Pet Peeve

I can keep silent no longer!! You know what really bugs me on any internet correspondence (blogs, e-mails, forums, etc.)? Very well, I'll tell you. It's the neglect of normal, proper punctuation and grammar! Why do these things so often take the back seat on computers? I mean, I think it takes more work to NOT write with capitals and punctuation! Why is it suddenly okay to write 'i' instead of 'I'? How are run-on sentences with no commas supposed to be easier to read? It's just pure laziness, I say. The very purpose of punctuation and grammar is to aid clarity of communication, regardless of the medium. Not that every little note should look like a thesis, but you know...basic stuff. I hereby send out a call for a return to good writing on the computer!! Do I hear any amens?

[Disclaimer: Very few of my readers (that I know of) have demonstrated this problem, so I'm not trying to pick on anybody in particular. It's just something that pops up now and then and catches my attention.]

End of rant.