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katakana89 
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 Posted: Mar 05 2013 at 1:53pm |
You must be a perscriptive linguist 
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nitabug wrote:
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That's great but that's not what I addressed just now. The fact is that a poor grasp of the mechanics of one's native language due to laziness is not a component of black vernacular. Believe it or not black English has grammatical rules also. Any display of poor grammar is not necessarily black English and that was my point. We need to stop excusing ignorance as cultural and do better. |
Your bolded is exactly my original point. This isn't a grammar/english site...which is why it isn't black english media. Another reason why I said you missed my point. I never said it was a component. Your tangent has no basis.
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This thread is about bad spelling/grammar and that's what I addressed. Poor grammar is as much an issue as anything else discussed on this site. For some reason folks think every topic on here is up for discussion but if you bring up grammar you have no life. Bad grammar peeves me. That's all there is to it. No more, no less. |
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Posted: Mar 05 2013 at 1:57pm |
nitabug wrote:
& I addressed that this site's purpose was to educate black women on their hair care. BHM aint good at math neither. You can be mad, distressed or annoyed. Stay that way. Only the bloggers are getting paid for their writing style. Everyone else can do what they want.
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Speaking of which, I need another math problem thread so we can all fuss over the answer again.  Order of operations ftw!
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Posted: Mar 05 2013 at 2:01pm |
Not at all. I just feel that access to books is free and education is free so there's no excuse not to know how write and talk. A couple hundred years ago we wouldn't have been allowed to read but today we choose not to. It's not even in the same league as math. Advanced math is only needed in certain fields and we are mainly exposed to it in school. But we should read everyday. In the course of reading and educating ourselves about other topics we should pick up basic English. That's why TO ME poor grammar is indicative of general ignorance.
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Posted: Mar 05 2013 at 2:02pm |
It's quite common to be multilingual! I only doubted her skills because she credited Rosetta Stone.
I used Rosetta Stone for Chinese before I went to China, and it was fun and interactive, but I'm no where near fluent.
I've been speaking Japanese since I was a toddler and have a strong grasp of languages, so I thought I'd have a good grasp of Chinese, but Chinese seems to click more with my brother 
modelbusiness82 wrote:
Yes I do speak several languages - English, Spanish, Korean & Japanese. Rosetta Stone thanks to the thread someone posted on here a few years ago with the crack for downloading it is free.
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I doubt u speak 4 foreign languages fluently |
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Posted: Mar 05 2013 at 2:04pm |
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BHM i really dont about the grammar or run-on sentences ,i can pretty much can figure out with other person is trying to say,But my professional life i do care, i always double my emails on how it is written before i hit SEND button.... |
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Posted: Mar 05 2013 at 2:38pm |
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i do often wonder what the grammar/spelling police do for a living?
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Posted: Mar 05 2013 at 2:39pm |
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i do often wonder what the grammar/spelling police do for a living? |
lol girlllllllllllll
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Posted: Mar 05 2013 at 2:49pm |
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i do often wonder what the grammar/spelling police do for a living? |
Who are the grammar/spelling police?
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Posted: Mar 05 2013 at 2:57pm |
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Lol'ing at most people putting in their best effort for perfect typing in this thread! I have never seen such a grammatically correct thread on bhm in my all my membership term! Lol, look, now I'm doing/giving my saddest attempt at it lol. |
LMFAO!!
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Posted: Mar 05 2013 at 2:59pm |
ms_wonderland wrote:
creole booty wrote:
Lol'ing at most people putting in their best effort for perfect typing in this thread! I have never seen such a grammatically correct thread on bhm in my all my membership term! Lol, look, now I'm doing/giving my saddest attempt at it lol. |
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