Does this matter anymore?
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I think that even younger people probably know the proper way to use words. Not so much on here, but I often misspell things on purpose, or use your or ur instead of you're just because I want to. I still know the right way lol. It would matter to me on a school paper, not so much on a forum or in a text message, etc.
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School was not the teacher for me. It was the hundreds of books I read as a child and still do. You soon learn the spelling from seeing the word often. Correct grammar was usually displayed in most books.
I was a visual learner, but there was a problem. Every time I saw the word "awe", I pronounced it phonetically which was way off course. That word was not something I heard people say, so I was not corrected until I said the word one day as an adult. The person with me looked at me like I was speaking alien talk (whatever that is), and I saw ????? above her head.
Talk about feeling stupid! Of course, now there are audio books, but they can never replace the actual spelling lessons you get from reading.
I was a visual learner, but there was a problem. Every time I saw the word "awe", I pronounced it phonetically which was way off course. That word was not something I heard people say, so I was not corrected until I said the word one day as an adult. The person with me looked at me like I was speaking alien talk (whatever that is), and I saw ????? above her head.
Talk about feeling stupid! Of course, now there are audio books, but they can never replace the actual spelling lessons you get from reading.
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I have/had plants in my garden that I can spell, but I'm not sure I'm pronouncing right. Clematis and tradicia come to mind. To compensate, we renamed the clematis "Clem," and the tradicia is "the blue-staining-flower." (If we rub against it, the color rubs off onto us like too much bar-code-blue.)
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Galatea
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Yes, grammar still matters. I think word choice is more important when communicating, however. The precision of the words used convey meanings much better than grammar.
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LOL Which reminds me of one of my favorite titles for a book --
Eats Shoots and Leaves. (I'm horrible with punctuation, so I tend to have learned I could be worse. LOL)
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If you ever want to be given a bad time for being a Christian, join Yahoo Answers and go to that forum. So many kids trying to prove they're a very special snowflake by trying to shock believers with their mighty assault, "I follow Satin!" Or, the other one, "I follow Santa!" lolSin is defiantly the result of Satin
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GaryA
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Yes - it matters -- "to the relatively few of us who are left" - who understand how vitally important it is to communicate in a structured manner - with words that have real meaning - and are understood by all - so that ideas are transferred efficiently and misunderstanding is minimized...
"And, Lord knows - there is enough misunderstanding in the world..." ( and on CC
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After you have gotten through those days and exams -- be sure to come back and tell us how it went..."Hang in there..."
'YAY' when it is over...
"We care about you, and we want a report on your progress..."
"...young lady..." 
( I sincerely hope you understand this in the light-hearted way that I meant it. )
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First and last letters of each word gotta stay in place!
Makes your sentence hard to mess up. You need to type longer words!