Incoherent posts

[wolfsoul]

My biggest pet peeves are run-on sentences and writing an entire post in capital letters. I don't mind capital letters used for emphasis, but when someone puts their whole post in capitals, it is so hard for me to read. Run-on sentences are very difficult for me to understand -- my brain just can't wrap itself around a run-on sentence; Takes me forever to decipher it. Spelling mistakes aren't a huge thing. I'm a bit of a spelling and grammar freak, myself, but I CAN spell and use proper grammar -- some people just can't, so I try not to judge spelling mistakes. Just like I'm not good at math, not everyone will be good at spelling. I know people with dyslexia that have a very difficult time spelling, and people who have or had hearing problems that spell the word like they used to hear it.

Did anyone else notice that they made twice as many spelling mistakes in this thread as they usually would?

[slick]

i don't spend as much time on pet talk because of the threads that go on and on with no puncuation i agree with all of you that it's really not nice don't you think so i do and i have a hard time trying to find out what the thread is all about because they use 2 instead of to and u instead of you and it drives me batty don't you think and i spoke to my friend who has a friend and he said that she said that we should all use good manners but then she had another friend who said that i spend too much time on the internet i don't know what she is talking about 'cause she doesn't live where i do and she doesn't see me all the time what do you think



Seriously people, the minimum age is 13 and at that age you all should be able to use proper punctuation, spelling and know how to write a sentence, and yes, that's why I don't spend as much time here as I'd like to. It's too frustrating to try and decipher the meaning of some of the threads. ...and for those who are bad at spelling.......www.dictionary.com. Use it.

[Jessika]

i don't spend as much time on pet talk because of the threads that go on and on with no puncuation i agree with all of you that it's really not nice don't you think so i do and i have a hard time trying to find out what the thread is all about because they use 2 instead of to and u instead of you and it drives me batty don't you think and i spoke to my friend who has a friend and he said that she said that we should all use good manners but then she had another friend who said that i spend too much time on the internet i don't know what she is talking about 'cause she doesn't live where i do and she doesn't see me all the time what do you think

Man... for a second there... lol

[Giselle]

Simple solution: Ignore them.

That's why you'll notice I have a meager number of posts compared to my time spent on this board

[RedHedd]

i don't spend as much time on pet talk because of the threads that go on and on with no puncuation i agree with all of you that it's really not nice don't you think so i do and i have a hard time trying to find out what the thread is all about because they use 2 instead of to and u instead of you and it drives me batty don't you think and i spoke to my friend who has a friend and he said that she said that we should all use good manners but then she had another friend who said that i spend too much time on the internet i don't know what she is talking about 'cause she doesn't live where i do and she doesn't see me all the time what do you think



Seriously people, the minimum age is 13 and at that age you all should be able to use proper punctuation, spelling and know how to write a sentence, and yes, that's why I don't spend as much time here as I'd like to. It's too frustrating to try and decipher the meaning of some of the threads. ...and for those who are bad at spelling.......www.dictionary.com. Use it.

Well done, Slick! Another great spelling tool is a free add-on for Internet Explorer called ieSpell. It installs a spell checker button on your toolbar that you just have to click to spell-check a post before hitting the Submit button. I use it often. For a free little app it's quite amazing!