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Are you always punctual with your typing online?

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    #32
    _feedback_
    Registered Users Posts: 4,269 ✭✭✭_feedback_


    loobylou wrote: »
    Must look harder.

    etc. ?! :eek:


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    #33
    conno3001
    Closed Accounts Posts: 64 ✭✭conno3001


    starbelgrade wrote: »
    You still didn't spot the other mistake. :p

    See! This is what I'm talking about... for all you know I did it on purpose.

    Thats my story and I'm sticking to it.


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    #34
    coffee_cake
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 81,309 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    If I'm making fairly offhand replies then I may not bother with capitals and full stops. Otherwise I probably do.


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    #35
    bnt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,962 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    For a couple of years, in the mid-90s, I wrote PC reviews for publication in magazines. (Remember the hype when the Intel Pentium hit 100MHz? I'm old ... :o ) The more you write, the more you learn by doing it, and the easier it is to write decently. I've written all kinds of things since then, so I just can't turn it off any more.

    My advice: if you want to become a better writer, read. Read a lot. Read the Classics, like Dickens, or well-regarded modern writers such as Terry Pratchett.

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



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    #36
    locum-motion
    Registered Users Posts: 5,143 ✭✭✭locum-motion


    elviscostello wrote: »
    I've gone through the OPs post very carefully a few times now, and can't find any errors to point and laugh at. Damn !

    You should've spent a little less time going through the post itself, and a little more time going through the thread title!

    I don't understand why a person wouldn't attempt to type legibly. I mean, why does a person post at all? Because they have an opinion that they'd like to share with others. If you want those people to read your opinion, then you owe it to them to put your opinion in an easily legible and understandable form.

    That said, I don't mind the occasional accidental typo lkie tehse onse. Everyone can hit a wrong key now and again. Also I don't mind when people use the usual well recognised abbreviations like 'IMHO' or 'IIRC'.


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    #37
    peanuthead
    Registered Users Posts: 3,111 ✭✭✭peanuthead


    CorkMan wrote: »
    Do you always make sure you have capital letters for the start of sentences, commas to break up sentences and full stops to end, etc?

    It's a habit that I do it, but most people are alright, but then there are people who are atrocious.

    I'm like this - even with texts. I don't really proof-read my messages, sometimes I do. But if I notice an error I HAVE to correct it.

    Sometimes I'll just say to myself, it's fine, I'll just leave it, but I never EVER can. And sometimes I don't even move the mouse - I'll just delete everything until I get back to the error. Even if it's a line of text. I think its a bit OCDish or something.


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    #38
    sky88
    Registered Users Posts: 8,689 ✭✭✭sky88


    i dont even be punctual in real life nevermind online


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    #39
    take everything
    Registered Users Posts: 9,804 ✭✭✭take everything


    littlefriend wrote: »
    Punctual?

    :D
    One and a half pages of "oh yeah i mind my ps and qs... blah, blah" and not one poster (apart from your good self) picks up on the misuse of the word punctual.
    I lolled.


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    #40
    starlit
    Registered Users Posts: 12,341 ✭✭✭✭starlit


    I'm usually fairly punctual with my replies but not always as punctual in real life. Time management is the bain of my life sometimes! :o


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    #41
    Washington Irving
    Registered Users Posts: 7,066 ✭✭✭Washington Irving


    Yes, always. The same when I'm texting.


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    #42
    coffee_cake
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 81,309 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    take everything wrote: »
    :D
    One and a half pages of "oh yeah i mind my ps and qs... blah, blah" and not one poster (apart from your good self) picks up on the misuse of the word punctual.
    I lolled.

    Other than post #5?


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    #43
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    I'm fairly precise when I type (online or offline) - more out of habit than anything else (like Abigayle, much of that comes from jobs)... but I'm way more lax about punctuation when I text, and I use the odd textspeak abbreviation.

    Very extreme textspeak, and long passages with absolutely zero full stops/commas/dashes to indicate pauses, are unpleasant to read, but other than that, I don't care what way something is written as long as I understand what the person is saying and it's not really difficult to follow.

    It's really horrible all right when people put down those who are dyslexic here - and not everyone was able to get enough of an education to develop a strong grasp of punctuation/spelling.


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    #44
    MrStuffins
    Registered Users Posts: 19,149 ✭✭✭✭MrStuffins


    Dudess wrote: »
    I'm fairly precise when I type (online or offline) - more out of habit than anything else (like Abigayle, much of that comes from jobs)... but I'm way more lax about punctuation when I text, and I use the odd textspeak abbreviation.

    Very extreme textspeak, and long passages with absolutely zero full stops/commas/dashes to indicate pauses, are unpleasant to read, but other than that, I don't care what way something is written as long as I understand what the person is saying and it's not really difficult to follow.

    With texts, it's understandable as you are saving money. But i always shorten the words so they are still readable to whoever i am sending to.

    Would = Wud. Someone = Sum1 etc.

    But if someone starts sending me text messages taking the piss with the txtspk, i just won't reply. Or they'll get a reply telling them how much i want to punch them! I hate the fact that txtspk is just for the sake of it now.


