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Originally Posted by Megahurtz
Grammar counts. Everyone makes mistakes but if your grammar is terrible I won't even read your thread/post. So as long as you don't care to have good grammar I don't care to read poor grammar. I've seen a few people post on here and I swear they speak at a 4th grade level. I avoid their threads and posts and just keep my mouth shut.
When you work in my line of work, proper grammar is an expectation. I actually feel bad for those with bad grammar because it makes them sound un-intelligent and they don't even realize it. I have no desire to change anyones poor grammar though. It's not my problem.
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There are different types of intelligence. Good grammar is a learned concept, but if an individual never grasps grammatical rules it doesn't make them stupid. It more likely speaks poorly of their teachers.
In ~1937 my dad quit school in the 8th grade to spend more time in the fields with his dad earning a living for the family. He couldn't compose a proper sentence, but that didn't stop him from becoming a hero to a small group of soldiers in France in 1944, nor did it stop him from becoming fairly wealthy in the automotive business later in life.
TL;DR: Dad couldn't tell you the difference between an averb and an adjective, but when he spoke, car guys listened.
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