Why do Pinoy Bloggers Write with Wrong Grammar?

Thinking Pinoy RJ Nieto
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The Philippine news lately is centered on Rappler and how the government is harshly trying to stop their operations through the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC). Of course, to make matters worse, the pro-administrative bloggers are gloating and rubbing the negativity in Rappler's faces. I surmise that these political bloggers think they have won. One of them is already trying to mislead the public by presenting documents that no one knows came from (I question the legality of such presentation). Thinking Pinoy isn't a lawyer. He should leave that to the prosecution. I don't enjoy the fact that these bloggers want a share of the limelight. Well, as they say, "bad publicity is good publicity" and if you have to ride it, by all means, ride it 'til you get sore. Thinking Pinoy is really thinking as a typical Pinoy-no credence, full of speculation, with a keyboard he rams into every day. I wonder if there are any keys left. 

I caught up with Thinking Pinoy's Facebook page as a post a friend shared on my wall and 'lo and behold, Thinking Pinoy committed a mistake.

The title says "MARIA RESSA LIES TO HER TEETH". Did you see the mistake? No? It should be "MARIA RESSA LIES THROUGH HER TEETH", a mistake that Thinking Pinoy is well aware not to commit. 

Needless to say, bloggers and even journalists for that matter, purposely create flaws in their writing to create a stir. Bloggers for that matter, write for the engagement. More traffic, more views, more money. Since Pinoys like to nitpick at those who are "grammarly-challenged", Filipino bloggers have started to write sentences, even paragraphs, with wrong grammar- ON PURPOSE. And by doing so, the blogger creates a wide engagement with such a trivial matter. 

As you can see, most of the engagement of Thinking Pinoy's post wasn't about what he wrote nor was it about the documents he presented to the public but, about the wrong preposition that he used in the idiom. One Pinoy courageously tried to point out the mistake and became the ire of Thinking Pinoy's fanbase. The irony of it all was people were fighting over the correct usage of the English language on a pro-administrative blogger's page "Thinking Pinoy" who repeatedly accuses the US of destabilizing the Philippine government. I did read a comment suggesting that the blogger write future posts in the Filipino language to refrain from committing mistakes. I don't think that pig-headed blogger will do it.

So Pinoys before you give constructive criticism about grammar, know that it was done intentionally. It's bait for more traffic.

The Pinoy Inquisitor will be back again in search for answers to questions that plague our society.

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