Squeakers

[Anaxogoras]

awrighty, i'll play...  by "effective"  we can agree that it means - getting your point across?

both you and kweassa are mighty fine constructors, but the WOT's might make many not even bother reading...

why use 27 words when 6 will do?

Seriously, zazen's post was written like an engineering project.  Every sentence had a job to do, and the paragraph as a whole was parsimonious.

[SunBat]

If you hypocrites lived up to your own standard, you guys would be pouncing on Stang for his own obvious mistakes, but alas, you can’t see clearly for the beam in your own eye. 

Congrats on the vet-pass Stang; it facilitates the double standard marvelously. 

[dunnrite]

If you hypocrites lived up to your own standard, you guys would be pouncing on Stang for his own obvious mistakes, but alas, you can’t see clearly for the beam in your own eye. 

Congrats on the vet-pass Stang; it facilitates the double standard marvelously. 

It has been pointed out, but not corrected.  It is a waste of time, IMO.

[Anaxogoras]

If you hypocrites lived up to your own standard, you guys would be pouncing on Stang for his own obvious mistakes, but alas, you can’t see clearly for the beam in your own eye. 

Congrats on the vet-pass Stang; it facilitates the double standard marvelously. 

It was pointed out.  I don't jump all over people for a few spelling mistakes when I can see they're doing their best.

[Shane]

That's nice.  But forgive employers for not hiring the speakers of this changing dynamic language, ok?

in abt 5-10 years they're not gonna have much choice...  txt msgs are just as guilty of snipping at the language we grew up with as l33tsqu34k.

just bear in mind there are two styles, formal and informal, held to slightly different standards... it's important to fit the style with the context.

<psst.. almost never start a sentence with a conjunction.>  

[Anaxogoras]

<psst.. almost never start a sentence with a conjunction.>  

In some kinds of academic writing that is done routinely (and I don't mean English or Poetry class).

[Cthulhu]

in abt 5-10 years they're not gonna have much choice...  txt msgs are just as guilty of snipping at the language we grew up with as l33tsqu34k.

just bear in mind there are two styles, formal and informal, held to slightly different standards... it's important to fit the style with the context.

<psst.. almost never start a sentence with a conjunction.>  

Of course they will. They'll continue to outsource jobs to India, where English is spoken far more eloquently. However, I wouldn't worry too much about it. They'll never be a threat to the skilled communicators working the late night drive-thru at Burger King.

[Shane]

In some kinds of academic writing that is done routinely (and I don't mean English or Poetry class).

further reinforcing my point of fitting style to context.

 

[SunBat]

...when I can see they're doing their best.

LOL.

[Anaxogoras]

LOL.

Tomcatter, you're leaving out the most important part: "a few spelling mistakes."  Those who write words with numbers and leave out punctuation are not doing their best.

Don't split my sentences in half if you're going to quote me.

[Denholm]

If you hypocrites lived up to your own standard, you guys would be pouncing on Stang for his own obvious mistakes, but alas, you can’t see clearly for the beam in your own eye. 

Congrats on the vet-pass Stang; it facilitates the double standard marvelously. 

Ehem.....

Stang, you should practice what you preach!

[RATTFINK]

Tomcatter, you're leaving out the most important part: "a few spelling mistakes."  Those who write words with numbers and leave out punctuation are not doing their best.

Don't split my sentences in half if you're going to quote me.

Or people who don't know who a persons name is.

[SunBat]

...lf if you're going to quote me.

Seems I can't help myself. 

Besides, simmer down, nothing you (or anyone else on here - myself included) have to say is so profound that it can't be split. 

[1Boner]

Seriously, zazen's post was written like an engineering project.  Every sentence had a job to do, and the paragraph as a whole was parsimonious.

I put some parsimonious cheese on my pasta the other night.

Gave me gas.



Boner

[Yenny]

this isn't world of warcraft or everquest

Yes, but it's an online community that has a lot of people with variety of ages. I know a lot of us have different background with gaming. Some use different slangs from different games.