While we're ranting and raving about spelling and grammar, I can't say it bothers me that much when peeps get it wrong, but I do think people should make an effort to get it right.
It's wrong to say the grammar peeps use is not an indication of their intelligence. It is. If you can't figure out how to form a sentence correctly, then you're brain isn't as good in that respect as someone else. So it is all about intelligence. You are a little dumber than the next guy.
Whether that's due to age or perhaps a foriegn nationality .. all good.
As for spelling ... spelling is a learning process. You are not stupid if you can't remember how to spell a word, but if you don't know how to spell a word, you should look it up. I routinely CTRL+T to open a new type and then type "Define: [word] in my google toolbar to check the spelling of dodgy words, and then commit them to memory. If you don't look them up, you'll never learn them. You need to use em and look em up a few times before they stick in your brain. Then you've got em. If you can learn to remember key words when coding, you can learn to remember language words.
If you are Dyslexic (had to look that up
) then fair play, it ain't always gonna come out right! But if you're not, you don't really have an excuse for being awful. We all make mistakes, it just shouldn't be every other word.
As for my pet hates .. only one I can think of at the moment:
-'I brought a new bike' ... yes, you might've
brought it home from the shop with you, but when you purchased it, you bloody
BOUGHT IT!!
