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Grammar pedants - help please.

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Diogenes Sep 2007 9:34am, 26 Sep 2007 2,372 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes Sounds like this Fetchie reverts to and from childhood at will. Could be any one of thousands.
Hoaxster Sep 2007 9:40am, 26 Sep 2007 9,938 posts	Quote Pin Hoaxster Thought from the shower: While we may aspire to perfect adherence in all matters of grammatical correctness, it is equally important to acknowledge our willingness to be found wanting, and accept well reasoned argument by way of correction. It would be abhorent to accept wholesale simplification of linguistic conventions on the basis of the majority not being bothered to at least try. It would surely be akin to letting me represent GB at the Olympics because I grasp the rudiments and can muddle through a marathon, but haven't really put the effort in to achieve optimum performance. There, running-related and everyfink!
Snoo Sep 2007 9:44am, 26 Sep 2007 953 posts	Quote Pin Snoo Coooooooooooooo marvels at Hoax's pompousness Pomposity I am a stickler, but I also like to see clever uses of wrongnesses ;), and to see the language develop. Also, I like the inclusion of new words in the dictionary.
Hoaxster Sep 2007 9:49am, 26 Sep 2007 9,939 posts	Quote Pin Hoaxster What's pompous about admiting one's potential to be wrong, willingness to be corrected and carpness at running? Arm eva so 'umble oy am
Fat Dave Sep 2007 9:57am, 26 Sep 2007 1,102 posts	Quote Pin Fat Dave Hoax - don't assume that complicated is better, or, indeed, that the "new" conventions are any simpler than the "old" ones.
Hoaxster Sep 2007 9:58am, 26 Sep 2007 9,940 posts	Quote Pin Hoaxster I do not, and would be intreagued to know what I've typed that leads you to believe I do.
Snoo Sep 2007 9:59am, 26 Sep 2007 954 posts	Quote Pin Snoo It wasn't the running bit, it was the other bit... slightly too purist for my liking... I agree to a point, but I also know that the way that languages develop is by subtle misuses over time...
Boingy Sep 2007 10:02am, 26 Sep 2007 1,486 posts	Quote Pin Boingy You spelt 'abhorent' wrong - it's abhorrent.
Snoo Sep 2007 10:03am, 26 Sep 2007 955 posts	Quote Pin Snoo Maybe he was trying to simplify the word
Boingy Sep 2007 10:07am, 26 Sep 2007 1,487 posts	Quote Pin Boingy Me thinks you may be right Snooz My take on this is that surely the art of comminucation is to do it as clearly and efficiently as possible ? If that involves saying 'great' as 'gr8', then that's fine, as long as the receiver is open to this type of abbreviation. Thatz wat I fink anywayz innit. c u l8r.