Or perhaps they could care less about impressing you?
Well they shouldn't care so much. I'm not special.
I, for one, am getting overly used to using my cell phone as a text form of communication (more so than actually calling someone with conversation). It's a necessity to misspell on a phone text message (abbreviate, leave out punctuation, etc), and your fingers do thank you!
See, there's a difference here. Abbreviated "text speak" is useful and convenient. It has a purpose. Misusing possessive apostrophes (for example) does not.
Forgive me however since your so quick to throw the stones from your glass house, isn't the '-' in the above supposed to be a ';'?
Nope.
I guess the old timers ( or regulars ) tend to get in these 'holier than thou' phases from time to time where when someone who is grateful to grasp small portions of English, it being their second language, must listen to the traditional "Your using your apostrophe wrong".
The worst abusers of written English tend to be native English speakers. Personally speaking, none of my comments apply to people with learning disabilities (such as dyslexia) or to those who speak English as a second language. Actually I have great admiration for anyone who is able to communicate in a second language or to overcome a disability.
By the way, I would never write "your using your apostrophe wrong.", unless I wanted to be ironic. ;)
As for me; I could care less who spells what, or uses what punctuation where as I really don't think that how you say it matters as much as what your saying.
I kind of agree with you, but I'd be more likely to dismiss the opinions of someone who is unable to effectively express themselves without filling their sentences with the same repeated glaring errors. Perhaps this is a mistake on my part. The thing is, internet discussion is all about "surface", and not many people are willing to look beyond it to find a "deeper meaning". And why should they? Why should anyone work that hard for strangers?