JudyC
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I thought I'd post this over here, rather than get dragged into an off-topic conversation in a BOI thread.
We've all seen the grammar nazis that are quick to point out improper sentence structure, spelling errors, and misused punctuation...apparently for no other reason than to make themselves feel better. We've also seem people that try to act like grammar nazis because they don't have any better come-back or rebuttal in an argument.
"Ohhh yeah? Well you spell bad, so there!"
Not a very convincing argument, if you ask me, which you didn't, but I'm saying it anyway. Neither of these two sorts contribute much to the online community, in my opinion.
On the other side of the spectrum though, are the people who come on and post a rather large paragraph in one giant run-on sentence without any punctuation or any attempt at logical word and thought order.
I don't consider myself a "grammar nazi"...I use rather casual punctuation myself, when typing in a "conversational" style such as this. I don't go out of my way to pick on people for lack of grammar skills, nor do I expect everyone to live up to some college English level of ability. I'm fluent in "typo" and am usually very patient about reading through mangled paragraphs and sentences.
A couple of times though, I have pointed out to someone who has been particularly egregious in their lack of basic punctuation or word sense, that it would HELP their case if they TRIED to use a little more punctuation and put a little more thought into how their words will come across to the readers.
I might have gotten a little snarky about it in my last attempt to point this out, but in all seriousness, I am not trying to "slam" anyone or pick on anyone...I'm making a very sincere attempt to offer advice on how they might strengthen their argument and their position.
It's just common sense to me...HOW you choose to present yourself here is how people are going to perceive you. If you do with with absolutely no regard for the process of getting your point across, then why do you think anyone will take your point seriously? If you take up a banner for a friend and want to defend him...you're not doing your friend any favors if you make yourself look foolish in the process. If you have a valid and serious argument you need to get across to people...you're not doing yourself any favors if they can't understand what you're trying to say.
I just needed to get that off my chest. Thank you, for those who chose to read it to the end.
We've all seen the grammar nazis that are quick to point out improper sentence structure, spelling errors, and misused punctuation...apparently for no other reason than to make themselves feel better. We've also seem people that try to act like grammar nazis because they don't have any better come-back or rebuttal in an argument.
"Ohhh yeah? Well you spell bad, so there!"
Not a very convincing argument, if you ask me, which you didn't, but I'm saying it anyway. Neither of these two sorts contribute much to the online community, in my opinion.
On the other side of the spectrum though, are the people who come on and post a rather large paragraph in one giant run-on sentence without any punctuation or any attempt at logical word and thought order.
I don't consider myself a "grammar nazi"...I use rather casual punctuation myself, when typing in a "conversational" style such as this. I don't go out of my way to pick on people for lack of grammar skills, nor do I expect everyone to live up to some college English level of ability. I'm fluent in "typo" and am usually very patient about reading through mangled paragraphs and sentences.
A couple of times though, I have pointed out to someone who has been particularly egregious in their lack of basic punctuation or word sense, that it would HELP their case if they TRIED to use a little more punctuation and put a little more thought into how their words will come across to the readers.
I might have gotten a little snarky about it in my last attempt to point this out, but in all seriousness, I am not trying to "slam" anyone or pick on anyone...I'm making a very sincere attempt to offer advice on how they might strengthen their argument and their position.
It's just common sense to me...HOW you choose to present yourself here is how people are going to perceive you. If you do with with absolutely no regard for the process of getting your point across, then why do you think anyone will take your point seriously? If you take up a banner for a friend and want to defend him...you're not doing your friend any favors if you make yourself look foolish in the process. If you have a valid and serious argument you need to get across to people...you're not doing yourself any favors if they can't understand what you're trying to say.
I just needed to get that off my chest. Thank you, for those who chose to read it to the end.
) you could at least have a line break once in a while for your reader to stop and breathe.
. If you just choose not to read it that is one thing but to say "oh I tried and it wore my brain out, or I couldn't understand it"....that is just funny to me. 
