Poll: do you bother with punctuation on the internet?

[Vrex360]

My sister was always quick to point out my punctuation errors when I was a kid.
As a result, even though she is not around anymore (she moved out with her now husband) I still regularly check my spelling because I'm afraid she can tell telepathically and that therefore I can receive scorn from a long distance.

The internet is no exception to this rule.

 

[fearofsleep]

while i rarely capitalize, use periods, or anything other than commas or question marks, i always make sure my spelling is correct

 

[Bloodstain]

Yes. I always bother with punctuation, be it the forums, instant chat or letters.

I hate people who don't. :|

 

[Danzaivar]

Vary it according to the person I'm speaking to. Text messages are always punctuated tho (Predictive text practically does it for me on my phone...). If it's a short IM (One sentence) then I'll probably not bother with capitals or punctuation, usually.

 

[Salviar]

Yeah. I mean, obviously I still use those irritating terms that a lot of people seem to dislike like, "IKR" or...well, "lol" but I'm always trying to keep my capitals and punctuation in check regardless.

Also I can't stand those annoying texts when it doesn't even sound remotely like english:
"omg gurlz I tuts wana B gud ngo 2 da muvyyyy!! xoxox" etc etc...I use dictionary, thank you.
Is that off topic?...Yeah, whatever, seemed appropriate.

 

[dragonslayer32]

I never used to until I came to the Escapist. Now, I try to get it right in everything I do. Thank you Escapist.

 

[the lapalminator]

why bother? my message gets across just fine

 

[sogortheogre]

punctuation? yes, normally. I don't capitalize many things though, except sometimes names and usually the word "I".

sometimes I will make sure to use perfect punctuation / grammar, usually just depends on where I am writing.

 

[mikecoulter]

I always attempt you write correctly whilst minimizing the amount of slang that I include. That goes for; forums, letters, emails, messages and texts.

 

[zombie711]

not really. I try to put commas and check my spelling but as long as it makes sense to me its all that matter. But I try to do my best on the escapist, (we have a small problem of grammer nazis)

 

[Lexodus]

I spent 18 years learning English, and at no point do I intend on desecrating it in any form or fashion.

This, this, a thousand times this.

i am very irritated with the illegibility of some people (see Youtube comments)and their surprising inability to write coherent sentences; so I ask you, do you bother writing properly on the internet?
Oh, and yes, I did read the forum guidelines on this sort of thing..

You realise that ".." means nothing? It's either a full stop "." or an ellipsis "...".

I hereby declare that from now on '..' means 'Fred'.

 

[ethaninja]

generally but sometimes i'll forget a comma, or an ' or whatever, i can't stand text speech.

u srsly cnt read dis omg nub yuu file...

I just don't get how they can bloody WRITE that stuff, let alone expect us to be able to read it..

i seriously can't read this oh my god noob you file?

what doues noob you file mean?

and yes i had trouble reading that.

That's exactly my point. You can never understand what the hell they are on about. It gets so bad they forget what the hell English even means.

 

[Marter]

Always, even while talking on MSN. No real reason for me not to.

 

[Lexodus]

I thinkk the worstt is wenn they tyype lyke thiss, don't yhuu? xx


That just HURT to type.

 

[matt87_50]

just to be clear, you are referring to spelling and grammar really, because neither your title or post is correct when it comes to punctuation.

I'm all for correct spelling (which I struggle with) and gramma. but I don't really care too much for punctuation. I know one guy who uses capital letters and fullstops correctly EVERYWHERE, even in IM, I CBF with that.

 

[3aqua]

yuh 3very ting 5hud B 5pelt r1ht peps wh0 d0nt aRe n00Bs

 

[TehIrishSoap]

I Always Type In Capital Letters... Dunno Why

 

[hawkeye52]

i do full stops and thats about it since its not as if im sending it in for examination to the grammer nazi department for inspection. i also sometimes leave "teh" (the) and depending on my mood i might go and correct it but since most people understand what i mean i leave it sometimes.