English - as she is spoke!

[Coldicote]

Not infrequently ABers have a go at each other about incorrect grammar. Perhaps it wouldn't be a bad thing to have a grammar section, without identifying individuals, where readrers could just give the incorrect and corrected versions of expressions they see on AnswerBank.

[Coldicote]

It's a fact of life that those with a grasp of grammar have a better chance of progress. I see nothing wrong with trying to help in a pleasant way.

[mccfluff]

ab no way
my typos would take up too many threads

[boxtops]

..like wot I wrote.

[Coldicote]

I'm good at typos too! This is meant to be about grammar.

[naomi24]

//I see nothing wrong with trying to help in a pleasant way.//

Neither do I - if help is requested. Anything else is, in my opinion, incredibly rude, and is often construed as criticism.

[joko]

if someone wants to learn about grammar they would look at a dedicated grammar site ...not look through a random collection of supposedly humourous corrections of other peoples writing, from pedantic people on here...
not sure how grammar corrections can ever be done 'with humour' ... putting a smiley face or a 'haha' on the end of a correction does not make it humourous...

as naomi and i have said - if a person cannot respond directly to the OP with humour, why would they go to a different topic to do it?

[joko]

why do so many people come on here seeking to change the function of this site..?
its a really simple concept - people ask questions, other people answer them... people are always asking 'can we have this can we have that' for things that have nothing to do with q&a and that can be found elsewhere on the web if required...

[starone]

I agree with Naomi, it is very rude to correct someone's grammar. In fact it is a put-down. I don't need anyone to correct my grammar, I already know it isn't perfect. If you can't accept me as I am, tough luck on your part.

[Coldicote]

Why then do those who don't like this item keep coming back, instead of just ignoring it?

[vivandorron]

Feel sorry for me because I havn't got any granmar.:-)

Ron.

[joko]

do you have to like things to have an opinion then?

[Coldicote]

No, of course not joko - and welcome back again. I'm beginning to think you are enjoying this.

[cathfromsaron]

i hate loose and lose being interchanged!

[tenrec]

I like loose change!

[ludwig]

// Not infrequently ABers have a go at each other about incorrect grammar //

People who do this are trying to show how clever they are, but they achieve the opposite and make themselves look extremely ignorant.

[vivandorron]

ludwig....I go along with what you are saying but feel that perhaps you should have used the word 'arrogant' instead of 'ignorant'. ( oops,..sorry, I am not trying to correct you, but endeavoring to support you)

I certainly dislike people in AB who draw attention to other folk's failures in regard to spelling and grammar.

Ron.

[Arksided]

^ init poor spilleng and grimmer

[JonnyBoy12]

I think that this question should be directly addressed to the Grammar Police.

[Arksided]

I'm sure they'll be watching and reading with interest.