punctuation

I showed my friend a comment that was made regarding a letter to the editor for The Daily Utah Chronicle -- University of Utah's student newspaper. The comment was riddled with poor grammar. Making it not very enjoyable to read but worth a laugh. The article can be found here : http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/opinion/1.991540
This was the comment :  Read More »

I understand we are all sloths from time to time but there should be no excuse for ignorance of basic grammar. The grammar rules that I speak of are the most obvious and of first grade level.

Lack of capitalization of the first letter at the beginning of sentences; lack of periods to end sentences, in other words, run-on sentences; shortcut words, e.g. “u” instead of “you.”  Read More »

[I'm the first to admit--sometimes I'm a bit of an angry writer. In this case, apparently I was too angry. Thusly, this post has been somewhat edited for content in order to abide by ProU's Terms of Service. If you'd like to see the original post, you can find it here, in my more personal blog. Also, for the sake of posterity, I've marked the edits using asterisks. Anyone that's read the original post will notice some pretty drastic differences.]

I am just so, so fed up. I'm sick and tired of this nonsense, and I don't want to deal with it anymore. What's more, I know other people out there feel the same way.  Read More »