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30-Jul-2007, 04:29 PM #1
A proper 'posting' method?
I dont know if anyone else thinks the same as me in this case, but do any of you guys feel that there should be a kind of 'format' or 'guideline' for posting?

To be quite frank im talking about grammar in particular. And sentence structure.

Just a few minutes ago I read a post that went for 6 lines on the page and had no punctuation. And it could have used ample puctuation.

Would it be considered bad conduct if we could just ask people to employ understandable communication skills?

Of course it wouldnt have to just address grammar..but..okay maybe it would
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30-Jul-2007, 04:43 PM #2
That would make life easier lol
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30-Jul-2007, 04:53 PM #3
Yes it would :[ I get thoroughly annoyed when people post incoherent blather, and for some reason I get frusterated because I feel a need to help them still.

quite bothersome.
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That would make life easier lol
lol?

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30-Jul-2007, 06:21 PM #5
And those folks would not read it!
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30-Jul-2007, 08:16 PM #6
You have to take bad grammar, punctuation and even outright improper word usage with a grain of salt in a forum like this. Don't forget it is a GLOBAL community and for many of the posters English is a second language. Anyone that manages to get their point across when posting in anything other than their native tongue should be applauded .. not criticized for bad punctuation.
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30-Jul-2007, 09:20 PM #7
Good point DarqueMist well pointed out, as irritating as it is sometimes,one has to realise that not everyone is as clever as wot us lot am
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30-Jul-2007, 09:21 PM #8
<<wot us lot am >>

And they say you Brits speak English
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<<wot us lot am >>

And they say you Brits speak English
and jus wots wrong with us inglish!

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30-Jul-2007, 09:31 PM #10
That's alright - you invented it - we perfected it
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That's alright - you invented it - we perfected it
well you weren't clever enough to come up with the idea in the first place
your version is just a cheap imitation of the real thing IMO
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How could we do it first - took you folks ages to get us here!
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How could we do it first - took you folks ages to get us here!
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31-Jul-2007, 12:35 AM #14
Too mumfs ago i coodnt spel eggsekutiv now i are wun.
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Too mumfs ago i coodnt spel eggsekutiv now i are wun.
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