Sean Barrett wrote:
Timwi wrote:
Sheldon Rampton wrote:
Just out of curiosity, I clicked the "Random page" link a few times. Out of ten articles, I found five stubs, two of which had frequent grammatical errors. [...] My little experiment isn't sufficient to serve as the basis for any conclusions, but if two out of ten articles are grammatically-flawed stubs, [...]
Concluding factual inaccuracy or unreliability from mere grammatical imperfection is fallacious and prejudicial.
On the contrary, it is a safe assumption that someone who is careless about grammar and spelling is also careless about factual accuracy.
The others already mentioned that this assumption breaks down for non-native speakers, but I think even for native speakers this is *far* from a "safe assumption".