Is your keyboard broken?

[Sid Squid]

Do you accidentally put sixteen question or exclamation marks where one is the right amount?

Do you find it impossible to correctly type an ellipsis of a mere three dots and end up with nine or a dozen?

Maybe your keyboard is broken, or perhaps it's just that the repeat rate is set wrong, whatever, help is at hand:

This is a question mark: ?
This: ????????? doesn't mean it's a harder question.

This is an exclamation mark: !
This: !!!!!!!!!!!!!! doesn't mean a greater level of surprise or shock is merited.

This is an ellipsis: ...
This: ............. is meaningless.

HTH

[Venom]

Do you accidentally put sixteen question or exclamation marks where one is the right amount?

Do you find it impossible to correctly type an ellipsis of a mere three dots and end up with nine or a dozen?

Maybe your keyboard is broken, or perhaps it's just that the repeat rate is set wrong, whatever, help is at hand:

This is a question mark: ?
This: ????????? doesn't mean it's a harder question.

This is an exclamation mark: !
This: !!!!!!!!!!!!!! doesn't mean a greater level of surprise or shock is merited.

This is an ellipsis: ...
This: ............. is meaningless.

HTH

Okaaaaaaay?



Sorry.

[dirtydog]

What are you talking about?????????????????????????????????????????????




;-)

[DarrenSV650S]

Do you accidentally put sixteen question or exclamation marks where one is the right amount?
No, if I do, it is on purpose
Do you find it impossible to correctly type an ellipsis of a mere three dots and end up with nine or a dozen?
No but sometimes I like to put more
Maybe your keyboard is broken, or perhaps it's just that the repeat rate is set wrong, whatever, help is at hand:
My keyboard and repeat rate are fine
This is a question mark: ?
This: ????????? doesn't mean it's a harder question.
Yes it does
This is an exclamation mark: !
This: !!!!!!!!!!!!!! doesn't mean a greater level of surprise or shock is merited.
Yes it does
This is an ellipsis: ...
This: ............. is meaningless.
Not it's not. If it is you're not very smart
HTH

HTH

[arcdef]

Sid Squid[/B]]

Do you accidentally put sixteen question or exclamation marks where one is the right amount?
No, if I do, it is on purpose
Do you find it impossible to correctly type an ellipsis of a mere three dots and end up with nine or a dozen?
No but sometimes I like to put more
Maybe your keyboard is broken, or perhaps it's just that the repeat rate is set wrong, whatever, help is at hand:
My keyboard and repeat rate are fine
This is a question mark: ?
This: ????????? doesn't mean it's a harder question.
Yes it does
This is an exclamation mark: !
This: !!!!!!!!!!!!!! doesn't mean a greater level of surprise or shock is merited.
Yes it does
This is an ellipsis: ...
This: ............. is meaningless.
Not it's not. If it is you're not very smart
HTH
HTH

I concur.

[Amplimator]

Do you accidentally put sixteen question or exclamation marks where one is the right amount?

Do you find it impossible to correctly type an ellipsis of a mere three dots and end up with nine or a dozen?

Maybe your keyboard is broken, or perhaps it's just that the repeat rate is set wrong, whatever, help is at hand:

This is a question mark: ?
This: ????????? doesn't mean it's a harder question.

This is an exclamation mark: !
This: !!!!!!!!!!!!!! doesn't mean a greater level of surprise or shock is merited.

This is an ellipsis: ...
This: ............. is meaningless.

HTH


lmfao

that time of the month is it??????????

[Venom]

This is an ellipsis: ...
This: ............. is meaningless.
Not it's not. If it is you're not very smart

HTH

I assume that's a typo and it's meant to say "No it's not."?

... not an ellipsis or ............. not meaningless?

And I think Sid Squid is intelligent, more than most people on this forum.

[jans1971]

no

[Sid Squid]

HTH
No it doesn't.

