It’s the whole “Oh, spelling and grammar don’t really matter.” Mostly you just end up looking stupid, like the ‘instructor’ above, but that sort of thing can get you killed, especially when a panda comes into your restaurant and “eats, shoots and leaves” instead of “eats shoots and leaves”. In the first case he dines, blows everyone away and then departs. In the second case, he dines on young and tender plants (shoots) along with the foliage of older plants (leaves).
It DOES matter. Ignoring it causes you to say something different from what you think you are saying.
Troglodyte almost 6 years ago
They were safe for a short spell, there.
Zev almost 6 years ago
An orca by any other name would devour as well.
lopaka almost 6 years ago
Lunch is served.
RonnieAThompson Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Too little, too late.
Broacher almost 6 years ago
If you squint (a little taxonomically), the situation is… a little aukward.
gorgolo_chick over 5 years ago
It’s the whole “Oh, spelling and grammar don’t really matter.” Mostly you just end up looking stupid, like the ‘instructor’ above, but that sort of thing can get you killed, especially when a panda comes into your restaurant and “eats, shoots and leaves” instead of “eats shoots and leaves”. In the first case he dines, blows everyone away and then departs. In the second case, he dines on young and tender plants (shoots) along with the foliage of older plants (leaves).
It DOES matter. Ignoring it causes you to say something different from what you think you are saying.