New DGN Rule Please?

[Msterbeau]

OK. I've just read a jumbled mess of a post and thought perhaps it's time to suggest raising standards here a bit?

Can we chop fingers off of people don't use reasonable spelling, grammar, sentence structure and generally write something cohesive and understandable??? No. Really. And post links to stories. And for fuck's sake, please use a title that says specifically what the topic is about, not "You should see this" or "I don't know what to do".

Grr...

[hunhee]

OK. I've just read a jumbled mess of a post and thought perhaps it's time to suggest raising standards here a bit?

Can we chop fingers off of people don't use reasonable spelling, grammar, sentence structure and generally write something cohesive and understandable??? No. Really. And post links to stories. And for fuck's sake, please use a title that says specifically what the topic is about, not "You should see this" or "I don't know what to do".

Grr...

LOL

[n0Mad]

And for fuck's sake, please use a title that says specifically what the topic is about, not "You should see this" or "I don't know what to do".

+1

That's one of my biggest pet peeves. You have two lines to work with - the post title and the post description. But when all they say is something like:

"On TV

Last night ..."

I have no idea what that topic is about and I'm not going to waste my time finding out.

[bean]

I second the motion. I had to stop coming on here for awhile because my head was going to explode.

[freydis]

[Msterbeau]

Zactly!!!!

[GothicRavenGoddess (3)]

lolz

Even w/ Firefox underlining everything that I spell wrong, and giving me the correct spelling, some still slip by.. I try to correct it, when I see it... I only wish other's would do the same... Here's a clue folks... When a word has that little red line under it.. Right click it, and you'll get a suggestion on how to spell it right.

I also try to make my titles tell exactly what I'm talking about... If I slacked, I'm sorry.

And i agree w/ everything that everyone has said here. (as i type in sentence fragments, and what not, lol.. sorry.. i can't seem to get rid of over using the "..." )

[Rev.Reverence]

HUZZAH!

^{(caveat...we can still use "Olde Time" terminology right?!)}

[Troy Spiral (13)]

I suck at it still, but I try and know that at least some attempt at properly formatted text is a good goal and is very useful. Some people don't even seem to understand that written communication does require some level of competence to be useful . They'll just yell "spelling Nazis" and then go on (in their horrible type) to scream about how they are being persecuted. Even people who i think of as "smart" don't always get that some attempt at proper spelling, punctuation and grammar is useful to make yourself clear, and no not come off like a raging moron, even before you've actually gotten your point across. A learning curve is involved. I know I had a brief flirtation with that kind of thinking myself, but quickly realized it was just plain wrong.

Take a few extra seconds to at least attempt to use proper punctuation. Putting (...) at the end of every phrase or sentence is not proper punctuation. Starting a new paragraph after every sentence is... bad. Spell checkers are easy to use and fast as hell Macs have them built in and if your using IE or Firefox on a PC I'd suggest the Google Toolbar spell checker.

[GothicRavenGoddess (3)]

[SaGa]

perhaps i should get firefox, but last time i used firefox it whouldnt stop eating up memory, theres to many memory leaks in it. anyways my browser does not have a spell check option.

[Troy Spiral (13)]

perhaps i should get firefox, but last time i used firefox it whouldnt stop eating up memory, theres to many memory leaks in it. anyways my browser does not have a spell check option.

Google Toolbar

Has a good spell checker. You can remove any of that other crap it gives you that you don't want.

[DeadBurgerKing (10)]

1tz a w0nd3r y0u n0 hat1n m3.

[pomba gira]

Putting (...) at the end of every phrase or sentence is not proper punctuation.

Aw, come on... I'm not on here complaining about the constant misuse of apostrophes (ironically, there's even one in a post in this thread)! So allow me my little affectation!

HELPFUL GRAMMAR HINTS, aka Hille the Pedantic Know-it-All's Pet Grammar Peeves:

1. An apostrophe is NEVER used with a plural. EVER. Doesn't matter what letter the word ends with. i.e. "two bra's"= WRONG. "two bras" is correct.