Your command of English and thus your ability to effectively communicate on a written forum are compromised if this understanding is lost.

Think on.

[DarrenSV650S]

No it doesn't.

Your command of English and thus your ability to effectively communicate on a written forum are compromised if this understanding is lost.

Think on.

I haven't had any problems communicating on a written forum so far :thumleft: Have you?

Jog on ;)

[TSM]

I haven't had any problems communicating on a written forum so far :thumleft: Have you?

Jog on ;)

lets be arsy here...

... = this is not an ellipsis in html, its just 3 dots, in html

the true ellipsis in html is … then it shows up as ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsis

but anyway, we are not being arsey or stuff like you know

which everway hees right, you know it and also hees got more power than you, so shoo

[Magnum]

power?

[Venom]

power?

Mod power, I think. but still true for the bikes.

[Sid Squid]

Jog on ;)

Imitation - the sincerest form of flattery.

Anyway, we can disagree all we like, there's a right way and a wrong way to write and use the language, that fact isn't changed by your or my feelings on the subject.

What you choose to do with the electrons flowing from your computer is your business - I'd like to see the nation's abilities improved, (including our little bit of it right here in SV650.org-land), hence my, hopefully, humourous attempt to point the Org's thoughts in that direction.

Correct me if I'm wrong - I'm sure I am - but you seem resistant to this.

[Viney]

????????!!!!!!....... Meanwhile back in reality. :o)

[Lozzo]

I assume that's a typo and it's meant to say "No it's not."?

... not an ellipsis or ............. not meaningless?

And I think Sid Squid is intelligent, more than most people on this forum.

As a punctuation pedant I agree fully with what Sid Squid is trying to say.

I read the org because the standard of English is far better than that found on forums like Gixerjunkies - where they find it hard to string more than three words together to make a sentence, then can't spell two of those words correctly.

My written English isn't perfect, but I make an effort to ensure my posts are at least marginally readable by the most dimwitted of posters.

Please, can everyone just make an extra effort to use decent punctuation, it's the stuff we were taught in primary school and there's no excuse for not bothering now we're adults.

[DarrenSV650S]

Imitation - the sincerest form of flattery.

Anyway, we can disagree all we like, there's a right way and a wrong way to write and use the language, that fact isn't changed by your or my feelings on the subject.

What you choose to do with the electrons flowing from your computer is your business - I'd like to see the nation's abilities improved, (including our little bit of it right here in SV650.org-land), hence my, hopefully, humourous attempt to point the Org's thoughts in that direction.

Correct me if I'm wrong - I'm sure I am - but you seem resistant to this.
Not imitation, correction ;)

Ooooooh you were joking!!!! I didn't get that. You should have put a lol face or somthing :lol:

I thought you were being serious and genuinely annoyed about people not typing in perfect english. Yeh I was being resistant, not because I felt strongly about the subject, but because I thought you did. I was just stirring, didn't mean anything serious :p

But, on a more serious note...........

Location: Norf London
The correct spelling is North :smt011






;)

[the_lone_wolf]

?
!
...

EDIT: It'd be nice if a moderator is going to change a post so much that the point is completely lost they added their name and a reason why at the bottom, or even a fu*king "edited" note so it doesn't look completely meaningless would be great............................................. .................................................. ..............................................

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

[Sid Squid]

Not imitation, correction.

Let me think on that for a moment.

No, I don't think so.

Thank you for the spelling lesson, that you missed the attempt at humour there and in the original post tells me far more than the words you wrote. Similarly your barbed comments do nothing but weaken your position - why you want this I can't understand, but please do continue - whatever you wish to write as your retort will clearly be judged the last word as I shall not reply*.

Thus in some small way you will be the winner, congratulations.



*That's a dilemma ain't** it.
** Did you see what I did there? that must be worthy of comment surely.

[Bluefish]

what's an ellipsis ?.

