‘Today, the content of what is written is more important than grammatical accuracy.’ To what extent is this true?

grammatical accuracy
  • Social media is often about the conversation so a ‘chatty’ style might be more appropriate
  • Understanding the code in texting abbreviations is more important than grammatical accuracy
  • Writing is disposable (emails can be a series of notes giving information which are then deleted; grammatical accuracy is unimportant)
  • Some forms of social media reduce commentary and conversations to brief phrases
  • No time for punctuation or capital letters as it is quick exchanges which are important
  • Understanding does require correct grammar
  • Depends on the audience and degree of formality (newspapers tend to be accurate so as not to distract from the content