2. Affect is a verb, effect is a noun.

3. "I can ACCEPT anything EXCEPT shitty grammar"

4. "Its" is the exception to the apostrophe/possessive rule. "It's OK, the cat ate its babies because they were deformed"

5. If you can count it, there are FEWER. If you can't count it, there's LESS: Fewer Dilaudids, less heroin. Thus, "less people" is never correct.

[Rayne]

Even w/ Firefox underlining everything that I spell wrong, and giving me the correct spelling, some still slip by..

My Safari does that too. I'm a spelling Nazi though, I'll correct topic titles if I see them, and correct my own spelling in posts after I have posted.

Take a few extra seconds to at least attempt to use proper punctuation. Putting (...) at the end of every phrase or sentence is not proper punctuation.

Sorry Troy, I do that a lot.

[DeadBurgerKing (10)]

My Safari does that too. I'm a spelling Nazi though, I'll correct topic titles if I see them, and correct my own spelling in posts after I have posted.

Sorry Troy, I do that a lot.

I do that too. It's force of habit.

[Rev.Reverence]

Take a few extra seconds to at least attempt to use proper punctuation. Putting (...) at the end of every phrase or sentence is not proper punctuation.

OOPS from me as well...

..But I'm talkin' prosaically...

Seriously, I can use a comma when nessicary; ocasionally including a semi-colon here or there, leaving the "..." to proper poetry threads, super silly times & when I forget.....

[anametamystik]

1tz a w0nd3r y0u n0 hat1n m3.

I'z tagree. Ja, ja. Gibberbish jast liek lasst yeare afther X-Ball I att da dinner wth Jamie.

Wut? Nein Mountain Dew?

[DeadBurgerKing (10)]

I'z tagree. Ja, ja. Gibberbish jast liek lasst yeare afther X-Ball I att da dinner wth Jamie.

Wut? Nein Mountain Dew?

Wahahahahahah!!

[jynxxxedangel]

I'm guilty of the "starting a new paragraph after every sentence" one. I only do it when writing in forum threads, because I think it's easier to for others to read when you double-space. Writer's habit.

I have a hard time reading paragraphs that aren't double-spaced, myself, as I am slightly dyslexic-- unless I write it that way, I absolutely cannot read what I MYSELF have written. The words all seem to just slide together, somehow. Like right now (I figured I'd give this "correct structure" thing a try), I can BARELY read this.

My humble apologies, Troy, but I will continue this poor writing structure, due to my handicap.

[anametamystik]

Wahahahahahah!!

Ja.

Pseudo

jerman

et lingua latini

to annoyest thaym spellz nazis.

I can haz Mountain Dew tonight?

Ist thist aa winrar? Ack.

[anametamystik]

I'm guilty of the "starting a new paragraph after every sentence" one. I only do it when writing in forum threads, because I think it's easier to for others to read when you double-space. Writer's habit.

I have a hard time reading paragraphs that aren't double-spaced, myself, as I am slightly dyslexic-- unless I write it that way, I absolutely cannot read what I MYSELF have written. The words all seem to just slide together, somehow. Like right now (I figured I'd give this "correct structure" thing a try), I can BARELY read this.

My humble apologies, Troy, but I will continue this poor writing structure, due to my handicap.

Use Firefox/user stylesheets to specify line height.

[JaneDead]

Putting (...) at the end of every phrase or sentence is not proper punctuation. Starting a new paragraph after every sentence is... bad.

hey... don't make fun of me! i do this all the time. i won't even stop for troy spiral. it adds to my random randomness.

and i won't capitalize, not even *i*. unless i am emphasizing a point or something like that...

if i was writing an email or a handwritten letter, that would be different.

when chatting or texting or posting - those rules do NOT apply for me.

yeah i like to use "-" a lot too.

[DeadBurgerKing (10)]

Ja.

Pseudo

jerman

et lingua latini

to annoyest thaym spellz nazis.

I can haz Mountain Dew tonight?

Ist thist aa winrar? Ack.

Youse can has mt dew!

[DeadBurgerKing (10)]

But to be honest, I really don't mean to do it. It's a force of habit. I use "..." as a moment of silence between one line and the next. Sure a "," works best, but I like to animate that comma a little more by using "...". I have done it for so long, it's become apart of my daily routine. I honestly don't think I can't stop doing it. :/