Important notice from the GRAMMAR POLICE. Plz read. This means you.
lemmiwinks:
An example of an ESL that not only does not have to worry about the Grammar Cops, but has a better grasp of English than many of our regulars.
Quote from: cyperangel on 2009 May 30, 18:12:56
Normally I lurk a lot, read a lot, and try not to post a lot, as english is my secondary language, and I am scared of the grammar police. But, I have a question and I am hankering for an answer, so here goes:
Do anyone know what fertilization of the plants you can grow actually do? As I understand it, quality is based on what you plant, (The seed's quality +1 = the plant's quality) and thus fertilization with rare fish or plants, means nothing. So I am wondering if anyone have found a secret about it that I am missing.
*Runs for cover again.*
Zaphod Beeblebrox:
I know plenty of ESLs on other forums, and you wouldn't know they are foreign if they didn't say so. I remember an Argentian friend talking about how difficult it is to decipher a post full of "ur, 4 shurs, and !!!!!111!!!" when English isn't his mother tongue. Of course, those of us who were sick of the 12s with whom we were being bombarded on a daily basis (tl;dr: this was because another friend ran a website that was dedicated to an animated show, but the forum was supposed to be strictly 18+) told him that we were sincerely grateful for the effort that he and the other foreign fans put into making their posts legible, and we wished that our own American youth could be bothered to do so.
It's sad, really. I noticed that my son's teachers don't bother to correct his spelling or grammar on most of his assignments because it's "the substance that matters" to them. Apparently, AOLspeak is changing the way papers are graded. Why in the hell has it become commonplace?
Salomon:
What mostly surprises me is the amount of attention that people with bad grammar get, I figure that in the future, if I want to get attention, all I need to do is to use bad/worse grammar and presto, pages and pages dedicated to me. It sounds cheap.
cyperangel:
Quote from: lemmiwinks on 2009 May 30, 18:24:12
An example of an ESL that not only does not have to worry about the Grammar Cops, but has a better grasp of English than many of our regulars.
Quote from: cyperangel on 2009 May 30, 18:12:56
Normally I lurk a lot, read a lot, and try not to post a lot, as english is my secondary language, and I am scared of the grammar police. But, I have a question and I am hankering for an answer, so here goes:
Do anyone know what fertilization of the plants you can grow actually do? As I understand it, quality is based on what you plant, (The seed's quality +1 = the plant's quality) and thus fertilization with rare fish or plants, means nothing. So I am wondering if anyone have found a secret about it that I am missing.
*Runs for cover again.*
*Delurks*
I am... Both flattered, and afraid that I will now be in the searchlight of the GP. At least I now know that someone bothered to read my post, although an answer to my question is still nowhere to be found. Thank you for the comment lemmiwinks, it means a lot to me.
Ingesoc:
Quote from: cyperangel on 2009 May 30, 19:11:24
*Delurks*
I am... Both flattered, and afraid that I will now be in the searchlight of the GP. At least I now know that someone bothered to read my post, although an answer to my question is still nowhere to be found. Thank you for the comment lemmiwinks, it means a lot to me.
The Grammar Police have made it quite clear that they target abuse by people who should know better.
A person using ESL poorly, but making an effort to do so correctly, is not considered a target. In some cases I have seen them help struggling ESLs solve language problems.
Native speakers who use English stupidly are the ones who should be afraid.
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