[DarrenSV650S]

Thank you for the spelling lesson, that you missed the attempt at humour there and in the original post tells me far more than the words you wrote.

I put a wink after the spelling lesson so you'd realise I was just joking. :)

Similarly your barbed comments do nothing but weaken your position - why you want this I can't understand, but please do continue

I didn't intentionaly make any barbed comments :confused:

whatever you wish to write as your retort will clearly be judged the last word as I shall not reply*.

I'm not in to the whole "last word" thing. Have it if you want. Don't really care
Why won't you reply?

Thus in some small way you will be the winner, congratulations.

em............ thanks:confused:


*That's a dilemma ain't** it.
** Did you see what I did there? that must be worthy of comment surely.

and don't call me Shirley

[seedy100]

I have a thought.
I decide that it is worthy of communication
I use language to express the thought
The precision of the expression of my thought is constrained by my ability to use the chosen language.
The expression of my thought is transmitted by me and received by you, the recipient.
The recipient interprets the language; the accuracy of the interpretation is further constrained by their ability to understand the language that I used
They think that they understood what they think that I tried to say.

Now why would I make that process more complex and less likely to succeed by deliberately misusing the chosen language?

Before anyone quotes any of my numerous misuses of language, I did say deliberately, and I can’t spell very well, my command of English is at best mediocre, also I sometimes choose to communicate in gibberish.

I hope that I have expressed my thought clearly in terms that you understood and you comprehend my meaning. If that is so you are now aware of my views and can use that awareness to deduce my likely opinions in relation to Sid Squids original post.

[Rog]

Interesting reading, but I would say that I only half agree with Sid.

Our language continually morphs over the years. Show modern written english to some one from say 200 years ago and they would struggle to understand it, probably going on to claim that it is poorly written. However, punctuation on the whole, will remain constant as it enables our ability to understand the written word in context and meaning. I would profer eats shoots and leaves as a good book to read on this subject.

But and this is were I disagree, punctuation can also be morphic. If the meaning of new punctuation is understood by the general populus and doesnt distract from the meaning of the original text then why shouldn't it become the correct way of doing things ????

;)

[_Stretchie_]

Mint!!!!

Dat iz well gud of u 2 do dat 4 uz

[Dan]

I'm with Mr Squid here. What on Earth is wrong with just getting it right?

The thing that has most confused me in recent times is the use of multiple commas... for example, when people might say

"I had a great time last night,,,,,, better than last week"

or similar.

This also happens with other punctuation marks, which is equally confusing.

[Specialone]

Not imitation, correction ;)

Ooooooh you were joking!!!! I didn't get that. You should have put a lol face or somthing :lol:

I thought you were being serious and genuinely annoyed about people not typing in perfect english. Yeh I was being resistant, not because I felt strongly about the subject, but because I thought you did. I was just stirring, didn't mean anything serious :p

But, on a more serious note...........

;)

I must admit, i didnt sense it was written in a humourous way, i did think it was a rant... (3 dots as requested).
However, i do agree a little with mr sid in regards to the punctuation / language issue, being as im getting on a bit, i do have some trouble translating some of this new fangled speech.
So class, try harder!

[Lozzo]

But and this is were I disagree, punctuation can also be morphic. If the meaning of new punctuation is understood by the general populus and doesnt distract from the meaning of the original text then why shouldn't it become the correct way of doing things ????

;)


Because it looks sh*t and simply serves to show the immaturity of the person who typed it.

[GeneticBubble]

I'm with Mr Squid here. What on Earth is wrong with just getting it right?

The thing that has most confused me in recent times is the use of multiple commas... for example, when people might say

"I had a great time last night,,,,,, better than last week"

or similar.

This also happens with other punctuation marks, which is equally confusing.


Never seen anyone abuse the use of the comma before. :confused:

For me though it really makes no difference if the individual chooses to use one question mark or ten, it doesn't hinder my ability to understand what's written, can be somewhat annoying though...

on a comical note, this,,,,,,,,thread changes nothing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rolleyes:

so get over it :-({|=

[Davido]

This forum has sunk to new levels of tedium.

