Do you care about grammar?

[thefiendhitman]

Originally Posted by lilymom

I don't mind a few grammar mistakes here and there and I'm sure I've made my share. I do tend to shy away from blogs that are full of them though.

I'll agree with this. It's important to have good grammar, but I know I've used improper grammar in certain situations to emphasize my point.

[woodwoman]

Yes. Good grammar is good because it helps the writing flow and be easily readable. Your reader doesn't have to pause to figure out what you mean. If I had to say what's the worst offense, it would have to be run on sentences. After that, vague subject verb agreement.

Spelling is less of a problem for me. Not everyone is a great speller. However, you have spell check and my version of word does rudimentary grammar checks for sentence fragments and stuff like that.

Having said that, the best thing I ever did for my writing was learning the Associated Press Style Book. Google that and see what you find. Get a copy. It helps a lot.

[ChickenFreak]

Originally Posted by thefiendhitman

I'll agree with this. It's important to have good grammar, but I know I've used improper grammar in certain situations to emphasize my point.

Oh, sure - deliberately incorrect grammar doesn't count as an actual error, in my opinion. It may work or it may fail, but it's a different thing.

I remember someone who tried to "correct" Robert Heinlein's TANSTAAFL ("There ain't no such thing as a free lunch."), as if Heinlein didn't know _exactly_ what he was saying. I found it highly irritating.

[JTom]

Well of course it is important. Not that hard to use programs to check your texts if you got problems. Otherwise most comments you get on a blog post might be about the bad grammar instead of the content

[theroddimus]

I know I care, If you are reading a blog and you see quite a few misspelling mistakes, then you assume that person has no idea what they are talking about. They will lose credibility over this one thing here alone. I know we are not all perfect and we make mistakes now and then, but that is what proofreading is for.

[TheNash]

Yes, by having good spelling and punctuation, you don't come across as an idiot. People are much more interested in a blog that is easy decipher than one that sounds like it's been texted by a 16-year-old cheerleader or a 3rd grader. I'm not so particular about every floating comma, but I want my blog to worthy of the hits it gains.

[Jhayceeblue]

hi everyone, yes i do care ..but I think a slight mistake is considerable unless the article is almost full of grammatical errors and words are much misspelled..

[melvin]

lols. Im ashamed because I don't.

[TheNash]

Originally Posted by Jhayceeblue

hi everyone, yes i do care ..but I think a slight mistake is considerable unless the article is almost full of grammatical errors and words are much misspelled..

I agree, no one will care if you forget a comma or use can not instead of cannot, vice versa.

[RJLC]

Yeah I care about grammer..I can't read something serious that has bad grammer.