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@blackhole99 

I would think if someone cares enough to make a comment, they'd want their comment to be understood.  

You're right, today's technology makes it easy to bang out a couple sentences, but as others have stated, the phone, computer, IPad have brains/programming of their own.  Even though someone hits the right keys, something else appears on the screen.  Technology is great when it works properly!  We still need to use our own brains to be sure our electronic communication is correct and easy to understand. 

[Sage04]

A lot of my friends on FB are people that I know and grew up with. A lot of   them are teachers. Many times I want to correct them, but I don´t but I understand what they are talking about, so I leave it alone.

[Carmie]

They are poorly educated.  If you notice, they probably use incorrect grammar when they speak too.  Spelling errors happen when spell check has a mind of it's own, or the poster  is in a hurry or lazy.  I know I make spelling errors on simple easy to spell words. 

Many people start a sentence with " me and him" " her and I"  " us and them"

They get confused with when to use we and when to use I or when to use " have or of"

Sometimes this is a regional thing...everyone in their circle talks this way.  They have no idea it is wrong.

It drives me crazy, I'll admit it, but I let it go. I would never point out the error.

i know from volunteering in a school, correct grammar and spelling is not stressed or as Important as it was at one time.  My teachers were strict.  I would have to redo the paper if it had errors.  The teacher would not accept it.

If teachers make a negative comment on a student's paper today, the parents post it on social media and the teacher is admonished, so many just ignore it.

[GenXmuse]

I have not noticed that problem to the degree that some of you have. 

[proudlyfromNJ]

I don’t really see much of this at all. I’m not friends with that many people on Facebook so maybe that is why.

[Carmie]

@proudlyfromNJ   I don't have a Facebook account at all,but I see this everywhere.

Our local newspaper has an online version.  The grammar is awful.  I am amazed the journalists are still employed there.

Some of the articles allow you to comment on the story.  The public always comments on the poor grammar.  It continues anyway.

[lids]

We're not in school anymore who really cares about spelling and grammer, mine isn't the best either.

[Suzeecat]

Grammar and punctuation are not as important as they used to be.  People are much more lazy with their written communication, at least in social media.  I have gotten better at not being as judgmental as I used to be, since it's just the wave of the future.  Another reason is auto correct, which messes me up all the time!  Also, I've found especially on Facebook, that English is a poster's second language and much gets lost in translation. 

[BlueFinch]

You've reminded me of written narrative, in hospital charting, before we went to computerized data, mindlessly clicking redundant boxes.

I found it upsetting, as I always felt I could better describe a patient's condition and behaviors more clearly with written notes.

When I complained, I was told that there weren't many who could write solid documentation.  Even if they did, they were full of sometimes incoherent comments, terrible spelling (even of medical terms, duh), and other issues. Yes, and these were all very educated people.

We initially has a small box for a narrative addendum, but that was finally removed, as well.  The bottom line was -- terrible charting never needs to show up in court.  

I think it robbed some of us of our autonomy.  I always hated when I observed something I felt needed to be documented, but there was no appropriate box for it. By the time I was ready to retire, I felt robotic.  

So Facebook doesn't surprise, as it's a casual social site.  I would suspect it would be even worse than what I've seen. 

[chrystaltree]

Why ask us?  We don't know.  You should go back to that poster and ask her or him.  However, not many people treat social media posts like they are scholarly dissertations.  I know I make spelling/grammar/punctuation errors that I would never make if I was writing something that mattered.  Social media, especially FB, is a "conversation" and I'm writing down my thoughts.  It's the thoughts that matter.