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To: Bigg Red

Oh, it’s full of errors.

Grammar doesn’t bother me very much. I try to use correct grammar myself, especially in more formal writings, but vernacular and mistakes just don’t get me peeved. Eubonics, though...


1,645 posted on 01/04/2019 9:16:39 AM PST by little jeremiah (When we do not punish evildoers we are ripping the foundations of justice from future generations)
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To: little jeremiah

Re your “Grammar doesn’t bother me very much. “:

For me, a person who does not bother to tidy up his language is quite possibly someone who does not always order his thinking well. Makes me less inclined to follow his arguments.

Mind you, I am not talking about posting on the fly, as we do here, or sending text messages to your friends or family. A person who is publishing a piece and expecting people to buy into what he is saying, however, has an obligation to tighten his prose. And, these days, it is so easy, given all of the free online grammar and spelling aids.


1,702 posted on 01/04/2019 11:15:24 AM PST by Bigg Red (The USA news industry, the MSM-13, takes a machete to the truth. {h/t TigersEye})
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