The Word "Exciting"

shel90 said:
It is a worry when prospect employers see people making these kinds of errors in their writing and assume that the people are not intelligent therefore not hiring them with these false assumptions. It is a big deal out there if one wants to make it up in the career ladder.

My husband has a job as a policy maker with the Dept of Defense with the Federal Govt. He makes good money and he doesnt have any college degrees. It is because his English is very superior..far far superior than mine. Shows that having good literacy skills can land someone at a high paying job even without having a college degree.

I know that many of my friends, coworkers, and acquaintances are not stupid but hearing people, especially employers will judge them right off the bat when seeing so many grammatical errors.

It can limit people when they have poor literacy skills which is why I want my deaf students have that strong first lagnuage before coming to kindergarten so they can get a head start with literacy skills instead of delaying it while trying to get them caught up with language development.
Click to expand...

Pardon the all-caps statement, but ....

THANK YOU! *MY SENTIMENTS, EXACTLY!!!*

Get this, and I still laugh for that ..... I got warned by the former super mod RoadRunner for criticizing a deafie's *stinky-as-hell* grammar. :roll:

Pathetic, really.
 
I'm all up for a Grammar (proper noun - it's the title of the proposed forum) forum. I'd be willing to be the mod for that.
 
SnAzZyStyLe2002 said:
Pardon the all-caps statement, but ....

THANK YOU! *MY SENTIMENTS, EXACTLY!!!*

Get this, and I still laugh for that ..... I got warned by the former super mod RoadRunner for criticizing a deafie's *stinky-as-hell* grammar. :roll:

Pathetic, really.
Click to expand...


...and that wont help anyone in the long run. I gotta be blunt but if people want to criticize others for trying to help people with their grammar then they are doing more harm than good. Sometimes we gotta swallow our pride every now and then to improve our skills. I know I need help with math cuz I suck at it and I wont be afraid to admit it.

Of course, I am more than happy to get help with my grammar if I should make any common or frequent mistakes.
 
Well, if you "criticize", then just forget it, ya know?
 
Tousi said:
Well, if you "criticize", then just forget it, ya know?
Click to expand...

What about doing it in a nice way? If it was harsh like "Your grammar sucks and u are stupid!" then I can undy but what about constructive criticism?

I guess I am just rambling nonsense...LOL!
 
Shel, I wasn't speaking to anyone in particular; I just know I saw the word, "criticize" in a couple of places and thought, "Uh Oh"!

Yeah, it has to be done with great care.....and maybe only when they ask?
 
I wrote and edited military manuals for many years, taught high school English for six years, and then instructed college English a total of 17 years.

I enthusiastically support a forum here to answer spelling, punctuation, and grammar questions.

However, I do not support gratuitous (unrequested) criticism of members' spelling, punctualtion, or grammar.

Once in a while, I might need clarification if a question or statement is ambiguously worded, and I'm guilty of putting it to some smarmy so-called expert whose "teaching" is a half-bubble off plumb.

But unsolicited sniping is seldom helpful--nor is it meant to be help. It's often just one-upmanship, and many times it's wrong enough to damage more than help.
 
In ASL, word endings are not really used. So, you can't really tell if the word was past... present... or future.

English: "I am going to my friend's house to party."
ASL: "Friend House Me Go Party"

Sometimes, they see a word spelled differently and think it applies to all situations.

I knew a deaf guy at RIT who always added a 'S' to the end of his verbs.
 
I personally would like to see a Grammar Forum started, and would like to see Chase moderate it. Even though I am hearing and a native English speaker, I still make mistakes, and there is always something that I can learn from someone that is more proficient than I. Just like a native Deaf signer can always teach me more about ASL, despite the fact that I'm fluent, someone who is proficient in the advanced study of English grammar can always teach me more about the proper use of English.

I see a Grammar forum as a wonderful opportunity for all of us to learn from each other.
 
I think a grammar subforum is a wonderful idea. It would for anyone INTERESTED in expanding their knowledge about grammar or having discussions. I would be concerned about the ethics, though -- what if someone posts a term paper and expects someone to correct it?
 
shel90 said:
If one were to compare these two sentences, one would get a more emotional feel to the sentence with the "so" in it.

Example:

I am excited to see you again!

I am so excited to see you again!


The emotional factor is more empasized in the 2nd sentence, isnt it?
Click to expand...

Right!!! :)

I love english and I enjoy helping deaf people with their grammar if they ask me, such as writing letter to customer service and whatnot.
 
Liza said:
I think a grammar subforum is a wonderful idea. It would for anyone INTERESTED in expanding their knowledge about grammar or having discussions. I would be concerned about the ethics, though -- what if someone posts a term paper and expects someone to correct it?
Click to expand...

great idea!!!
 
I'm interesting to learn something new... or I'm interested to learn something new...??????? Which correct?


The correct way to say this is "I'm interested in learning something new" IN is the correct word, not the "to"
 
jillio said:
I personally would like to see a Grammar Forum started, and would like to see Chase moderate it. Even though I am hearing and a native English speaker, I still make mistakes, and there is always something that I can learn from someone that is more proficient than I. Just like a native Deaf signer can always teach me more about ASL, despite the fact that I'm fluent, someone who is proficient in the advanced study of English grammar can always teach me more about the proper use of English.

I see a Grammar forum as a wonderful opportunity for all of us to learn from each other.
Click to expand...

I don't think Chase will moderate it. Yesterday he took down all his information, pictures, visitor messages, and left. No word to anyone that I know of.
 
VamPyroX said:
That's an invitation to Grammar Nazis everywhere. ;)
Click to expand...

Why are people afraid of the Grammar Nazis? Of course, like in any other subforums, if those "Grammar Nazis" become disrespectful or mean, they can get reported or banned. If people are afraid of constructive criticism of their grammar, then they dont have to visit the grammar subforum, right?
 
Bottesini said:
I don't think Chase will moderate it. Yesterday he took down all his information, pictures, visitor messages, and left. No word to anyone that I know of.
Click to expand...

He left AD?
 
Back
Top