When a post is lacking in grammar, spelling, & punctuation, does it annoy you?

Definitely. Sometimes, it gets difficult to understand what someone is trying to say when their grammar, spelling, and punctuation are wrong. Sometimes, I re-read the posts/articles I'm reading around 3-4 times. I'm not perfect. I make mistakes as well. That is exactly the reason why I double check what I write before actually posting it. One thing that bothers me is there's a spell checker here at myLot but there are still a lot of misspelled words in a lot of the posts.

I have found myself going over some posts on mylot with bad spelling, and broken English. I have to read it about 4 times until I figure out what the person is trying to say. I know that for some on Mylot, English is not their first language and I totally understand. In my opinion, Mylot is meant for everyone to come and share their opinion therefore no one is being judged for their presentation of a discussion. As long as I understand what you write, I will respond.

It used to bother me, but not so much any more, especially here on myLot. Many people here speak other languages, with English as their second (or third!) language, so we have to expect mistakes. It does seem, though, that people are a lot more slack about writing properly on the internet.

No I don't because from time to time my grammar,spelling and punctuation is well lets say bad. Will say at least you know what I am saying when you read it because it isn't as bad as some. If I have to read a post more than two times to understand I won't respond to it. I sign out and go to another discussion. But here there are some that do have a problem and I try to work with it especially if they are learning english.

Not really, unless I dont comprehend after reading a few times. I've noticed that many people are from other countries and they probably have broken english. Im not intending to offend anyone. Also maybe some people just dont realize it or dont re-read their post thouroughly. I know I make mistakes and dont use correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

it doesnt aNNOY me!! does this was not my inborn language... you should be annoyed if this was your language.. hahaha

oh yes... sometimes it really annoys me... but if i can still understand the post, i don't mind... if i can't understand it, then i just don't respond to that post and move on to another one... i can understand it though as not all people are english speaker here and for many, english is not their first language like me... take care and have a nice day...

Yes, and I am an English Scholar, but I will admit, I also tend to make some mistakes here, and there, when it comes to my spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Honestly, everyone on here, myself included, could use help with basic English Skills. I have to read post at least two to three times to understand what is being said in those post.

This does not bother me in the least as I have seen resonding to someone and realizing I made a bunch of typos . I can spell and it was my best subject in school but when I am typing I get in a rush to say what I have to say before I lose my train of thought and end up making errors that I don't actaully realize until I hit the sumit button and then it is too late . There are also many on here that I have noticed that English is there second language and I think it is great that they are trying to imporve there English just by being on here . I myself only know one language so those that are here with English being a second language to me is impresive . English is one of the hardest languages to learn , or so I have heard . So I give credit for all those who are trying to speak our language and don't actually pay much attention to the spelling , grammar or punctuation . If I am unable to understand what is being said I just move on to anohter discusion or answer what I think they are asking :)

No, I'm not annoyed with that grammar and spelling because I know that this site is composed of people from different parts of the world and that includes a non English speaking countries. I mean they can speak English but just as second language and they are not using it everyday. As long as I understand what it means. It doesn't bother me because I am not good in English as well. I'm here for fun and for little earning while enjoying so not a big deal to me.

When I read a discussion and there are lot of mistakes in spellings and grammatical it takes more time to get clear meanings of the discussion and one has to read it again and if the things are not clear to understand it really annoy.

It used to quite a bit! But, now that my own fingers act their age and have touches of arthritis, I often goof up and fail to proof read my own posts. It's all good! As readers we should be able to catch the gist of what someone is saying and not have to bring attention to their errors. lol - I've talked on too many chat forums to really worry about this!

Spelling errors are going to occur. It could just be an accidental slip on the keyboard. Also, some of the most intelligent people in the world are poor spellers. Many of the people who post here are also not those who speak English as a first language, and they need to be cut some slack. But what does bother me are sentences without any punctuation whatsoever. They are often typed in all lower case letters too. Aggrevating! Yes, I need to read those very thoroughly.

I think everyone's in a hurry these days and just don't realize, or perhaps care, about the errors. It annoys me to read and then have reread a discussion trying to figure out what someone's tying to say because everythings running together. I guess we shouldn't get too freaked out until people start typing in text lanuage. Then I'll have no idea what's going on.

"However, when a post is written with no regard to spelling, grammar, or punctuation." This is not a sentence all the best urban

It depends - I started a similar discussion, with interesting results. You can tell if it is written by someone whose English is their second language or they have learning disabilities, resulting in less fluency, which is acceptable, given the effort made to communicate some thought-provoking points at times - I support these posts in fact. But anyone who has been through 12 years of formal education in English should track down their mistakes made during typing - often they are based on imperfect keyboard technique, which many of us take the effort to go back and correct (like I frequently type "adn" and consequently take the time to correct it to "and"), but others, who want to get the maximum number of posts up or consistently long lengths to get the most money, should reconsider their carelessness.