Why are some people so anal bout how grammetically and punctually correct our wo!


Question: Why are some people so anal bout how grammetically and punctually correct our words and sentences are!?
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It's a matter of habit!. What you're complaining about is called Standard English!. It's used in books and on the news as a means of being sure that people understand one another no matter where they live or what info they need to circulate!. Other forms of English aren't "bad"; they're just too limited or don't last long enough!. Today's street speech or slang or jargon is gone tomorrow!. There's such a thing as a Dictionary of Slang!.Bite the bullet and go to the library!. Look in the DofS and you'll see that 90% of all slang is dead!.
Worse, regionalisms ("Your suit needs cleaned") mean nothing to those people who aren't your neighbors!. Try asking for "high test" gas up north, or a "frap" anywhere south of Boston!. Order a "regular" coffee in Connecticut, Richmond, or LA and you'll get three different things!. Mistakes like "grammetically" for "grammatically" and "punctual" for "punctuation" (look "em up) leave people wondering what you're talking about!. A person who doesn't know the difference between "their," "there," and "they're" won't get much faith in his opinions!.
Sure, many of these distinctions don't mean much in a spoken language (except for punctuation, which works like rests in printed music) but spoken language is more familiar and relaxed than written language, which aims at precision and universality!. Standard English is something we reserve for universal communication, so people from different parts of that country and all ages can understand each other, and non-natives will get our drift!. You wouldn't buy a shabbily-made tool if it would mean a poor job and you wouldn't get paid for it,would you!?
And besides, I suppose that everyone somehow winds up being a snob in some way or other!. I teach writing and write for a living, and even put others' writing in better shape, and to my eye lots of writing just looks sloppy and it's tough to resist thinking of the thought behind it as sloppy, too!. When I go over writing in person, though, I find out that no one ever taught them Standard English, and let them get away with being lazy!. On the other hand, what you call "anal" is more often than not a need for precision and the habits it generates!.
Just as I lose my thoughts of superiority in a student conference, many people who think of us as anal get shocked back into line when getting a grade on a paper in any college course or, worse yet, not getting hired for the job you want for what they'll tell you are "poor communications skills!."
I guess we all have to learn some things the hard way!. Math is very precise, but because I had to take remedial algebra in college I was able to take courses that made me a very valuable asset when others couldn't do what I could!. I'm an ex-English prof!. who could keep his job in tough times because I could devise accounting systems, boss construction projects, and order metallurgy tests on the stuff I'm using in my new business!. The slipshod (and those that place the bar too low) always are at the mercy and tolerance of those who have training and precision, and they seldom become the bosses or get rich!. No hard feelings, but look around and see who's running what and who makes minimum wage!. Pick a skill, master it "anally," and see how you feel like royalty when you get your rewards for it!.
Remember:
1!. All courses are reading courses; and
2!. Writing is only reading, backwards!. Www@Enter-QA@Com

You spelled 'grammatically' wrong!.
[sorry lol!.]
I don't know!. PET PEEVE! Major!. Www@Enter-QA@Com

Because it denotes intelligence!.!. Poor spelling and grammar makes people seem uneducated (or too lazy to use spellcheck)Www@Enter-QA@Com

The word Anal doesn't belong in your questionWww@Enter-QA@Com

i rilli don't no y i jus don't got time 2 make correctionzWww@Enter-QA@Com



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