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"sf" <sf@gotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 08:45:51 GMT, Andrew Bailey wrote:
>
>> No I don't find capitals irritating and difficult to read.
>>
>> But I do find your precious, sulky, grammar-police, whining rants
>> annoying.
>>
>> Relax sweety... it's just a forum.
>>
>> Andy X
>>
> If she has ever offered any "real" advice, I missed it.
And that's relevant how? i DON'T CARE HOW A PERSON USES THEir CapS key as
long as they have something INterestinG TO SAY. i'LL READ ANYTHING THAT'S
INFORMATIVE. YOU PURISTS WHO DON'T, WELL, THAT'S YOUR OWN LOSS. I can just
imagine how many of you have shot off your own FOOT or nose just to spite
yourself, eh?
I usually use correct "grammar", but I HAVE NO PROBLEM READING WHETHER IT'S
ALL CAPS OR ALL LOWER CASE. tHE onlytime ifind reading hard atall, is when
the person doesn't bother with any capitalization at all and won't put any
extra spaces after a period or won't even use a period then it gets pretty
hard to tell what they are saying anyway it's not that bad even then ifthe
person hassom ethign to say that im intersted in.
All in all, I think Sharon had the most lucid comments on the subject. What
I do sometimes, actually most of the time, is simply respond in kind to the
poster or the thread's already instituted setup. If it's been top posted I
top post. If it's been bottom posted I bottom post. If it's inline, I'll
inline. If it's all caps, I'll even use an all caps, but unless/until
someone complains, I won't usually bother to mention it. If someone
complains/flames, then I'll usually explain about the purists and
narcissists and how they think they rule the world, but I'd prefer to just
not worry about it.
But I won't "fix" a posting setup like some of the purists I see do. I
particularly enjoy it when someone starts a post with a note at the top that
says:
"Top posting corrected for chronology".
Like, we're supposed to be eternally grateful for the fix? Life's just too
good to ruin over something like this thread's subject.
pOP