Why is it that language threads make us crazy?

[ravenranter]

will use of lower case really offend people? i'm intelligent enough, but lazy.

[Urbane Guerrilla]

Originally Posted by ravenranter

will use of lower case really offend people? i'm intelligent enough, but lazy.

If you want to exhibit good waterfowl management, capitalize when required. Otherwise, it looks like both your Shift keys are broken, and left unrepaired. Lame? You make the call.

Some wag just called no-caps writing "e.e. mail."

What the HELL am I doing in this thread ?????

Risking a spanking. With the ball gag and other bondage gear, or without? -- getting out the naughty toys is going to extra trouble.

Ellipsis: dot space dot space dot. Simply trailing off at the end of a sentence, three or more dots...

Anybody who can actually use a coma is frightfully clever. I suppose it's a bit less clever to tell someone else he could use one.

For stylistic and semantic atrocity, there is nothing in the English language to beat The Eye of Argon. Of which the less said the better -- except that it's the basis of a perennial amusement at Fantasy and Science Fiction conventions. They sit around in a reading circle and pass a typescript from hand to hand...

...And try to read it aloud without breaking up. Once you've started to giggle, you must pass it to the next reader.