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While my grammar is not perfect, and neither is my spelling, I like to think that I do a decent job of both. But since coming to this forum I have noticed so many people who do not understand the concepts of sentences, punctuation, capitalization etc.

I honestly don't understand how some can type like this when 40k involves so much reading. Most of the people I'm talking about don't even seem to be young kids, which would be understandable. They are adults with real lives but they don't know how to use a period.

Am I the only one who has noticed this?

Nope.

i d'ont tink you are wrig.t im a tapclass spellar and gtammerer . ive nevar hat provlems w ith my syellings

But yes...there are the inevitable few who post as if they are in chat rooms or do not have the inclination to try and correct their own mistakes.

I've noticed it and put up with it mostly if I can understand them. My grammar is by no means perfect, so why should I expect that of everyone.

There are some cases where it gets a little annoying though.

Working in Further Education I am forced to endure it most of the time.

Being told not to mark down on spelling etc, so long as "I can understand what they meant or are getting at". Did not make me happy when I was first told it, but I got used to it as hey, we all make some mistakes.

n0t_u wrote:I've noticed it and put up with it mostly if I can understand them. My grammar is by no means perfect, so why should I expect that of everyone. <--- Replace with ?
There are some cases where it gets a little annoying though.

To be fair, a lot of those same people to which you refer who are engaging in 40k can't get the rules right BECAUSE they can't handle reading either.

I'm pretty big on typing too fast, and messing up my your, you're, were, where, and all that mess.

I've got a friend who never misses a chance to tell me that I'm pronouncing something wrong or saying something wrong. I eventually got pissed off one day and told him that I'm sick of him wasting my time. He knows what I'm trying to say yet he still wants to back step and delay. It has nothing to do with him trying to help me, I very sure it's all about him wanting to be in the you're wrong and I'm right mindset.

Yeah! String up the thickies!

I'm sympathetic to those that do their best but make the ocassional spelling mistake or grammatical blunder. We're none of us innocent of that. There are two things that really bug me though.

1) lack of any punctuation or sentence structure or capitalisation so that the sentence becomes damn near unreadable and then compounding the issue by using lol as a form of punctuation lol

2) People who respond to well-intentioned corrections with hostility; arguing that, as long as they are understood, they should be free to write in whichever manner they please. This, to me, is disrespectful to others on the forum.

but everythign is just too funny lol thats why we lol at the end of every sentence lol like some kinda barbie lol

Ugh, yeah, I agree wholeheartedly. "Versing" and using an ellipsis instead of a period to separate thoughts really gets to me also. There's a time and a place where that's appropriate, but if you're trying to use it, you're probably doing it wrong.

Versing? Like talking in rhyme?

I opened the Codex and glowered,
"Grey Knights are just so overpowered!"
And so, being bored,
I insulted Mat Ward,
Upon the Dakka message board.

Apologies for this mutated half-limerick.

Ha! That's actually pretty good. Apparently "versing", beyond being obviously the creation of verses, is also some bizarre thing the kids do these days when they pit one 40k army against another. If I had to guess, I'd say it was some semi-illiterate attempt at turning 'versus' into a verb and then conjugating it like it's not Latin. Might be an Americanism.

Pit one 40K army against another? Isn't that just playing the game?

I think I understand what you mean, but I've never heard the term before. I'd always just written it off as the basic nerd impulse to put things in order. A kind of reflex action, like the forum equivalent of Tourettes.

Perhaps. I've even see it used on the forum before, but in person it's more cringe worthy. I think the first time I heard it was something along the lines of, "So I versed my friend's Black Templar with my Orks the other day..."

Oh, like that!? Oh, god, that's horrible! I'm definitely with you on that one then, that's a vile corruption and no mistake.

nectarprime wrote:While my grammar is not perfect, and neither is my spelling, I like to think that I do a decent job of both. But since coming to this forum I have noticed so many people who do not understand the concepts of sentences, punctuation, capitalization etc.

I honestly don't understand how some can type like this when 40k involves so much reading. Most of the people I'm talking about don't even seem to be young kids, which would be understandable. They are adults with real lives but they don't know how to use a period.

Am I the only one who has noticed this?

There is not a problem with 40k players and their grammar.

Do you notice a problem with the grammar of 40k players at your gaming store? I have been to multiple game stores over the years and have never noticed a problem with the grammar of people who frequent a game stores.

Do you notice a problem with the grammar of 40k players at tournaments? I have been to multiple tournaments over the years and have never noticed a problem with the grammar of people who frequent tournaments.

Do you notice a problem with the grammar of people on internet forums? The case is now closed.

schadenfreude wrote:

nectarprime wrote:While my grammar is not perfect, and neither is my spelling, I like to think that I do a decent job of both. But since coming to this forum I have noticed so many people who do not understand the concepts of sentences, punctuation, capitalization etc.

I honestly don't understand how some can type like this when 40k involves so much reading. Most of the people I'm talking about don't even seem to be young kids, which would be understandable. They are adults with real lives but they don't know how to use a period.

Am I the only one who has noticed this?

There is not a problem with 40k players and their grammar.

Do you notice a problem with the grammar of 40k players at your gaming store? I have been to multiple game stores over the years and have never noticed a problem with the grammar of people who frequent a game stores.

Do you notice a problem with the grammar of 40k players at tournaments? I have been to multiple tournaments over the years and have never noticed a problem with the grammar of people who frequent tournaments.

Do you notice a problem with the grammar of people on internet forums? The case is now closed.

If you're going to argue against the point of the thread, at least proofread your post! :p

FWIW, I see better grammar on /tg/, which is part of the cesspool of the internet.

I like how you wrote 'case closed' in a more grammatically correct manner, scadenfreude. Also, you make a very good point there.

It's a fullstop not a period.

Grammar Edited out - Let's not use that particular word, even if a smiley comes after it -MT11 !

How dare there be implications that online forums aren't the last bastion of grammatical salvation.

Necroshea wrote:How dare there be implications that online forums aren't the last bastion of grammatical salvation.

I known, right? They totally is!

nectarprime wrote:FWIW, I see better grammar on /tg/, which is part of the cesspool of the internet.

It's very hard to misspell "Go feth yourself"

Similar thread a while ago...
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/392669.page

Cheesecat, I hope you're trying to be ironic with that image

nectarprime wrote:Cheesecat, I hope you're trying to be ironic with that image

Honestly I didn't even notice it probably because I don't actively look for typos and am more concerned if the sentence is readable.

Cheesecat wrote:

nectarprime wrote:Cheesecat, I hope you're trying to be ironic with that image

Honestly I didn't even notice it probably because I don't actively look for typos and am more concerned if the sentence is readable.

I wouldn't say I look for typos, but I do notice them.

I see you've met the internet and noticed that people on it spell worse than they normally do.

Welcome

I have to confess that some of my posts are littered with errors. I'm either typing from an iPhone or using my work laptop that has the dual advantages of having no spell checker and limits personal web time to 10 minute bits thus necessitating turbo typing.

That said there are far too many grammar nazis both here and IRL.

My mrs being the worst! She is a languages teacher and being from east london my accent is essentially that of a GW ork!

Nuts ta ya!

Cheesecat wrote:

Similar thread a while ago...
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/392669.page

I love you cheese. I started reading what this thread was about, stopped, and started scrolling to see how long it took for that to pop up lol.


Uhg.....some people cant spell/type correctly. Sometimes its because they dont care, others because they actually cant. Deal with it or ignore the user. Problems solved! The KC detective agency can caulk up another win!

to the OP: you should have a comma before "etc." in your opening rant.