THE OFFICIAL NETCEES "HOW IMPORTANT IS GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION IN TEXT?" THREAD

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Originally Posted by Destroyer

grammar is immensely important
punctuation is worthless

lol no. punctuation can inform grammar. they're unequivocally intertwined.

even in the stricter linguistic sense for grammar, which i don't think you mean, structure is a focal point.

my first post shows how a single comma can change the meaning of an ostensibly identical phrase considerably, albeit with two homonyms, but still. to say one is worthless and the other vital doesn't work when they co-exist. ultimately we all write here, so however much we think our pengame relates to the aural, we're initially reading (not hearing).

punctuation can be used to do some clever shit. punctuation can also be misused to do some clever shit (word to whoever posted e.e. cummings). but here, on this forum, i think punctuation/grammar matter only as much as each individual (writing or critiquing) wants it to: it's their right - fuck prescribing to another's values.

so yea you're dumb. no i haven't read the battle.