The Official Grammar and Style Still Matter on the Internet Thread

[Kevin]

Despite popular belief, grammar and style are still important -- even on the internet. In this thread, we give style and grammar tips for better internet writing, for example:

Apostrophes do not make words plural. Apostrophes do not need to precede the letter s when it happens to be at the end of a word.

Don't ever write in all caps. Not even when you think you need to in order to place emphasis on a certain word. Let your writing do that.

[Drolefille]

[Drolefille]

Let me know if either of these pics don't show and I'll rehost.

[LucyKKG]

Mmmm...grammar...

[ree-Xi]

Proper grammar and spelling are sexy. Just sayin'.

(Note proper placement of an apostrophe to indicate that a letter is omitted.)

[dreamseeker]

Make this a sticky!
(Note the use of an exclamation mark for emphasis, not all caps.)

[LucyKKG]

One thing I love about texting and chatting online is that you can tell if someone has proper grammar and spelling. I think I have a crush partially due to the fact that this guy can spell "rehearsal" and says "anyway" instead of "anyways."

[SydneyK]

Commas have a variety of uses. They are used to separate items in a list, clauses, and coordinate adjectives. They're also handy when directly addressing someone. Note the phrase below:

Originally Posted by mustang_girl

On their national website they call themselves FIJI BITCH!

There is no national FIJI website that calls itself FIJI BITCH. Proper placement of the comma would ensure the comment is taken the way you intended: "On their national website they call themselves FIJI, BITCH."

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by SydneyK

Commas have a variety of uses. They are used to separate items in a list, clauses, and coordinate adjectives. They're also handy when directly addressing someone. Note the phrase below:


There is no national FIJI website that calls itself FIJI BITCH. Proper placement of the comma would ensure the comment is taken the way you intended: "On their national website they call themselves FIJI, BITCH."

*Golf clap*

[dreamseeker]

Originally Posted by LucyKKG

One thing I love about texting and chatting online is that you can tell if someone has proper grammar and spelling. I think I have a crush partially due to the fact that this guy can spell "rehearsal" and says "anyway" instead of "anyways."

i was having a conversation with a friend and we were talking about hair. i said "mine is [whatever i said]" and she wanted to give me a huge hug for saying mine instead of mines. lol.
i'm also kinda picky when it comes to texting too. i shorten words like anyone else, but seeing things like dere and dat annoys me. ugh.

(is it bad grammar to not capitalize? i'm too lazy. )

[groovypq]

This is why I'm marrying a journalist. He shares my love of good grammar and punctuation. And he knows AP Style. :-)

[dreamseeker]

Originally Posted by SydneyK

Commas have a variety of uses. They are used to separate items in a list, clauses, and coordinate adjectives. They're also handy when directly addressing someone. Note the phrase below:

There is no national FIJI website that calls itself FIJI BITCH. Proper placement of the comma would ensure the comment is taken the way you intended: "On their national website they call themselves FIJI, BITCH."

LOL

[LucyKKG]

Originally Posted by dreamseeker

(is it bad grammar to not capitalize? i'm too lazy. )

Eh, You also split an infinitive. Haha now I'm just being a jerk.

Yeah, I still write "too" in a text if that's the word I want. I don't care that "to" is shorter. It doesn't mean the same thing!

[SydneyK]

Originally Posted by dreamseeker

(is it bad grammar to not capitalize? i'm too lazy. )

Yes, it's bad grammar not to capitalize. (It's also bad grammar to split infinitives, but that's another lesson for another day.)

At least you recognize which 'too' to use.

ETA: Jinx, Lucy!

[dreamseeker]

i'm a rebel!

anyway, the misuse of to and too annoys me.

i also had to wiki splitting infinitives. oh well