I Won't Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar. Here's Why.
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I know I like fragment sentences and often don't realize I'm doing it. I also like - and (). And... <-- oh no, fragment.
But I do do get annoyed by people that don't use any capitalization or punctuation.
There's also a couple
of people
I have seen
that post like this.
I imagine
And read
Their posts
like a poem.
But I do do get annoyed by people that don't use any capitalization or punctuation.
There's also a couple
of people
I have seen
that post like this.
I imagine
And read
Their posts
like a poem.
I am a fan of grammar lol. My 11th grade english class was basically all grammar, all the time (and vocab!). We learned some kind of obscure grammar rules in that class, like some common phrasings that are actually incorrect. It annoys me a bit because some things are common enough that I hear/read all the time, and I can't help but pick out the grammar error. Also when we would write papers in that class, I am pretty sure he did not grade us based on the actual content of the paper - he was just checking for correct grammar.
I get on my mom's case all the time - she likes to say "I didn't do nothing." AHHHH like nails on a chalkboard.
Mistakes happen though, I know I'm certainly not a grammar expert. There are the basics that get on my nerves... I do appreciate punctuation, and paragraphs, and spelling out complete words instead of just writing "u" (unless you're sending me a text). But unless I were applying for a job where writing was the focus... I hope my grammar is never analyzed so harshly!
I get on my mom's case all the time - she likes to say "I didn't do nothing." AHHHH like nails on a chalkboard.
Mistakes happen though, I know I'm certainly not a grammar expert. There are the basics that get on my nerves... I do appreciate punctuation, and paragraphs, and spelling out complete words instead of just writing "u" (unless you're sending me a text). But unless I were applying for a job where writing was the focus... I hope my grammar is never analyzed so harshly!
Hehe, I live in the south. And there are some interesting ways of talking down here. "I didn't do nothing." <- That is extremely common. Another thing that is extremely common is the whole 'ghetto' speech. "Tbh, Hey Wife 
We Been Married For Some Time Now ANd Just Wanna Say I I I I I I I LOveeee Youuu HAHA Bt I Miss You Ash U Gettin SO Tall Me ANd Ur SUch A Great Bball Player Guhh We Gotta Hang Soon And U Betta Ball Like A Bodilly This Season"
I see this ALL. THE. TIME. I know I don't have perfect or even near perfect grammar. As in, I totally misspelled grammar but spell check saved me. But they TRY to talk like that, and it's kind of annoying. Like really annoying. Oh, there I go again, sentence fragment.
We Been Married For Some Time Now ANd Just Wanna Say I I I I I I I LOveeee Youuu HAHA Bt I Miss You Ash U Gettin SO Tall Me ANd Ur SUch A Great Bball Player Guhh We Gotta Hang Soon And U Betta Ball Like A Bodilly This Season"I see this ALL. THE. TIME. I know I don't have perfect or even near perfect grammar. As in, I totally misspelled grammar but spell check saved me. But they TRY to talk like that, and it's kind of annoying. Like really annoying. Oh, there I go again, sentence fragment.
No one is perfect and the occasional misspelling or mistake or awkward sentence is totally understandable and not a big deal (in terms of forums, I'm not talking about work). It's the people that talk like this:
i know hwo to spell i just cant be bothered to do it properly lol. this is so annoying to reaad especially when it goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and with no paragraphs or anything lol who needs paragraphs those ar stupid lol...... but ya no i never use pargraphs and its cool cus i like to hurt ppls eyes!!
Yeah, that's my big pet peeve
i know hwo to spell i just cant be bothered to do it properly lol. this is so annoying to reaad especially when it goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and with no paragraphs or anything lol who needs paragraphs those ar stupid lol...... but ya no i never use pargraphs and its cool cus i like to hurt ppls eyes!!
Yeah, that's my big pet peeve
Everybody makes mistakes, especially on forums and texts. I've been known to REALLY overuse commas,,,,,,,, . Somebody staged and intervention and I'm in comma rehab, so bear with me (I looked that one up, wouldn't have wanted to get accidentally naked with you all). Mistakes don't bother me all that much unless they're my own.
Forums and texts are considered the same as informal speech. If your missive is job-related it should be formal, within context.
That being said I did tell somebody on a forum to go to their cutlery drawer, get a spoon, and pop off their darned "!" key.
I told Karl very early on that one of the reasons I was here was that it seemed like a good way to improve my communication via the written word, and it has been. I made it a point to NOT use any emoticons for a time, to force myself to try to get the mood across via the verbiage.
It has definitely helped me in writing dialogue!
It also brought me an appreciation of the use of short paragraphs.
But we didn't have any grammar fascists then . . .
Communicating casually on a forum is a far cry from writing dissertations though, and if you try to write in that style as a regular practice you aren't going to be communicating effectively.
It has definitely helped me in writing dialogue!
It also brought me an appreciation of the use of short paragraphs.
But we didn't have any grammar fascists then . . .
Communicating casually on a forum is a far cry from writing dissertations though, and if you try to write in that style as a regular practice you aren't going to be communicating effectively.
I think that's a fair rule... and I say that as someone who DOES make a lot of grammatical and spelling errors. I am horrible at spelling. I always have been--but luckily for me, in 99% of situations that matter, I have access to spell-check.
Plus, I feel like if more jobs did this, Donny'd have an easier time finding work, since they'd weed so many people out.
(and yes, on forums I tend to type like I talk; I'd say "Donny'd" not Donny would, and I talk in long rambling sentences with lots of commas and side notes and stuff. My main problem on forums is being too vague and leaving too much room for interpretation* and then having to explain myself again.)
*I misspelled interpretation the first time I typed it.
Plus, I feel like if more jobs did this, Donny'd have an easier time finding work, since they'd weed so many people out.
(and yes, on forums I tend to type like I talk; I'd say "Donny'd" not Donny would, and I talk in long rambling sentences with lots of commas and side notes and stuff. My main problem on forums is being too vague and leaving too much room for interpretation* and then having to explain myself again.)
*I misspelled interpretation the first time I typed it.