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Likely so; I have the same problem, but usually when writing by hand. Joel Send a noteboard - 05/10/2011 09:53:08 PM
Now I will admit my grammar is not outstanding but I typically don't have trouble being understood when speak. My typing is so slow my head is a sentence or two ahead of my fingers. When I was in college I would either write my papers out by hand and have my wife type them or type them myself and then have her edit them for typing mistakes. I ask but she isn't really willing to do the same for my on line post. I don't know if I am putting more effort into editing now than I used to, I think my typing is simply getting better. I know I am faster even if backspace is still the most used key on my keyboard at least now I can type without looking at the keys.

Either way using your for you're isn't really a grammar issue it is a spelling issue. I will agree that I need to get better at typing what I mean to say but I don't believe improving my grammar will make me more understandable.

Syntax is usually my biggest trouble with reading your posts, I agree, and it is not a problem unique in you (or foreign to me,) only more pronounced. Certainly it is easy for the brain to get ahead of the fingers; I am fairly certain I SPEAK faster than 70wpm. :P That said, it is definitely not a case of you being clearly understood despite poor grammar, but of sometimes being misunderstood despite good grammar due to difficulty typing. On the upside, typing out long wotmania posts has probably done more for my typing speed and accuracy than anything else (including three and a half years of typing classes between junior high and high school) so the problem is likely to correct itself with due diligence. It usually is not a BIG problem anyway, but every now and then I do find myself posting a reply mainly to get an explanation of what I am replying to in the first place. ;)
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Grammar junkies Dark Knight - 05/10/2011 06:46:31 PM 1144 Views
I'm not always sure that I'm correct, but.... nossy - 05/10/2011 07:04:13 PM 838 Views
I didn't see any errors Dark Knight - 05/10/2011 07:24:27 PM 823 Views
Re: I didn't see any errors nossy - 06/10/2011 03:14:07 PM 702 Views
You mean ... Nate - 06/10/2011 03:58:32 PM 790 Views
Must ... have ... grammar. Nate - 05/10/2011 07:53:34 PM 1016 Views
For you and Tom as well, the same question about question eight. Joel - 05/10/2011 08:33:39 PM 1301 Views
Tom can probably give you actual terms and correct rules, but here's my take on it. Nate - 05/10/2011 08:43:47 PM 790 Views
Er...yes I meant them as a singular idea... *NM* Dark Knight - 05/10/2011 08:47:34 PM 474 Views
Use them together, and only together, for fifteen years and we can discuss this again. *NM* Tom - 05/10/2011 09:32:30 PM 406 Views
That makes sense as far as it goes. Joel - 05/10/2011 09:02:42 PM 825 Views
But do you actually regard them that way? Nate - 05/10/2011 09:08:36 PM 808 Views
Yeah, pretty much. Joel - 05/10/2011 09:25:18 PM 769 Views
Re: Yeah, pretty much. Nate - 05/10/2011 09:29:33 PM 651 Views
OK then. Joel - 05/10/2011 09:59:50 PM 811 Views
No, Joel. You're just wrong. Again. Get used to it. We have. Tom - 05/10/2011 09:31:21 PM 707 Views
I can live with being wrong, at least in the sense of technical error. Joel - 05/10/2011 10:06:30 PM 815 Views
Let's just pare this down to the bare bones. Tom - 06/10/2011 01:37:30 AM 662 Views
He made a mistake that I did not recognize as a mistake because I read his words as he intended. Joel - 06/10/2011 04:43:39 AM 817 Views
You bring up a point that I was researching the other day Dark Knight - 05/10/2011 08:53:40 PM 860 Views
You guys mean a hyphen, not a dash. Rebekah - 05/10/2011 09:00:25 PM 820 Views
You're right of course! Nate - 05/10/2011 09:13:44 PM 885 Views
I frequently am. Rebekah - 05/10/2011 09:16:38 PM 894 Views
So I've noticed. Nate - 05/10/2011 09:19:38 PM 805 Views
I like telling people, too. Rebekah - 05/10/2011 09:34:50 PM 800 Views
You can use charmap. Joel - 05/10/2011 10:21:32 PM 851 Views
Re: You guys mean a hyphen, not a dash. Stephen - 06/10/2011 01:15:02 PM 749 Views
Mmm, dashing. Nate - 05/10/2011 09:02:53 PM 802 Views
Emdashing is an entirely different form of punctuation. Joel - 05/10/2011 09:07:36 PM 873 Views
