Different styles of typing

For me, i won't get much annoyed for misspelled words or weak grammar in the sentences. It's fine for me as long as i can understand what the writer is trying to convey in the message. However, i do agree wth you that, there're really some of the people who has the weird a=habit of just like to use capital letters in typing.Perhaps they think that letters look better in capital letters, or maybe they want to attract your attention! Lol...happy mylotting :)

The problem for me is that you cannot tell what a person's first language might have been: one of my sons has 4 degrees, types 70 wpm and can't spell to save himself! What's worse is that he doesn't know when he has misspelled a word... and if spell-check picks an error, he is just as likely to accept the wrong alternative! Of course, Australian English is close to British spelling: and neither is more than vaguely related to the travesty that the Yanks have inflicted on grammar and spelling..... so who is to say which is "right"?

I think most people don't understand how stupid they look when they can't type out a coherent sentence. I'm a big believer in typing with proper spelling and punctuation. It takes roughly two or three more seconds to type the full word, and there really is no need to use complex abbreviations or strange misspellings when just using the real word will do. With regards to texting, if the message is so complicated that it can't fit without being abbreviated beyond readability, it should turn into a phone call. I truly hate opening up my phone and finding a message that takes five or ten minutes just to decipher. I find it ridiculous that so many people in the US are ready to complain about anything and everything to do with using different languages, but yet are so completely willing to butcher their own language without regard.

Maybe its about of what it would really meant when typing in styles. With respect to the English writing methodology, then it would not be nice when sending such formal letters or to which may pertain to be in a standard format. But for casual writings then I think its okay.

Having worked as a legal secretary for many years, things like spelling and grammatical errors, punctuation etc. glare out at me. However, we are not all fortunate enough to be blessed with a brain that can handle such things. Dyslexia and other problems can mean that people have difficulty in accurately (whether it be grammatical or using correct spelling) putting their thoughts onto paper (or computer). Surely, it is more important for everyone to feel that they can participate in forums, chat rooms, etc. without being criticized or brought down. Keep up the good work all those who have difficulties - don't be put off by others who are more fortunate than you in that field. Your opinions and views are equally as important as even the most prolific author!

text language is bearable to an extent. but it is pretty irritating when people use caps lock through the entire post. the worst is when some people actually substitute some of the letters with numbers and expect everyone to understand it. grammatical errors can be ignored as not everyone is fluent in english.

Agreed! Text language is my number one hate. The only time I'm fairly okay with it is if it's actually a text message received on my phone, but even then it's still annoying. When people send emails or post in forums using text language I just think it looks plain stupid, in fact I assume the person writing it is too stupid to know better. The two that are guaranteed to make my hackles rise are "dat" and "dis" instead of this and that. How stupid does that look! Rudeness is annoying but I suppose some people just naturally lack common sense and good manners. Bad spelling is also a bit of a bugbear with me although I don't usually call people on it either - unless they're also rude and then they deserve what they get. However, if English is not someone's first language that's a different matter. They deserve credit for trying as far as I'm concerned. Typos are also an exception because we all make them from time to time. The caps lock thing doesn't bother me too much but usually I won't read something that's all in caps. If the person can't be bothered using their shift key then why should I be bothered to read it?

I think you have a lot of hate going on there. Don't sweat it unless it's costing you money. :)

I also hate to read caps-locked writings as it might cost me more time to understand what it says. Reading an article full of misspelled words sucks, too. It means the person who wrote it does not treat his or her readers seriously. This gets even worse if you are reading an academic paper. If a researcher doesn't care too much of his writing, what we're gonna expect from his research result?

Your personal feeling about lack of some other people may hurt them. Me myself have a lot of sparseness on it. The misspelled or error typing is one of thing that i can argue for you. With some mistake like this one.