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    #45
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    I don't use textspeak with saving money in mind, moreso saving space if a text gets longwinded.


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    #46
    johnmcdnl
    Registered Users Posts: 3,739 ✭✭✭johnmcdnl


    I dunno about punctuation but I do try and as for spellings I get every single one right because Google chrome puts a red line under a word if it's spelled wrong and I have some form of OCD that makes me want to break the laptop when I see the red line to indicate bad spelling.

    but I'd still try my best so I won't be regarded as a 12 year old teenage girl taking about Justin Bieber or something along them lines

    i'd batter ny1 hu tlks lk dis wen dey av a qwerty in frnt of dem.... like it's ridiculous and I really don't like people who text like that either seeing as there's such a thing as predictive text these days


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    #47
    Deus Ex Machina
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,556 ✭✭✭Deus Ex Machina


    In an informal context I don't care if I make mistakes, but I try not to. If I am writing something which I consider to be important I will make sure it's right.

    My problem is that I completely leave words out, even when I've proof read the document. It's the weirdest thing, and I seem to have basically no control over it. I once left a word out of the title of a college paper, big bold letters on the cover with an obvious word missing and I didn't notice it until I got it back with the word written in red above. Any else do that?


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    #48
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    elviscostello wrote: »
    I've gone through the OPs post very carefully a few times now, and can't find any errors to point and laugh at. Damn !

    Really ?

    Did you check the thread title as well ?

    What time did you post at ?


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    #49
    Scuid Mhór
    Registered Users Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭Scuid Mhór


    CorkMan wrote: »
    Do you always make sure you have capital letters for the start of sentences, commas to break up sentences and full stops to end, etc?

    It's a habit that I do it, but most people are alright, but then there are people who are atrocious.

    maybe i do, maybe i don't.


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    #50
    sheesh
    Registered Users Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭sheesh


    Cheap Thrills! wrote: »
    My punctuation is occasionally tardy :o

    ooh i see what you did there. *golf clap


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    #51
    --LOS--
    Registered Users Posts: 11,028 ✭✭✭✭--LOS--


    elviscostello wrote: »
    I've gone through the OPs post very carefully a few times now, and can't find any errors to point and laugh at. Damn !

    all right > alright


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    #52
    peanuthead
    Registered Users Posts: 3,111 ✭✭✭peanuthead


    --LOS-- wrote: »
    all right > alright

    all right - The answers are all right.

    alright - ok. I'm alright.

    If you're referring to Corkman's post - the 'alright' that he used is correct.


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    #53
    --LOS--
    Registered Users Posts: 11,028 ✭✭✭✭--LOS--


    They're both correct, 'all right' considered better, I was getting twitchy with nowhere to point.

    edit: they don't have different meanings, alright is just a lazy all right.


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    #54
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,086 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    Alright is only used because people are retarded and thought it was a word.

    I'm not sure if the etc. should have a full stop after it or not. It shouldn't if the sentence ends in a full stop but I am unsure about a question mark.


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    #55
    MrStuffins
    Registered Users Posts: 19,149 ✭✭✭✭MrStuffins


    Tar.Aldarion wrote: »
    Alright is only used because people are retarded and thought it was a word.

    I'm not sure if the etc. should have a full stop after it or not. It shouldn't if the sentence ends in a full stop but I am unsure about a question mark.

    Did you just call Supergrass retarded?


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    #56
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,086 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    So sue me. Please don't Supergrass.

    Many bad bands use that word as a name for a song and sometimes they even go a bit mad and throw in an exclamation mark after it... I blame the music industry for this.


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    #57
    --LOS--
    Registered Users Posts: 11,028 ✭✭✭✭--LOS--


    I blame the youds


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    #58
    locum-motion
    Registered Users Posts: 5,143 ✭✭✭locum-motion


    take everything wrote: »
    :D
    One and a half pages of "oh yeah i mind my ps and qs... blah, blah" and not one poster (apart from your good self) picks up on the misuse of the word punctual.
    I lolled.

    I guess you missed posts #5, #9, #29, #31 and #36, then, did you?


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    #59
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    Tar.Aldarion wrote: »
    I'm not sure if the etc. should have a full stop after it or not. It shouldn't if the sentence ends in a full stop but I am unsure about a question mark.

    ‘eg’, ‘etc’ and ‘ie’ should all be preceded with a comma but should contain no other punctuation.


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    #60
    Dunjohn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,345 ✭✭✭Dunjohn


    I punctuate correctly, always, everywhere. It's not about being anal, it's about doing things right, for ****'s sake!


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    #61
    MrStuffins
    Registered Users Posts: 19,149 ✭✭✭✭MrStuffins


    Tar.Aldarion wrote: »
    So sue me. Please don't Supergrass.

    Many bad bands use that word as a name for a song and sometimes they even go a bit mad and throw in an exclamation mark after it... I blame the music industry for this.

    PAH! I don't believe a word of it.

    Next you'll be telling me that using "z" at the end of words instead of an "s" isn't proper either!


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