Achtung! Grammatik! :insert Nazi-saluting smiley as the Wehrmacht marches by: Tom - 05/10/2011 08:10:45 PM 916 Views
I love this bit. Nate - 05/10/2011 08:26:52 PM 901 Views
Bring back the BSG! Joel - 05/10/2011 08:55:32 PM 838 Views
Re: your 2nd irritating error for question 2 Sareitha Sedai - 06/10/2011 04:12:49 PM 774 Views
Good poll, especially for this site. Joel - 05/10/2011 08:11:10 PM 926 Views
Re: serial comma. Nate - 05/10/2011 08:31:58 PM 803 Views
Maybe I was being a little anal there. Joel - 05/10/2011 08:35:33 PM 776 Views
Same here Dark Knight - 05/10/2011 08:43:34 PM 680 Views
I think it's conventional to use a comma before "etc". Rebekah - 05/10/2011 08:55:11 PM 756 Views
Re: Grammar junkies random thoughts - 05/10/2011 08:33:06 PM 818 Views
Re: Grammar junkies Dark Knight - 05/10/2011 08:49:43 PM 876 Views
People should talk in a way that can be understood, else they are not communicating. Joel - 05/10/2011 09:17:37 PM 866 Views
Re: "everyone's". ~winky~ *NM* Nate - 05/10/2011 09:22:18 PM 399 Views
Is it time for my lecture on superfluous apostrophes again? Joel - 05/10/2011 09:43:47 PM 775 Views
You mean your lecture on "superfluous" apostrophes. Rebekah - 05/10/2011 09:53:31 PM 718 Views
As have I. Multiple times. *NM* Ghavrel - 05/10/2011 09:55:08 PM 382 Views
I am not stubborn, just true to my convictions. Joel - 05/10/2011 09:56:39 PM 968 Views
Unsurprisingly, I don't really agree with you at all on this point. :p Nate - 05/10/2011 10:29:59 PM 861 Views
I do not really think I am "right" on this one so much as "not wrong." Joel - 06/10/2011 12:01:36 AM 780 Views
But contradictions are inherent in the entire English language! Nate - 06/10/2011 01:25:39 AM 767 Views
Ghoti. Also, this is why Rebekah and don't argue this any more. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/10/2011 04:44:42 AM 359 Views
Sure, but not deliberate ones created by grammarians who know better. Joel - 06/10/2011 05:40:58 AM 780 Views
I'm going to listen to the others. Nate - 06/10/2011 06:17:18 AM 788 Views
Like I say, I appreciate exceptions when justified (and again, only claiming to be "not wrong." ) Joel - 06/10/2011 07:26:18 AM 679 Views
But you are wrong Sareitha Sedai - 06/10/2011 02:17:40 PM 815 Views
that is OK he is very good at being wrong *NM* random thoughts - 06/10/2011 03:43:23 PM 412 Views
I disagree. Joel - 07/10/2011 12:15:14 AM 758 Views
How utterly unsurprising Sareitha Sedai - 07/10/2011 02:21:38 PM 737 Views
"We want to be nothing if not persistent." Joel - 07/10/2011 02:39:19 PM 786 Views
Doesn't matter. Sareitha Sedai - 07/10/2011 03:12:14 PM 796 Views
Perhaps not, but it should, and I am not above being a lone voice crying in the wilderness. Joel - 08/10/2011 05:17:35 PM 882 Views
What. Zeeb - 06/10/2011 06:17:41 PM 864 Views
Those cases are not the same, because those words are already possessive in their own right. Joel - 06/10/2011 10:52:06 PM 852 Views
if you have trouble understanding my post it is more likely do to typing skills than grammar random thoughts - 05/10/2011 09:31:42 PM 766 Views
Likely so; I have the same problem, but usually when writing by hand. Joel - 05/10/2011 09:53:08 PM 742 Views
You called? Rebekah - 05/10/2011 08:53:54 PM 852 Views
Grammar schmammar! Avendesora - 05/10/2011 09:01:47 PM 886 Views
Wongy tip #77 Two Wongs - 05/10/2011 11:15:12 PM 750 Views
#1) I do not use NetSpeak while playing games, texting or using social media. TaskmasterJack - 05/10/2011 11:34:12 PM 754 Views
What about NateSpeak? *NM* Nate - 06/10/2011 04:01:08 PM 368 Views
I did use that once to tell the story of you and CNRedDragon going to see Ice Princess. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 07/10/2011 01:46:50 AM 389 Views
A timeless classic. Nate - 07/10/2011 01:53:36 AM 727 Views
Re: Grammar junkies wolfsister - 06/10/2011 01:17:28 AM 779 Views
Yes. Camilla - 06/10/2011 06:53:46 AM 716 Views
I forgot about "of" for "have." Joel - 06/10/2011 07:31:11 AM 754 Views
I try ironclad - 06/10/2011 09:18:29 AM 809 Views
I freebase split infinitives on a regular basis. Stephen - 06/10/2011 01:53:36 PM 685 Views
The split infinitive is not grammatically incorrect. Tom - 06/10/2011 02:04:34 PM 774 Views
I wish more people knew this. Rebekah - 06/10/2011 07:38:46 PM 710 Views
Junky Grammar. Sareitha Sedai - 06/10/2011 04:24:01 PM 707 Views
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