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I am still a fan of the "proper grammar" we learned in school. As to the issue of dropped punctuation and other grammar atrocities, thank SMS -- old school tex
by simplecto 6y ago
I am still a fan of the "proper grammar" we learned in school.
As to the issue of dropped punctuation and other grammar atrocities, thank SMS -- old school text messages.
Then came Twitter, and in the beginning they had a SMS-to-Twitter function (or something like it).
Last, shrinking devices and crappy typing experiences. T9 was amazing but inferior to a real keyboard. Today, all thumb-typing virtual keyboards are also crappy compared to a physical one. But lets be honest, who wants to carry around a full-sized keyboard just to community digitally with perfect Chicago-style [1] grammar?
[1] - https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html
- ironmagma 6y agoPunctuation is a way of communicating tone, and a more friendly way of communicating is to omit periods. Note that omitting a question mark actually makes a message less friendly, so it’s a matter of observation and convention rather than inherent nature. For example, repeated commas,,, give more of a trailing off tone than ellipsis... which indicates a pause. I think kids get this kind of stuff intuitively and adults have to be told more often.