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Re: my pet PEEVE From Jeff on 15 Sept '99 replying to Re: my pet PEEVE posted by Deb >Try the following URL: > >http://www.emarketer.com/estats/welcome.html > >Marketers track these kinds of stats in order to keep abreast of >'NET trends' > >Pay no attention to that earlier response...he's obviously never >been on a list-serve...as loads of folks on the internet forego >the usage of capital letters/punctuation/etc. In my case it's >usually spelling...although it's rarely intentional...<grin> > >Maybe he was just teasing ya and forgot to add the :) > >Deb > ------------------------ "loads of folks on the internet forego the usage of capital letters/punctuation/etc" Folks...meaning 14-year old kids? I participate in two listserves. Clarity and reasonably proper english are demanded by users of those groups. Capitalization is vital online because punctuation is hard to see on small monitors; semicolons (remember them?) are especially hard to read. Why should anyone take time to answer a question when the person asking the question is too lazy to cast it properly? Note too, she is asking for material for a COLLEGE course.

Re: my pet PEEVE - Deb - 15/09/99

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>>Try the following URL: >> >>http://www.emarketer.com/estats/welcome.html >> >>Marketers track these kinds of stats in order to keep abreast of >>'NET trends' >> >>Pay no attention to that earlier response...he's obviously never >>been on a list-serve...as loads of folks on the internet forego >>the usage of capital letters/punctuation/etc. In my case it's >>usually spelling...although it's rarely intentional...<grin> >> >>Maybe he was just teasing ya and forgot to add the :) >> >>Deb >> >------------------------ >"loads of folks on the internet forego the usage of capital >letters/punctuation/etc" > >Folks...meaning 14-year old kids? > >I participate in two listserves. Clarity and reasonably proper english >are demanded by users of those groups. Capitalization is vital >online because punctuation is hard to see on small monitors; semicolons >(remember them?) are especially hard to read. > >Why should anyone take time to answer a question when the >person asking the question is too lazy to cast it properly? >Note too, she is asking for material for a COLLEGE course. > > >