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So much bad English

How come so many people who claim in their profile to live in English speaking countries have such bad written English?
I'm not talking about people who live in countries where English isn't the main language.
I don't even mean spelling mistakes.
I'm talking about bad tense use. Not using words properly.
I get the feeling that these are bot or fake accounts.
Has anyone else noticed this?
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PatientlyWaiting25 · 46-50, F
Younger people often write in "text talk". They could also have a learning issue like dyslexia. If what they write is too difficult, I tend to ignore and move on. It's sad, but if I have to work too hard at decifering, I'd rather not waste my time.
FreddieUK · 70-79, M
Stand by for attacks on your English!! 😂

Your use of paragraphing may need to be reconsidered. On the other hand, this kind of site is very informal and language use follows. Know what I'm sayin'?

Innit.
Thanks @FreddieUK
I think the truth is that few people have the love of the language which persons such as Shakespeare, S. Johnson, Milton, etc., to Churchill have had.

Consider that native speakers are pretty much always at a disadvantage in that they have nearly always had their ideas of grammar "set" in their neuropathways LONG before they are ever formally taught grammar. So the latter endeavor is an after-the-fact attempt to reset stones long fast in their mental mortar.

Were we to teach native English speakers German as a first foreign language, we would be helping them to learn grammar which would help them with English as well as most other non-English languages which they might wish to study.
katydidnt · 61-69, F
@SomeMichGuy Diagramming sentences was still alive and well in our school, thanks to an older teacher still loath to split an infinitive. I loved diagramming but most of my classmates were "meh" long before meh was a thing. All through high school.
@katydidnt It had just been dropped by most in mine.

Just as we still had a huge slide rule on the wall in an algebra / trig classroom, but they had just gone to calculators (mostly; we were shown how to perform a linear interpolation between table values).
@SomeMichGuy Speaking of influences, the King James Bible had a lot to do with speaking and writing lyrically.
ArtieKat · M
Yes, I quite agree.
Yes, I have, and I share your impression: bots or fakes.
meJess · F
Not sure you can have a bad tense, incorrect maybe 😊.
bad written

Poorly written...
@BridgeOvertroubledWaters Templar was definitely a gray-area guy! lol
@SomeMichGuy I always liked that program
@BridgeOvertroubledWaters Yes, as did I!
YoMomma ·
No doubt foreigners.. did they claim to be english tho? Ive seen them around but not lately
MissBarbara · 70-79
I notice it nearly every day. Some of them write like five-year-olds.
For the record, too many people who were BORN speaking English can’t construct a sentence or a paragraph.
bowman81 · M
@Mamapolo2016 🙋🏻
Jenny1234 · 56-60, F
Inadequate education

 
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