Intentional grammar errors in books--thoughts?

[Dreaming in the Theatre]

The best example would be The Great Gatsby off the top of my head. He sometimes uses run-on sentences and ignores all punctuation, but it gets the point of his sentence across--it gives a feeling of being rushed, of confusion and chaos. However, this may lead to some people believing that the sentence is correct--and then using no grammar in their own works.

Creative license is a biggie in books, yes, but what about the newer writers?

Opinions?

 

[Kororso]

As long as this is done within reason I feel that using incorrect grammar in books is okay. As long as they are a fictional novel/story/whatever and it is done to help with development of the plot or character. If people believe that an obvious run-on sentance is correct, then I am going to blame the school system they were in rather then the book they are reading.
If the book is anything non-fiction, then I don't think that grammatical errors are even the slightest bit okay. Nope, nope, nope.  

[ChibiStarlet]

Even for "newbie" writers, I think it can be ok, as long as there's a point to it. But I remember hearing a saying that said something along the lines of, "You have to understand the rules before you can break them." That's not exactly it, but you get the idea. If I make a conscious decision to break a grammatical rule for effect, that's one thing. Ignorance is another. And that's just not cool. wink  

[xboxzombie]

Lets not forget 1984 and its sparatic use of "newspeak" words. Not actual grammatical errors but rather the use of words that didnt even exist.

Same goes for Many of Dr. Seuss' creations.  

[Starry Phoenix]

I was so freakin angry when i saw a mis spelled wod in my favorite history text book. scream  

[NanaoThrowsPetals]

Um....yeah, if I knew what a 'wod' was, I suppose I'd be upset too...  

[Fuku Taichou]

Aw, The Great Gatsby!!! I remember that book. Quite sad, if I remember correctly. Some authors do intentionally change the grammar in books so that it gives a certain feeling.

I can't really think of any books offhand, but I do recall having seen some weird errors regarding word usage and/or spelling error in some of the Harry Potter books! They're not too frequent, but there were more than one of them, so it was noticeable.  

[faeriebread]

I'm pretty sure Fitzgerald used the grammer in his book as a literature device.
I agree with ChibiStarlet, the "mistakes" are ok as long as they are there for a reason. If they really are just mistakes, then that's not good.
I'm pretty sure Fitzgerald intentionally wrote the book the way he did. If he didn't work long and hard, then The Great Gatsby would not be a classic, famous book.  

[turtles rock]

A great example would be Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "Huckleberry Finn."

Those are two of my all-time favorite classics.  

[Kitsune Kit Kaguya]

I guess it's ok if it's dialogue, but otherwise it really bothers me!