Quote:
Originally Posted by HarryT
You only have to look at this site, where, one might expect, members had a higher-than-average level of literacy, to see the number of people who don't seem to know the difference between "your" and "you're", or "its" and "it's". I find it rather depressing to see.
|
I don't think you can take message board posts as a true gauge of a person's grammar competency. I know I'm not as careful with my posts here or with casual email as I would be for something more important.
I do know the difference between "your" and "you're" and "its" and "it's" but can easily see typing it wrong in a quickie post. I know I've found typos in some of my posts that I read later on that were kind of appalling. Even entire missed words. I do care enough that I edit the post that nobody will probably ever read again, but the errors were there for everyone to see, even though I did know better.
-Marcy