Getting the Bugs Out
Actually, my title is poorly chosen, as the items I am thinking of are not bugs, but mainly me getting used to the program that is used in making this blog. It is coming along though, and if I learn 1 new thing each time, then I think I am doing pretty well. Today I learned that you can edit the posts that people leave you. I wasn’t sure how this could be useful, but decided to try it out with the help of a comment posted by Joel to my post “Let the Blogging Begin”. If you check out the comments to that post, you will see that one post was submitted twice. I tried the editing tool on the second one in an effort to address the issue of accurate typing, even for blogs.
My question to you is, does spelling and grammar matter when blogging or commenting on a blog? Why or why not?
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I dont think that spelling and grammar should be important because it is just a quick blog. But in a way it is a good thing because when you go back and read it you can see how many mistakes you made and try to improve on it.
Yes spelling and grammar matters becasue sometimes people wont understand what your trying to say in your blog and would make it harder to read.
I don’t mind a few innocent spelling mistakes. The only time it becomes a problem is when you can’t understand what you just read, in that case, I feel grammar and spelling DO matter. Spelling and grammar can hint at how educated the person is that’s blogging and I’d rather read something from a person who knows what they are talking about.
Spelling and grammer doesnt mattter because i cant spell and i haver bad grammer and you can still read what im saying and understand it.
No i difinitly dont thinck thet spelin and gramer mater at all when it comes to blooogs. we’ve all gotten that email that shows a whole paragraph spelled wrong and only the last and first letters were in thier right places and we could read it easily and without any effort at all. If i know what im saying, chances are that everyone who i would care to have to read my blog can understand me TO! soo their (haha)
YES I THINK SPELLING AND GRAMMAR IS IMPORTANT BECASUE YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW TO SPELL, ON BLOGS.
-Kody, no need for shouting!
I think using short hand and abriviations when blogging is very common. People (ppl) use short hand becuase(bc)it seems more convenient. When there are common words known as an abriviation people are still able to understand what you are talking about. This wouldn’t be considered proper grammar or spelling, but yet it works so I don’t see why it would matter.
i agree with joel i dont think spelling and grammer shouldn’t matter cuz its your blog not the other persons blog, i think you should be able to state any opinion you have with blogs and what you think of doing the blogs, you should be able to state opinions and have opinions for different things!
u cn undrestnd watt im ritng evn wit mny errs.
hwvr, ppl mite nt tayk u vry seeriusly
or gvi u teh credt u dsrv fr yr idiuhs.
Spelling and grammar are totally not a huge deal to me when typing a blog. I don’t care if people think of me different because i can’t spell a word, it’s just a word i can’t spell. Aslo, i look at the change in language today from the past… if you use a chat program youll notice that there are so many was to say some thing. some examples: b/c, etc., u, r, 2day, 2night, 2, btwn, br, lol, lmao, rofl… These are only some things that “chatter’s” may be common to, and is that really proper spelling and grammar???! I think it’s cool that you can edit someones work, but honestly who cares…. why not write a blog about how people don’t use proper grammar if you care so much.
This comment should maybe be moved to a post so that others can add their comments; I think there would be some interesting discussion. For now, I will settle for commenting on it here.
1) People shouldn’t judge others by things like their ability to communicate clearly, but they do. And it is good not to take it personally when it happens, but it does affect how others interact with you (anyone); from grades on a written assignment, to getting a job, to making a good impression on someone you are interested in having a relationship with.
2) Even though blogging is pretty new, especially as a “popular” pastime, it already has a reputation, mainly for being informal, personal, and not relevant to people other than the blogger and maybe a few friends. I think there is much more potential than this, just as writing on paper can be informal and unproductive (writing and passing a note to a classmate in elementary school) or useful and informative (writing down directions on how to get to a job interview). The intent of this blog is to be productive, and promote clear comunication.
3) Language does change over time, usually slowly, but it probably changes the most in small groups that for various reasons, have specific communication needs (like “chatters”, “rappers”, Ph.D. scientists, etc). In fact, within these groups, you would stick out if you stuck to proper high school level English.
5) One thing that I think is very difficult is how to clearly communicate in a something like a blog? In some ways it is like speaking (this entry is more like a transcript of a conversation than an essay or a report). But when you are speaking, there are many of other clues besides the words to let you know what the speaker means (nonverbal clues like facial expressions, as well as tone of voice). When you type your thoughts, it is more difficult to tell what the person really meant. For example,
“I think it’s cool that you can edit someones work, but honestly who cares…. why not write a blog about how people don’t use proper grammar if you care so much. ”
This could be taken in different ways, from a general statement about anyone attempting to blog, to a comment directed at a specific person. If it was taken as directed at a specific person, that person would still have to decide for himself (or herself) if the statement “if you care so much” was meant as advice or sarcasm, rude or helpful, or just reflective the communication style of the person.
Even this entire response could be taken in different ways. It could be seen as discussion for general instructional purposes if part of a course on communication and information processing (which it was meant to), but without knowing this, someone might take it as a criticism, or dismiss it as useless rambling. After all, it was a pretty lengthy reponse. Thanks for thinking about these issues,and please add your comments if you would like.
-Mr. Stinson