Random drive-by bitching: grammar

[lederhosen]

Posting your creative efforts to the net and saying "I know it's full of spelling and grammar mistakes I haven't bothered to correct, but what do you think of the actual story?" is the same kind of stupid as saying "I know I shouldn't have turned up to this interview in my oldest pajamas, but what do you think of my resume?" Except, tragically, with less financial penalties.

Incidentally, when writing in the English language, you do not capitalise the first letter of a word just because you want to show the reader how exciting that word is.

Comments

[nhinx.livejournal.com]

""I know I shouldn't have turned up to this interview in my oldest pajamas, but what do you think of my resume?"

No, no. replace "what do you think of my resume" with "would you like a beer? It's still sort of cold."

[lokicarbis.livejournal.com]

Incidentally, when writing in the English language, you do not capitalise the first letter of a word just because you want to show the reader how exciting that word is.

That's not what it says in the World of Darkness styleguide!

here, I corrected this bit for you:

[elynne.livejournal.com]

InciDentally, when Writing in The English Language, You do Not CapitaliZe the First Letter of a Word Just Because You want To show the Reader How ExCiTiNg thaT word Is.

No need to thank me. *runs away*

[djfiggy.livejournal.com]

Incidentally, when writing in the English language, you do not capitalise the first letter of a word just because you want to show the reader how exciting that word is.

True. Although, in alt.dbs, there is a long standing tradition of coming up with phrases, capitalizing every word in the phrase, and optionally putting a trademark symbol (or imitation thereof) to the right of the phrase.

For example, The Red Dress Of Doom(tm).

[tenner.livejournal.com]

This bothers me in mathematics, too... why it's completely socially appropriate (and even maybe socially desirable) to be able to say, "Oh, I'm so bad at math I can't even balance my checkbook."

Would it be as acceptable to say "I'm so bad at showering I sometimes mistake mayonnaise for soap!"... I think not.

[mdsteele47.livejournal.com]

My response to the math thing, when feeling snarky or having been pissed off by the individual's stupidity is,
"Yeah, I know what you mean. I'm horrible with English. In fact, I'm barely literate!"

[djfiggy.livejournal.com]

Possibly because so many people seem to have a mathematics phobia that it's become funny, almost commonplace, not to have a basic understanding of mathematical concepts. But, yes, when I think about it, it isn't all that funny.