The Official Grammar and Style Still Matter on the Internet Thread

[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. )

[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!

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by LucyKKG

Eh, You also split an infinitive.

I got into a pretty heated debate the other day as to whether the use of a split infinitive was incorrect. I strongly believe [see how much better that is than any alternative?] that split infinitives are fine and proper and have their place in good writing.

[LucyKKG]

Originally Posted by SydneyK

ETA: Jinx, Lucy!

Ha!

Originally Posted by Kevin

I got into a pretty heated debate the other day as to whether the use of a split infinitive was incorrect. I strongly believe [see how much better that is than any alternative?] that split infinitives are fine and proper and have their place in good writing.

Yeah, it definitely sounds better in many instances. I was just giving her a hard time.

There are also situations where it sounds better to sound a sentence with a preposition, even though that usually makes a part of me die inside.

Technically right: "To whom are you writing that letter?"
Technically wrong but sounds less snobby: "Who are you writing that letter to?"

[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!