I can understand in the case of foreigners who didn't learn English as their first language; however, it's the American born, college attending individual whose poor use of grammar causes me to ask, "What the **** is wrong with our country's education?" In fact, I learned to speak Urdu before I learned to speak English, yet I don't make as many errors in writing than most "English-only" folks do.

 

I think that's pretty much the point of this thread. If someone is a foreigner, or has moved here and is now learning English, I certainly would cut the person some slack. It's the people that have/are graduated/graduating from high school who need better breaks on they're cars.

 

true, but how do we know who is who over the interwebz...?

 

Good point. Sometimes, some people say so themselves something down the lines of one or the other:

ex) "Hey, I'm new to da S2Ki wit my s200 i just bougt it from my neighborzzz cuz he was movin out or something. anyways i go to univrsity of califonria riverside and i was wonderin if its safe to drive there with my car so allyou fools at ucr holla back."

or

ex) "Hi i'm from panama to usa. i just buying my new s2000 2011 edition. it is last one made for usa cuz you fat, cheezeburger loovers dont deserve small cars ne more. oky? anyways i go to univrsity of riverside to get degree n become president of mexico so i was thinking if its safe to drive there with my car, so all you fools at ucr jolla back. jajaja"

 

jajaja

 

http://wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html

 

I have and will always suck at spelling, even with my college education (though not an english major so it's all good)

 

i blame it on republicans.

/sarcasm.

 

i'm sick and tired of this.......
you want to know the truth?
we put a republican in office, the media claims he's screwing things up, so the next election, THEY put a democrat in office who comes in and REALLY screws things up,
so we elect another republican........and so it goes

 

nobody wins in a 2-party system