Punctuation is your friend

[HamYankee]

I more highly consider the opinions of someone who can structure their thought clearly. As long as it doesn't take work to read, I don't mind too much.

 

[jagee]

Saw/seen is what really gets me.

When I read "I seen..." I assume you aren't going to finish the sentence with "...the inside of a book."

 

[tmschuller]

I saw what you did there.....

yesh....xactly. painfull zometimes. A lot of effort bye awl.

 

[BFP]

Hitler's speech writer was in fact, a grammar Nazi.

 

[HamYankee]

That's hilarious!

Hitler's speech writer was in fact, a grammar Nazi.

 

[femurphy77]

Hitler's speech writer was in fact, a grammar Nazi.

 

[Cameramonkey]

... Its called an ellipses. Three dots. (sometimes 4 but apparently only in certain legal documents) Not five. Not thirteen. Three. Spaces before/after are optional so I'll let that slide.

 

[T.Lex]

Wate untill he meats Harleyman_50....... Hahahahahahahaha

^^^ This.

To the OP, though, it is important to me that *I* do my best to convey meaning. Sometimes that means bending the rules of punctuation. Or grammar. But, I do so because I (generally) know the rules, not because I'm ignorant of them.

I care much less what other people do; I just try to glean what meaning I can from their posts. There are a few people that I know on INGO who are supposed to be good writers, so if I catch them with a glaring mistake, I'll usually point it out. Otherwise, I tend to cut people slack. Or slak.

 

[nakinate]

... Its called an ellipses. Three dots. (sometimes 4 but apparently only in certain legal documents) Not five. Not thirteen. Three. Spaces before/after are optional so I'll let that slide.

...........................................……….................Shut up

 

[bocefus78]

Wate untill he meats Harleyman_50....... Hahahahahahahaha

Yup. My first thought as well.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

As autistic and obsessive-compulsive as I am about my own usage, I'm not above playing a little. There are a few things that bother me, especially misuse of apostrophes, homonyms and near-homonyms. I won't correct unless there's a funny point to be made, and uncoiled rice still pops up. Interestingly, I'm able to understand Harleyrider very well.

 

[=Josh=]

Wate untill he meats Harleyman_50....... Hahahahahahahaha

I'm guessing you mean Harleyrider_50?

Yeah, I pray I never have to engage in a lengthy, written conversation with him. :lol:

 

[olhorseman]

I'm guessing you mean Harleyrider_50?

Yeah, I pray I never have to engage in a lengthy, written conversation with him. :lol:

So many references to Harleyrider_50 making it obvious his posts are being read by many. That is the gift of a good communicator, getting readers to think about the content and not the grammar or structure.

 

[JettaKnight]

Josh, my brother!


Let's fight the good fight!

 

[historian]

So many references to Harleyrider_50 making it obvious his posts are being read by many. That is the gift of a good communicator, getting readers to think about the content and not the grammar or structure.

His posts are viewed by many. Understanding or content

 

[Cameramonkey]

So many references to Harleyrider_50 making it obvious his posts are being read by many. That is the gift of a good communicator, getting readers to think about the content and not the grammar or structure.

Not necessarily. Some of us couldnt take it and put him on ignore.

 

[chezuki]

So many references to Harleyrider_50 making it obvious his posts are being read by many. That is the gift of a good communicator, getting readers to think about the content and not the grammar or structure.

His posts are also ignored by many... Possibly more than any other member.

 

[Alamo]

Punctuation counts. If you are sloppy in little things, it is unlikely you suddenly get better on the big things. I don't runaway in horror when someone prattles on without the benefit of basic rules of English, but it doesn't help their "content."

I do tend to get annoyed about "discreet" and "discrete". When expressing a concept that is so common and central to the gun-carrying community, we should really use the correct one.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

I write for a living, so It's as much habit as anything that lends to proper grammar and punctuation in my own posts. I'm a terrible speller, though, and if I didn't have spell check, my writing would be as bad as my shooting would be without contact lenses.

I don't worry too much about other people's form, unless I see something that strikes me as funny, then I might poke fun (I think auto-correct has a sense of humor). I actually think it's part of the fun on a forum, experiencing different styles and "voices" in posts, whether the writer is being proper or not.

 

[hoosierdaddy1976]

In informal settings, such as ingo or personal emails and texts, I couldn't care less about grammar. If whatever device I am typing on capitalizes the beginning of a sentence, wonderful, but I rarely hit the "shift" key. A person's opinion of me based on Internet posts holds little weight, especially since the chance of us meeting are quite slim.

if it is something important, I am aware of usage and grammar rules and follow them as necessary. Also, a fourth dot on an ellipsis is used as a period, to signify there will not be a following pickup of the thoughts being expressed.

i will admit that my writing looks even more disjointed when using an iPad or smart phone that sometimes capitalizes my words, as evidenced in this post.