Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-10950063-20131125204106/@comment-1196539-20131128055820

1) The "grammer" thing. We were just poking fun. It was amusing that there would be such a goof in a post about this sort of topic. It doesn't invalidate any part of your argument, Guy, and we all still respect your points.

2) If you don't use it, you lose it. The reason people don't know the difference between "there," "their," and "they're" is because they text their friends in chatspeak. It's because they don't use proper English. Never think it's not important because you're "just posting on the internet" or "just texting a friend." That kind of thinking (or lack thereof) is what leads to the deterioration of language and the gradual dumbing down of the entire human species. Think. Use that brain. Type those periods. Count change in your head instead of pulling out your smartphone. Otherwise, your kids sure won't be able to.

It's also a matter of plain and simple respect. wen u typ like this 2 ur peers, it sends the message that "I don't know you, but I'm sure you're not worth the effort of reaching all the way over to that Shift key." You know how people say that you can't get a message across in text as well as you can in person? That's because punctuation is dying. The reason punctuation was invented was to convey the nuances and inflections of verbal speech. If you know how to use it, and do, you can understand written text and any sarcasm and implications attached to it just as easily as spoken word. Honestly, people. Use those brains. It's for your own benefit.

...I'll get off my soap box now.