Digi-Scene

Taking digizines into the new millenium

Sep 3, 2005

You're (not your) kidding me

Posted by Kim |

Just went back and corrected the grammar on my previous post. Spelling and grammar are important to me because I think that you should care enough to choose your words carefully to express your ideas. I regret the trend in this country that text messaging and other forms of electronic communication have reduced us to. Yes, communication is possible in these shorthand times, but I feel that we lose the richness of language that weaves a beautiful tapestry around our experiences by succumbing to the temptation to take shortcuts like these. Am I out to lunch on this? Can I get an amen out there?

I especially find it irksome among the men online who are looking to meet quality women. Hasn't someone told them that it's kind of important that they don't look like a 3rd grade dropout if they want to meet that intelligent and witty woman of their dreams? I'm going to continue to keep my standards high in this regard and anyone who uses 2 when they mean too, will automatically find themselves in the reject pile.

(This is not directed at my friends who speak English as a second language. I'm actually in awe of your ability to negotiate the quagmire that is English).

3 comments:

Roy said...

Thanks for the kind remarks on my blog! I just got this far on yours...
Can I get an amen out there?
Sure. Amen. I'm not a technically perfect writer (I strive for it, but it's an uphill battle most days) but I hate leaving mistakes behind.

Kim said...

Wow! My first comment. Thanks for visiting, laslo. I'm not a technically perfect writer either. I over use commas, have no idea when a new paragraph begins, and have a tendency to end perfectly good sentences with ellipses. I like the process of writing though and that's why I do it.

Kaye said...

You mean all of the times that dad corrected us at the dinner table for our language has stuck!?!
How many times did we say, "Me an so-and-so are...." and dad would say "I didn't know so-and-so was mean?".
Well, at least we didn't say, "I was barn in a born"!

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