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Re: Re: Re: Re: this is the type of people that still live in this world.
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
You are both (incorrectly) conflating the disparate subjects of spelling, grammar, sentence structure, shorthand, and writing style.
Shorthand is always accepted within its applicable domain (calling out someone for writing "LOL" or "IMHO" would be ridiculous). And it's generally accepted that an informal writing style will be used in an informal setting (for instance, I just started a sentence with a conjunction - whoopie shit! And I also elided several commas, and I routinely end sentences with prepositions, horror of horrors).
Spelling and grammar are not components of a specific writing style, and certainly not tied to formal writing. They represent basic literacy. Piss-poor writing may eventually be understood by the reader, but not as readily as clean writing and often with more risk of misinterpretation. More to the point, it simply makes one appear uneducated and lazy, because every individual is taught these skills from an early age and [ostensibly] uses them on a regular basis. It's no different from choking out the word "nucular" in speech.
Simply because many, or "the majority" of people seem unable or reluctant to write with an appropriate level of care and patience does not mean it reflects any less poorly on them. Not that this is actually true - the majority of people on this forum and other forums write with varying degrees of formality, but generally with a coherent sentence structure and without horrible flaws like mixing up tenses or singular/plural possessives.
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I have to say that I agree with you here - I also find it annoying and irritating how people these days seem unable to spell/write or even talk coherently - this is why I always admire how well people speak in those movies which are based in the historical context of 200 or 300 years ago (for example, the latest release of "Sense and Sensibility", based on the novel of the same name written by Jane Austen). Imagine, they didn't have access to all the modern communication devices that we have today, no Internet, TV, radio or telephones, and still they could talk so eloquently! I wish that people had retained that level of speaking ability up till now, but I guess not...
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Music was my first love
and it will be my last
Music of the future
And music of the past
To live without my music
would be impossible to do
Cause in these times of trouble
My music pulls me through...
| quote: | Originally posted by Rodrico
To be honest, I dont mind the big guy up there, I just hate all his fanclubs. |
***I've got hairgel in my bathroom and Tylenol near my bed***
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Wow. No words. Disgusting attitudes. 
