There is nothing that bothers me more than trying to read a post with a bunch of misspelled words, messed up grammar, and poor punctuation. Everybody makes a mistake typing once in a while but some people in here do it on every post. Plus, it makes you look dumb. Not that I'm a rocket scientist or anything.

 

I think you might be opening Pandora's box with your post.

So some forum members don't or can't use proper grammar and/or punctuation. At least they own an atv and like to ride.

My advice (that you didn't ask for) is don't sweat over grammatical details in a public forum because it will make you look like a bad guy.

 

aaaaaaaaaah, whatever. I might as well save my breath, I forgot most kids in here are too young to know how to spell, let alone ride a quad. I just think it is much easier to read something that makes sense.

 

Retro,,,Pul my finger,,,,,Sorry,,,Couldntt resist.

 

I agree, also something that is annoying is some one who uses ALL CAPS.

Just getting old I guess................

 

retro,

don't bother. this has come up before and the same mis-spelling, sister-chasing idiots you are referring to are the ones who will come back and tell you it doesn't make them look bad. fact is, your grammar is how people judge you. ever wonder why no one takes the four-wheeling community seriously? go out to the dunes and ask 10 people what they think of the human genome being decoded. blank stare. maybe a sideways glance. now ask them about stock car fuel, and you got a discussion!

case in point - feel free to do a search on RAPTOR and proofread the posts from these many prodigys who are praising a quad they have never seen or ridden.

as you will see, all hope is lost. in fact, i would say our sport is in trouble, too. the sierra club, although they would like to see atvs banned forever, can at least manage to string a few words together in the right order. they don't speak english as a second language as most of our four-wheeling bretheren do.

so fight the good fight, my man. but be prepared to pick up the slack....

 

Thanks fakie99. That gave me a good laugh! I really liked the sister-chasing idiot parts.

There should be a separate forum called "too young to drive/know it all/sister-chasing idiot's" where all the ignorant youngsters can hang out. And I'm not making fun of ALL the youngsters!

 

Are we just trying to stir something up? I dont think it worked. If its me being bothered by someones writing skills, I just would not read the post. The sister chasing line was funny though.

ttfn

 

I think these "sister chasers" are in the same group as the ones that have to ask how fast a blaster or 300EX is in MPH, or which is faster, a quadzilla or a trx90? Like as if they're going to buy a certain quad just because in stock form it is 1 MPH faster than the other. I guess it matters if you are riding it down the freeway or something.

 

RULES of grammar, spelling, punctuation and capitalization do not interest me. However, EASE OF READING interests me.

I find posts with no effort applied to organization of thought (involving, perhaps, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization) frustrating to read.

I don't believe someone mastering the unforgiving protocols of the Internet is incapable of writing a complete sentence with a capital letter beginning the first word, a subject and a verb, and a punctuation mark at the end.

Instead, I think the sloppy writers are either too lazy to be considerate of their readers, or else, the careless writers are contemptuous of their audience.

I wonder, when speaking, do these inconsiderate posters speak "baby talk?" If they speak as they write, the answer is, "Yes."

The genuinely handicapped, the learning disabled, the "challenged" deserve pity and sympathy. Also, errors and typos deserve forgiveness; everyone makes mistakes. However, I see no excuse for someone who doesn't even TRY to write a readable post.

Pretending sloppy, botched English posts "don't matter" appears an act of denial that does the perpetrator no favor.

I have spoken.

Tree Farmer