That is because this is the age of Nintendo.

Once upon a time when i was a biz prof i used to set aside 10% of essay marks for grammar. I did it on the grounds that good English grammar is a must in the business world and the students might as well ge tused to it. THEY HATED IT, OF COURSE. Their grammar was almost universally appalling.

Grammar is significant, but at least I can intuit the intended meanings through word association.

This is the one thing I can't stand!!!!!!!!!!

Can you???????

OMFG!!!!!!

A few times, this diarrhetic overpunctuation has come via e-mail from this or that person I knew in real life. They get one warning.

What's most irritating about it is that it's intentional.

I wonder if people realize that they lose a lot of credibility when they don't bother to post with tolerable grammar? There are a number of people on here who I never had a chance to respect, because they always come off as either 8 years old or russian. I bet I'm not the only one.

I feel the same way too. When someone doesn't type with close to correct grammar and they're not a foreigner, I lose their credibilty, and they lose their professionalism towards me.

So that's the same like saying I know how to spell but I just don't
bother to use/show it.

DynaMite :winkwink: