mr henderson
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 05:10 PM | |
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Capital letters
One is seeing more and more posts which are devoid of capital letters.
I personally like to use capitals at the start of each sentence, for proper nouns and when I refer to myself (I). I believe that this makes my posts
easier to read, but it does involve extra effort on my part. perhaps i should stop using capitals?
John
[Edited on 19/9/08 by mr henderson]
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SeaBass
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 05:12 PM | |
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Get off the high horse!
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blakep82
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 05:12 PM | |
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yeah, whatever... 
not sure it really makes a difference to be honest. it doesn't bother me...
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Flamez
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 05:14 PM | |
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i USE CAPITALS CORRECTLY. gRAMMAR AND CONSTRUCTION OF SENTENCES IS IMPORTANT.dON'T YOU AGREE.
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blakep82
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 05:20 PM | |
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ayE, wot He sAid
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 05:38 PM | |
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slaver \SLAV-uhr; SLAY-vuhr\, intransitive verb:
1. To slobber; to drool.
noun:
1. Saliva drooling from the mouth.
[Edited on 19-9-08 by mangogrooveworkshop]
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 05:43 PM | |
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i think anyone using text speak should be banned and made to walk the plank Jim lad (had to get that one in)
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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daviep
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 06:09 PM | |
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quote:
Originally posted by mr henderson
One is seeing more and more posts which are devoid of capital letters.
I personally like to use capitals at the start of each sentence, for proper nouns and when I refer to myself (I). I believe that this makes my posts
easier to read, but it does invlove extra effort on my part. perhaps i should stop using capitals?
John
I wish I had the confidence to refer to myself as "One"
Perhaps you should stop using capitals letters for a while. Then in a few months you could do another poll to see how many of us noticed?
I found another forum which I think you could certainly contribute to
HERE 
[Edited on 19/9/08 by daviep]
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Peteff
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 07:23 PM | |
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quote:
Originally posted by daviep
Perhaps you should stop using capitals letters for a while. Then in a few months you could do another poll to see how many of us noticed?
Now do you think you really needed to divide that with a full stop and use an extra capital T and was the question mark really necessary? It sounds
more like a suggestion being made than a question being asked
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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davie h
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 07:30 PM | |
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the grammar police strike again.
whats next on the spot fines and penalty points for spelling mistakes and bad grammar.
Davie
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mr henderson
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 07:33 PM | |
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quote:
Originally posted by daviep
I wish I had the confidence to refer to myself as "One"
Funnily enough, and you are going to laugh at this I'm sure, the word 'one' in this context doesn't actually oneself. I
certainly didn't mean it that way.
You might like to look at this for further reading on the subject (pronoun).
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/one
Hope this helps
John
[Edited on 19/9/08 by mr henderson]
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mr henderson
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 07:36 PM | |
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quote:
Originally posted by davie h
the grammar police strike again.
whats next on the spot fines and penalty points for spelling mistakes and bad grammar.
Davie
Well, that's a good few points on your licence right there!
John
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blakep82
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 08:04 PM | |
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quote:
Originally posted by mr henderson
quote:
Originally posted by davie h
the grammar police strike again.
whats next on the spot fines and penalty points for spelling mistakes and bad grammar.
Davie
Well, that's a good few points on your licence right there!
John
ha ha, should have lost his license after that one! lol
to be fair, you actually started to lose me with 'One is seeing'
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dmac
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 08:08 PM | |
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quote:
Originally posted by mr henderson
quote:
Originally posted by davie h
the grammar police strike again.
whats next on the spot fines and penalty points for spelling mistakes and bad grammar.
Davie
Well, that's a good few points on your licence right there!
John
Said the pot.
Perhaps you should review the spelling of your first post.
Duncan
PS. I generally agree that an attempt should be made at correct grammar and spelling, if only to help avoid making such mistakes where they are more
important (such as on your CV).
[Edited on 19/9/08 by dmac]
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mr henderson
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 08:34 PM | |
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quote:
Originally posted by dmac
Perhaps you should review the spelling of your first post.
I've edited my first post to remove the typo, thanks for pointing it out.
