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By *hangerMan
over a year ago
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Yes and no!
I sometimes have to ask people what they actually mean when I can't work it out. Auto correct often causes problems, but using text speak does not help.
Worse are the messages with no punctuation at all.
Spelling mistakes and poor grammar I can live with as not everyone has had a great education or may have had problems like dyslexia with which to contend.
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"Is it just me who gets put off by bad grammar?
Every other message is poorly written and I cant bring myself to reply.
Am I being too stuck up? "
Nope! I completely agree and text talk is horrendous x |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Its why I prefer to use my laptop over my phone. Plus im much quicker and accurate on the laptop. I cannot understand some messages at all.
Is is that difficult to message someone using good punctuation and grammar? |
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By *ficouldMan
over a year ago
a quandary, could you change my mind? |
"Is it just me who gets put off by bad grammar?
Every other message is poorly written and I cant bring myself to reply.
Am I being too stuck up? "
You decide what is important to you, it's really that simple. |
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By *adMerWoman
over a year ago
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"Is it just me who gets put off by bad grammar?
Every other message is poorly written and I cant bring myself to reply.
Am I being too stuck up? "
Maybe but should also check how to punctuate “can’t” or was that supposed to be see you next Tuesday? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Yes and no!
I sometimes have to ask people what they actually mean when I can't work it out. Auto correct often causes problems, but using text speak does not help.
Worse are the messages with no punctuation at all.
Spelling mistakes and poor grammar I can live with as not everyone has had a great education or may have had problems like dyslexia with which to contend.
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I honestly don't care about education, I wasted mine away and eventually turned my life around later. It's just the messages that say "hy hun u r to fine I'd luv to av a go on tht pussey" that put me right off...  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Is it just me who gets put off by bad grammar?
Every other message is poorly written and I cant bring myself to reply.
Am I being too stuck up?
Maybe but should also check how to punctuate “can’t” or was that supposed to be see you next Tuesday?"
See, that was a genuine typo/error, which I can ignore, it's the blatant lack of grammar that I am talking about. |
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"Is it just me who gets put off by bad grammar?
Every other message is poorly written and I cant bring myself to reply.
Am I being too stuck up? "
Then don't respond. We all have things we use as filters and if this is one thing you can't overlook it's fine. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Is it just me who gets put off by bad grammar?
Every other message is poorly written and I cant bring myself to reply.
Am I being too stuck up?
Then don't respond. We all have things we use as filters and if this is one thing you can't overlook it's fine."
Currently, I don't. The point of this thread was to gauge whether I am being too picky/presumptuous based on grammar alone. I wondered whether I am missing out on some good opportunities because of it. That's all. |
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"Is it just me who gets put off by bad grammar?
Every other message is poorly written and I cant bring myself to reply.
Am I being too stuck up?
Then don't respond. We all have things we use as filters and if this is one thing you can't overlook it's fine.
Currently, I don't. The point of this thread was to gauge whether I am being too picky/presumptuous based on grammar alone. I wondered whether I am missing out on some good opportunities because of it. That's all."
There's only one way to find that out. All I can say is that I know people who are not great at written English and people who are and neither group better than the other when it comes to meeting on here. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Is it just me who gets put off by bad grammar?
Every other message is poorly written and I cant bring myself to reply.
Am I being too stuck up?
Then don't respond. We all have things we use as filters and if this is one thing you can't overlook it's fine.
Currently, I don't. The point of this thread was to gauge whether I am being too picky/presumptuous based on grammar alone. I wondered whether I am missing out on some good opportunities because of it. That's all.
There's only one way to find that out. All I can say is that I know people who are not great at written English and people who are and neither group better than the other when it comes to meeting on here."
That's a fair point. Perhaps I need to be more forgiving. |
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"Is it just me who gets put off by bad grammar?
Every other message is poorly written and I cant bring myself to reply.
Am I being too stuck up?
Then don't respond. We all have things we use as filters and if this is one thing you can't overlook it's fine.
Currently, I don't. The point of this thread was to gauge whether I am being too picky/presumptuous based on grammar alone. I wondered whether I am missing out on some good opportunities because of it. That's all.
There's only one way to find that out. All I can say is that I know people who are not great at written English and people who are and neither group better than the other when it comes to meeting on here.
That's a fair point. Perhaps I need to be more forgiving."
