caution. I am not proofreading this post! it will come out exactly as my fingers type it! well..... almost. I will fix horrible mangling of words by all my thumbs.
paul has a great point about english not neccesarily being a posters first language. I have also found that on forums you might be surprised at finding out that not all the posters are hearing. in person, non hearing communication doesn't cross over directly word for word in written speech in any language and this can sometimes make posts appear very grammatically awkward to us hearing folks.
sorry. you will probably continue to find lots of stuff in my posts! some people are real sticklers about htat. ha. see I did it there.
happens to me all the tiem. see? I can usually catch those. its the homonyms that get me .....and capitalizaton.
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should have said "as well as" instead of ".....and" in that last sentence.
I am forgiving because it takes me forever to proof read my own posts. I quick once over to catch really mangled up words is my strategy. i don't expect others to carefully proof read their posts. as long as the basic gist of the matter is conveyed. my brain glosses over stuff because i know what it says, or is supposed to say! I have to read each word aloud and cover up the words next to it because when I read normally I don't read each word. when I type my fingers have habits about certain spellings of words that have homonyms with completely different meanings. oh well. I also rarely use capitals as the beginning of sentences. I can't type famacha with any speed because I am so used to typing "la mancha". That word always ends up spelled famancha with an N.
there are habits that are often developed when trying to communicate through written speech frequently on a casual level..
whole word capitalization is EMPHASIS. I use "dots"...............to signify natural pauses in verbal communication that might show hesitation, pauses for thinking, a certain amount of appropriate uncomfortable silence etc.....
Also, in casual written communication you will often find people writing things how they would say them. not using carefully crafted full sentences. its all fine and good with me!
it doesn't bug me to read others mistakes unless it is really really bad. although I often find them. I know what they mean and that is the point. I want people to feel casual and at ease here and wherever I am casually communicating with them. most of us aren't looking to become published authors or speakers based on a conversation. or at least I am not! if people think me less intelligent then so be it.
