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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 1174 Views
I'm not always sure that I'm correct, but.... nossy - 05/10/2011 07:04:13 PM 871 Views
I didn't see any errors Dark Knight - 05/10/2011 07:24:27 PM 850 Views
Re: I didn't see any errors nossy - 06/10/2011 03:14:07 PM 732 Views
You mean ... Nate - 06/10/2011 03:58:32 PM 824 Views
Must ... have ... grammar. Nate - 05/10/2011 07:53:34 PM 1046 Views
For you and Tom as well, the same question about question eight. Joel - 05/10/2011 08:33:39 PM 1339 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 816 Views
Er...yes I meant them as a singular idea... *NM* Dark Knight - 05/10/2011 08:47:34 PM 485 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 421 Views
That makes sense as far as it goes. Joel - 05/10/2011 09:02:42 PM 881 Views
But do you actually regard them that way? Nate - 05/10/2011 09:08:36 PM 836 Views
Yeah, pretty much. Joel - 05/10/2011 09:25:18 PM 797 Views
Re: Yeah, pretty much. Nate - 05/10/2011 09:29:33 PM 684 Views
OK then. Joel - 05/10/2011 09:59:50 PM 843 Views
No, Joel. You're just wrong. Again. Get used to it. We have. Tom - 05/10/2011 09:31:21 PM 737 Views
I can live with being wrong, at least in the sense of technical error. Joel - 05/10/2011 10:06:30 PM 847 Views
Let's just pare this down to the bare bones. Tom - 06/10/2011 01:37:30 AM 690 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 843 Views
You bring up a point that I was researching the other day Dark Knight - 05/10/2011 08:53:40 PM 891 Views
You guys mean a hyphen, not a dash. Rebekah - 05/10/2011 09:00:25 PM 854 Views
You're right of course! Nate - 05/10/2011 09:13:44 PM 922 Views
I frequently am. Rebekah - 05/10/2011 09:16:38 PM 918 Views
So I've noticed. Nate - 05/10/2011 09:19:38 PM 839 Views
I like telling people, too. Rebekah - 05/10/2011 09:34:50 PM 827 Views
You can use charmap. Joel - 05/10/2011 10:21:32 PM 880 Views
Re: You guys mean a hyphen, not a dash. Stephen - 06/10/2011 01:15:02 PM 777 Views
Mmm, dashing. Nate - 05/10/2011 09:02:53 PM 833 Views
Emdashing is an entirely different form of punctuation. Joel - 05/10/2011 09:07:36 PM 905 Views
Achtung! Grammatik! :insert Nazi-saluting smiley as the Wehrmacht marches by: Tom - 05/10/2011 08:10:45 PM 947 Views
I love this bit. Nate - 05/10/2011 08:26:52 PM 931 Views
Bring back the BSG! Joel - 05/10/2011 08:55:32 PM 880 Views
Re: your 2nd irritating error for question 2 Sareitha Sedai - 06/10/2011 04:12:49 PM 804 Views
Good poll, especially for this site. Joel - 05/10/2011 08:11:10 PM 956 Views
Re: serial comma. Nate - 05/10/2011 08:31:58 PM 833 Views
Maybe I was being a little anal there. Joel - 05/10/2011 08:35:33 PM 809 Views
Same here Dark Knight - 05/10/2011 08:43:34 PM 709 Views
I think it's conventional to use a comma before "etc". Rebekah - 05/10/2011 08:55:11 PM 792 Views
Re: Grammar junkies random thoughts - 05/10/2011 08:33:06 PM 843 Views
Re: Grammar junkies Dark Knight - 05/10/2011 08:49:43 PM 907 Views
People should talk in a way that can be understood, else they are not communicating. Joel - 05/10/2011 09:17:37 PM 901 Views
Re: "everyone's". ~winky~ *NM* Nate - 05/10/2011 09:22:18 PM 409 Views
Is it time for my lecture on superfluous apostrophes again? Joel - 05/10/2011 09:43:47 PM 806 Views
You mean your lecture on "superfluous" apostrophes. Rebekah - 05/10/2011 09:53:31 PM 743 Views
As have I. Multiple times. *NM* Ghavrel - 05/10/2011 09:55:08 PM 394 Views
I am not stubborn, just true to my convictions. Joel - 05/10/2011 09:56:39 PM 997 Views
Unsurprisingly, I don't really agree with you at all on this point. :p Nate - 05/10/2011 10:29:59 PM 894 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 812 Views
But contradictions are inherent in the entire English language! Nate - 06/10/2011 01:25:39 AM 801 Views
Ghoti. Also, this is why Rebekah and don't argue this any more. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/10/2011 04:44:42 AM 371 Views
Sure, but not deliberate ones created by grammarians who know better. Joel - 06/10/2011 05:40:58 AM 807 Views
I'm going to listen to the others. Nate - 06/10/2011 06:17:18 AM 825 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 711 Views
But you are wrong Sareitha Sedai - 06/10/2011 02:17:40 PM 854 Views
that is OK he is very good at being wrong *NM* random thoughts - 06/10/2011 03:43:23 PM 425 Views
I disagree. Joel - 07/10/2011 12:15:14 AM 791 Views
How utterly unsurprising Sareitha Sedai - 07/10/2011 02:21:38 PM 780 Views
"We want to be nothing if not persistent." Joel - 07/10/2011 02:39:19 PM 815 Views
Doesn't matter. Sareitha Sedai - 07/10/2011 03:12:14 PM 821 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 921 Views
What. Zeeb - 06/10/2011 06:17:41 PM 897 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 885 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 799 Views
Likely so; I have the same problem, but usually when writing by hand. Joel - 05/10/2011 09:53:08 PM 768 Views
You called? Rebekah - 05/10/2011 08:53:54 PM 882 Views
Grammar schmammar! Avendesora - 05/10/2011 09:01:47 PM 918 Views
Wongy tip #77 Two Wongs - 05/10/2011 11:15:12 PM 781 Views
#1) I do not use NetSpeak while playing games, texting or using social media. TaskmasterJack - 05/10/2011 11:34:12 PM 784 Views
What about NateSpeak? *NM* Nate - 06/10/2011 04:01:08 PM 380 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 400 Views
A timeless classic. Nate - 07/10/2011 01:53:36 AM 755 Views
Re: Grammar junkies wolfsister - 06/10/2011 01:17:28 AM 808 Views
Yes. Camilla - 06/10/2011 06:53:46 AM 746 Views
I forgot about "of" for "have." Joel - 06/10/2011 07:31:11 AM 790 Views
I try ironclad - 06/10/2011 09:18:29 AM 840 Views
I freebase split infinitives on a regular basis. Stephen - 06/10/2011 01:53:36 PM 709 Views
The split infinitive is not grammatically incorrect. Tom - 06/10/2011 02:04:34 PM 804 Views
I wish more people knew this. Rebekah - 06/10/2011 07:38:46 PM 741 Views
Junky Grammar. Sareitha Sedai - 06/10/2011 04:24:01 PM 742 Views
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