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Should people be forced to take an English class if they don't understand usage?

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Eeezee

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Some people become very irate if you say a sentence like the following

Their is a party in you're pants

Would anyone go so far as to suggest mandatory courses for people who can't comprehend the usage of these words?
 
Doesn't really matter. Most of them have had English classes anyway.


I graduated from HS a few years ago with 4yrs of English (the minimum requirement was 3 years) and I bet a very good number of my classmates frequently make such errors regardless. THose mandatory classes didn't do much for some people... not sure why any other classes would.
 
You could try to sale them a Hooked on Phonics book, or whatever they come in. Assuming they're still for sell.



😉
 
Some people know the difference, but just don't care. The point gets across. I get a little irked when someone types loose when they mean lose, but is it THAT big of a deal?
 
how would you enforce it and make people go? what happens if they don't go? what happens if they do go and still do it wrong?
 


Are you saying everyone should make a 100% in English grammar before being allowed to graduate? I'm pretty sure that's why they have a grading scale and not everyone is expected to be perfect.

Plus, who would do all the jobs that didn't require perfect grammar?


Shouldn't there be a colon after "following"?
 
Originally posted by: Joemonkey
Some people know the difference, but just don't care. The point gets across. I get a little irked when someone types loose when they mean lose, but is it THAT big of a deal?
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yes, it is. we're already viewed as being dumbasses for voting bush in, why should we add more to the list?
 
The only way people are going to stop that behavior is by repetitive correction and forced usage. When I was younger I used to spell rediculous "ridiculous." I had to force myself to be aware of it every time I used the word, and it hasn't been an issue ever since.

😉
 
Originally posted by: Kung Lau


Are you saying everyone should make a 100% in English grammar before being allowed to graduate? I'm pretty sure that's why they have a grading scale and not everyone is expected to be perfect.

Plus, who would do all the jobs that didn't require perfect grammar?


Shouldn't there be a colon after "following"?
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yes.
 
Originally posted by: BigJ
The only way people are going to stop that behavior is by repetitive correction and forced usage. When I was younger I used to spell rediculous "ridiculous." I had to force myself to be aware of it every time I used the word, and it hasn't been an issue ever since.

😉
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same, except the opposite.
 
Why should people care? Those mistakes are becoming rampant even on television.....I've seen misspellings and incorrect grammar on the news crawl on CNN, in advertising, heck, even the Aluminus flash ad on these forum pages spells aluminum ALUMINUN.....but no one cares.

The copout is "I use spell checkers", but spell checking functions don't correct incorrectly used words, such as their instead of there.

The worst offender is it's vs. its. IT'S is a contraction for IT IS..........ITS is a possessive form of IT, like hers is possessive for she, his is possessive for he. (Think the first, second, and third person forms of pronouns..........I, you, he/she/it, we, you, they and their possessive forms: mine/my, your, his/her(s), its, ours, your, their.

Sillier still is everyone making words plural by adding an apostrophe and s. Example in a current thread: "Prototype's often fail...." What the heck? The plural is prototypes, not prototype's......the second form listed is a possessive form.
 
Originally posted by: BigJ
The only way people are going to stop that behavior is by repetitive correction and forced usage. When I was younger I used to spell rediculous "ridiculous." I had to force myself to be aware of it every time I used the word, and it hasn't been an issue ever since.

😉
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Uh, it is spelled "ridiculous." What are you talking about? "rediculous" isn't a word.
 
Originally posted by: step-dawg
Originally posted by: BigJ
The only way people are going to stop that behavior is by repetitive correction and forced usage. When I was younger I used to spell rediculous "ridiculous." I had to force myself to be aware of it every time I used the word, and it hasn't been an issue ever since.

😉
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Uh, it is spelled "ridiculous." What are you talking about? "rediculous" isn't a word.
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Guy, you see the 😉 at the end? What do you think that means?

While you may be able to spell properly, your sense of humor sucks.
 
Irregardless, it beg's the question weather one should care less if we loose our vocabulary skills, and for all intensive purposes noone understands each other.
 
Originally posted by: sierrita
Irregardless, it beg's the question weather one should care less if we loose our vocabulary skills, and for all intensive purposes noone understands each other.
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*head explodes*
 
Originally posted by: sierrita
Irregardless, it beg's the question weather one should care less if we loose our vocabulary skills, and for all intensive purposes noone understands each other.
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:Q

*dies*
 
Originally posted by: Eeezee
Some people become very irate if you say a sentence like the following

Their is a party in you're pants

Would anyone go so far as to suggest mandatory courses for people who can't comprehend the usage of these words?
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Why would anyone become irate if you say a sentence like that? Just because they find it offensive to speak of parties in pants? Or are you implying that people vocally differentiate between Their/There you're/your?
 
Originally posted by: step-dawg
Originally posted by: BigJ
The only way people are going to stop that behavior is by repetitive correction and forced usage. When I was younger I used to spell rediculous "ridiculous." I had to force myself to be aware of it every time I used the word, and it hasn't been an issue ever since.

😉
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Uh, it is spelled "ridiculous." What are you talking about? "rediculous" isn't a word.
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Just give it a couple of years. Aluminium became aluminum in the US because of a spelling error.
 
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