Grammatical error...Tells about the type or kind person that you are?

Hi Iptan, obviously native speakers will need to have a better command of the language than non-native speakers. For us Chinese, it is harder to grasp the concept of grammar since Chinese language does not have it. I think a generation after this, the English will be more diluted than now. After all, when people read online, they do not pay attention to the structuring of the sentence, much less to pay attention to the slight grammatical errors.

Sometimes I am good at grammar and sometimes not.

Grammar is always the subject matter in terms of writing and speaking English language. Also let us include spelling. For us who are not native English speaker always have that kind of error. I accept that i cannot go on perfection and not well good i English both grammar and spelling. But i wish I can make my writing and speaking be good and clear to what I would like to express. To communicate with others so clear with my thoughts. Thanks and have a nice day!

I don't think it's fair to link one's proficiency in grammar to his/her personality/background. Grammar is just one of the thousands of fields one person can master. Being good in grammar doesn't make you better than somebody who, for example, is good in Math. We cannot compare apples and oranges.

You know what's really funny. When people who crictize your grammar or spelling make some mistake when they criticize you. That just proves that there are times when you should really keep silent. Granted, as long as the post is readable, then who really cares if there are a few mistakes. I think I barely even pay attention to any mistakes. Other than writing that I have done ages ago, that make me cringe all of the time. I think that no one is perfect. However, as long as you make an effort, it should be more than fine. Of course, some people have quite rigid standards in what they consider to be acceptable. Then there are a lot of people who really have no business nitpicking, because their spelling and grammar is not the best. I know that I never really have criticized anything that I've read, unless it is truly so bad that its unreadable. Then again, you really expect different things on a casual online forum, then you would on a job application.

not really ..there are times that it is not intended ..people do mistakes in this area because of the rules in doing grammar right ..but it doesn't show what kind of a person you are ..^^

It's hard to judge a person a person based on his grammatical errors. Well, this goes for those who are of different nationality and who have difficulty writing, thinking, and pronouncing the English language. However, for countries who impose the English language as part of school curriculum (like the Philippines), grammatical errors tell a lot about the person. The errors are usually associated with the educational level that a person was able to reach. I believe glaring errors tell a lot about a person. The grammatical errors may be due to a person's mis-education or affirm a person's unwillingness to learn. It may also stem from a person's stubbornness and "superiority complex."

I will qualify your honor, i firmly believe that as to how it is used it does. But as a tool it does not. Grammar is a good tool of communication, and never the gauge of anyone's personality for it cannot see the purity or impurity of a person's heart. There are many famous personalities in the world who are good at speaking and writing, but they are so cruel. Hitler excelled in speaking and writing to the point of convincing some general to wage war against Poland and killing 6 million Jews and conquering other nations. -------------- :-) Grammatically speaking, grammar mastery can be compared to life, it is a journey with trials and errors ahead. We use subjects which do not agree with the verbs used. If we are serious in making life work, we should have a consistent, and honest evaluation of ourselves. There must be reflection after each day, lest we repeat our mistakes hence remain in the quagmire. In the same way, if we are serious in communicating well our message, we also make that honest assessment on the current status of our grammar in terms of application, lest we remain in the subject-verb agreement stage and never forward. In life, there is a standard to be followed - the WORD OF GOD contained in the Bible. Absence of this perfect standard, everybody will do their own thing and make their own feelings, experience, as a gauge to assume what is right and best for everybody hence create a chaotic, unstable world. In grammar, there is also the standard set by those experts of it. This rules helps a studious beginner to become experts grammarian. "I may be able to speak the languages of men and even of angels, but if i have no love my speech is just a noisy going and a clanging bell. I am nothing. " - 1 Corinthians 13:1-10

Grammatical imperfection are just glitches in this intellectual calisthenic world of ours (whew!). In my opinion, I dont see any relevancy of being knowledgable in grammar with the kind of person one is. We become more imperfect as we try to achieve perfection. Perhaps we could associate character with the way they deliver themselves, written or not. Ü