Easy to Read Posts

[RETIRED]

Not gonna whip you John, I know you like the pain

[journeyman Mick]

All,

Okay, I know I've probably been guilty of this in the past.


As I do tend to write some pretty loooong posts sometimes.






I'll try harder.












Really I will!









Mick.





P.S. , I don't mind if you edit my posts for legibility when required (but leave this one pretty please. )

Couldn't resist .

[vsquizz]

1. Barry - I agree

2. I don't mind if my posts get edited for Grem..Gramat..garm..for England

3. If I'm not in the field I'm usually writing technical reports, (Clear, concise, accurate, dot points etc) this brings about the habit that if a post has bad England then I wont read it. I also fall down with this as the Forum allows me to be a bit slack..

4. Ozwinner must be sick, this thread would be just too hard to resist.

[Grunt]

Not gonna whip you John, I know you like the pain

, you are a cruel man.

[RETIRED]

Oh, I know

[ozwinner]

1. Barry - I agree

2. I don't mind if my posts get edited for Grem..Gramat..garm..for England

3. If I'm not in the field I'm usually writing technical reports, (Clear, concise, accurate, dot points etc) this brings about the habit that if a post has bad England then I wont read it. I also fall down with this as the Forum allows me to be a bit slack..

4. Ozwinner must be sick, this thread would be just too hard to resist.

I though about replying, but I wont.

Al

[Nixolus]

I agree also. Could we expand the request for spacing to include a little punctuation? hmm John Saxton? Perhaps a comma or two?

[Joash]

2 years late

[Nixolus]

That's true, but there's no statute of limitations on punctuation.

[Rossluck]

I also plead guilty and will refrain in future.

[Iain]

That's true, but there's no statute of limitations on punctuation.

But spelling Nazis get flamed on a regular basis, even by the 'litrit'

[outback]

AAAWWWW Geez Paw, we wos only joshin' an enyways wot else is we sposed ta do.

[Daddles]

Just curious, but who's the current President of the Pedants Club? :confused:

Richard

[jmk89]

I agree with the idea of all of us trying harder to make our posts easier to read.

I fear that if it becomes known that someone will edit, those who infringe this principle most often will revert (and perhaps care even less than now), knowing that someone else will fix it up for them. So don't fall for that.

The other thing that I find makes reading some posts hard is consistent poor spelling. Even if it is intended to be funny (eg by trying to do an accent), I find that after a line or so of free-spelling, I switch off. Others may be more assiduous in their search for nuggets of info, but I don't think I am alone in my reaction.

So there may be very valuable thoughts that have passed me by, but I don't have the time or the inclination to translate those posts in order to get hold of those thoughts.

We all make spelling errors (and grammar, syntax and punctuation ones as well), but trying to do your best at this actually makes it easier for your readers and will get your point across more effectively. Which is why I try to do it; and I recommend it to everyone else.

[bitingmidge]

The other thing that I find makes reading some posts hard is consistent poor spelling.

Life, I suppose, would be easier if "phonetic" was't spelt with a "ph".

P