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"I think like many, I don't use them in certain contexts - IM, for example, which is highly informal and, more importantly, every sentence is on a new line." I
by Hexstream 17y ago
"I think like many, I don't use them in certain contexts - IM, for example, which is highly informal and, more importantly, every sentence is on a new line."
I used to do/think like that, too. But now that I've been touchtyping for a while I find the cost of hitting that shift key is really close to zero so I don't bother not capitalizing properly everywhere, IM included.
To everyone in this community who still isn't touchtyping: You're missing out. You're missing out!
- sho 17y agoOh, I touchtype, or close enough anyway. Typing capitals has little or no cost. But to capitalise on IM, and to use fullstops, now seems overly formal to me, inappropriate in casual conversation with friends. It's quite fascinating, really, how these things develop. For example: friend: seen reddit today? me: no # <-- devoid of further meaning, a neutral tone me: No. # <-- overbearing and formal, almost a put-down: "No, of course not. Stop wasting my time." Language, and its contextual use, evolves rapidly and I would now argue that capitalisation and full stops in IM have taken on a different meaning than when used in regular prose.