Proper Grammar & Punctuation

[RebBugler]

This is a very pertinent thread regarding two main points, communication and validity. Some folks may actually 'Get It' and conform if they get around to perusing here.

[Cruiser]

All lower case or all upper case with no punctuation is hard to read. Seems like the time and effort it takes to construct a message can be more effective and read by more folks if it looks more or less proper.... I don't expect nor deliver perfection in postings but I do not read the messages that are written in chat room shorthand and slang....

[RDBoles]

Please,If I may express my thoughts? I took a typing class in junior high school. I was near the top of the class the first week with 17 words a minute. At the end of the school year I was still typing 17 words a minute. Forty five years later I took a typing test for job interview. Guess what? Yup 17 words a minute. That being said, I do find it a little irritating that people can get up set by others typing skills. Being on the bottom rung of the typing ladder. I do have thoughts and I will type away as slow as I must to get some valid thoughts out in the forum. I do like the "Professor" and his thoughts about history. I am a Viet Nam vet, "2 tours westpac US Navy", Retired U S Postal Service, 33 years. Married to the same Great woman for 37 years and have 11 children. The one great attribute, I think,that has sustained me is Patience. BZ26V

[Kerflumoxed]

RDBoles wrote:

Please,If I may express my thoughts? I took a typing class in junior high school. I was near the top of the class the first week with 17 words a minute. At the end of the school year I was still typing 17 words a minute. Forty five years later I took a typing test for job interview. Guess what? Yup 17 words a minute. That being said, I do find it a little irritating that people can get up set by others typing skills. Being on the bottom rung of the typing ladder. I do have thoughts and I will type away as slow as I must to get some valid thoughts out in the forum. I do like the "Professor" and his thoughts about history. I am a Viet Nam vet, "2 tours westpac US Navy", Retired U S Postal Service, 33 years. Married to the same Great woman for 37 years and have 11 children. The one great attribute, I think,that has sustained me is Patience. BZ26V

RD...I want to thank you for your service to our country! Speaking for myself, I greatly appreciate the hardships you endured...and "endured" is the right word.

Just prior to going into the hospital early Sat. morning, an old veteran friend of mine (Navy Corpsman and Marine Medic) and I spent the day having a "little" tequila and fresh shrimp recounting the "old days."

As to typing speed, don't worry about it. Two observations: 1. It WILL improve with time and practice, and 2. many times it is an advantage to "slow" down as it allows one to compose their thoughts in a more coherent manner!

Finaly, congrats on 33 years. We approach 49 on 16 June and understand the devotion and love required to get past the "first blush of spring."

Best regards,

J

[Michael Slaunwhite]

Kerflumoxed wrote:

mikesla wrote:

Hi.

I have always believed, and still do, that if anyone can get their point across without cursing, or belittling another human being, then I have absolutely no problem.

Who am I to tell another person how to speak? or how to type, or how to walk, smell, what type of clothes they should wear...get my point?

Just my piece of eight on this matter.

Just a little annoyed...

Interesting you should mention "smell."

Many years ago (I carefully avoided the number) I sat in a graduate seminar of 12 graduate students deliberating "Imperialism." One member of our group had a virulent case of B.O. At the local pub following one evening's class, I was elected (as the oldest member of the class) to speak on behalf off the other students and direct the attention of the offending class member to his lack of body hygiene. During the next week, I encountered "John" and asked him to come to my office (I was a grad assistant) for a few moments. As diplomatically as I could, I addressed the issue without degrading his problem. To my extreme delight, he profusely thanked me for the friendly conversation and said he was unaware of his unintentionally offensiveness to the rest of the class.

So, no, sorry but I do not get your point, just as you did not get my point. It was not intended to belittle or humiliate anyone, but, rather, to simply request the normal usage of the accepted mechanics of language and communication.

Again, if I step on anyone's toes, it is not my intent.

J

Haaaa...

It's all in the way you handle the situation.

As for my earlier post I apoligise, I get annoyed sometimes, then my mouth opens, and the sky starts to fall.

Cheers...

[Armchair General]

I think as long as the writer's point can be made without extremely obvious spelling or grammatical errors, there isn't a problem. Now, when spelling becomes so atrocious that I have to do a double-take and read each letter individually to try and see what the intended word was, that's when I start to lose patience.

[Chamberlain]

RDBoles wrote:

Please,If I may express my thoughts? I took a typing class in junior high school. I was near the top of the class the first week with 17 words a minute. At the end of the school year I was still typing 17 words a minute. Forty five years later I took a typing test for job interview. Guess what? Yup 17 words a minute. That being said, I do find it a little irritating that people can get up set by others typing skills. Being on the bottom rung of the typing ladder. I do have thoughts and I will type away as slow as I must to get some valid thoughts out in the forum. I do like the "Professor" and his thoughts about history. I am a Viet Nam vet, "2 tours westpac US Navy", Retired U S Postal Service, 33 years. Married to the same Great woman for 37 years and have 11 children. The one great attribute, I think,that has sustained me is Patience. BZ26V

RDBoles,

Thanks for your service to our country !!!

37 years and 11 children, congrats!!

Chamberlain

[RDBoles]

Thank you gentlemen, It gives me tremendous pleasure to be able to respond to such a fine group of men in this day and age. I read most all of the posts in the forum. I love this Gettysburg game and can't wait for the newer mods to come out. I like the tweek mods already. Norb and team, what an accomplishment. You create an outstanding product and then envite every one to contibute improvements ,adjustments and even new battle maps and armies. Who ever heard of such a thing? I hope that you will be able to make some serious dough from all this dedication and creativity. For my part I bought two games to off set a person who hemhawed about buying one game. Well not for that reason but I did buy two games. Lee was a great general. Grant, I think should be re- evaluated to higher level. BZ26V

[Tacloban]

Kerflumoxed,

I consider myself old school in that I learned to type business letters before text-messages; however, we must not fall into the trap of thinking that any language, syntax, usage, or grammer is a static phenomenon. All languages evolve in a constant state of flux responding to cultural, technological, and political changes. I would bet that the defenders of Old English probably similarly resented the changes to their language caused by the foreign influences after the invasions by the Norse and the Normans.

The writing style that you refer to will have a noticeable, if much less substantial, effect on popular English. I bet that the apostrophe will fall out of use quickly, because it is harder to use on the phone keyboards. Too bad. There is no question that clear technical communication (engineering, legal, historical, etc.) requires competent writing skills, which may well be diminished by text-speak. I love the well crafted sentence, and authors with the highest level of language.

[Bigguz]

To dismiss someones opinion or observation based solely on their ability to correctly write perfectly is akin to dismissing someones political or religious beliefs out of hand simply because they dont agree with yours.Anger and/or impatience should not be directed towards that person in so much as focused on the state of education availble in our current society(s) For someone to even try to communicate should be encouraged. I'm sure that person must know their inadequacies and would strive to improve.

That being said, I couldn't agree more Theres no excuse for not learning how to communicate properly. :laugh:

ALL CAPS are soooo irritating.

Tacobarn however, hits the nail on the head. Lets face it guys, we're old! :laugh: