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Dear College/University Students, or Alternately, Anyone Over The Age Of Ten:

Please, for the love of sweet merciful Buddhafish, please, PLEASE type like you have any fucking idea what composes a word.

The pronoun "I" is capitalized. "Kewl" is no longer a cute or current slang word.

Apostrophes are IMPORTANT. "Dont" is not a word. It is letter vomit. "Aint" makes you sound like you're struggling to say "ant".

Commas are also important.

YOU ONLY EVER NEED ONE FUCKING EXCLAMATION POINT.

"Couldn't have". Never, EVER "couldn't of". (Or couldnt. See above point about letter vomit.)

I love you all, seriously, but? YOU ARE FUCKING MURDERING THE LANGUAGE. Some of us LIKE our English intact. LANGUAGE IS THE BASIS OF SOCIETY. PLEASE DO NOT UNDERMINE THIS. I ENJOY BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE.

You are in college. You should know better.

(Anyone younger: Please learn better before you become another college student who doesn't.)

Otherwise perfectly willing to get along with you,
Lyssie ♥

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Learning english as a second language really is not about studying, it's about practicing XD; it's something you get used to, like wearing a shoe half your size or something.

My first language is portuguese, which has some of the craziest rules ever, without mentioning the 12137848376843523718365 verbal tenses. That's probably why english isn't much of a problem to me.

I've been told several times that I write better than many natives. I used to be proud of that, but then I learned how most natives seem to write.

I've been told several times that I write better than many natives. I used to be proud of that, but then I learned how most natives seem to write.

*pat pat*

It always makes a piece of my soul die when someone who claims English as a first language mutilates it.

It's like patricide, only it affects something that's been around for much, much longer. Like grafittying a romanic cathedral or something equally heart-wrenching.

Even that isn't quite the same. Language is HOW WE COMMUNICATE. It's the basis of civilization. And written language is really important. The ancient Egyptians got that! Why can't 50% of the Internet?

Ignorance is their only excuse.

...scary how many dumb people there are in the world. I love writing in AOLer lingo to sound dumb (it makes for excellent in-jokes), but, frankly, I can't stand reading anything like that for too long. It makes me feel like my IQ points are dropping dead from the pain.