Too much importance is placed upon correct spelling and grammar

Text speak and netspeak as mentioned don’t undergo thorough editing processes, thus no one really cares how one speaks to friends or family online or on a cell phone; therefore this argument does not stand.

Emphasizing on grammar and spelling is like a judge ruling by its precedent; they are rules that have already been widely accepted and established, even printed in the best grammar books by famous companies, such the grammar book by Oxford. Let us not forget that printing companies have editors that completely redden the pages of written work by some of the best authors, and fiction is just one genre. This means, that grammar and spelling had not stopped ‘creativity’ as mentioned in the opponent’s argument. Grammar and spelling does not stop the ability to play with new words. Rather, grammar’s purpose is to make a sentence comprehensible and establish a clear idea, and spelling’s purpose is to make sure a word is correctly used or pronounced. Therefore, placing importance on grammar and writing does not deter creativity; in fact, there are new words added to the dictionary frequently.

Abusing the few rules that do exist and do work will only make the situation worse.

A word sounding awkward does not mean the system of grammar does not work. It works too well to improve clarity in writing and in speeches. In addition, there are no clear negative effects of obeying grammar.

Dialects are supposed to be variations in spoken language, there are very few, if any, legitimate reasons to write in dialect.

Constantly seeing incorrect grammar and spelling when trying to learn a language makes it more difficult to learn in the first place.

Also, there is a difference between being understood and making sense (i.e. using correct grammar and punctuation). Consider the sentences,

“Their parents went.” and
“There parents went.”

The reason why it is wrong to mistake ‘their’ for ‘there’ is because the meaning of the sentence changes. Just because someone else is capable of understanding the meaning you intended, rather than the meaning you wrote, does not make you correct in writing it.

If correcting and grammar is not much important, why online debate sites have the spelling/grammar checking system for debaters? And even the 1 word have various usage. Just a different interpretation from same word can make messy debate. If the mistake is occured in the aspect of grammar or spelling, the debate can goes to the mountain.

A misspelled word, a poor choice of words, a comma or set of brackets in the wrong place, can give a sentence a completely different meaning. In sensitive situations, the consequences could be disastrous – consider ‘I wouldn’t leave you for anything’ versus ‘I’d leave you for nothing’. Absolute preciseness is especially important in legal language, mathematics or programming.

Indeed, English can be manipulated to be gripping and compelling in a novel or a short story. However, broken English in a speech, for example, can sound non-professional. Imagine Obama saying “I has needed to go to bathroom when I pondered about the fly on a wall.” It does not grip the audience, rather it gives the impression that the speaker either never learned grammar properly in school, has not prepared his or her speech, or does not know how to give a speech. It disappoints the audience who expected to hear a compelling speech, which Obama usually succeeds in giving.

Everyone has their pet hates – personally I hate the grocer’s apostrophe. Incorrect use of language, especially when the speaker should know better and refuses to correct themselves, is jarring, distracting and irritating.

Crying babies are human beings, while spelling and grammar are rules. Rules are set on rationality. For example, if people experience unfairness in a law, then it is the government’s job to either fix or abolish it, not let it be.

Grammar is very simple, and when used in a formal and important situation, it is key to sound like you know what you are talking about. If you cannot even use simple grammar and misspell words that are in a normal person’s vocabulary or words that you should know for the debate then you look and sound like you know nothing. This discredits everything you say, no matter how valid the information is.

The informal English are different in many countries. For example, english used in England and Canada differ vastly. A person who speaks in rural England english and a person who speaks in rural Canadian english may not comprehend each other. Spelling and grammar is a way to unify a language called english in a global generation. Without these, english, though supposed to be ONE language, may not be constant. Therefore, english grammar and spelling are the keys to communication.

The title should read,

“TOO MUCH IMPORTANCE IS PLACED ON CORRECT SPELLING AND GRAMMAR.”

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Please now take the tongue out of my cheek.

I like many look at the cv, and if the grammar is sloppy then so must the person be. If they could not bother to learn at school what choice does the prospective employer have ?,plenty,look at the next applicants,there are more tryers there.