dianajameson

To all you who think punctuation and grammar are not important.

I agree that the reason we write is to communicate a message, thought or emotion through the medium of the written word, and so long as we have communicated are intention correctly then it shouldn't matter about Capital letters and punctuation etc.... I also accept that in today's (yes, there is an apostrophe in today's!) busy world that lapses in correctness are common. But without correct grammar, punctuation, spelling and capitalisation the meaning of a communication can be seriously misconstrued. Take the following two examples and see how the meanings can be altered simply by use of punctuation and capitalisation :

1) Dear John:
I want a man who knows what love is all about. You are generous, kind, thoughtful. People who are not like you admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me for other men. I yearn for you. I have no feelings whatsoever when we're apart. I can be forever happy--will you let me be yours?
Gloria

2) Dear John:
I want a man who knows what love is. All about you are generous, kind, thoughtful people, who are not like you. Admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me. For other men, I yearn. For you, I have no feelings whatsoever. When we're apart, I can be forever happy. Will you let me be?
Yours,
Gloria

An extreme example, I agree; but it does show how careful you have to be!!!

Diana
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