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Let's hear it for capital I
So many posters appear to be too lazy to use the capital I from time to
time; some don't use it at all. I realise that sending it from a portable device might be ponderous, but many posters are apparently on a normal keyboard. How much effort does it take to hold down Caps now and then? And this in exchange for greater readability. Should we start a movement to protect an endangered species? |
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Let's hear it for capital I
I can handle a lower case I but it's the text shorthand that drives me nuts!
-- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] wrote in message ... So many posters appear to be too lazy to use the capital I from time to time; some don't use it at all. I realise that sending it from a portable device might be ponderous, but many posters are apparently on a normal keyboard. How much effort does it take to hold down Caps now and then? And this in exchange for greater readability. Should we start a movement to protect an endangered species? |
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Let's hear it for capital I
You will find stupid spelling mistakes are fast becoming the normal thing
not just on the internet in the workplace as well at least where I work...I interpret spelling mistakes or have to track down techs several times a day to deal with a communication issue with notes on a particular job... You just accept it or you are going to go crazy stressing over it..... -- Paul Ballou MVP Office http://office.microsoft.com/home http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/ http://www.ballousgiftshop.com Life would be easier if we could view the source code wrote in message ... So many posters appear to be too lazy to use the capital I from time to time; some don't use it at all. I realise that sending it from a portable device might be ponderous, but many posters are apparently on a normal keyboard. How much effort does it take to hold down Caps now and then? And this in exchange for greater readability. Should we start a movement to protect an endangered species? |
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Let's hear it for capital I
Isn't education a wonderful thing
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Paul Ballou wrote: You will find stupid spelling mistakes are fast becoming the normal thing not just on the internet in the workplace as well at least where I work...I interpret spelling mistakes or have to track down techs several times a day to deal with a communication issue with notes on a particular job... You just accept it or you are going to go crazy stressing over it..... wrote in message ... So many posters appear to be too lazy to use the capital I from time to time; some don't use it at all. I realise that sending it from a portable device might be ponderous, but many posters are apparently on a normal keyboard. How much effort does it take to hold down Caps now and then? And this in exchange for greater readability. Should we start a movement to protect an endangered species? |
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I blame it on laziness. No one cares if something is spelled right. It's one
thing to have an occasional typo but for heaven's sake! Spell check will catch most problems. (I say most because sometimes I type a bit too fast for my brain to actually read what I wrote and then hit that "ignore" button instead of "change".) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Isn't education a wonderful thing -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Paul Ballou wrote: You will find stupid spelling mistakes are fast becoming the normal thing not just on the internet in the workplace as well at least where I work...I interpret spelling mistakes or have to track down techs several times a day to deal with a communication issue with notes on a particular job... You just accept it or you are going to go crazy stressing over it..... wrote in message ... So many posters appear to be too lazy to use the capital I from time to time; some don't use it at all. I realise that sending it from a portable device might be ponderous, but many posters are apparently on a normal keyboard. How much effort does it take to hold down Caps now and then? And this in exchange for greater readability. Should we start a movement to protect an endangered species? |
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When I proofread (and I try to proofread everything I write) I sometimes
find the oddest things. Occasionally it seems my brain is rushing so far ahead of my fingers that I type a word that sounds something like the one I was aiming for but has an entirely different meaning. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message .. . I blame it on laziness. No one cares if something is spelled right. It's one thing to have an occasional typo but for heaven's sake! Spell check will catch most problems. (I say most because sometimes I type a bit too fast for my brain to actually read what I wrote and then hit that "ignore" button instead of "change".) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Isn't education a wonderful thing -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Paul Ballou wrote: You will find stupid spelling mistakes are fast becoming the normal thing not just on the internet in the workplace as well at least where I work...I interpret spelling mistakes or have to track down techs several times a day to deal with a communication issue with notes on a particular job... You just accept it or you are going to go crazy stressing over it..... wrote in message ... So many posters appear to be too lazy to use the capital I from time to time; some don't use it at all. I realise that sending it from a portable device might be ponderous, but many posters are apparently on a normal keyboard. How much effort does it take to hold down Caps now and then? And this in exchange for greater readability. Should we start a movement to protect an endangered species? |
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From another perspective -
