Writing styles

BaldJean wrote: I am also guilty of leaving out the period after my last sentence; for me the period is a separator between sentences and hence not necessary after the last one.

That's an intriguing point, actually. If one calls them "periods", it does make very little sense to use them at the end of the final sentence. The British title "full stop", on the other hand, clearly gives them a place at the end.

MikeEnRegalia wrote: Leaving out the full stop/period/"." after the last sentence simply looks like there is something missing. You never know whether someone just forgot it or if there really is some content missing

Absolutely, you took the words right out of

MikeEnRegalia wrote: Leaving out the full stop/period/"." after the last sentence simply looks like there is something missing. You never know whether someone just forgot it or if there really is some content missing

Cool Mike!

I had never thought of dragging the emoticons to a smaller size but it works

its a pain to read stufrr like thids lol

BaldJean wrote: I only capitalize names and the words "I" and "God".

That's rather revealing...

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Bob Greece wrote: Peter wrote: Communication skills (written and spoken) are VERY important, and are becoming more so, in our modern knowledge-based economy. Effective communicators get ahead, and communication is key to the well-being of ANY relationship -- work, personal, etc. Nicely put Peter. Mind you, speaking correct English like a geek probably won't get you very far in some relationships either.  =>

Thanks, Bob.

We say "standard" English, not "correct" or "proper" these days, because the latter two words imply that there is something "wrong" with regional dialects. Two Jamaicans speaking together in their  island's unique dialect ("irie," "mon," etc.) understand each other perfectly, and as the purpose of language is to facilitate communication and understanding, their dialect, though not "standard," is still "correct."

I object to the concept that speaking well will make one appear to be a "geek." I would not care to be involved with someone who would judge me in that manner, anyway. Being educated and/or good with words does not make you a geek -- I would think such matters are determined by behaviour, not vocabulary.

Still, we speak/write differently in different settings (formal/informal, etc.), and according to our particular "audience." (I can curse, swear and use slang with the best of them, and speak effectively and appropriately to a child, teen, peer, bricklayer, 80 year-old nun, police officer, college president, etc.)

My point above was merely that effective, timely communication (not necessarily via "standard" English) is very important in any relationship -- whether between individuals, groups, governments or whatever. Diplomats, not soldiers. Real communication and/or counselling, not (necessarily) divorce....

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people who doesnt use any ponctuation marks and who write everything in lower case letters piss me off yeah they really do 

WARNING: Dream Theater related: ()

Things that pisses me most of is when people write "Dream Theatre" instead of "Dream Theater", and "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulance" instead of "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence".

Sooooooo f----ng annoying!!