Hate to seem like an old fogie...

[cybrman]

I agree wholeheartedly.....this country is devolving. Our kids are becoming more and more dependent on technology to survive. Lord help us when the power goes out!
LOL.

Yooperman - seriously hope that was a joke.

[hublake]

Being a retired teacher this new language is terrible.

[Vealmonkey]

This stuff rates right up there with the people who list parts for sale and then don't show any pictures. If you try to tell them that they would stand a better chance of selling parts by including pictures of the parts, then they call you a smart ass. Better a smart ass than a dumb ass. LOL

[MagicJames]

im.not.really.sure.what.you.are.talking.about.but. its.kind.of.irritating.to.me.also

It was painful to write that sentence. I'm huge into grammar, etc but the one thing I sometimes do is forget to capitalize i, whether it's alone or in i'm. Sometimes i will edit a post, days later to fix some grammar if I catch it the second time around.

[muddog]

i am only 17 and all that shorthand seems retarded and hard to understand. Even when i text i use proper spelling, i'm the only person i know that does that

[tanks350x]

I agree with everyones thoughts on the matter.. The way I look at it, if you have the brains to turn on a computer, and find certain websites, you should have a clue on how to type, and use proper grammar...

[fabiodriven]

I agree with everyones thoughts on the matter.. The way I look at it, if you have the brains to turn on a computer, and find certain websites, you should have a clue on how to type, and use propper grammar...

You spelled proper wrong Roy.

[cattle-dog]

my father quit school in 8th grade to go to work to help his family, he has now owned his own construction company for 40 years.
So needless to say his grammer and spelling are a little ruff, but to say someone would not talk or take time to listen to him would be a ignorant persons loss.
I carried a 99 in english and totally understand proper grammer and if you all do you will know that about two posts here are in this post are proper so i guess its all b.s. if you are going to preach proper grammer you had better know how to do it.
i do understand that some are unreadable but they are few. lighten up there are bigger problems in the world to worry about than something so trivial.

[yooperman]

well said cattle-dog! I agree 100% with you.

[fabiodriven]

My brain...

[Vealmonkey]

I think the real gripe is not the spelling or grammar or punctuation. I think the real gripe is that there are people who won't even try or make the attempt. People on here who don't make an attempt to at least try and follow the few rules on here. People that don't even seem to pay attention to what sections that they are making posts in. For new people I can understand it. But even alot of the new people here have been guests for a short while so they should have a little idea what is going on. People who seemingly make no attempt at doing a search. When you pull up the trikeslyvania page and there are 3 posts on the same page about someone not having any spark, I think there is a problem. I miss the "thumbs", but most people didn't use them anyway.

[MudBug]

my father quit school in 8th grade to go to work to help his family, he has now owned his own construction company for 40 years.
So needless to say his grammer and spelling are a little ruff, but to say someone would not talk or take time to listen to him would be a ignorant persons loss.
I carried a 99 in english and totally understand proper grammer and if you all do you will know that about two posts here are in this post are proper so i guess its all b.s. if you are going to preach proper grammer you had better know how to do it.
i do understand that some are unreadable but they are few. lighten up there are bigger problems in the world to worry about than something so trivial.

Fail. You carried a 99% in english like that ?

I agree with everything here. The occasional typo here and there isn't bad, at least we know what you're trying to say, but when some people post on here I get headaches for days. 10 lines with one or two commas or periods? Come on, this isn't the 5th grade. Many of my friends are like this also and it drives me nuts!

[SPD FRK]

The one that gets me is," needs rebuilt." It either needs TO BE rebuilt or it needs a REBUILD.
Another one is the difference between loose and lose. Loose means it is falling off and lose means it fell off and you can't find it.
People who use these phrases are "LOOSERS"

[cattle-dog]

I do not need to sit and waste my time to get my grammer correct on a three wheeler forum. that is a waste of time and space here.
I believe Vealmonkey is correct about the post in the wrong sections but there is allready a thread about that here which is one of the things being complained about. i am always in a hurry when i type and for a forum my grammer will do, when I draw up a contract for a customer then i will worry about my grammer.
For me life is about being the best person i can and trieing to help others along the way, not to belittle someone because they dont speak or type correctly, that my friend shows what kind of person one really is. Cattle-dog

[fabiodriven]

The one that gets me is," needs rebuilt." It either needs TO BE rebuilt or it needs a REBUILD.
Another one is the difference between loose and lose. Loose means it is falling off and lose means it fell off and you can't find it.
People who use these phrases are "LOOSERS"

I am so glad somebody brought that up!!! I thought I was the only person who didn't talk like that! How does somebody in their right mind type "needs rebuilt"? I actually heard somebody say that something "needs cleaned" once. I thought they misspoke at first, until they said it 4 more times the same way.

I'm getting a kick outta some of these guys posting in this thread. If I were an offender I would definately steer clear of this thread!