Thanks for pointing this punctuation stuff out! Hope I'm not messing up a lot! It makes things a lot easier to read with the right punctuation.

I didn't know we were being graded either. Normally when I talk to friends, I feel I don't have to be perfect and put sentences together in the perfect way or use spellcheck to make sure every word is spelled properly. I thought that was the point of being friends with someone. But maybe not.

At any rate, funy thread. Made me laugh....

Iwillusepunctuationbutwillforgotheuseofspacesinstead.

There always has to be a smart alec!
I was going to drive Lady Z nuts and put in lots of !!!!! or ????, but she beat me to it by telling me not too .
Grades are optional, making sure everything can understand and read easily what you write - priceless!

My thinking on this is.....that we all type with the intention of having everyone understand us, maybe the ones who accidentally leave out punctuation marks here there don't realize it or don't know any better. If you can't read it, don't read it, I would say or ask the poster to better explain themselves. I have seen many topics to this matter and I find my self saying "are you serious?!". I guess I'm just saying that when you already don't type too well it can be a bit discouraging.

That was and is my opinion. Just because it is not liked doesn't make it anymore disrespectful then the rest of the comments. I thought when people post topics that you are suppose to post your input on the matter, maybe I'm wrong? Either way No worries.

OK I have tried to not comment, but feel that maybe some are taking this to an extreme. I don't think the OP was referring to the occasional spelling error or grammar error. I don't see how typing and speaking are the same thing. If I typed how I spoke with my friends, I am not sure anyone would know what I was saying. Maybe ya'll don't know anyways. I think there are just some things we do as people on a planet with other people because we have manners and are courteous. I don't think it's too over the top for people who enjoy this site to ask that others use a period and some attempt at spelling out words. I teach second graders as most here know and am very good at figuring out misspelled words. That said these children can also write a complete paragraph with yes punctuation. If 7 and 8 year olds can handle it, then I don't think it's too much for kids 12 and older. I am by far the world's greatest speller and my grammar is not the best. In fact, is that apostrophe needed in world's. I make mistakes from time to time and sometimes I edit them and sometimes I don't. Usually I don't because I don't realize it's a mistake.

We all just want to have fun here and share things with each other and it's just easier when it can be read without using up all our brain cells. Some of us would like to hold on to the last few we have left.

This is NOT about grammar or spelling. I am not the best at either. I didn't start this to make people mad or upset. I am just asking for a period at the end of a thought. I'm like Bucky. I like reading all the posts. I may not answer them but I do read what is on others minds, even my favorite, all the polls.

As I said earlier, none of the posters I was thinking of have even replied to the thread and probably won't because the title of the thread is school related and they probably are avoiding anything that looks like school.

From a known non speeler and what is this grammar you speak of? I know my stuff isn't perfect and I very very rarely use speel chick (only if I really am clueless about how to spell something and it looks very wrong to me) I don't proof read. I just hit send. Of course there are mistakes but most of the time I think (???) it's readable and you all can understand what I'm saying? (well....as much as I can understand what I'm saying ) My point is....as a Mod who DOES have to read everything I've found lately there is some sort of new code speak that just is un-readbable! I'm hoping the poster(s) know better and are just trying to look "cool" or whatever.

Sorry to pick on the (for the most part) teens but the more we get on this site the worse it seems to get. We want perfect? Hardly! If that was the case most of us would be guilty and nobody would be reading. It's code/text chat/little symbols/no end or beginning of sentences either by capital letters or periods that make us crazy. Perfect spelling or perfect punctuation is not expected. Typo's happen. I can read typo. It's my second language Readable is expected.

All we're asking is you respect the other forum members when you write.....K?

Thankyouverymuch

See I did have a comment....I'm just not one to talk when it comes to doing things correctly. Then again I have to read others stuff....not so much my own

You beat me to it, MST. Instead I'll just add.
I'm a lurker on this site. I normally don't post because I'm too lazy to care. I tried to just keep my distance from this thread but I just can't anymore. Ya'll are taking this too far! Zippy isn't asking you to be perfect. Perfection doesn't exist. She's asking for you to put some effort into your posts. Put a period at the end of every sentence. Capitalize the beginning of every sentence. If you have time, spell check and read over your post to make sure it makes sense. If second grades can do it, so can you. We all make mistakes. It's part of life. All we're asking is just make sure others can understand what you're saying. As others above me have said, we all just want to have fun and share with others. That's the point of this site. It's easier to share and have fun when you don't have to scratch your head asking "What does that mean?"

Anyway, I think it's funny that the people taking this serious and getting worked up over it aren't the people with the problem.

Chill out,
Fraidy

Spell Check Approved Message

PS.- Oh my! I post my reply and about five other people have said the same thing I did. Oh, well. Back to lurking.

I text with a lot of shortcuts, but when I'm on the forums, I try to keep my grammar and spelling decent enough for people to understand. It doesn't take that much time to add a few capital letters and some periods, trust me.

A+ for you Jesse! Nice use of commas.

I would, also, like to point out that there are some common text abbreviations we all understand and that is not the the issue.

To me the issue is the complete use of texting, in a post. Yeah, most of us can get it but suffer through it. Texting is relatively new technology, still. Not everybody embraces technology in the same way others do. My husband is a complete geek and has the latest toys and terminology. I on the other hand prefer paper and pen. I completely baffle him. What is being asked and rather nicely is for the texters out there to remember, that we are not all texters. There are some OLD people on this site. There are some children that aren't allowed to have cell phones and therefore aren't allowed to text.

I really could care less if your spelling or grammar is correct. You aren't getting graded or publishing a book or paper. I get lazy and don't feel like pushing the shift key to make the letter capital. I think that is all that is being said. Nobody is criticizing anyone, anywhere for their English skills. In fact, I believe there might be some ESL toons here. Nobody picks on them.