-> 12a. hope this post meets your grammar standards;palms 50% off coupon
Date: Tue Jan 20, 2009 8:15 pm ((PST))
other than harry's comments, i find the comments about
the punctuation and capitalization from the other posters
childish.communication in post on the internet are not the same as
writing a formal letter.most people on other sites even use
abbreviations.as i said before if it is to difficult, dont read it. i
enjoy this group and the observations of most people but i'm not going
to sit back and have someone tell me they are upset because i diDnt
capitalize my i's(I's)
"It's the internet" is not an acceptable excuse for bad writing; why on earth
would it be?
Some shortcuts, that don't impede the ability to read a post, are certainly
acceptable, but others, which make a post more difficult to read, show a lack of
consideration for the reader. "It's the internet" is also not an acceptable
excuse for lack of consideration, but many seem to think it is, nevertheless.
If you don't care if most of the readers read your posts, just send them to
yourself. If you don't mind that only a few find the content worth slogging
thru the format, then go ahead.
Personally, and it's not just you, I usually do NOT read posts that go on for
more than a few screens - if they cover that much, they should be separate
posts, unless they involve some lengthy analysis of a VP situation requiring
multiple steps to be explained one at a time.
At the least, an "executive summary" at the beginning should give me an idea
what the whole post is about, so I know whether or not to look for something of
value in the mass of text.
I can tolerate lack of capital letters, i understand what "i" is when standing
alone.
I do not take all information I see on the internet at face value. One of the
(many) factors I consider when determining the likelihood of information being
reliable is whether the author seems to understand how to write. While it is
true that someone may have great knowledge and still not know how to write (or
prefer not to bother, as seems to be the case sometimes), their ability to
communicate effectively is one factor I look at, and that ability is influenced
by - yes - punctuation, spelling, and logical divisions of their material into
paragraphs.
Having expressed my opinion, I will readily admit, as suggested above, that
someone's information may indeed be very valuable, and I'll concede that I will
never know this if I choose not to try to read something that is difficult to
read ONLY because of a lack of grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
But it IS considerate to take a few minutes to write more carefully, type more
carefully, and proof-read one's posts before sending.
One does not need to be an excellent typist to produce a legible document on a
computer; the machine has a backspace key that lets errors be corrected with
little effort, if that little effort is exercised.
--BG
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To: vpFREE@Yahoogroups.com
From: b.glazer@att.net
Date: Tue Jan 20, 2009 8:59 pm
Subject: Re: hope this post meets your grammar standards;palms 50% off coupon
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