Importance of Grammar/Spelling

[Harmon]

It just struck me that I might have missed something. Something that not a lot of my friends and family knew until recently- I can't sound out a word. Until someone else says the word, or tells me how to say it, I have no clue. Names in GRRM Fire and Ice, I have only recently learned from the audio version how to say.

It really is a sour spot with me, because I have worked so hard at it and seen so little improvement over the years. Former friends (at least three that I can think of) would mock and belittle about my inability. To me its like learning to breath underwater without SCUBA.

My interests are so strong in science but I can not follow them because of the reading comprehension problems I have faced.

And yes I have Hooked on Phonics and have used it more then four times, it has done little for me that I have noticed.

 

[nerfherder]

Thanks for reading this far, hope you understood what I wrote and understand that I feel you are missing other’s POV. Please don't feel this is an attack or an excuse, just a position that some people have to struggle from.

I had no trouble understanding what you wrote. A few mis-spellings or a bit of incorrect punctuation don't make a piece unintelligible. So, I have absolutely no problem with it.

Cheers,
Liam

P.S. I presume no-one had a problem with what I wrote, even with the deliberate spelling and grammar mistakes...

 

[mojo1701]

It just struck me that I might have missed something. Something that not a lot of my friends and family knew until recently- I can't sound out a word. Until someone else says the word, or tells me how to say it, I have no clue. Names in GRRM Fire and Ice, I have only recently learned from the audio version how to say.

The one thing I never believed in was sounding out words in English. There are so many rules and exceptions that the concept just doesn't work properly. It DOES make it harder to know what the word is, unless the context is known (ex. present tense: "read" vs. past tense: "read").

 

[Morrus]

I do have my "peeves"; well, they're not so much peeves, but things that, for whatever reason, make it hard for me to read a post.

If the poster does not speak English as a first language, I will tend to try to make the effort. I know damn well that I can't speak in their language, and I appreciate the effort they're making - even if it's a struggle to understand at times.

Bad spelling and grammar to glare at me, but I will still read a post if it isn't too bad - i.e. if I don't have to struggle to understand it. However, there are a couple of "formatting" choices (and these are merely choices) that I just can't read. I don't know why, but I can't read them!

1) Big, unbroken paragraphs. I don't even begin to read them. I ignore them completely.

2) People who don't use capitalisation at the beginning of sentences and for proper nouns (or for the word "I"). I just can't read it.

3) Bad colour or font choices. I liken them to terrible handwriting - they just make things a struggle to read.

I don't comment on these things, though. If people wish to post in that way, that's their choice - I'll just never hear what they have to say. I won't bother correcting people - I'm astute to realise that I'm not going to provide them with an English education in one post.

As I said before, non-native speakers get a lot of leeway with me.

 

[reveal]

3) Bad colour or font choices. I liken them to terrible handwriting - they just make things a struggle to read.

I hate when people spell color wrong.

 

[nerfherder]

I hate when people spell color wrong.

It's alright - we make allowances for people like you whose first language isn't English.

Cheers,
Liam

 

[Kahuna Burger]

Aside from loose/lose, my only big one is "mute points".

Moot, damn you all!!! MOOT!!!!!!

 

[Jdvn1]

Aside from loose/lose, my only big one is "mute points".

Moot, damn you all!!! MOOT!!!!!!

Then again, since you understand the gist, the point is moot.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

Aside from loose/lose, my only big one is "mute points".

Moot, damn you all!!! MOOT!!!!!!

There's a really funny episode of Friends where Joey insists that it's a "Moo Point"... like a point a cow would make (and who cares what a cow has to say?).

 

[reveal]

Aside from loose/lose, my only big one is "mute points".

Moot, damn you all!!! MOOT!!!!!!

But what if you're talking to a mime?