Are you bothered by poor grammar?

There is no offense here! I absolutely hate bad grammar! It drives me nuts when I am reading a person's post and I cannot read or understand their posts without having to go back and correct what they say in my mind. This is too tiring for me. I have always been a picky editing person. I find typos in books every time I read. It some times takes me an hour to right a post worth reading because I go back and reread, retype, take out and add things, and even grammar is an issue for me. Any time that I run into these kinds of posts, I skip them and go to another one. This is a great discussion by the way!

I suppose it depends on the situation. If the "offense" is committed by someone for whom English is not the first language then no it does not necessarily bother me. I will ask for clarification to make sure I understand. When it is someone from an English speaking culture, well that's another story, ya heard me? Some colloquialisms and slang lingo drive me nuts. Though I will say I know someone who doesn't use punctuation in myLot discussion posts so their stuff reads like one long run-on sentence and that just give me a headache.

Hi there! I am not bothered by poor grammar. I know not everyone here in mylot can write or speak good English. In fact, some are here to develop and practice their writing skills. But I admit, sometimes it's hard to understand a post with a lot of poor grammar in it but nonetheless I still try to understand what the discussion's essence is all about. Ciao!

I am only bothered by poor grammar when it comes from someone that speaks English as their native language. If it is someone that doesn't, then I am willing to let it go. Perhaps they are trying their best to learn English.