E-mail and proper English

[RedHedd]

Glad to see that I'm not the only one. Whew!

In regards to the email.... I actually emailed her back and told her my kittens had to go as a set. That nipped that one in the bud! Then I wished her luck in her search. I got THREE additional emails from her within the span of an hour.... this woman is waaaaayyyyy too desperate for a kitten. I emailed my concerns to the rescue and everyone else agrees with me that she sounds a bit off-kilter. I should know by now to trust my instincts in regards to things. If I think it looks like a duck and sounds like a duck, then I need to trust that it is a duck.

Yup - a clueless duck who can't take the time nor care to send a properly punctuated communication when it comes to something serious like adopting a kitten.

I'm one who will delete or not respond to poorly punctuated, spelled or grammatically incorrect missives.

As for spell check, IEspell is a great little add-on that I use to spell check postings on forums like this one. Actually Pet Talk now has spell check so I don't even have to use MY iEspell. Thanks, Karen & Paul!

[carole]

I think you have made the right call in this situation,good for you, and also for letting the shelters know as well, i guess if she really wants a kitten though, she will find one easily enough,let us just hope and pray she will be a decent pet owner, you have to think if one can not even write with some intelligence then perhaps they are not clued up enough to know how to take care of a kitten.

I must admit when i first started on the internet in chat rooms, it was very acceptable to abbreviate with C U soon etc, and i thought when i came to PT it was the thing to do, i soon knew different and respected that 100 per cent, but i was new to it all, and i now know when and when not to use it.

Sadly it is a sign of the times,but who say's we have to embrace it all.

[Moesha]

I do use the text abbreviations when texting, never in E-mail. I actually can't stand doing it. The reason I do use it though is because of the limit of characters you can send via a text message. If I am sending to other Verizon customers, they will adjust my text size. If I am sending a message to someone who uses a cellular service other than Verizon, I only have 160 characters that I can send. Sometimes they will send it in two messages, and sometimes they won't. I use as many shortcuts as possible to get my message across in one text.