Those blasted apostrophes

you guy's are way to uptight

JWright wrote in post #4427018
What drives me insane are posts that are totally devoid of capitalization and punctuation...

hey theres too much effort into adding punctuation and hitting the shift key to make a capitalized letter its an effort for me not to use punctuation at this point

Roy r u sure tht it doesnt bother u more when i type like this? this way is fastr and gr8 for typing or txting fast. typing whole word's is only 4 old ppl like u tht like cant read txt spk. ill bet ppl will use txt spk 4ever. it will take over soon

Chandler. wrote in post #4427140
Roy r u sure tht it doesnt bother u more when i type like this? this way is fastr and gr8 for typing or txting fast. typing whole word's is only 4 old ppl like u tht like cant read txt spk. ill bet ppl will use txt spk 4ever. it will take over soon

First of all, what makes you think I'm old (and what, exactly, is old)?
Second, I understood every word (?) you wrote.
Third, I sincerely hope that this ridiculous form of verbiage doesn't take over.
Fourth, I very much hope you take more care in your photography than you do in your English.
Fifth, you still managed a misplaced apostrophe (word's).

HeY Ya'll..whats the issue's?

Grace wrote in post #4427302
HeY Ya'll..whats the issue's?

All the time's people's are thinking what giant pain's it is that anybodie dont talk or write as good as I, for example's.

...well, got to go somewhere to ax what lense I need to buy.
:p

Roy I know what you mean about apostrophes, it annoys me too.
What bothers me more is the way they are wrongly used in our (UK) newspapers.
John

The Thing That Really Annoys Me Is Posts Where People Capitalise The First Letter Of Every. Single. Word.

Seriously, how much longer does that take than typing without caps? Some people are just out to make way more work for themselves in order to prove that they are (starts with W, rhymes with Bankers).

Oh, and misplaced apostrophes are painful to read as well. And lense. Actually I agree with everything stated above.

It takes me more effort to type without the caps and punctuations because I have to force myself to skip the keystrokes...

SHULTSIE!!! wrote in post #4427055
hey theres too much effort into adding punctuation and hitting the shift key to make a capitalized letter its an effort for me not to use punctuation at this point

Chandler. wrote in post #4427140
Roy r u sure tht it doesnt bother u more when i type like this? this way is fastr and gr8 for typing or txting fast. typing whole word's is only 4 old ppl like u tht like cant read txt spk. ill bet ppl will use txt spk 4ever. it will take over soon

Somebody posts a question that's written like this and I blow right by it, even if it's a simple question that takes no time to answer. I won't validate their laziness or ignorance by posting a reply.

I was being facetious...

facetious: if you say that like 'face' tious..(I'm on a second glass of wine) it kinda sounds like a disease!

Isn't "lense" the Queen's English? Valid spelling as far as I'm concerned.

Since we're "going there," how about general spelling and grammar? I know I'm guilty of bastardizing the written word, but I wonder sometimes whether some of the posts I read are a result of being lazy and not paying attention to what is typed, or just not knowing how to structure a sentence? <-- like this one!

It's (or "its"??) actually quite scary to me.

I apologize for taking the humor out of this thread

And, I'm pretty sure I'm going to receive an "F+" on spelling and grammar....

DOH!

Tom D

Grace wrote in post #4427790
facetious: if you say that like 'face' tious..(I'm on a second glass of wine) it kinda sounds like a disease!

For S&G's I always pronounce that:

"Fah-SIT-ee-us"

Tom D <-- 3rd Bass Ale

lol.

You're on your third Ass Bale? wow we just have hay bales down here! my husband would love that!