About your Grammar?

Having a good grammar is very important for me. However sometimes it happens that some grammar mistakes slip away, given that I am not a native speaker. But at least I try to make as few as possible. :)

I try to make it a habit to check most of my posts, but there are times that we cannot always see our mistakes. Grammar, as I have also started this post long before, is not that important. As long as the wmeaning is conveyed, then I think most people can understand it. It's a trial and error, but the important thing is we try to learn on our mistakes from the past. Mylot is a good community to learn and be proficient in english language, just continue on doing the best to express what's on our mind.

I always try to proof read my posts before I hit submit. I will admit to making mistakes with spelling or with typos. I'm human and it happens. I will miss them but I do try to double check to make sure that it is understandable, that I didn't use any text messaging short cuts, and that I didn't use all capitals for example. I make sure on the basics although now and then I do screw up totally with one.

Yeah,I will check my grammer before I post some discussions.I will try my best to use the right grammer.I believe using the right grammer is a important thing not only for myself and those who are learning English.Do you think so ?

-lol- as english is not my native language, it's just natural for me to be conscious of my grammar. but with mylot, i've learned that grammar is just secondary to the content. so i'm more conscious of what the content and meaning of what i've written rather than check the accuracy of my grammar and even the spelling and punctuations. i haven't encountered a mylot user who has been consistently providing impeccable and perfect english. :) and i found that mylot users are quite kind enough for not pointing out wrong spellings or grammar use in the responses they receive. :) good grammar is important, but only secondary to the quality of content. at least for me, that's the way i do it and that's the way i look at it. i go for relevance and usefulness, coz that's how i define a quality post. :)

Sometimes I don't bother to check what I've typed but most of the time I try to give an eye on what I post. It is important to have correct grammar because people might misinterpret what you say when you don't check on your posts.

I have a problem about grammar on my English. I'm still learn to improve my English. So for now I'm not really care about grammar because if I care to much my I will not post my answer.

Since I'm brazilian, there are always some grammar erros on my responses, but I try to make as few as possible.

I do but frankly not all the time. But I feel this as very much necessary that it must be taken care of. Well, if somebody don't do this, there is nothing wrong but it leaves a good impression if we do even some spell mistake too. By the way, do you think that if we don't do that, would it effect the rating or earning?

I do try my best to correct all my mistakes in my posts. However, I see some of my mistakes late - after the entire response had already been posted.. If you would look on one of the discussions that Ive started, [title: Correct English] you would see that a lot of mylotters wouldn't mind much about the correctness of one's grammar. For most of them, getting the message across is most important... Hope you could post your opinion there too...

It is very important to me because I did English in college and I try hard not to make any mistakes. Of course, since English is not my native language, sometimes I make a mistakes with the tenses without evening knowing it. After I type in the response, I usually take a little time to go through it again to see if there is any mistakes which I know of, if so I will correct it. I guess I just don't want my English to deteriorate in any sense.

Yes, I check! Sometimes I miss stuff I'm sure, or I think i'm spelling things right and i'm not, but generally speaking I try to make my postings look good, so they are easy for everyone else to read!

I try to check my grammar. I don't mind that other people sometimes write something a bit wrong, but I don't like to see myself making mistakes. I know my English grammar is far from perfect, but I still try to do the best I can of it.

hi there.. well i always check my grammar while texting into any of the Discussions. I hope i am right about those corrections.

The definition of grammer: The science or art of treating the classes of words, their inflections, syntax etc. Manner of speaking or writing in reference to conformith to grammatical rules. This is according to Webster's dictonary. That said. I am a writer. I have the ability to write and 95% of people who read what I write, read it for the enjoyment they get out of reading what I write and do not worry about "grammer" as long as the understand it. I have taken writing classes and the one thing in high school, college, "The Institute of children's Literature", a friend and author of at least ten books who was also an English teacher, Mr. Robert Franklin Leslie. All said that I have a unique and refreshing style of writing. They also all agreed that if I have a problem of writing grammatically correct. There is where the problem lies. If I change how I write to conform to the norm of the rules. Then I am no longer writing in my style, how I am, the way I think, the way I speak and therefore no longer unique or refreshing. Conforming to someone's else's rules is not my style. It is not me, It is not who I am. It would not be my work or my style. 95% of people who read my writings do not care. When I read something as long as it makes sense. I don't care about grammer either. It is rules and it is not necessarily rules that everyone understands or conforms to. It is not a law. It is a rule. It is general. As to speaking we speak many dialects an phrases. The English language has changed all through American history and continue's to do so. As to being published we live in a new world of techonology. I can compile my writings togather and publish my own books and I am 100% sure once I do I can sell it with no problem. The average American citizen and I suspect the same can be said for most any nation is most people today like to read how they think and talk. Not necessarily one what society consider's grammatically correct. I write for the every day average person not the people who MUST be grammatically correct. The other problem I have is punctuation and that I am understanding more and am trying to improve on. But I have never understood in any sense when taking classes in English for writing compositions, stories or the like, What the big deal is about grammer. It makes no sense to me. I just don't get it. So take me as I am or don't read what I write. It is that simple. I understand the basics, verbs and nouns and adverbs and adjective's etc. But dangling participles or participles or whatever and mixing it all up and trying to keep it straight I just get lost. If want to say ain't and I do say ain't frequently. Then that is what I am going to do and your not going to change me. If you don't understand what ain't is then it ain't my problem, It is your's because I do know what ain't is and isn't. If you don't like what some term as run on sentences then too bad. It is how I talk and think. I run on. So as to grammer, I do the best I understand but I am not going to strain my brain and waste my time sweating it either. Okay well I think you all get the picture. And this is already too long. But you did ask and that is what my personal view is on the subject.

I check every single time. I know how hard it is to decipher some posts, so I really don't want to give other people a hard time looking at my own. On occasion, I will miss a mistake. Like instead of typing 'then', I'll end up with 'thn' without putting the 'e' in. I try to always catch it, but sometimes don't. One of the biggest mistakes I see here, with native English speakers, is saying 'your' instead of 'you are.' Or 'there' instead of 'they are.' I'm sure people just get in a mode of typing and forget.

i check mine, although on one question i posted it slipped by me, i was going to fast and didn't read it for mistakes. i have to have good grammar...when i am typing anywhere even in like a chat room. i play on pogo alot and others i know just type and hit enter and half of what they say is all jumbled up. i can't do that...if i make a mistake i have to fix it before i hit enter.

Grammar? Ok, I admit it, I am not that good in terms of correct usage of word or words in a sentence. But whenever I post discussion or respond to other's discussions, I try to read them one more time if there are some words missing in it. Anyway, mistakes are just around the corner and we learned from them too.

sometime i'll check my grammar before i post a respond or start a new discussion but sometime i don't check it because i don't have time to recheck it again. I'll write or respond it as long as they understand what i'm writing about. Sometime i saw a discussion and i don't get it what are that person wrote about. i'm actually not good in grammar but still i'm trying to write in English. Well, that's how we can improve our grammar.