Quote Originally Posted by Ouch!
I have a friend who is dyslexic, I don't hold it against them, but dylexia isn't that common and people with horrible grammar can't just hide behind something like that. They have a legitimate excuse, and I don't feel badly towards them.

People with bad grammar aren't inherently stupid, but they sure aren't showing very much intelligence. It's not as though basic principles of grammar are too terribly hard to understand, and you're certainly not representing yourself as an intelligent person if you're typing like a 10-year-old AOLer.


If English isn't their first language, that too is a legitimate excuse. I'm happy enough that they're trying, because they are trying. Good for them. Now if the people whose first language is English, all I ask is that they try.
It is true that they do portray themselves as unintelligent because-just like if you cannot understand mathematics- if you cannot comprehend English people just think you are automatically stupid. And hey they could be, but some are not.
I do hate it when people use poor grammar or typing on purpose, especially missing out capital letters because that is just lazy.
And yeah, dyslexia isn't that common I was just trying to think of an example of someone who can be clever but not have a good grasp of the English language. Some people have no excuse for their atrocities to the English language.