Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:25 pm
As a writer once said, "Let it all hang out."
In writing for anything except professional documents, office work, ect. letting the grammar slide into the vernacular is premitted, even perferred. I am terrible about spelling, being right-brained, but I always use the spell checker or dictionary to check any words I am not sure of. Bad spelling is often worse than bad grammar.
I guess I have had to be hypercorrective for too many years. I am now retired and also am writing things, and I have discovered again the beauty of grammar that is used by writers for effect. I have always known that using the slang, tone, colloquisms of the region, or culture is the way to write anything for any other type of work.
I am not going to stay where the skins of the members are so thin that they feel they must attack those who have a different view. This is infantile of those who do this. There is room for more opinions than are on this board.
We can always refer back to older times to provide reasons for our grammar or pronunciation. I have studied the history of the language at extent. But who would want to talk to someone who used the Chaucer style to speak? How many people would take the time to read through a paragraph with the Chaucer language? I feel we can use these examples of the past, but not to forget that we live in a different day. And, in our society, we must learn to communicate well. It is especially important for those who want to apply for a job or to make himself fit for a job promotion.
Gross grammar mistakes from people who should know better just catch my ear. I find these most bothersome in people I look up to as an expert in their chosen field.
So, my reply to you who criticize is this: You must first KNOW the correct grammar before you are free to take license with it.
However, I am a steel magnolia and will not give up so easily. I may even point out the mistakes in thinking of some of you. Never be so sure of what you know that you are not open for other thinking.
In writing for anything except professional documents, office work, ect. letting the grammar slide into the vernacular is premitted, even perferred. I am terrible about spelling, being right-brained, but I always use the spell checker or dictionary to check any words I am not sure of. Bad spelling is often worse than bad grammar.
I guess I have had to be hypercorrective for too many years. I am now retired and also am writing things, and I have discovered again the beauty of grammar that is used by writers for effect. I have always known that using the slang, tone, colloquisms of the region, or culture is the way to write anything for any other type of work.
I am not going to stay where the skins of the members are so thin that they feel they must attack those who have a different view. This is infantile of those who do this. There is room for more opinions than are on this board.
We can always refer back to older times to provide reasons for our grammar or pronunciation. I have studied the history of the language at extent. But who would want to talk to someone who used the Chaucer style to speak? How many people would take the time to read through a paragraph with the Chaucer language? I feel we can use these examples of the past, but not to forget that we live in a different day. And, in our society, we must learn to communicate well. It is especially important for those who want to apply for a job or to make himself fit for a job promotion.
Gross grammar mistakes from people who should know better just catch my ear. I find these most bothersome in people I look up to as an expert in their chosen field.
So, my reply to you who criticize is this: You must first KNOW the correct grammar before you are free to take license with it.
However, I am a steel magnolia and will not give up so easily. I may even point out the mistakes in thinking of some of you. Never be so sure of what you know that you are not open for other thinking.