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Originally Posted by 6bangerBOOM
Proper spelling, grammar, and editing are essential to a healthy career. But for some people it isn't important, and I don't judge them for that. Lol, look at my posts and you'll notice that over half of them say I edited the post. I go back and check my spelling and wording every time I post. I am a decently educated (Master's in Communication) person, and I like to come off as such. And I am always a proponent for a proper application of the English language. What's my point then?
Let it be.
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I align myself with many of the posters here. Correct grammar, spelling and punctuation are extremely important in all formal and semi-formal "forums" (read; environments).
6bangerBoom: you made a KEY statement: "
I go back and check my spelling and wording every time I post."
My posts, too, are littered with edits and, yet, the odd error still is present. The KEY, however, is that many of us go back and recheck our "work". I certainly don't want others who read my posts (or any other written work) to have to second-guess what it is I'm asking about or describing.
As PalmerGA pointed out: There is a level of pride associated with presenting oneself publicly. It is not a false sense of pride. It is a very basic, near self-understood level of proficiency that should be learned during one's early, formative years.
I was born in the late 1950's, grew up in the 60's and 70's and my parents (neither of which were college graduates) always discouraged me from using incorrect grammar (such as the word "ain't"), profanity and always told me to look up the meaning of words in the dictionary. My elementary school and jr. high school teachers also corrected us when we used incorrect grammar, spelling and punctuation and our written work and oral presentations were graded accordingly.
When I point out someone's post is incoherent because of their poor or incorrect word usage, I'm not attempting to convey in any way that I am a "better" person than they are (but I'm also not worse than anyone else either), but the use of appropriate grammar, spelling and punctuation are a matter of pride and healthy self-esteem.
As I stated previously, I believe posts which contain many grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors reflect the poster's ignorance and sloppiness. Basically, through the failure of attempting any correction of these, they're telling us "I don't give a shit. Deal with it."