In Good Grammar Gets the Girl by Elissa Englund, it talks about how guys should be more aware of the way they spell when they try to talk to a girl online. She had a personal experience on a dating site; of a guy Craig who tried to talk to her, but spelled miserably. She deleted him right away because she felt like that was not attractive at all. Englund goes on giving examples to help someone improve their writing. Concluding that a man should take spelling precautions like combing your hair, and brushing your teeth before dating. “The extra effort shows, and the ladies will notice.”
I agree and at the same time disagree to what Englund said throughout her story, based on different situations. I disagree because I think that what Englund says does not apply to all the men. Now in days even the women are writing in ways which does not spell a word correctly. For example: “you” is now spelled just with an actual “u” when texting many times. It’s not about spelling the word correctly but actually just getting you point across; even if you have to take shortcuts. But at the same time I agree with her because maybe more grown couples, from ages twenty-six and older, may actually take spelling into consideration. Possibly ignoring you totally if you write a message full of errors.
Overall I think either way you do get judged depending to what age group you are talking to. If you are a younger person talking to your friend through text then I may assume it is okay to use letters such as “U” and “R” to replace you and are. But if you’re online looking for your soul mate on a dating site I do suggest you make sure everything is correct. It is just a fact, people judge us for our writing; especially in dating sites, where the first thing that you can actually judge a person on is his or her writing
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