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The lack of attention to (or, rather, the complete disregard of) proper capitalization is ridiculous. This is the second post I'm seeing in two days that featur
by ablekh 6y ago
The lack of attention to (or, rather, the complete disregard of) proper capitalization is ridiculous. This is the second post I'm seeing in two days that feature this "style". Quite a disturbing trend, if you ask me.
- 8fGTBjZxBcHq 6y agowhy is it disturbing it reads fine to me
- ablekh 6y agobEcAuSe pRoPer cApItAlIzAtIoN iS iMpOrTaNt fOr rEaDaBiLiTy ;-)
- brian_cloutier 6y agoWhat is ridiculous and disturbing about using lowercase letters at the beginning of your sentences? In a world where this trend continues your eye will become used to it and it will no longer be a distracting shock from what your eye is used to.
- jjoonathan 6y agoIn a world where everyone has terrible body odor, your nose will become used to it and it will no longer be a distracting shock.
- brian_cloutier 6y agoThis analogy doesn't hold. You were born with a sensitivity for body odor, you were not born with any sensitivity for lowercase letters. Do you really mean to imply that sentences which start with lowercase letters are intrinsically visually offensive?
- jjoonathan 6y agoEvery time I've given the benefit of the doubt to someone who opens our interaction by intentionally burning social capital on something frivolous, it has been a mistake.
- ablekh 6y agoIf this is your argument supporting this trend, then I'm speechless ...
- boneitis 6y agoIf the author otherwise (that is, first word capitalization issue aside) writes grammatically better than >99% of other internet writers, I submit that you can grant them this one shred of self-expressive style. Goes pretty well with the terminal user theme, to boot. It's pretty clear she pays mind to grammar and cares about its proper usage more than most.
- ablekh 6y agoI did not say anything about grammar or even punctuation (in general). I have voiced a specific concern of a complete disregard of a proper capitalization. If you call it a "self-expressive style", well, it is your opinion and, of course, you are as entitled to one as everyone else. However, I highly doubt that most people would agree with your characterization of this as a "style". I welcome diversity of self-expression, but I would expect it to be in the form of writing itself (content and/or writing style) and/or visual aids (images), but not in ignoring expected traditional punctuation. BTW, the issue here includes lack of capitalization not only for the first word in a sentence, but also for the pronoun "I".
- boneitis 6y agoWell, I find it to pretty obviously be a self-expressive style, given the rest of its "form of writing itself (content and/or writing style) and/or visual aids (images)." I could be wrong. Oh, well. You might not have brought them up, but I largely (if not only ever) make the criticism regarding capitalization within contexts concerning grammar/punctuation or conveyance. And, given everything else in the article, I think it conveys pretty all right :)
- ablekh 6y agoThis issue is not about conveyance, but rather about readability. As simple as that. So, let's agree to disagree. :-)
- yesenadam 6y agoFor one thing, when the text resumes after an image or quotation, you can't (easily) tell if it's the beginning of a sentence or not.
- ropers 6y agoHere are a few seventh bits (01000000, \100, 64, 0x40) for your ANDing pleasure, so you can pull a Timothy Dexter and peper and solt it as you plese: @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
- jjoonathan 6y ago> for your ANDing pleasure Oh?
- ropers 6y agoIt turns out I'm an idiot. I should have provided sixth bits (00100000, \040, 32, 0x20) for your XORing pleasure: %20 %20 %20 %20 %20 %20 %20 %20 %20 %20 %20 %20 %20 %20 %20 %20 %20 %20 %20 My mistake.
- ablekh 6y agoPerhaps, I'm dumb as rock, but what does your comment have to do with what I originally wrote above?
- LargoLasskhyfv 6y agoever heard of konsequente kleinschreibung?
- ablekh 6y agoNever heard about it before seeing your comment. However, I have just looked it up and I think that the very limited scope (both temporal and geographical) of this "movement" just additionally emphasizes and supports the points that I have made in this thread.