I’ve heard it explained that “hey” used to be more of an urgent way to get someone’s attention, rather than a casual “hello” like it is now, so it sounded rude to some older folks.
I’ve heard it explained that “hey” used to be more of an urgent way to get someone’s attention, rather than a casual “hello” like it is now, so it sounded rude to some older folks.
I agree it shouldn’t really matter how “correctly” you speak if you make your point known. But I do kind of hate to see people misspelling or using grammar badly when writing these days - it does create a stumbling block, and I think it keeps them from getting their work more widely read or published.
Does it really create a stumbling block though? In a lot of the threads I see it being pointed out in, everyone does understand the OP. The people pointing out the grammar seem to be more derailing to the conversation than anything.
Plus I can’t say I agree with whatever you mean by “getting their work more widely read or published”. A lot of famous books that you’re expected to read in school are already past modern English.
Well, honestly there have been times I could not understand what someone was trying to say because their grammar was horrible. Even in short sentences describing a posted video, and I’m like, “how could they possibly make this sentence more difficult to understand!”
I worked in publishing and you wouldn’t believe how many new manuscripts were turned way because of simple mistakes like saying “there” instead of “their” or “your welcome” instead of “you’re welcome.” For someone who proofreads texts, it really IS a stumbling block.
But for ordinary conversation, proper grammar isn’t really as important. The reason it counts so much in writing is because bad grammar makes you sound uneducated and unsure of yourself, and it just lacks the quality of being well regarded.
Isn’t this conflating professional publishing with…general speaking though?
You have to understand as a publisher that there’s different standards between doing your job and talking to people everyday.