I always take people seriously, though, until they prove unwilling to learn or improve.
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It doesn't bother me. I don't find a few grammar mistakes enough to make me not take someone seriously. Also, ( and correct me if I'm wrong ) I think that this forum has members from all over the world, so I understand that the english language is not the native language to so many in here. So, a few grammar mistakes and word misuses are ok with me, as long as the content of their thread is interesting.
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I got a lot less bothered the first time I re-read one of my early morning posts.... Thank heavens for the edit-your-post button, says I! 
Although I do think SYW is a different case. It's a wasted opportunity not to edit properly for that.
Although I do think SYW is a different case. It's a wasted opportunity not to edit properly for that.
The fact that you read "uptight" into my post kinda makes me giggle. I make two assumptions when reading posts: the writer really does have a decent command of the language and its rules, and is either caffeinated, medicated or lubricated.
Or it's very early morning in Australia - and they shouldn't be trying to communicate yet (see my earlier post)
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On a garden forum I love, there is this one man whose posts are truly terrible. There is not a speck of editing going on, lol. I wondered at first about him. But he's brilliant. Absolutely mind-numbingly brilliant. He's an artist, from a very respected artsy crowd, actually (who knew? ). He could be a writer, I'm sure.
People don't fit into neat boxes is all I know. I'm sure they don't mean to bother anyone. Past that, who knows? It's their business, mostly, imho. Of course, anyone is free to think what they like about it, too Move on then. Fair enough
). He could be a writer, I'm sure.People don't fit into neat boxes is all I know. I'm sure they don't mean to bother anyone. Past that, who knows? It's their business, mostly, imho. Of course, anyone is free to think what they like about it, too
Move on then. Fair enough
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