3mp3r0r wrote:In my opinion 'proper' english, which is what I am assuming this topic is being based, is to politically correct and confusing if spelt/gramatificated too intently;
Let me address the INTENT of your reply. I'll hit up the substance of it in the next post.
Yes, I agree that it is possible to be overly formal. An appropriate level of formality is dependent on the type of communication selected, and the image the communicator wishes to project. Yes, for the purposes of this thread, I am being FAR more 'stuffy' and 'formal' than i would be elsewhere. My in-game chat is quite informal, and is equipped with spelling errors, I assure you.
The goal of this thread is to express that we of the Spelling and Grammar Nazis believe that forum communication is NOT intended to be as informal as, say, a text message. Some degree of readability should be present in forum posts, and it is our goal to try and instill that level. We go far beyond that on occasion, because we choose to do so. While it might be entertaining to have a forum that appears, for a day, to have been written with the intent of appearing on 'Masterpiece Theatre', it is not a realistic goal.
3mp3r0r wrote:Kinnison wrote:In the hullabaloo of English accents and arseholes (draw your own conclusions as to causation or lack thereof, I imply nothing), this question seems to have been forgotten
This example portrays a little of what I am trying to inform you. With the simple bracketted section of this sentence -which I have programmed to show as bold- is there strictly for one word to be seen as 'correct' began to confuse my fatiged adolescent cranium and enforced me to read it a number of times to understand it without confusion
Oddly, that entire sentence you quoted was intended as nothing more than a throwaway introduction to a question someone had posed which had been forgotten in the progress of the thread. The formatting and language of it was designed to give an air of propriety, lending further authority to the reply.
3mp3r0r wrote:Also, I believe that if one takes their time to write out 'correctly', then one will in general write for too long and also will write more than would be necessary
If you mean, 'necessary for the bare communication of facts', then I agree with your assessment. However, while the ultimate purpose of language is to communicate information, the idea of information encompasses so much more than mere facts. The impressions gained of the speaker and their attachment to the information imparted that are received in a spoken conversation are almost entirely lost in the simplest forms of written communication. Writing in this style does require a bit more effort, true. But it imparts much more emotion and feeling to the communication.
Personally, I do not ask everyone to write in an excessively verbose style. ...Frankly, we'd never get anything done.
I do ask simply that you take a moment to proofread the things that you write here, and to quickly correct any blatant errors you see in that process.
3mp3r0r wrote:(what is stated above but in my regular linguastical writing)
imo english, which is what this is about, is OTT and confusing if focused on to much
Kinnison wrote:In the hullabaloo of English accents and arseholes (draw your own conclusions as to causation or lack thereof, I imply nothing), this question seems to have been forgotten
that shows exactly what i mean coz the part with brackets confused me and after rereading it wrote this
dont bother writing properly leave it to the pros or you'll waste time and paper