I'm off to Gixerjunkies to attempt to string three words together.

[SoulKiss]

This forum has sunk to new levels of tedium.

I'm off to Gixerjunkies to attempt to string three words together.

In your case, best just stick to 2 words :smt082:p

[madness]

I tend to agree with the 'The Squid Man' on this one. I'm certainly not perfect with my puntuation, but I try to make my posts understandable. I find it slightly irritating that some people put in very little effort into making their posts readable.

[Samurai Penguin]

I just assumed some people on the forum have been typing replies on an iPhone whilst riding at 100mph, hence the lack of attention of proper punctuation :)

[Spiderman]

Is your keyboard broken?

No but from time to time i let the batteries go flat and end up posting things like this...

would offer to help mate buthae a feelng you my tanding aout nd saying "h so thatwhat that bit does, is it?" isnt rallymuch of ahelp andwill inie get ma a nice lokng snapper stickut out my forehead.

And other times i'm just plain lazy and type words like 'probly' instead of 'probably' cos (see i just did it there instead of because) it makes no vital difference to the meaning of my sentance. Small adjustments like that dont get on my nerves as i agree about the point that the language is dynamic and alsways changing.

Also i'm not at school and dont expect those reading my posts to be judging me on the quality of my spelling/punctuation but rather the wieght of my comments.
Is that really such a bad thing?

[Stu]

No but from time to time i let the batteries go flat and end up posting things like this...


And other times i'm just plain lazy and type words like 'probly' instead of 'probably' cos (see i just did it there instead of because) it makes no vital difference to the meaning of my sentance. Small adjustments like that dont get on my nerves as i agree about the point that the language is dynamic and alsways changing.

Also i'm not at school and dont expect those reading my posts to be judging me on the quality of my spelling/punctuation but rather the wieght of my comments.
Is that really such a bad thing?Furry muff.

But it becomes a problem when everyone reading a carelessly typed post takes 10 times longer to understand it than the amount of time saved by the poster being careless. :smt102

[Lozzo]

If I can't easily read it then it usually gets ignored. If the poster is a persistent offender then the 'ignore poster' button gets put into use. That may mean I'm ignoring some otherwise decent folk, but it's a trade-off I'm willing to make to stop me from stressing.

[wizurd]

as long as it's readable then personally i don't care how many ? or ! people use. Language evolves all the time. Better keep up :-)

[El Saxo]

It doesn't wind me up so much on an internet forum, I'm not that bothered to be honest and this forum is a lot better than some I've seen.

It DOES bother me though when our call centre staff at work use 'txt spk' to log faults / support requests etc - then i hit the f***ing roof because it makes us look like a bunch of retards to the customers! :evil:

[Demonz]

... but it's a trade-off I'm willing to make to stop me from stressing.

I can't beleive these sort of things annoy people so much as to even warrant a thread whinge - or even cause stress.

My view - Think of it as a textual smilie :)

[21QUEST]

Never seen anyone abuse the use of the comma before. :confused:

For me though it really makes no difference if the individual chooses to use one question mark or ten, it doesn't hinder my ability to understand what's written, can be somewhat annoying though...

on a comical note, this,,,,,,,,thread changes nothing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rolleyes:

so get over it :-({|=

This forum has sunk to new levels of tedium.

I'm off to Gixerjunkies to attempt to string three words together.

No but from time to time i let the batteries go flat and end up posting things like this...


And other times i'm just plain lazy and type words like 'probly' instead of 'probably' cos (see i just did it there instead of because) it makes no vital difference to the meaning of my sentance. Small adjustments like that dont get on my nerves as i agree about the point that the language is dynamic and alsways changing.

Also i'm not at school and dont expect those reading my posts to be judging me on the quality of my spelling/punctuation but rather the wieght of my comments.
Is that really such a bad thing?

Good posts above :thumbsup:

I'm now off to update my 'ignore list' . That should save me reading the guff(arguable ;) ) posted by some.... :p



Ben
ps: All grammatical and punctuation errors contained in the above post were intentional :rolleyes: :D

[Lozzo]

as long as it's readable then personally i don't care how many ? or ! people use. Language evolves all the time. Better keep up :-)

It's not evolution of language, it's plain and simple ignorance.

[wizurd]

It's not evolution of language, it's plain and simple ignorance.

unless your the word police it doesnt matter if you think its ignorance or not. People always use language however they want. I agree that putting everything together with no punctuation is a bit annoying. But as for using too many ??? or !!! thats up to the individual. Also it doesn't show any level of immaturity. I really can't understand why you'd feel the need to call anyone ignorant or immature just because they put !! instead of !

[GeneticBubble]

People always use language however they want. I agree that putting everything together with no punctuation is a bit annoying. But as for using too many ???!


wait a minute are you supposed to say a conjunction after a full stop, you sir are clearly not worthy of my time, wheres my ignore button! :rolleyes:

[ArtyLady]

Interesting reading, but I would say that I only half agree with Sid.

Our language continually morphs over the years. Show modern written english to some one from say 200 years ago and they would struggle to understand it, probably going on to claim that it is poorly written. However, punctuation on the whole, will remain constant as it enables our ability to understand the written word in context and meaning. I would profer eats shoots and leaves as a good book to read on this subject.

But and this is were I disagree, punctuation can also be morphic. If the meaning of new punctuation is understood by the general populus and doesnt distract from the meaning of the original text then why shouldn't it become the correct way of doing things ????

;)

Absolutely agree!

Because it looks sh*t and simply serves to show the immaturity of the person who typed it.

Why immature? they just may not have such a good command of the English language or they may be even be dyslexic! (or are you in the "dyslexia doesn't exist" camp?) And - some may say that the use of swear words show a lack of command of the English language!

It's not evolution of language, it's plain and simple ignorance.

Language does evolve - hath thee noticed that thee does not use thee these days? ;) Also, I have just finished an OU diploma in Literature and things I thought would be unacceptable for an academic essay are now acceptable.

unless your the word police it doesnt matter if you think its ignorance or not. People always use language however they want. I agree that putting everything together with no punctuation is a bit annoying. But as for using too many ??? or !!! thats up to the individual. Also it doesn't show any level of immaturity. I really can't understand why you'd feel the need to call anyone ignorant or immature just because they put !! instead of !

Good post =D>

[cb5_keith]

It's not evolution of language, it's plain and simple ignorance.

FWIW, I now ride a Kawasaki Versys, but still like the pointy SVs.

Evolution of language? I don't know what FWIW means. Incomprehensible to some. Possibly ignorant for you to use this then?

I guess you will make an excuse or some over the top explanation for using it.

[GeneticBubble]

Evolution of language? I don't know what FWIW means. Incomprehensible to some. Possibly ignorant for you to use this then?

I guess you will make an excuse or some over the top explanation for using it.

even i had to look up what "fwiw" meant turns out it means for what its worth, see we learn something new everyday on the mighty org ;)

[Bluewolf]

.

[keithd]

i use lots of ..... in my posts. it's "what i do..." i often use more exclamation marks that one, and i do it to indicate the situation is worthy of more than one exclamation mark. there's shocked and there's very shocked/angry/in need of expression. i often type my guff in a hurry and sometimes cannot think of the right words at the right time.

but thanks for implying my grasp of the english language isnt as great as yours. you're cleverer than me, well done.

[Alpinestarhero]

my grasp of english is pretty lame, I dont mind using exclamation marks all over the place anddoing things like ?!?!?!?! to emphasise a point. The problem with the internet and communication via the internet is the lack of eyebrows.....so we have to invent other means to communicate our expressions \\:D/

However, I'm not stupid or thick. Chemistry is quite a hard subject to grasp :lol:

[hovis]

i use lots of ..... in my posts. .

me too............

i normaly use them to seperate sentances, dunno why but i just do, i can undertand people getting annoyed with text tvping, and poor spelling, but cant see the problem with a few extra question marks.......... or ............. ?

surely theres more important things in life to worry about?

i need punishing

[plowsie]

I do try to keep to a decent level of language but often fail. I apologise if this does annoy people.

[SoulKiss]

Now you know why I gave up on my frequent postings about the standard of the use of the English language in general usage on the Internet, Sid.

People are happy with making do, and good enough, instead of doing the job properly, all to save a few moments of their time.

Mind you, when 25% of kids leaving Primary School these day can't even read, I guess we are getting by, which seems to be the accepted level.

[keithd]

very patronising post SK, hope you fell better now


im glad you're fighting your corner for "good use" of the english language. but maybe, just maybe, it's not that important on a motorcycle forum? writing a letter, applying for a job i can see why you'd get overheated but for Cliff's sake, a motorcycle forum?

[SoulKiss]

Standards are standard.

Also bad habits are very easy to slip into, and as more and more of what we do is typed, these can carry over to everyday, important stuff.

[keithd]

shall i post my message again....to emphasise my annoyance...

*winky*

[SoulKiss]

shall i post my message again....to emphasise my annoyance...

*winky*

"What you talking about Willis ?"

Wasn't my fault, got the old "Server too busy"...

http://www.chaoscrypt.com/funnies/orgfail.jpg

[keithd]

arf!

[keithd]

Standards are standard.

Also bad habits are very easy to slip into, and as more and more of what we do is typed, these can carry over to everyday, important stuff.

but again doesnt that imply i'm not intelligent enough to seperate my innernetz life from reality? cos in my internet world i am King and you are my court jester....dots...!!!11one

[Magnum]

I thought public forums like this are meant to be more chat based than be gramatically spot on.

If i was writing an essay, or a formal letter then theres obviously things i would do differently, but this is just getting too picky.
Forums are chat based, and im more than happy to completely ignore stupid little mistakes or excessive use of punctuation marks. Why on earth does it matter so much?? (see what i did there,,,)

*sigh*

[Spiderman]

Standards are standard.

Also bad habits are very easy to slip into, and as more and more of what we do is typed, these can carry over to everyday, important stuff.

Dont agree with that at all. I write some very wordy stuff for work at times, to solicitors etc and i make sure they are well written, to the point that i'll email it to a colleague for his view/coreection/input. Thats important stuff right there.
When i come on here its time to chill and relax with like minded easy going people. I'm not on here to impress people with my gramatical prowess.
So i personaly dont "slip" into bad habits from here/work.

In fact at work i use the "auto correct" function in Word to fix my lazy typing. Words i type repeatedly i shorthand for typing and let the software do the work for me. So is that an example of me being lazy or slipping into bad habits...or somone using a tool of choice to make the workload a little easier?

Now somones gonna tell me i'm an idiot for using windows products such as Word too i guess :rolleyes:

[Alpinestarhero]

My poor dad would get so flamed on this forum for his grammar :lol:

[flymo]

Would you bring this up during conversation in a pub?

"Excuse me sir but I do believe that what you just said is not gramatically correct"

[Richie]

I can't comment in this thread as my english is very poor.

[GeneticBubble]

Would you bring this up during conversation in a pub?

"Excuse me sir but I do believe that what you just said is not gramatically correct"

the reply would simply be... :smt097

[cb5_keith]

I apologise if this does annoy people.

I don't think apologies are necessary. Write the way you want! If someone has a problem then they should keep it to themselves.

If someone asks for help and you don't understand what they are trying to say, and you actually WANT to help them, then ask them to re-word it.