I think it's about what you personally can tolerate. |
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"Is it just me who gets put off by bad grammar?
Every other message is poorly written and I cant bring myself to reply.
Am I being too stuck up?
Maybe but should also check how to punctuate “can’t” or was that supposed to be see you next Tuesday?
See, that was a genuine typo/error, which I can ignore, it's the blatant lack of grammar that I am talking about."
Well this is awkward..  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Bad grammar can be excruciating.
Bad spelling too. But, in all fairness we can forgive both if the message is genuine and honest.
Some people are dyslexic and find it impossible to be correct. I was castigated for highlighting poor spelling in a a post.
I now cut a lot of slack on this subject. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Is it just me who gets put off by bad grammar?
Every other message is poorly written and I cant bring myself to reply.
Am I being too stuck up?
Maybe but should also check how to punctuate “can’t” or was that supposed to be see you next Tuesday?
See, that was a genuine typo/error, which I can ignore, it's the blatant lack of grammar that I am talking about.
Well this is awkward.. "
Haha, like I said, we all make mistakes  it's the absolute car crash messages that drive me up the wall. |
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By *adMerWoman
over a year ago
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Yes poor grammar and punctuation are irritating, but it’s not a reflection of how good or bad a lover they are. Some of my best lovers have been dyslexic...... predictive wanted to put dysfunctional then, which is also apt  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Yes poor grammar and punctuation are irritating, but it’s not a reflection of how good or bad a lover they are. Some of my best lovers have been dyslexic...... predictive wanted to put dysfunctional then, which is also apt "
Thank you! I think I've learnt a valuable lesson here, which is that not everyone can type well, but that doesn't mean they aren't worth the time of a chat/meet.
This thread was meant as a genuine question out of curiosity, not meant to disrespect anyone... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Is it just me who gets put off by bad grammar?
Every other message is poorly written and I cant bring myself to reply.
Am I being too stuck up? "
*can't |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Is it just me who gets put off by bad grammar?
Every other message is poorly written and I cant bring myself to reply.
Am I being too stuck up?
*can't"
We've already been over that one...  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Is it just me who gets put off by bad grammar?
Every other message is poorly written and I cant bring myself to reply.
Am I being too stuck up? "
Hell no! It's one of my pet hates! |
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It depends.
Will reply to all messages, but are unlikely to meet someone who is unable to communicate on our level.
By that, I mean proper sentences not just one word or text speak responses.
If it's hard work I'll just get fed up.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Their is nothink worse than bad smelling and poor gramer in my opion.
And I say that without fear of contraception "
I completlee agree and fink u r rite in ur opion.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Their is nothink worse than bad smelling and poor gramer in my opion.
And I say that without fear of contraception
I completlee agree and fink u r rite in ur opion. "
You are so rite, we are waisted on heer |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Is it just me who gets put off by bad grammar?
Every other message is poorly written and I cant bring myself to reply.
Am I being too stuck up? "
grammar doesn't bother me. Text speak on the other hand  takes hours to decipher. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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As I have an extremely dyslexic daughter and have lived abroad where my language skills start off fairly dodgy, I have been through the grammar/spelling/punctuation mill then I can say I will never judge another on this! Are you going to ask them to do a written exam before sex?
Whereas text/lazy messaging is just that lazy plus I don't actually understand it as opposed to the other, which being an educated person can mostly work out! Happy to move onto phone chat for those dyslexics or those that maybe, English isn't their first language. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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And for those who think that bad spelling, grammar, punctuation or dyslexia doesn't make a person intelligent or not on their level intellectually then may you say that about Einstein & Picasso (no longer with us) or to Richard Branson, Orlando Bloom and many many more otherwise "uneducated" people! |
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Yes it is hard to see past. I can forgive the odd typo, we all do it sometimes. But I've seen some stories in the fantasy section, where it could be really good, but it's almost unreadable and off putting due to lack of punctuation and poor spelling. |
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By *ynecplCouple
over a year ago
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Depends, the odd word spelt wrong or missed is fine auto-carrot is a pain sometime. But text speak or messages where it takes me ten minutes just to work out one sentence get quickly deleted. |
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No, we are the same. Its not hard to type and full word. Detest text speak and we cannot be bothered to try and work out what is being said. We hard to message back the other day asking if the person was ok it was that bad. |
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