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Originally Posted by IamNotKenKing
It drives me frickin' crazy!
Might be the fact my job is to get my point across in written form, and typos or grammar errors diminish my opinion of the argument from the other side, no matter how strong or valid it may be.
(That being said, I am such a Boomer I use full sentences in my texts...)
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Hear, hear!
The problem is that people think forum posts are a form of conversation. They're actually a form of rhetoric. The big functional difference is error correction.
Rhetoric isn't just about moving people's emotions. It's also about making sure they understand your message the first time, because you're not face to face with them and can't hear them go ‘Huh?’ if they don't get it.
Most of the rules of written English (annoying as they are to people who just want to shoot the breeze) are designed to keep the message from getting misinterpreted by accident.