If you're not going to help at all and just make them feel like an idiot, then you are a twa t...and should STFU!

[dizzyblonde]

Not so long ago, I put up a thread at my annoyance of folk
a) using atrocious spelling
b) stringing entire paragraphs together with no punctuation
c) using text speak.
This was because reading posts like this was very difficult at times, and you couldn't always make out what they were trying to say.


Now I know some (read a lot) agreed at the time with my thread. What I don't understand is the annoyance of....... and ??????
I do this all the time, its how I express feelings without eyebrows on the net. I am not thick, nor have little grasp of the English Language. I studied English Language many moons ago at school.....you know that place where we get taught to read and write. I did it at A Level.

So I am a bit:confused: by this thread........TBH:smt019:-s:rolleyes::p<<<<<< for exaggeration!!!!!!!!

[keithd]

My poor dad would get so flamed on this forum for his grammar :lol:

i cant comment, both of mine have passed away

[Lucas]

和平會談

[SoulKiss]

和平會談

What does prawn chow mein have to do with this?

[21QUEST]

I don't think apologies are necessary. Write the way you want! If someone has a problem then they should keep it to themselves.

If someone asks for help and you don't understand what they are trying to say, and you actually WANT to help them, then ask them to re-word it.

If you're not going to help at all and just make them feel like an idiot, then you are a twa t...and should STFU!
:winner: :cool: :D

Someone is probably getting ready to spout off about my excessive use of smilies :p ... Chill Winstons ;)


Ben

[DarrenSV650S]

Not so long ago, I put up a thread at my annoyance of folk
a) using atrocious spelling
b) stringing entire paragraphs together with no punctuation
c) using text speak.

Oh yeah and I pulled you up about your posts :D That was funny ;)

[GeneticBubble]

What I don't understand is the annoyance of....... and ??????
I do this all the time,

you then........ are worse than the devil!!!!!!! :smt011 :rolleyes:

[plowsie]

More like war Lucas ;)

[21QUEST]

...snip...I apologise if this does annoy people.
I know you don't really mean that...yeah, heard you mutter something different :o :lol:

How is your mental Arithmetic big guy? ....I sense a thread on that comig up :p lol



Ben

[plowsie]

How is your mental Arithmetic big guy :p lol
Awful! :smt016

[vardypeeps]

LMAO I do this sometimes !!!!!

[dizzyblonde]

Oh yeah and I pulled you up about your posts :D That was funny ;)

I know:smt012 But the difference between a slip of the keyboard and a complete lack of basic punctuation etc, is rather annoying.........
.....that was the point of that particular thread.....



....and you knows it!:!::smt023

[21QUEST]

Awful! :smt016
Ooh!!! you should be 8-[ :smt089 ...
:lol:



Ben

[simesb]

Do you accidentally put sixteen question or exclamation marks where one is the right amount?

Do you accidentally confuse 'amount' and 'number'?

[Lucas]

More like war Lucas ;)

差不多 :rolleyes:

[RatchetJob]

Initialisms like HTH, IIRC, AFAIK are not standard English phrases but they are used frequently in an internet forum context.

CAPITALISATION does not mean shouting in a textbook, but it does on an internet forum.

Multiple exclamation marks are generally not seen in your typical novel but here they can convey varying degrees of shock or surprise.

Becoming a pedant on an internet forum really is a waste of time, language used in such an informal setting will never be used correctly by everyone.

Just be grateful we all use what can loosely be described as English, a language that is changing all the time, and has been doing so for the last 1500 years.

English is merely what the speaker and listener agree on as English. No rules are set in stone with most being merely guidelines created by observing generally accepted usage.

As a reader you adjust your expectations and interpretation of the text based on the source of the material.

A broadsheet reads very differently from a tabloid newspaper.

A 19th century novel reads very differently from a modern day comic book.

An academic paper reads differently to an internet forum.

etc, ad nauseum...