I don't know that is is 'laziness' so much as it is 'reinforcement of bad habits' by features such as AutoCorrect. Most people are so accustomed to having things done for them that they simply lose sight of the fact that not *all* programs work the same way... In fact, many don't have any idea how miserably poor their spelling/grammar/typing is because they no longer see most of their mistakes. I liken it to the phenomenon of your local fast-food folks not being able to give you the correct change unless the register [read: computer] tells them how much it should be. The more one relies on a crutch the more dependent on that crutch one becomes - the original concept of 'slippery slope' if I'm not mistaken :-) Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 8/20/06 2:19 AM, in article , "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: I blame it on laziness. No one cares if something is spelled right. It's one thing to have an occasional typo but for heaven's sake! Spell check will catch most problems. (I say most because sometimes I type a bit too fast for my brain to actually read what I wrote and then hit that "ignore" button instead of "change".) |
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My brain works *much* faster than my fingers do. And even tho I watch my
hands when I type, I still type funny. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... When I proofread (and I try to proofread everything I write) I sometimes find the oddest things. Occasionally it seems my brain is rushing so far ahead of my fingers that I type a word that sounds something like the one I was aiming for but has an entirely different meaning. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message .. . I blame it on laziness. No one cares if something is spelled right. It's one thing to have an occasional typo but for heaven's sake! Spell check will catch most problems. (I say most because sometimes I type a bit too fast for my brain to actually read what I wrote and then hit that "ignore" button instead of "change".) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Isn't education a wonderful thing -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Paul Ballou wrote: You will find stupid spelling mistakes are fast becoming the normal thing not just on the internet in the workplace as well at least where I work...I interpret spelling mistakes or have to track down techs several times a day to deal with a communication issue with notes on a particular job... You just accept it or you are going to go crazy stressing over it..... wrote in message ... So many posters appear to be too lazy to use the capital I from time to time; some don't use it at all. I realise that sending it from a portable device might be ponderous, but many posters are apparently on a normal keyboard. How much effort does it take to hold down Caps now and then? And this in exchange for greater readability. Should we start a movement to protect an endangered species? |
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Let's hear it for capital I
You have my vote. Readability is everything and that means using correct
upper or lower cases as needed. Just like good punctuation aids readability. What the lazy posters don't appreciate is that he/she is just concerned with one message thread and therefore readability isn't so important unlike for those reading dozens of message threads. Keep up the pressure for decent English. -- Terry Farrell - Word MVP http://word.mvps.org/ wrote in message ... : So many posters appear to be too lazy to use the capital I from time to : time; some don't use it at all. I realise that sending it from a portable : device might be ponderous, but many posters are apparently on a normal : keyboard. How much effort does it take to hold down Caps now and then? And : this in exchange for greater readability. Should we start a movement to : protect an endangered species? : : |
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Let's hear it for capital I
Only dozens? ;-)
-- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "TF" terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom wrote in message ... You have my vote. Readability is everything and that means using correct upper or lower cases as needed. Just like good punctuation aids readability. What the lazy posters don't appreciate is that he/she is just concerned with one message thread and therefore readability isn't so important unlike for those reading dozens of message threads. Keep up the pressure for decent English. -- Terry Farrell - Word MVP http://word.mvps.org/ wrote in message ... : So many posters appear to be too lazy to use the capital I from time to : time; some don't use it at all. I realise that sending it from a portable : device might be ponderous, but many posters are apparently on a normal : keyboard. How much effort does it take to hold down Caps now and then? And : this in exchange for greater readability. Should we start a movement to : protect an endangered species? : : |
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Let's hear it for capital I
Goodness! To my surprise this topic created great interest. I'm glad others
share my irritation at the 'don't bother with I' brigade. And yes, there's a lot of very careless spelling around. I'm guilty of it myself now and then. My Outlook does at least spell check my emails out and there's often an accidental typo because of speed. But the small i always strikes me as deliberate and rather arrogant, or perhaps a pseud attempt to be 'fashionable'. "TF" terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom wrote in message ... You have my vote. Readability is everything and that means using correct upper or lower cases as needed. Just like good punctuation aids readability. What the lazy posters don't appreciate is that he/she is just concerned with one message thread and therefore readability isn't so important unlike for those reading dozens of message threads. Keep up the pressure for decent English. -- Terry Farrell - Word MVP http://word.mvps.org/ wrote in message ... : So many posters appear to be too lazy to use the capital I from time to : time; some don't use it at all. I realise that sending it from a portable : device might be ponderous, but many posters are apparently on a normal : keyboard. How much effort does it take to hold down Caps now and then? And : this in exchange for greater readability. Should we start a movement to : protect an endangered species? : : |
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