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| quote: | Originally posted by daffodil
on the flip side, some teachers have commented that students are more sensitive to what their writing conveys and the precise tone that one word or sentence construction can create. think about middle school girls throwing hissy fits and taking hidden stabs at each other over AIM. they can express exactly what they are trying to say pretty succintly and extremely accurately because they become comfortable with the written word in a social manner. |
I can definitely see that. I've noticed that many times, not in class, but when I'm talking online. I've actually had many "deep" conversations online, and I always think it's funny how much time I sometimes spend on just trying to think of the perfect word to use (as opposed to just saying a sentence fairly close to what I'm trying to say when we're talking face-to-face). In some cases (not many), I actually prefer to use online for talking because of that difference.
About internet words in general, there's a few that I use normally, and I think it's so amusing to see people type full posts strictly in internet talk, but dear goodness I'd freak if I heard someone actually say "rotfl."
| quote: | Originally posted by daffodil
p.s. -- PLEASE edit the title of this thread if you can. it's Affect, not effect (pet peeve of a grammar nazi). i'll only bore you with the grammar lesson if you ask  |
I know exactly what you mean. Here I thought I was the only one with this pet peeve. That definitely is one of the worst that has always bothered me, but another one is with the use of quotes. One thing that seriously made me freak a couple years ago was when I was working for Domino's one summer. They have stickers with reminders all over the store... IN QUOTES. On the safe there's one that says "Is it locked?" (actually with the quotes). The first time I saw that, the whole store heard me yelling, "What the shit is this?! "Is it locked" with quotes?! What is that, some kind of store motto?! "You know what we always say around the store, 'Is it locked?'"
Another one is when company vans use quotes for generic descriptions of their services when advertising on the side of the van, e.g [Insert random plumbing company here] and then underneath the name it says something like "Residential and commercial plumbing," as if it was a motto or something.
Sorry for the rant. I could feel the blood rushing to my face with this one.
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