Recreation poor grammar

I honestly don't care that not everyone has perfect grammar and spelling skills. It is, however, necessary for there to be at least a few people who understand and respect the classic/anal-retentive/textbook/worthless rules of grammar in the various languages. Just as it's important to have historians, teachers, professors, &c, there must be someone to keep track of what in the world the languages are doing. The use of strict conformity is mostly academic, but the ones who master - or have tried to master - the thing can teach it, pass it on, leak it to those who have not studied the thing. This is how learning is passed.

*ahem*

I swear I have no intention of being a grammarian, etimologist, English teacher or linguist, but I do respect languages for their forms, historical and present. If this seems odd, get over it. Art, for example, has studied physics to a greater degree than I. He can ramble on about aspects of the electromagnetic spectrum that I never even dreamed existed. But when it comes to grammar and spelling, I and a few others come to mind quickly. In passing - one of the times when you are speaking so fast that you can't think first and are therefore most honest - Art has been called a "physics guy" whereas I get stuff like "that language kid" or the "English buff."

*once again I must diverge for air*

In short, there are grammarians, English/linguistics majors, physicists, chemists, historians, &c. because their is a need for them. It is more efficient to have several people proficient at one thing apiece than to have several people, each of whom have generalized their learing. It's the same with text books. It is most efficient to have several books of individual topics that cross-reference each other than to have large books that divert within their pages to several different learnings. Such "Readers Digest" type works are horrible for reference. In the yearbook office, it helps that we have people each relatively skilled at a few simple jobs (such as cropping pictures) and some who have more specific abilties that can be called upon when needed, such as Baphijmm's ability to use the programmes and technologies associated with the publication, Art's ability to command and lead, my ability to select good pictures and -of course - a few language buffs who can check/debate/BS/correct the things that need typing.

Now that my little *ahem* spiel about grammar is complete, I will now go bang my head into a large, thick, brick wall so that I never, EVER do anything like this again.

 

Although that's slightly off-topic, yeah the passing time between posts makes debating a lil hard. But the fact that everything is written down allows for careful studying and strategic, well-planned comebacks. My point was that being able to fully use grammar allows a person to write well and get their point across (plus they can take advantage of the special effects that come from good writing), while someone who lacks a lot of grammar ends up looking like a fool. If you've ever written a letter to someone that you want to sue, you'd have to be VERY good at writing since there are a lot of no-no's to watch out for, as well as special phrases to put you at a legal advantage. Thus, mastering grammar gives you another mighty weapon to whip out when the time comes.

 

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I do.