I have a favor to ask you about your posts

[cre10]

Lol this is ridiculous.

 

[brain55]

What's ridiculous? Expecting people to effectively communicate or that it is even a problem?

 

[cre10]

What's ridiculous? Expecting people to effectively communicate or that it is even a problem?

I would say most of the members here are adults to seniors. If you haven't learned to spell, use punctuation, or paragraphs by that time then I highly doubt someone requesting them to do it is going to make them do it or learn it. Then there is also a difference between typos and being an uneducated moron.

But by all means leans call the grammar Nazis out :thumbsup:

 

[CobyRupert]

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Unisg the icndeblire pweor of the hmuan mnid, aocdcrnig to rseecrah at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mttaer in waht oderr the lterets in a wrod are,
the olny irpoamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rhgit pclae.
The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whoutit a pboerlm.
Tihs is bucseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey ltteer by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
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See if yuor fdreins can raed tihs too.

 

[brin]

I disagree, If you can make out what the person is typing that's all that matters. This is a forum not a language class. Some here are old farmers with not a lot of typing skills.

:thumbsup: Well said, I agree.

 

[texasjohn]

OP, PACountryGuy, come on back and tell us your thoughts regarding responses so far...you have a bunch to choose from!:drink::shocked:

 

[bigtiller]

And as we age, and work around farm machinery, some of us aren't equipped as well with the required appendages to operate a keyboard.

Hey, doing the best I can........

That darn middle finger, they're just to long. I had mine trimmed back years ago also.

 

[von-mil]

When it comes to internet forums, people are just going to type their thoughts out quickly and immediately hit 'Submit' after the last letter (or period - optional) is entered. Proofreading is becoming extremely rare these days.

 

[mikehaugen]

I personally don't mind if people are 100% grammatically correct... miss a period here or forget to capitalize- no big deal. What bothers me is (as others have mentioned) when people make one large paragraph, no punctuation whatsoever, and ramble a lot. The ones in which you really have to think hard to make it through the post. I also have gotten to the point of skipping posts that I have to think about and re-read multiple times to understand. Perfection is not expected, but at least make it reasonably easy to comprehend.

It also irks me a little when people get the homophones wrong... to, two, too; there, their, they're; etc... but that I can live with because I know what they mean.

 

[HEC]

I disagree, If you can make out what the person is typing that's all that matters. This is a forum not a language class. Some here are old farmers with not a lot of typing skills.

I couldn't agree more , let people do the best they can or we will lose some good people on here .

 

[SPYDERLK]

I disagree, If you can make out what the person is typing that's all that matters. This is a forum not a language class. Some here are old farmers with not a lot of typing skills.

Of course, not a language class, but as to the absolute, I disagree. Making out what a person is typing has a level of ambiguity proportional to the difficulty in making out what they are typing. Clarification becomes more often needed to prevent guessing what all the connections are that are pertinent to an answer. I have found that its a bit hard to get this clarification.
larry

 

[Jesse masterson]

I agree with mk700! If you know what's meant that enough! No BS about punctuation and capitalization, although I try to ise proper language some don't have that ability! And it really don't attest as long as they relay there thoughts, as almost everyone can! If you don't want to take the time to try to decipher that Totaly up to you! I have a step daughter with a learning disability and she struggles and I know first hand sometimes it's hard to communicate , but some of you out there are jerks about it! And you know who you are!

 

[Dr_Zinj]

well rnt u a jrk por kid cunnent ford no skoolin n u wunnent hir im

Meany!

Ifyouthinkthat'sbad.Tryreadingsomethingthatsomeonewrotethatforgottoputspacesbetweenthewords!

 

[fordmantpw]

Ifyouthinkthat'sbad.Tryreadingsomethingthatsomeonewrotethatforgottoputspacesbetweenthewords!

Ha ha! It would take me 15 minutes to type what you just typed. I have trouble stopping my thumb from hitting the space bar. I'm a programmer by trade, so I use the computer all the time!

 

[cre10]

I highly doubt people are trying to spell words wrong, use wrong words, and use poor punctuation. Some are not computer savvy and some don't know better. If you don't like how someone types then don't read or respond to them.

 

[DLTTrekkers]

Wildo ....my spelling not so good .

 

[andrec999]

This (TBN) is the greatest collection of creative, helpful, experienced people I have ever found. I would appreciate it if all TBNers used proper english and punctuation, but I will settle for whatever they can offer because I want their opinions. If the notes get really bad, we each have the option of skipping reading them (and I do skip any that have no caps and no punctuation). Thanks.

I totally agree.:thumbsup:

 

[Bison]

Sowwy,..me pelling aint that great either

 

[deerseeker001]

I have to also agree.

I totally agree.:thumbsup:

 

[/pine]

It's a message board...if your message gets across...good enough...

IMO...the more experience a user has with message boards the more they learn what is easy to read and what isn't...

Personally I have always (since 1994) treated web based (as opposed to USENET/e-mail etc.) message boards as more of a conversation than formal printed missives...most people do not usually converse using complete sentences etc...

While on the topic of posting peeves...I find incomplete titles the most offensive...every title should at least offer a hint of the subject of the post...

As for grammar and punctuation...it's no big deal...but IMO it's a dead give a way to a lack of education to use incorrect word forms...i.e., there, they're, their...three completely different words with three completely different meanings...but often mistakenly interchanged...