Damn, people, do you think we could give this a rest already? If it bugs you
to read shit that's, well, hard to read, just use the "delete" button. That's
what I do. For god's sake, I majored in English, and I seem to be less
worried about it then many others on this list ;-)
Richard Erlacher said:
> Gee ... judging from the net unwillingness to use normal "adult"
> punctuation, captitalization, etc, it does look as though you're doing it
> just to be "cute." I can't think of a single reason, otherwise, why one
> would one do that?
>
> When I was in the 8th grade, one of the courses we were required to take was
> in typing. I've never gotten particularly good at it, but I did learn that
> a period at the end of a sentence is followed by two spaces, for example.
> In about the first grade, I learned that the first letter in a sentence is
> customarily capitalized. Why? I don't know, but it appears to be the
> custom. As a consequence, the absence of these basic features makes one's
> writing harder to read. The odd-length lines of text don't help
> readability, either. It's also customary to insert a blank line between
> paragraphs. That, surely, is to enhance readability. If you want people to
> read your stuff, you've got to make it easy for them.
>
> If you insist on writing in a style reminiscent of E. E. Cummings poetry,
> you may find that your messages are read by readers of this forum with about
> the same frequency as E.E. Cummings' work, which might be a shame, in case
> you really do have something significant to contribute. or in case I'm the
> only one who doesn't read much Cummings.
>
> Dick
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Golemancd_at_aol.com>
> To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 6:13 AM
> Subject: Re: Language and English
>
>
> > this may help
> > i am 38 years old, so there is nothing about my typing style
> > where i am trying to be cute.
> > i collect any computer i can get my hands on.
> > i am developing an operating system and a multimedia program
> > to create movies.
> > i use a newer computer to produce records.
> > i am also working out, as i was talking about
> > in the original thread that got off track, a distributed
> > os to control robots and also a custom computer
> > to do the same.
> >
> > i guess thats it.
> > joee
> >
> >
- Dan Wright
(dtwright_at_uiuc.edu)
(
http://www.uiuc.edu/~dtwright)
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