Today is the much anticipated Internet language post. Sorry to keep you on the edge of your seats for so long, I know the suspension must have been excruciating.
This is the problem with the Internet (did you know that's supposed to be capitalized?): People use it as a forum of limitless grammar and spelling errors. I kind of think of it as the Sodom of all grammar/spelling media; it's like people run wild with "words" like "u" and "r" and "kool," etc. I don't even understand words that are equally (or there is a one-letter difference) as long as their legitimate counterparts, like "right" vs. "rite."
My point is this: There is a difference between a fairly harmless spelling or grammar error online, like saying "it's you're fault" instead of "it's your fault." I understand that these things happen from time to time. I even understand that if you're texting in a hurry, it's easier to spell out "r u coming?" than "are you coming?". But because the Internet is the future - business, social media, magazines, newspapers, even secondary education - we must preserve the art of the English language, and if that means adding "Google" to Webster's as a verb, so be it.
Just don't let the future of all things written be filled with sentence fragments, comma splices, dangling modifiers, and worst of all, unnecessary abbreviations/acronyms. PLEASE. Thank you.http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html
A hilarious blog which happens to feature this post about errors frequently made and then published to the masses online. Enjoy!
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