Anyway is one word.
Because we don't care how one spells; we care about one's insights, knowledge, and questions. That is why a good math teacher doesn't give lower grades for incorrect grammar or spelling; it has nothing to do with the mastery of the subject at hand.
I'm not misstating what you wrote at all. I'm quoting it exactly. You stated that complaining about poor spelling and grammar in forum posts shows a "snobby elitist attitude". You also said a woman who works in a school and criticized another poster for the same thing "made herself out to look like a small, mean-spirited person". These are not taken out of context and they mean exactly what they say. By implication, you're saying that anyone who complains about incorrect spelling and grammar is snobby, elitist, and mean-spirited. You might want to read your own posts.
Presentation has everything to do with insights, knowledge, and questions and everything to do with mastery of the subject at hand. Those insights won't be taken seriously or, in many cases, even understood correctly if they're poorly presented.
NOW you're properly quoting me! Yes, I do believe it shows a snobby and elitist attitude when people complain about others not having proper grammar skills. As you can see by the replies, even the original poster is guilty of improper grammar, so these minor infractions should be forgiven. To be so critical of others not only seems snobby and elitist in my eyes, but often comes back to bite one on the butt, as we've seen here.
The commas belong inside the quotes in the U.S. and outside the quotes in the U.K. Were you educated in the U.K.?
... then it is easy.
That is really a silly remark coming from a period of thinking in which getting your meaning across was the most important thing. This has lead to a generation of pupils/adults that have become functional illeterates and less successful on the labour market.
There is this beautiful irony that often appears when people complain about grammar or spelling. Even in a very short post, the complainer quite often manages to make the same kind of mistake that they are complaining about.
So far, in that short post, whe have the "whose" and the "anyway" errors. But we'd be remiss if we didn't point out the poor punctuation also.And let's not forget the correct usage of "whose", the possessive,
and "who's", the contraction of "who is". I'd make some comment about
people who live in glass houses, but that would be too obvious.
This is a good example of garbled speech.
