11-11-2011, 05:41 PM
Hi, folks - two things I wish to say.
One. I was taught to type at the age of 17ish, and it is one of the most useful things I've ever learned. So, I type with ease. It must be really difficult for people who have to look at the keyboard, and use only a few fingers.
Two. From an ignorant beginning I made it to a grammar school. There I learned how to speak correctly, spell correctly (and with various degrees of success) was taught how to write grammatically correct sentences (like Mark, though I can'texplain the rules of grammar).
So, if I see 'it's' when the writer means 'its' it spoils what they are trying to convey to me. I cannot help being as I am, but then, they cannot help being as they are.
However, recently I read a poem on another site where the writer obviously did not know he was splattering his lines with 'it's' inappropriately - should I tell him? I decided not, especially when I saw some-one else had pointed it out to him. His response? To admonish the reader for not 'appreciating' his poem and to tell him to look past it's (sic)imperfections. (His poem was very poor, too).
I prefer good grammar and correct spelling in poetry and books - and will never be persuaded that it doesn't matter.
One. I was taught to type at the age of 17ish, and it is one of the most useful things I've ever learned. So, I type with ease. It must be really difficult for people who have to look at the keyboard, and use only a few fingers.
Two. From an ignorant beginning I made it to a grammar school. There I learned how to speak correctly, spell correctly (and with various degrees of success) was taught how to write grammatically correct sentences (like Mark, though I can'texplain the rules of grammar).
So, if I see 'it's' when the writer means 'its' it spoils what they are trying to convey to me. I cannot help being as I am, but then, they cannot help being as they are.
However, recently I read a poem on another site where the writer obviously did not know he was splattering his lines with 'it's' inappropriately - should I tell him? I decided not, especially when I saw some-one else had pointed it out to him. His response? To admonish the reader for not 'appreciating' his poem and to tell him to look past it's (sic)imperfections. (His poem was very poor, too).
I prefer good grammar and correct spelling in poetry and books - and will never be persuaded that it doesn't matter.