Just post online more often. People will point at your mistakes
I’m doing my part!
Peepol we’ll point at ur mis 🍖.
Correct usage of punctuation is equally important.
Edit: for the pedants :)
I might easily be wrong, but isn’t punctuation just part of grammar (along with spelling, which I used to confuse with grammar)?
For the OP, your title has two independent clauses, and you need to separate them with a comma before the word “and.”
Do you notice people misunderstanding you? That’s how you’d know.
If you are not getting feedback from your readers, then fair enough, you’ll never know; but in that case, how do you even know anyone is reading your writing?
I tend to think my grammar its like a tree falling in the woods, the few squirrels that notice it can probably find another tree to harass.
Ironically, I’ve found that in many cases, frequently I find perfectly correct grammar to be more a hindrance to communication than a boon. In certain cases, grammatically wrong leads to fewer misunderstandings.
Yes, I reckon that mutual sensitivity between parties is more important than any rules.
I might have terrible grammar and everyone knows it except for me Do you notice people misunderstanding you? That’s how you’d know.
The case where people know about a grammar issue but still understand the writer is a counterexample to your claim.
As someone who was raised Rural and will drop a lot of dialect into speech, I’ve seen how it colours the response and taints the message. I’ve seen where people spot a bad habit and just let it go. People know.
The more one learns about structure and form, the more one notices these gaffes; and not only does it change how the message was received, but it can also be one-sided. For instance: people who say “some emails” don’t realise how discordant it sounds to people who don’t say “some mails”. People who say “some email” I think aren’t generally noticed by people who say “the mails”.
What you do with what you notice? That’s on you. But in a world where first impressions are actually a thing, it’ll be noticed.
Misunderstanding is where I’d put the dividing line between style and grammar, or at least useful grammar.
I didn’t know anyone cares how I pluralise emails though; I’ll be making sure to include the ‘s’ from now on though, maybe I can use it to literally get some nob-heads to reveal their true nature.
My fear when talking in my second language.
I claim all bets are off with a non-native tongue. But spelling-checker tools are a thing, so we’re not completely off the hook.
I just don’t do any French or Spanish here ! ;-)
lol same
