Quote Originally Posted by Inknsteel View Post
I couldn't agree more. I think that people are starting to care less and less about proper spelling and grammar. I actually read an article not too long ago about some professor in the UK who truly believed (this is on a college level mind you) that rather than mark off for incorrect spelling, we should adapt the English language to include common misspellings as "alternate" spelling. I wish I could find the article again, but I have tried in vain. I remember reading it on foxnews.com. I just couldn't believe what I was hearing. Essentially this professor believes that we should adapt our language to view spelling errors as acceptable rather than enforce the established rules of the language. In my opinion, either our early education system is going downhill fast, or in the age of the internet, we've stopped caring about menial things like spelling, punctuation and grammar as long as we get the general point. Does anyone else remember English studies somewhere around the third grade? In the English language, the entire meaning of a sentence can be changed simply by adding or changing a single punctuation mark.

Sorry for the mini-rant. This is also a HUGE pet peeve of mine. Seriously people, if you're old enough to get on the computer, go online, register for the forum, read and post in threads, you can obviously speak English. You should also be able to write how you speak. When I personally get to a post and the first sentence is broken English or "L33T" speak, I will pass right by it. If you can't take the time to write your post in proper English, I won't waste my time giving you an intelligent reply...

/soapbox
Amen honey. And I'm not just saying that. I completely agree. The more we let people slide on grammar and punctuation, the less intelligent we seem. Eventually, people are going to BE less intelligent because of it. (Huge pet peeve of mine too)