do you bother adding apostrophe to your words when online?

[Red Cat]

I'll always use apostrophes because it's important to me to use proper grammar. I won't take shortcuts because I don't want it to look like I can't spell so I'm always double-checking my posts to make sure they're grammatically correct.

 

[silk.feather]

I sometimes, it really matters what the topic is. If there is a big person in tbt or something, I usually use apostrophes. On my phone it automatically puts the apostrophe in. On my iPad it doesn't automatically put an apostrophe in but like I said before, it matters what the conversation topic is and who is in the thread/conversation. Overall I don't usually use apostrophes. Right now in this text there is apostrophes coz I'm on my phone which automatically puts apostrophes in.

 

[Cosmic_Crossfade]

Personally, as somebody who loves to write, spelling for me needs to be correct. I try so hard not to be so proper with spelling, specifically when speaking to friends but I simply can't help it. I use to be very harsh towards myself as a child when I would accidentally have grammatical misuse of sentence and word structure so it seems that I still tend to do so...

 

[k e r f u f f l e]

Personally, as somebody who loves to write, spelling for me needs to be correct. I try so hard not to be so proper with spelling, specifically when speaking to friends but I simply can't help it. I use to be very harsh towards myself as a child when I would accidentally have grammatical misuse of sentence and word structure so it seems that I still tend to do so...

To all of this- same.

 

[Mr_Persona]

50/50 l do and don't. Me, l am lazy typing.

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Personally, as somebody who loves to write, spelling for me needs to be correct. I try so hard not to be so proper with spelling, specifically when speaking to friends but I simply can't help it. I use to be very harsh towards myself as a child when I would accidentally have grammatical misuse of sentence and word structure so it seems that I still tend to do so...

You're not alone. My sister on the forums always try's to be proper with grammar. And me, l have problems with grammar even though l shouldn't at this age. I get mad at myself when l do a typo or misspell a word.

 

[amemome]

i rarely do unless its meaning changes significantly without the apostrophe (like we're vs were). i used to be a stickler for correct grammar and punctuation but now that i'm old, i can care less.

 

[Mikaiah]

If I'm typing on a keyboard (ie. at my PC) then I generally do, because of habits formed when typing papers/writing/etc. If I'm on my phone, I might leave them out.

 

[Crash]

yes, most of the time i still use them. it's just deeply ingrained into my brain at this point, lol. the only thing i'd say i never do when i'm writing on a forum or something similarly informal is capitalize, i just can't be bothered to do it

 

[Sharksheep]

On a keyboard yes. I have to write professional emails so I rather not create any bad habits for myself. I made the switch from chatspeak to proper sentences and spelling in middle school when I started to write stories and it was really annoying when I would have chatspeak in the middle of my stories.

On the phone I let autocorrect and swipe decide for me since I'll be sending short messages to other people.

 

[Ghost Of Mascevanje]

I s'ppose I do.

 

[Kalle]

I'm an English major with a focus on rhetoric and writing, so yes.

 

[moonbyu]

depends. i used to really care about it but now im burnt out and just.. dont.

 

[Sanaki]

It depends on the mood honestly. On here, I do when I'm typing in these forums. Sometimes I just don't care to add them

 

[Mimi Cheems]

It honestly depends for me? Sometimes I do it without even realizing... Other times, I really just don't care at all, lol.

 

[Cakecrazy909]

something in me tells me i have to lol. especially with i'll. i'm not ill!

 

[trashpedia]

I do it because I will be bothered by it if I don't.

 

[hamster]

most of the time no. the only time i always do it is for "i'll"

 

[EmmaFrost]

Yeah, I do. My phone generally does it for me. I doubt I’d bother adding them in informal texts and stuff if my phone didn’t do it automatically.

 

[CasualWheezer]

Autocorrect usually does that so yes but sometimes it adds one when I don't want it to be there so I do make the effort on getting rid of the apostrophe.

 

[Korichi]

My phone usually just does it for me, but I try to always put apostrophes in.