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Quoted from Matt

It is the internet, I find that typing grammatically correct sentence to be a pain in the behind to type. I would much prefer to not have to think and just type freely.

Hitting the nail on the head more than you think, Matt; people that can’t form a readable sentence are stupid *because* forming a sentence properly would require them to *think*!!

I don’t think about my sentences much either. They just happen to come out correct naturally (most of the time, anyway!) (ironically this one did not!).

general rule:

i talk like this when i’m trolling

I talk like this when I think you’re an idiot.

Edit: now it looks as if I accidentally hit submit twice :D

My English isn’t perfect; I definitely make mistakes and I’m sure I have bad habits too (for example, at least 80% of my posts contain the word “also” and most of my posts are edited shortly after being posted).
I guess I’m a bit of a perfectionist (which, contrary to popular belief, is more a curse than it is a blessing).

Quoted from Matt

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So you do think about it then?

Heh, guess I do after all :)
Ish.
Maybe my sentences would be perfectly readable if I didn’t edit them afterwards, but for some reason I always feel a need to edit them anyway.

:::

Quoted from Matt

And i dont know who told you being a perfectionist is a blessing, but they lied.

;)

tbh though, in terms of things worth arguing about, this is pretty fucking low down on the list.

Quoted from BERSERKER

It’s peculiar how most of the d00ds in this thread who “don’t care” and try to shift the focus onto the people who bring this up are mostly British.

Ok first off, I’ll throw it out there that I’m Scottish, not British.

The reason most Brit’s probably don’t care is because its one of these things that’s drilled into you from a young age, that grammar/spelling is important, but it’s such a fucking dry subject and most teachers don’t do anything to help, so it just falls under the category of “things I learned at School that are mostly a waste of time”, along with Algebra, The periodic table, etc,,,

Its just a culture thing really, I’m not sure what it’s like in the European countries, but certainly here, virtually all students of all ages see it as a goal to not pay attention in class (until of course when you get to the last couple of years of important exams, then everyone starts paying attention but hates it no less).

Incidentally my biggest annoyance when it comes to traditional spelling mistakes made by the British is the replacement of ‘have’ with ‘of.’
i.e. he should of done that

I’m looking at you, Byte.

Its colloquial language, there’s nothing wrong with it. If you think thats bad though, you need to go listen to some of the more outlandish dialects like Aberdonian, Dundonian, Glasweigan, North English, etc,,, they all have their little quirks.

Also just to be pedantic, its usually not literally “of”, you’re just hearing that as its not your first language.

“Should have” == “Should’ve”, and then just the pronunciation of the “ve”.

Quoted from Skyride

Ok first off, I’ll throw it out there that I’m Scottish, not British.

i’m off to murder your geography teacher