I can spell, punctuate, and use proper syntax.
Apparently that's an obsolete, outmoded skill these days.

I still make mistakes, mind, but they're due to inattention, not ignorance.
( flake has nothing against your right leg, Mon 4 Jul 2011, 10:46, 4 replies)

not just outmoded...
have you noticed that there's an idea, doing the rounds on internet forums and becoming pretty common, that insisting on proper spelling and grammar is somehow holding back the evolution of language?

That argument pisses me off more than any grammar nazi ever will. Partly because it's a gross misunderstanding of what language permissivists actually argue, but mostly because it's such a flawed and incoherent idea that I can't believe people actually support it so uncritically.
(leviticus no longer likes the cut of your gib on, Mon 4 Jul 2011, 11:14, closed)

I'm no propa linguist, like, innit, but
in my unscholarly view, the purpose of language is to communicate ideas. As ideas evolve, so does the language. If one's use of the language and its constructs is so poor that it impairs the communication of an idea then it must perforce be incorrect. It's not snobbery (well, not completely) but practicality. abrv8ng lng dsnt chng idears so its not evltion
( flake has nothing against your right leg, Mon 4 Jul 2011, 11:29, closed)

pmsl

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Mon 4 Jul 2011, 12:15, closed)

WHS
^^^^^
( bane, Mon 4 Jul 2011, 20:46, closed)