[quote name='bil4ltool']I was thinking about something the other day. My English teacher, a few family members, and a handful of message board posters all complain about people using bad grammar and punctuation. The whole point of the English language, or any language for that matter, is to convey your message to other people who speak the same language. So if someone doesn't capitalize a word or forgets a comma and you still understant what they're trying to say then what they said worked, right?
I'm sorry this is off topic, and I'm not trying to be rude, but in this digital age of typing and people figuring out shorthanded style writing, I feel that English can be broken down, as long as your message is properly conveyed.[/QUOTE]
I actually disagree. Even if you can read what the person wrote, they lose authority by showing either 1) not enough interest to look at what they wrote 2) not enough intellligence to understand how what they wrote is incorrect. Of two arguments with identical intent/meaning, the more easy to understand will always be superior.