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KnifeMissile · 10-18-2004, 07:27 PM

It seems that people have no idea what they're saying, anymore.

I had just read, on another board, "LMAO, literally!" Now, I'm pretty sure he isn't, literally, laughing his ass off. In fact, I'm sure he, literally, has no clue what he's saying. I bet he, literally, has no idea what it means to be literal.

I also see people, too many times, using the word "to" when they mean "too". It happens way too often for me to believe it's a simple typo. They honestly don't know the difference, as if they've never read a book. The use of "there" instead of "their" is also quite common and almost as irritating.

I don't want this to be a rehash of the ever popular What are your grammatical pet peeves? thread. I'm honestly concerned about the degradation of the English language. It seems like everywhere I go (on the internet, anyway), no one has any idea what they're saying! Vertigo has nothing to do with the fear of heights, fantastic is not necessarily good, and the idiom "with all due respect" means that you have respect!

Mostly, I just wanted to let off some steam but how can so many people misunderstand a language they have used all their lives? What can we do to increase awareness and help preserve our language? What do you all think?

10-18-2004, 07:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
KnifeMissile Location: Waterloo, Ontario	What has happened to English? It seems that people have no idea what they're saying, anymore. I had just read, on another board, "LMAO, literally!" Now, I'm pretty sure he isn't, literally, laughing his ass off. In fact, I'm sure he, literally, has no clue what he's saying. I bet he, literally, has no idea what it means to be literal. I also see people, too many times, using the word "to" when they mean "too". It happens way too often for me to believe it's a simple typo. They honestly don't know the difference, as if they've never read a book. The use of "there" instead of "their" is also quite common and almost as irritating. I don't want this to be a rehash of the ever popular What are your grammatical pet peeves? thread. I'm honestly concerned about the degradation of the English language. It seems like everywhere I go (on the internet, anyway), no one has any idea what they're saying! Vertigo has nothing to do with the fear of heights, fantastic is not necessarily good, and the idiom "with all due respect" means that you have respect! Mostly, I just wanted to let off some steam but how can so many people misunderstand a language they have used all their lives? What can we do to increase awareness and help preserve our language? What do you all think?