Well we're in the "poor spelling and grammar is a big turn-off " line.
You can, just about, forgive chatrooms where everyone is typing in real-time but for adverts, profiles, thread titles and forum responses it's a real no-no.
Spelling mistakes are not unusual, nor are slight punctuation errors but when people go down the 'there, their, they're' errors it's as off-putting as halitosis and cheesy helmet flakes.
Language does evolve but some things are never going to be acceptable.
To us it comes across as sloppy and careless.
I agree Sassy, grammar is important as it tells a lot about people and their behaviour. Having said that, there are lots of very nice people who find grammar difficult and are still nice!
I suppose it does put one off to begin with and may make one not dig deeper into the profile, therefore some good people will be overlooked.
We discount any email's / PM's of this type right away.
Our reasoning is that if people cannot be bothered to 'pen' a decent reply to an ad or a first contact email, what else can they not be bothered to do?
First impressions count. Leaving us with the impression you are in such a hurry you can't string a proper sentance together, or that you are as thick as the proverbial two planks will not get you passed 'Go', and only have your nick added to the 'Ignore' box, and your mail/PM consigned to file 13.
My spelling is attroci.. atroci...bad, my grammar and punctuation are better. It does annoy me that people don't put any effort into checking these things before posting them, especially if they are in LMU and are expecting a response.
Having said that, if I'd have met Nat on here I would have passed him by, his grammar is awful but he's one of the most intellegent (?) people I've evr met.
(sorry can't check the spelling as I'm upstairs and my trusty dictionay is down)
H.x
I do agree partly Polo but I think you can forgive people genuine mistakes etc and I don’t even notice them really but I'm was referring to people who type absolute gibberish spelling wise and can't even be bothered to give their spontaneous message a quick re-read before they send it.
Great thread Sassy- but don't get me started!
Double negatives.
I :fuckinghell: hate double negatives!
Do people really not realise that saying "I aint got no...." doesn't make sense? GRRRRRRR!
And whilst we're at it......like.
The increasing use of the word "like" when it's not needed drives me insane. In fact, for the first time last night I saw that it's crept into an advert!
Yes, not only has it seeped its way into nearly every kids tv presenters vocabulary- but an advert???? It's obviously been put in there deliberately, and I am incensed!
Keep your eyes open for it-it's an ad for a new gungy stuff to put into milk, made by Ovaltine. I've only seen it twice so don't quote me exactly, but the cartoon mum in the ad says "It's got like 15 added vitamins...." :fuckinghell:
I for one will be putting my best "disgusted of Tunbridge Wells" head on and penning a jolly strong letter to, well, to anyone who'll listen!
Rant over!
(Sassy- Im supposed to be tidying up ready for an imminent visit by Redpantherman, now you've got me ranting! If he ends up thinking i'm a dirty bitch, it's all your fault!)
I've just been for a mooch in the LMU and it's littered with threads such as 'Is there any genuine cpls?' and Is there women who want to meet?' 
for ya... :therethere:
please...
but that's my post style rather than a deliberate bad English.
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