John
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 08:39 PM | |
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These may help:
Hartman’s Law of Prescriptivist Retaliation: “any article or statement about correct grammar, punctuation, or spelling is bound to contain at least
one eror”.
“McKean’s Law” (after Verbatim editor Erin McKean):
Call it McKean’s Law: Any correction of the speech or writing of others will contain at least one grammatical, spelling, or typographical error.
“Skitt’s Law” (after alt.usage.english contributor “Skitt”):
Skitt’s Law, a corollary of Murphy’s Law, variously expressed as “any post correcting an error in another post will contain at least one error itself”
or “the likelihood of an error in a post is directly proportional to the embarrassment it will cause the poster.”
Note to the anally retentive - the speeling errur in the first rule is deliberate... as were the two in this line...
[Edited on 19/9/08 by David Jenkins]
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procomp
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 09:06 PM | |
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Hi.
AND THIS IS IN THE LOCOST RELATED SECTION BECAUSE.
Yes one was shouting.
Cheers Matt
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JoelP
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 09:16 PM | |
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i feel the need to say i think this thread, and ones of its ilk, are pointless. Indeed bloody annoying. I also think that to be so obsessed about
spelling pronunctiation and granma says a lot about someone, though im not sure exactly what. But i suspect i wouldnt like to be alone in a pub with
you 
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JoelP
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 09:19 PM | |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
i feel the need to say i think this thread, and ones of its ilk, are* pointless. Indeed bloody annoying. I also think that to be so obsessed about
spelling pronunctiation and granma says a lot about someone, though im not sure exactly what. But i suspect i wouldnt like to be alone in a pub with
you
and i know the 'is/are' might cause some discussion, but im not really bothered. Pointing it out would amount to point scoring IMHO since
it makes no difference in readability, and if someone feels the need to score point, then obviously their confidence is lacking?
Just thought id add that suggestive '?' on the end too. Is it really needed/allowed?
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JoelP
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 09:24 PM | |
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the vote doesnt represent the sentiments express here, cant believe that only one other person uses them when they feel like it?
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ReMan
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 09:44 PM | |
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Should it not be
Mr Henderson?
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 19/9/08 at 10:11 PM | |
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WTF This is a car forum for others to help each other with problems and problem solving. It doesn't really matter to me whether it's text
speak or capitals or swahilli as lond as people get they're point acroos and/or solve the problem.
We are not all grade A students and many of this country's great minds are not literate in many ways. Branson And Jackie Stewart for instance.
Posts like this boil my p**s as they will put off people who have confidence problems with they're own learning difficulties and may stop them
posting a radicall and great solution for a problem in case of ridicule or comment.
Perhaps one might fit in better with the Caterham (pronounced cater- am or Cater-ham) crowd
As the second post rearrange
high your get off horse
[Edited on 19/9/08 by omega 24 v6]
If it looks wrong it probably is wrong.
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RK
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| posted on 20/9/08 at 12:05 AM | |
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I spent a long time at university, a lot of it majoring in linguistics, an entire course on how Latin and Greek influenced English included. Two
words: so what?
If people continue to be more or less understood using all capitals, or all small letters, and get away with no punctuation, then the trend will go
on, otherwise writers wise up and try to not waste finger effort on messages that nobody can read. In other words, it all sorts itself out, just like
talking.
[Edited on 20/9/08 by RK]
[Edited on 20/9/08 by RK]
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C10CoryM
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| posted on 20/9/08 at 01:28 AM | |
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"Me fail english? that's unpossible"
Ralph Wiggum.
I try to type reasonably well, but it really doesn't matter. We all get in a hurry sometimes.
I forget who here had an animated gif complaining about grammar use in their signature. Oddly enough I think it had a puncuation error in it .
Always thought that was funny.
Besides, you probably spell tire, tyre so you have no right to complain about capitals 
Cheers.
"Our watchword evermore shall be: The Maple Leaf Forever!"
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RK
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| posted on 20/9/08 at 02:57 AM | |
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And Jackie Stewart is literate; he's also Scottish. So let's add racialist to the discussion shall we?
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