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if u txt lyke dis, ur probly gunna die alone.
According to a recent survey conducted by Zoosk — you know, that dating website you may or may not have succumbed to at this point in the game — millennials say that grammar is an important aspect to consider while on the digital dating journey toward the promised land (also known as, whether or not you’re going to get laid on a regular basis).
The survey found that 33 percent of those polled would give the benefit of the doubt to someone with occasional poor grammar usage while messaging, but would ghost you completely if it became habitual. An additional 31 percent would at least give you a chance. Personally, you were dead to me at the first incorrect usage of “too/two/to.”
“Blatant spelling errors were the ultimate turn off, with the incorrect usage of there/their/they’re and your/you’re coming in second. Incorrect usage of punctuation wasn’t found to be too offensive, but when combined with spelling errors and improper forms of tenses produced many an eyeroll and reduced the likeliness of the person receiving a response,” according to the survey. “People don’t want to share their thoughts with someone who can’t articulate theirs.”
In plain English, read: nobody wants to date someone who presents themselves as stupid. And if you can’t take the time to properly spell the contracted version of “you are,” what else could you skimp out on in the relationship? Score one for the home team.
If you’re sitting there chomping at the bit, waiting for me to decipher emoji usage… We use them, probably too much.
“The modern day hieroglyphs have become so ubiquitous that the laughing through tears symbol was named word of the year for 2015.” But while some emojis are pretty straightforward, others can be perceived differently by different people. It’s a one-way street towards becoming lost in translation.
But, if he writes with the grammar of a young F. Scott Fitzgerald, consider him a keeper. If he contributes intellectually, I suggest finding out where he contributes elsewhere. To be fair, many of us consider “50 Shades of Gray” the great American novel of our time. .
[via Salon]
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I’ll unmatch any smoke show who doesn’t know the difference between ur and u’re.
They’re used two be a time you posted more. Looking forward to you’re next column; Insayers.
This almost gave me a stroke.
Than/then misuse is always a troubling sign.
Good/well physically pains me
effect/affect. If you are too dumb to figure it out, just substitute “impact” for either. It always works.
It’s like nobody watched the series finale of Boy Meets World.
Blame me for any grammatical errors, by the way.
They should add not using an iPhone. I wouldn’t put up with seeing that disgusting green message color all the time.
#AllGrammarMatters
I don’t mind grammar nearly as much as I hate when girls add extra letters on the end of words.
On top of when they misuse the correct letter to elongate what they’re really trying to say. For example: “What’s uppppppp” is like saying “What’s up-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p.” What she’s really trying to say is “What’s uuuuuuuuuup.”
This was dumb. I’m sorry.
It’s just an indirect way for her to tell you that she’s down.
That “heyyyyyyy” text definitely means she wants it.
^nailed it. 😉
Speak for yourself, if I’m gonna look at smut, I’m not paying to read that shitty “book”. I’m gonna stream a bad plot line with worse acting on the Interwebz. FO FREE
I’m ghosting you if you don’t know the difference between “your” and “you’re.”
Grey*. You hath to be kidding me.
Some of us only watched the cinematic masterpiece…