If you don't understand someone, ask them for a clarification. If you don't care ignore them and just get on with it.

Anyway, forums posts are more akin to natural speech than crafted prose and should not be subject to the same rigorous application of punctuation and grammar.

Do you always speak in a grammatically correct manner?

[Alpinestarhero]

差不多 :rolleyes:

i know you are, but what am i :lol:

ratchet job - excellent post. I agree whole-heartedly. Those academic papers are bloody difficult to read sometimes, especially psychology ones!

[embee]

Beware, the pedantic high horse has many hands, Grasshopper.

One tries to utilise a varied vocabulary and apply a modicum of exactitude in grammatical format, but even one must confess to the occasional multiple ellipsis .....................purely for effect you understand.

Satire - the sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own.
(Jonathan Swift)

Now STFU.

[gruntygiggles]

Beware, the pedantic high horse has many hands, Grasshopper.

One tries to utilise a varied vocabulary and apply a modicum of exactitude in grammatical format, but even one must confess to the occasional multiple ellipsis .....................purely for effect you understand.

Satire - the sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own.
(Jonathan Swift)

Now STFU.


It's like having Stephen Fry on the .Org......pmsl:grin:

[Rai86]

My my, what has this forum turned into?

I wasn’t aware that I had to spell check all my posts and correct all my grammar before I hit submit.

I agree that posts should be readable and a attempt at getting spelling correct is appreciated however if people are going to berate posts and users for NOT adding the correct punctuation to their posts, then quite frankly why are people surprised that members are drifting away from the org?

I will use punctuation and words to express how I feel or the emotion I am trying to convey in my posts. The fact that the OP was read by many as a rant and not as a "humours attempt" at bettering the org says quite clearly that the author failed to convey the correct emotion he was going for!

Language is forever changing and always will. It is part of society developing and evolving with the times.

“Language is the archives of history”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson (http://www.betterworldheroes.com/emerson.htm)

[ophic]

English is merely what the speaker and listener agree on as English. No rules are set in stone with most being merely guidelines created by observing generally accepted usage.
I agree with this. It is quite different to many other languages that have an appointed body governing what is correct and what is not - which is a shame as Miss Ophic and I often argue over what is correct, and there is often no definitive answer.

"Catched" is apparently now considered correct English, which most people find abhorrent.

[simesb]

"Catched" is apparently now considered correct English

Not in my house it's not! Outputted annoys me too...

The one that really gets my goat at the moment is burglarized - what's wrong with burgled?

[ophic]

Not in my house it's not! Outputted annoys me too...

The one that really gets my goat at the moment is burglarized - what's wrong with burgled?
Lol I have pointed out that exact one in the past too. It expands to "burglarization", better known as "burgling" :D

"Utilized" is perfectly correct but means the same as "use"

[Lucas]

The one that really gets my goat at the moment is burglarized - what's wrong with burgled?



bur·glar·ize vt
to enter a building intending to commit a felony, usually to steal something (often passive)
U.K. term burgle


so its not correct to use? :confused:

[flymo]

or totally awesome...

it's either awesome or it isn't.

[keithd]

bur·glar·ize vt
to enter a building intending to commit a felony, usually to steal something (often passive)
U.K. term burgle


so its not correct to use? :confused:

it's an americanism. ipso facto wrong

[ophic]

or totally awesome...

it's either awesome or it isn't.
very unique, fairly unique etc.

Unique means "one of a kind" so is an absolute and can't be applied with degrees.

[Lucas]

這個題目越來越傻

[hovis]

這個題目越來越傻

..................... :confused:??????????????????

[Bluewolf]

Why is everyone typing in Chinese, did I miss a coup..?

[plowsie]

這個題目越來越傻
This is so we can't see what grammar mistakes you make isn't it? :mrgreen:

[Richie]

why is everyone typing in chinese, did i miss a coup..?
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[ophic]

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[Bluewolf]

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