everyone will tell you good english is important, and everyone
can tell you what bad english is. but nobody can agree on what good
english is, becoz there's alot of hypocrisy and confusion about
what they're really looking for.
some say it's to structure your words properly, some say it has to
be clear and concise, some say it's how well u can speak, express
yourself and articulate. but they're not the same thing. i can tell
you in excellent english "Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.",
but you won't have an idea what i'm talking about. meanwhile, some
of the jokes made here in the postings are typed in what some of us
would consider horrendous english, but you can still understand
what they mean. in fact, if they're in 'proper english', there
won't be any joke at all. we oso typ lik dis in our fone msg wth
frds, and yet we do just fine.
it's definitely important to be understood, and that's what
everyone tells you. but you start wondering what the big fuss is
all about since everyone around you understands you just fine.
instead, what they often teach you is to write and speak in certain
ways just to make you sound correct (read as
more educated). which is
unfortunately what you do need to get ahead in life...
