I'm No English Major
Oct 19, 2011 19:36:51 #
On every keyboard, even the teeny-tiny ones, there is a key on each side of the keyboard that creates an upper case letter when pushed in conjunction with another letter on the keyboard.
It's just rude to expect readers to constantly try to decipher what you are writing when some of you constantly start each new sentence or paragraph with lower case letters. Please find the shift key and use it on occasion to help others read your entries. This is not texting it's suppose to be writing for clarity.
Thank You
It's just rude to expect readers to constantly try to decipher what you are writing when some of you constantly start each new sentence or paragraph with lower case letters. Please find the shift key and use it on occasion to help others read your entries. This is not texting it's suppose to be writing for clarity.
Thank You
Oct 19, 2011 20:00:21 #
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Oct 19, 2011 21:03:04 #
ShakyShutter wrote:
Please find the shift key and use it on occasion to help others read your entries. This is not texting it's suppose to be writing for clarity.
Thank You
Thank You
This is a reasonable request. Nothing is lost by complying to proper written grammar. I have experienced difficulty reading run-on sentences when trying to answer a question or offer advice.
Oct 19, 2011 21:07:12 #
ShakyShutter wrote:
On every keyboard, even the teeny-tiny ones, there... (show quote)
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Oct 19, 2011 21:14:57 #
Also the use of "effect" for "affect", and my favorite pet peeve, "irregardless".
Oct 19, 2011 21:15:06 #
ShakyShutter wrote:
On every keyboard, even the teeny-tiny ones, there... (show quote)
Thank you soooooo much for saying this. If I had tried to draft pleadings for court in this manner, I would have been laughed out of the courtroom...worse yet, lost my job! Is writing properly a lost art?
Oct 19, 2011 21:17:50 #
Lmarc wrote:
Also the use of "effect" for "affect", and my favorite pet peeve, "irregardless".
How about the use of "their" for "there"...and "regard" vs "regards". Ok, you really hit a nerve here and got me started. The absolute worse one is "CHIORpractor" for "CHIROpractor." I'll pull in the reins. Enough said.
Oct 19, 2011 21:21:01 #
Ooooooooh....(seethe...burn....fume)! NOW you've hit BOTH of my nerves! LOL
And you see so much of this even in news articles supposedly written by "professional" journalists.
And you see so much of this even in news articles supposedly written by "professional" journalists.
Oct 19, 2011 21:23:09 #
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Oct 19, 2011 21:28:51 #
Yeah, I reckon some of them folks jest ain't got none of that there grammer......
(Now, this was authentic "hillbilly" where I grew up.) :)
(Now, this was authentic "hillbilly" where I grew up.) :)
Oct 20, 2011 06:12:38 #
how does the lack of capitalization of letters make it harder to read a sentence, or even a paragraph?
that's what punctuation is for.
if english isn't your main language, i can understand it being hard. but if its your main language, then it really shouldn't be too hard as the human mind is pretty good at deciphering text.
which is why this is readable:
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch dnoe at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by itslef but the wrod as a wlohe.
that's what punctuation is for.
if english isn't your main language, i can understand it being hard. but if its your main language, then it really shouldn't be too hard as the human mind is pretty good at deciphering text.
which is why this is readable:
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch dnoe at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by itslef but the wrod as a wlohe.
Oct 20, 2011 06:45:14 #
zaroba wrote:
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which is why this is readable:
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch dnoe at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by itslef but the wrod as a wlohe.
which is why this is readable:
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch dnoe at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by itslef but the wrod as a wlohe.
Wlel ptu!
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