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Originally Posted by garinda
It doesn't count, if you're merely pointing out the mistakes, of those who criticise others.
I think it's funny.
You have to be pretty sure of yourself, that you're not making mistakes yourself, if you're going to point out those made by others.
I even started a thread about whether it matters, back in 2005.
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...-how-9900.html
I think some of the best posts I've ever read on here, have contained mistakes.
I believe it's more important what's actually meant. Not how it's said.
You can teach a monkey the rules of grammar, and spelling.
It's harder to get them to write a great work of literature. |
Not surprised that this argument had already been tackled in the past.
I can't read "American" literature - I spend my time "correcting" the "mistakes". They are just the fruit of a different convention and "rules".
My loss probably.
I also think rules are there to be tested and broken - so why should certain things irk me so much? (Indoctrination?)
We all have our own predjudices and have acquired rules from various teachers and reference points...
So, Renaissance painting is art, "modern" art is not to my taste and graffiti is stuff of ignorant street "artists"...
Learn to translate and "read".
The message of the writer is the essence and that is where there is something to learn. Understanding needs breadth of mind not narrowness - I am guilty of that sometimes/often...
Jane Austen would not be in print today if her spelling mistakes and grammar were taken into account a few hundred years ago
