My this list is suddenly so very active..at first I thought flame, which I haven't encountered in years..and I was going to skip over it all, but had to see what all the excitement was about!!.....but now after reading all the posts, I think it rather informative from many fronts and affronts. And this post may or may not be "proper" spelling or English. I have a run-on period problem myself... But in the end, I did not try and decypher the unsaid as I thought it was just too much trouble. I had never seen "texting" before. I had my own lightning fast shorthand when I was younger but I was the only one privy to what was written. John Everyone have a Great New Year and thanks for all the information shared this past year! >Is this teenagers or adults. I got on this list for info, not >infantile drivel. >This is email. When I turn in a short story, I worry about >capitalization, punctuation and spelling. >reading an email it isn't a problem. > >I got a notice that my post was being reviewed because it was too long. >Having been on the PowerComputing List for over 6 years ... I knew >it was important >to list the machine, the OS, amt of Ram, etc, > >Most times, unless it's so simple it can be found in the archives, >all of the information is needed. > >Yet, here we are arguing over comas and periods. > >RHB > >ìIf you are laboring under the delusion that a computer will save you >time; let me sell you some swampland real-estate. You can plant rice >with all that time that you've saved.î -- Robt Baucom > >On Jan 5, 2009, at 7:58 AM, Crandon David wrote: > >> You said you wouldn't do it anymore, yet there are about 6-7 >> mistakes in this post as well. Not counting where you should have >> put periods though. >> >> ;-) >> >> >> >> On Jan 4, 2009, at 11:27 AM, cwick wrote: >> >>> I cant believe this is still being talked about... >>> I said I was sorry, it wasn done that much, & I obv wont do it >>> anymore... >>> i thought this was a place to get answers to tech problems...not a >>> place to get lectured on the use of the english language... >>> >>> again-to everyone who got their panites ina bundle, I'm sorry...& >>> to those who didnt think it was THAT big of a deal & tried to put >>> the focus backon the tech question at hand-thank you guys.... >>> >>> This topic is now officially closed...sigh > >_______________________________________________ >G4 mailing list >G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com >http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4