I don’t often gripe as such on this blog, but I have noticed so much bad grammar on the internet. It isn’t just in places like this one – just an ordinary guy’s blog. It is in places like newspaper reporting and such.
Much of it has to do with misspelled words that no one has caught. It seems there is no proofreading anymore. There instead of their, you instead of your, things like that.
I am buy no means a professional grammarian, but I notice misspelled words. It is almost a disease with me. I always find them.
When I do, it takes away from what is said. Enough of them, and my respect for the veracity and ability of the writer. One of my favorite writers, who admittedly churns out a lot of writing every day does this a lot.
To me this says, I don’t care enough to check my stuff and make sure it is correct. If the grammar is wrong enough, it says that maybe the other stuff is too.
This is a small point, I know. It is also probably overly-picky. It is, however, my own opinion and I am drinking coffee while I am writing it.
So there.
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