I guess grammar doesn’t matter in the engineering world… For a second, I wasn’t sure if that was wrong, because, well… professional software… but it should definitely be less THAN… 
wow, i remember when you found this yesterday. I had a whole bunch of people over from the team, and i mean… sure we were a little tired and maybe we don’t all have straight A+'s in english, but comon… that’s just horrible xD
bad grammar is everywhere these days!
I was taking the T yesterday (the Boston subway, for people who aren’t from around here) and they recently switched to this totally confusing and counterintuitive fare system. There were a few signs up on the ticket vending machines, all reading “If your not sure what kind of ticket to purchase, ask an attendant.” Fortunately I had a pen in my pocket, and i corrected them to “If you’re not sure…”
I honestly do fear for the English language…
I thought the gaming world had it bad with, “U” “R” “kewl” etc., but now in the real world as well?
“Bye bye English, Waves it was good knowing you.”
Pavan.
People overreact to that sort of thing. Most commonly it’s a typo. Just because you perhaps type it’s instead of its or then instead of than doesn’t make you a moron. I’ve always had the desire to punch people who instead assume you don’t know the rule AND go into a long one-on-one spiel about how to use that piece of grammar.
I don’t think that its overreacting at all. A lot of times, people are ignorant to the fact that they’re wrong in such a situation, and make the same mistake time and time again. When many people make an error involving their/they’re/there or your/you’re, they aren’t aware of the differences and use them improperly. English might have the largest vocabulary out of every language in the world, but not caring about the most simple usage of words is simply ridiculous.
Your English teacher would be proud! One of the things that ticks me the most is the common misspelling of the word grammar itself.
Typo or not, it’s incorrect. If they know the rules, then they’re being careless, and that’s arguably worse.
The one that bugs me is that some time in the past year or two “a” has become an acceptable replacement for “per.” I see prices listed as $29.99 a month or $4.00 a pound.
agreed, grammar is such a silly thing to call someone ignorant over … 
Ah…I think it’s as follows: “…over which to call someone ingnorant.” Don’t end a sentence with a preposition.
Sorry! I’m a grammar geek, too!
Actually, you can end a sentence with a preposition to your heart’s content–no rules of grammar are violated by doing it. Such usage, however, can easily result in prepositions with unclear or completely missing objects, which can make it difficult to determine a sentence’s meaning. It is better to avoid ending with prepositions in the first place (especially in formal writing), but it isn’t like saying “they is going to the house” or some other clearly incorrect grammatical construct.
I think I would have been more distracted by the “calculation indicates design failure!” line… =P If i saw that, I wouldn’t be searching it for grammar errors. haha. but that’s what we call an eye for detail.
Um…since when is it the gaming world’s fault? I think you meant to say “the internet,” not “the gaming world.”
Funny story about grammar, actually…I saw in our girls’ locker room a message that read “Your a edited for content” written in blue Sharpie. Someone went in later and took her pen and wrote in the missing apostrophe and the “e” at the end of “you’re” to make the statement grammatically correct.
This is an opinion of mine. It is one that I value.
One must work on their language every day. It shouldn’t be taken for granted. I’ve always held this opinion simply because my maternal grandmother and my mother each had a command of the English language, written and verbal, that I have admired and respected. Luckily for me, I love dictionaries and like to find words to learn and understand. As far as punctuation and typos, I think we have to work with those as well. There is a reason to proof your work, then proof again, then proof again. Something along the lines of - constant vigilance - 
the level of concern this discovery should arouse in an average human being should be zero
It has been said that the rock band Van Halen always requested a jar of M&M candies, with all the orange ones removed at all their concert venues. The reasoning behind this is that if the producers were thorough enough to cover this tiny detail, everything else should be smooth.
Likewise, when I see a glaring error such as this, it makes me wonder what more significant errors have been made. I would feel quite silly after spending thousands of dollars on a product only to find it had been created by unprofessional people too lazy to proofread.
Microsoft notwithstanding.
I make small errors all the time and have to correct them. Working in a law office, it is important that the work and letters be submitted correctly. Small errors can be overlooked or not easily seen.
How many errors can be made before the code that teams write won’t work? I’m honestly asking this question because I don’t know.
Did the edited word start with an A or any other vowel?
If so, then you should have added a letter N to make it “an” as well. :rolleyes:
I hate the Your vs You’re mix up. It’s found like that everywhere I look nowadays it seems. 
Then again, I’m sometimes stumped with the many forms of There, Their, and They’re occasionally. Mostly There & Their.
I know There is “over there” (ie: place) & Their is used in “their dog” (ie: Posession) & They’re is They Are (ie: intends to come before an action) but I still question myself with some sentences that use them.
Eh…
English is the language that combines every other language & butchers them & itself, and violates its own rules all the time anyways, so whatever!
A code is kinda different where as there are syntax rules you have to follow and if you don’t follow them correctly, you won’t get far with the code, or it will just not perform its task.
English language on the other hand is not like code, because if you type a sentence like “Look at that dog over their” (instead of there) - Then people have the common sense to know what you are talking about, but it just looks bad.
It performs its duty, but is frowned upon as opposed to the code which won’t work correctly if there is an error.
This is something up with which I will not put.