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I find there are two things to consider when it comes to grammar and spelling in a post:
full words <-----------------------> empty words and the type of grammar mistakes. For example, when mightyatom writes a post, you know he's conveying concepts and ideas very concisely despite the grammar and spelling mistakes. those don't matter because his message is so clear. And if I see an error in one of JWD's posts, I know he's generally well-written and sensible so I'll forget about it just after reading it.
But if I start reading some girl-blog post from a poster I've no recollection then I'm predisposed to judge harshly. If I see "I almost went over their and chated it up..." I'll just press back.
my policy on this is that the further on that little spectrum up there the writing is towards the left, the more I'll disregard grammar and spelling. Often is the case where people's words will be empty but to hide this they fastidiously spell and punctuate everything correctly. So it's like a language shield that really isn't about the language at all.
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Before I judge people on their spelling and grammar, I usually look at their country of origin,
which is found ^^^^^^^^^^^^ here.
I usually type with proper grammar, syntax, and punctuation, since I feel that proper grammar is a nice first step towards a quality post, though it is only a step. Quality content always trumps quality grammar with crappy content.
There are plenty of people who have nice, valid opinions that don't have the time or language capabilities to express themselves in perfect English. Likewise, there are many posters who write eloquent, pretentious essays as posts yet don't actually have a valid point amongst all those words.
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Korea (South)1897 Posts
When I write a blog entry, my objective is to write it out as quickly as possible and many times it is either a story/experience or something related to some type of industry insider perspective. Now, I don't have a lot of time and while I could spend the time to write it flawlessly, if I actually did that, I'd likely never write it at all. So my posts are chalk full of every possible error you can make in the english language. So I can 100% say, that I'm exactly the type of poster who would likely turn off the OP.
but in my case, i'd be happy if the OP never read through my posts and thought they were crap because of the spelling and grammar. I'd rather what I wrote never made sense to some types of people. ^^ keke, bet you didn't understand that part either kaka.
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Depends. You can often see whether someone just made a mistake or two, or if the person just doesn't know how to write properly. I have to admit, I do base a lot of their credibility on how they write, but certainly not all. What I often see is people with terrible punctuation, spelling, grammar etc. make bold, somewhat controversial statements, in discussions. Like, borderline trolling, but probably not. I choose to ignore those, yet most people don't. You'll often see one post being quoted by like ten different people explaining why he/she is wrong, while a quality post just drowns in these other posts.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that, at least for me, good posts that don't feature good writing often mix in with the shitty posts. I find that the shitty posts are often the posts that get the most attention, just because a lot of people like to point out when they're wrong and I find that extremely annoying, and thus quickly ignore those. So I guess I might be a bit too hasty ignoring some posts due to bad writing, but I try not to.
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Writing is about communication. Writing with bad grammar or spelling makes it more difficult for the reader to understand your message. Writing with bad grammar or spelling makes you a bad writer. What's so difficult to understand about it?
There is also the idea that most academics or professionals need to write well in order to succeed in their occupations, and they need to write often enough that it becomes habitual to write correctly. Therefore, if someone isn't using correct grammar, it's less likely that he's got a college degree or an engineering job or whatever. This hurts his credibility, especially if his post is about engineering or philosophy or whatever.
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