Some basic common sense and decency seems to have left the building.

[The Rok]

My rule of thumb is that when the grammar / vocabulary is garbled up with no subject (I or we) or "please" or "thanks", I tend to ignore the post.

It says something about your values when you take time to craft / compose a question rather than just "shoot".

If that is not worth their time, then it is likely not to be worth mine either.

I am not defending the deliberately rude, arrogant or lazy question posters, but in terms of grammar & spelling there are a lot of forum members for whom English is not their first language.

 

[harvyk]

I am not defending the deliberately rude, arrogant or lazy question posters, but in terms of grammar & spelling there are a lot of forum members for whom English is not their first language.

Agreed, you need to look at both the context of what is said and how it is said, plus how the person responds when asked a question in return. To me that says a lot more about the person than if they use proper English, which lets face it is a dying art form especially on a forum with so much short hand.

 

[legroom]

I am not defending the deliberately rude, arrogant or lazy question posters, but in terms of grammar & spelling there are a lot of forum members for whom English is not their first language.

I wholeheartedly agree.

That's why I clarified my remarks with examples of no-subject curt questions and/or a lack of "please" or "thanks".

I would not take into account minor grammatical or vocabulary or typos error.

As the example I quoted showed, every word was correct on its own but the overall thrust was less than desirable.