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How come Americans are so bad at spelling and grammar?

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Chumly
 
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Mon 19 Aug, 2013 10:04 am
@Gabrielle72,
You question should be phrased "Why are Americans poor at spelling and grammar?"
maxdancona
 
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Mon 19 Aug, 2013 10:19 am
@Gabrielle72,
Quote:
Make sure to understand why things are the way they are.


Why should we do that?
Walter Hinteler
 
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Mon 19 Aug, 2013 10:24 am
@maxdancona,
maxdancona wrote:

Quote:
Make sure to understand why things are the way they are.


Why should we do that?

Language can sometimes be a good "weapon". And you're on the safe side when you know how this weapons works.
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neologist
 
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Mon 19 Aug, 2013 10:55 am
@Chumly,
Chumly wrote:
You question should be phrased "Why are Americans poor at spelling and grammar?"
Takes one of you Canadian guys to figure that one out, eh?
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Gabrielle72
 
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Mon 19 Aug, 2013 11:05 am
@Chumly,
Quote:
You question should be phrased "Why are Americans poor at spelling and grammar?"


Really? "You question"? Razz
panzade
 
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Mon 19 Aug, 2013 11:15 am
@Gabrielle72,
Touche!

Honestly, I thought the thread title was clever and you were illustrating what you meant. That's why I didn't correct you. Very Happy
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neologist
 
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Mon 19 Aug, 2013 11:16 am
@Gabrielle72,
Gabrielle72 wrote:
Quote:
You question should be phrased "Why are Americans poor at spelling and grammar?"
Really? "You question"? Razz
Laughing Wow! Even I, the Strunk and White of a2k, missed that one. Laughing But is it important?
panzade
 
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Mon 19 Aug, 2013 11:24 am
@neologist,
Quote:
But is it important?


My take: On the internet, nothing is important
Setanta
 
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Mon 19 Aug, 2013 01:09 pm
Bad grammar just frosts my balls . . . that is something up with which i will not put!
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trying2learn
 
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Mon 19 Aug, 2013 02:08 pm
I feel we get lazy. Writing and talking are separate. Btw what is this?
Setanta wrote:
Many native speakers, such a me, say "could've," a contraction of could have.
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Ticomaya
 
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Mon 19 Aug, 2013 02:34 pm
@Gabrielle72,
Gabrielle72 wrote:
Quote:
You question should be phrased "Why are Americans poor at spelling and grammar?"


Really? "You question"? Razz

How come Canadians are so bad at typing?
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JTT
 
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Mon 19 Aug, 2013 03:54 pm
@Chumly,
Quote:
You question should be phrased "Why are Americans poor at spelling and grammar?"


Why is that, Chumly?
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ossobuco
 
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Mon 19 Aug, 2013 04:10 pm
@neologist,
I disagree with Strunk and White on that, if indeed they were against it, as You question is fine with me, a particularly insistent start for interogitive. I assume the usage has gone on for centuries.

As in you, a particularly incandescent fool of major proportions girds his thin and weak loins to ask me this?

Surely we all understand the point the speaker is making.
ossobuco
 
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Mon 19 Aug, 2013 04:11 pm
@panzade,
Unless you are a dog.
Lustig Andrei
 
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Mon 19 Aug, 2013 04:43 pm
@ossobuco,
Within the context of the sentence, Osso, I believe the spelling was intended to be "your question." Simple typo is all, nothing to do with Strunk & White.
Gabrielle72
 
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Mon 19 Aug, 2013 05:19 pm
@ossobuco,
I'm sure he wasn't making that point. You are.
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ossobuco
 
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Mon 19 Aug, 2013 05:27 pm
@Lustig Andrei,
I think it is an imperative of sorts. Caesar probably used it. Not a typo at all.
edgarblythe
 
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Mon 19 Aug, 2013 05:32 pm
Arguments about grammar are much like the religious threads. Ultimately, I lose interest.
Ticomaya
 
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Mon 19 Aug, 2013 05:38 pm
@ossobuco,
"You question" is only correct if Elmer Fudd is speaking ...
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Lustig Andrei
 
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Mon 19 Aug, 2013 05:54 pm
@ossobuco,
ossobuco wrote:

I think it is an imperative of sorts. Caesar probably used it. Not a typo at all.


I strongly suggest that you read the sentence again. I believe that Chumley, who wrote and posted it, would agree with me.
 

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