Reading internet forums is ruining my writing

[shatnerglass]

Originally Posted by 1lowlife

WTF R U talkin bout Ive learned to read posts without any punkchewation or spellcheck since joining xdtalk periods commas and paragraphs are a thing of the past you guys must really B old........

Actually, I've found my writing, spelling, and punctuation have increased in quality since reading internet forums..
The idiots have helped me not want to look like one of their own..

Rant on Brother, I'm with you..

+1 to the bolded. I really had trouble grasping some things in school, like to and too, there and their. It's also helped with reading comprehension and forming intelligible sentences.

[partdeux]

Originally Posted by slugger6

As a college professor I see the adverse impact of texting, tweeting, etc. in the written work of my students. Compare the writing of today with that of a century ago. We are far less eloquent today.

My straight A for last two years of high school oldest daughter hit college and was complaining about the prof's grades. So, I had her send me an example of her graded work. HOLY CRAP, it sucked I told her that if I was grading the assignment, she would have received a D-, and that was for spelling her name correctly.

I recently had an opportunity to work on my MBA, which involved a lot of writing, group projects, and presentations. I think one of my favorite lines was for a project proposal paper, my teammate wrote, "the project is a go". He had pages and pages and pages of misused words, made up words, colloquialisms, and other grammatical errors that were like fingers on a chalk board. Took me almost a week of editing to raise it to an acceptable level.

[Bdmac]

Huk'd on Fonikx wurkd four me...


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[cypress]

I've seen the same trend in my writing since I started reading internet forums and it is scary, especially since I do a good deal of writing in my job. I will say though that XDTalk isn't as bad as some others that I've been reading.

[STONEYARDER]

Then maybe you should use all that anger and energy in learning to CONTROL YOUR REACTIONS. Its not what other people do or say that causes you discomfort.

My Relationship to Myself

1. Our most common mistake is to believe our feelings and to act on them as if they were reasoned judgments. FEELINGS ARE NOT FACTS! They may disguise themselves as thoughts, judgments, or decisions; but they are in fact merely impulsive, unreasoning and childish reactions to stimuli. Most stem basically from fear.



Down in the depths of our being there lives a scared little boy or girl who reacts to every situation with fear or anger. He has convinced me that he is the “real me”. He is not. I must bring him under control. I don’t argue with him; I just command him. So whenever I find myself beginning to feel fear oranger, I must immediately say, “STOP THAT!” and do exactly the opposite of what he urges me to do. One cannot reason with feelings – they must be commanded,just like little children.



2. The feelings that do me the most harm are worry, anxiety, envy, resentment, anger, and self-pity. They are slow poison to the mind and heart – I cannot afford to indulge them. Nor do I have to indulge them. FEELINGS AND IMPULSES CAN BE CONTROLLED. It takes constant vigilance to spot them when they arise, and constant reaction and self-discipline to put them down, but it can be done. Indeed, it must be done,if we are to regain peace of mind and emotional stability.



Contrary to what you probably believe, it is not your situation that causes your discomfort, but your reaction to the situation. Moreprecisely, your discomfort is caused by your habit of giving in to the feelings with which you react. Say to yourself, “IF I’M NOT THE PROBLEM, THERE IS NO SOLUTION.”



You may not be able to change the situation, but you can change your emotional reaction. If you are like most people, you will try to change the situation: the geographical change (change cities); the occupational change(change jobs); or the marital change (change mates). Experience shows that none of these solutions is effective. The only effective solution to your problem is to change your emotional organization through self-discipline.

[shutup&shoot]

Hdgyjmvcdg jhfdgjgfdthvc bcc buhf hfgh gdghjjhfchh bhcbjnvgh !

[fritzmeister]

There have been posts in the past that I could not understand due to no punctuation at all and/or the use of text typing.

I approve this rant.....

[1lowlife]

It isn't so much the spelling as it is punctuation.
My daughter has dyslexia and she spells words like they sound like they sound be spelled.
She is a now senior in high school and has greatly improved her spelling.

I find commas, periods, and paragraphs very helpful when reading a post.
She has always done well with those..

I try to reread a post before I submit it, but it seems some do not.

[GT Jon]

I'm with br0ck on this one. English comp and spelling used to be my strong suits, and now I look like a blubbering idiot. I've got to get back into the saddle, and hopefully before I start taking college courses (I'm 32 and finally going back to school, eek!).

[Bucc5207]

sdprof, do not let the bad habits of others influence you! Hold your course and continue to lead by example. Stay in the fight!

I try to restrain my inner grammar Nazi, but sometimes I just cannot hold back. Other times I simply refuse to respond to a particularly egregious post. If a poster won't expend the energy to communicate clearly, I have no obligation to try to decode his or her nonsense.