Originally Posted by
Xenmas
Quite frankly Deprived, I don't about your beliefs or your "hybrid english". I'm just trying to educate a few people.
Ah alright, I'll move away from my QED punchlines now, and assume one of my deepest fears; proper grammar on the internet, as were are deabting, as of now that is.
Xenmas, you should care about my beliefs, if you don't you will force me to attempt to psychoanalyze you and to cure of your 'sickness'. Not much of a threat, but it is not one, I'm only trying to help you, I love the common man, and I only wish for the common man to learn about his ways.
Let me go through a more exhaustive argument of the point I made in my above post, the point being, of course, that grammar is completly redudant on normal internet occasions. The following will not be opinions with opinons - but attempts at emperical arguments.
I have traveled many forums, from 4chan to the most goddamn uptight "grammar" forums that in, no way, discuss serious topics. There's one thing I've noticed ; while 4chan has its ugliness and... fucked upness (espically in /b/), they are actually generally far more liberal in their moderataive duties, and far more honest in the same, while in uptight grammar forums, the moderators are literally smelling their own farts and liking it. This could be mere concidence - but these are from samples of about 10 forums per each group.
Simmilairly, I've seen many people raise themselves above others because of their 'ability to use grammar', even though their texts are so full of grammatical mistakes while attempting to do grammar, that it's actually god damn painful to read, hybrid english as I call it. Use proper grammar - or don't, but god damnit, don't attempt to force grammar because that leads to the creation of "grammar" which really just confuses people who understand grammar - as other points come across than intended.
While I agree some posts with shitty grammar are hard to read - it's not hard to refrain from using capaital letters and periods at the end of setence fragments (*cough* you hybrid english people are freaking amazing at it, don't put periods at the end of things that are not setences "Yes." is a common example *cough*) and at the same time to be understandable, indede, it's easier to do that as most people of the internet are accostumed to crappy "internetspeek".
Now this is a personal belief - and it comes from experience, believe me - I find that those who use their "hybrid english" often put themselves above other people, become "better" to themselves quite quickly, while in truth they're just pompous/excessivly arrogant. This is one thing I want to avoid - and Xenmas, whether you know it or not, you're preaching hybrid english right now and not underestiablity - the two are quite oppisotes actually.
Excuse the mistakes, the above is more of a rant, really.