[quote name='JSweeney']You know, I HATE the shortcuts people use in spelling in IM converstations.
IS IT REALLY THAT HARD AND TIME CONSUMING TO WRITE OUT TO AND FOR?
IS CAPITALIZATION THAT MUCH TO ASK?
HOW ABOUT AT LEAST AN ATTEMPT AT PUNCTUATION?
How can anyone expect to be taken serious at all when it's blantantly obvious that they aren't even putting effort into what they write?
Why should we think any actual thought is placed behind an idea when it's phrased in a completely sloppy, lazy manner?
I'm not asking that someone break out
Keys for Writers or the
AP Stylebook when they post a comment, but at least an effort towards readability and legibility would be nice.
I mean, it's not like thier aren't a myriad of resources out there like grammar references and dictionaries on the web that are but a click away.
GAHHHHHH![/quote]
Well...for what it's worth, I skip almost all of his posts because I can't be bothered to take the time to read them.
And I don't think any of us take him seriously...or respect him at all, for that matter.
In other news, I was accepted into Purdue. Not my first choice, but it's a definite possibiliity. Yay for me!
