Look, I get that we’re in a new generation of communicating via technology. Texting is a norm for me throughout each day, as well as posting on message boards and/or blogs. And I completely get if people are in a hurry sometimes, particularly with texting.
However, let me say this: you do NOT need to ignore basic rules of grammar, punctuation, and spelling when you are writing out your thoughts for others to read. Again, if you’re texting a quick message to someone, I’ll give that a pass since you usually have a limited amount of room to enter your communication. But if you’re taking the time to write on a blog or message board, please use the high school diploma you hopefully earned and express your thoughts cogently. If you don’t feel you can, might I suggest that you start doing a bit more reading of books that are Harry-Potter-level or higher and a bit less time on the internet. You’re not just expressing your thoughts – you’re also expressing your intelligence level. And every time I see someone who is too lazy to use their brain it makes me more fearful of someday seeing our society go back to cave drawings and using grunts instead of words.
Thank you. And it’s “he doesn’t” instead of “he don’t.”
Oh, one more thing. Some reading this post might think I’m being hypocritical because I dared to misspell ONE word in a post I made earlier this week. To that I say this: let my track record speak for itself. And if you’re going to start railing about my spelling, you might want to remember that simple capitalization rules can apply to sentences as well.
Oh, I know what you mean. It’s distracting to read a blog or an email that has gross misspellings, punctuation errors or the author has a poor grasp of the English language.
Sometimes it has to be said…
it’s actually “he dsn’t”
Brilliant!