Infamous Run-On Sentence Posts

Is there a way that HAMBers who post using long, grammatically incorrect run-on sentences could automatically be notified (while posting) that corrections need to be made? Such posts are often very difficult to decipher.

 

As Ralph Wiggum would say, "Bad at English? That's unpossible". That kind of stuff drives me crazy, too. Incorrect spelling is one thing but CAPITAL letters and punctuation in the correct spot is not tough to do.

 

No offense intended but you need to take into account that the Hamb is international and many members overseas are doing their best to participate in a language that is not their given tongue.

I am not one to criticize any member for spelling faux pas or punctuation, I make plenty of both!

This is a hot rod & custom forum, not a English classroom. HRP

 

It's funny. I laugh, and I move on. Bigger things to worry about.

 

If he is defending me in court, writing my autobiography or doing my taxes I might be concerned.

 

There is a precedent for the importance of good punctuation and grammar though.

 

I just move on,
If they can't be bothered to build a scentence and type so someone can attempt to understand it, why waste a 2nd second on it.
Chances are any response post will be comprehended at that exact level of their composition.

Posts in blue fall in right next to run ons
Noamsain?

 

If you missed this the first time please read it again. Bob

 

...asked and answered.

 

Sometimes I wish that there was automatic grammar and spelling similar to how I use my home and work based Windows PC. It might sound anal however I check everything before it leaves with my signature block.
In saying that I'm happy to let things slide but do get frustrated on occasions when reading some posts.

 

Man oh man did I screw up a good thing by missing an apostrophe S

Leaving this off - ( 's ) completely changed the meaning of message I typed. It's funny now but at the time it was not.

 

People read stuff incorrectly anyway



Obviously for some folks you don't even have to get close - it can be all sorts of mixed up and still readable.
This message serves to prove it.

 

Eats shoots and leaves.

Eats, shoots and leaves.

 

Let's eat, Grandma!

Let's eat Grandma!

 

That was real easy, but still don't understand the first thing about electricity. Bob

 

Awww, 'lectricity is simple. See?

 

I think the mods should be required to take a course in college grammar and then be required to proof read every post before it is published. I'm sure that would solve the problem.

 

Why is the mods problem that some HAMB'ers can't write?

 

Lock it down. HRP

 

Fixed it for you.

 

You have to stop and think, a lot of the over 65 guys may not have finished school, they often were taken out of school by the family to work on the farm. Their reading and writing skills may not be much over the 6th grade level, and they never used them much through the years until their later years when they got computers.

On the other side, public schools have lowered their standards in the past 20 years compared to what they were in the 50's, 60's and 70's. Some of those folks under 50 are on a par with the over 65 guys because they were pushed through school without being made sure that they learned the basics.

In the middle, you find people in my age group who finished school in the 50's, 60's and 70's. For the most part, we were allowed to finish school, family farms were dying off and families were smaller, so we got more attention in school and at home. Most of us used our skills lightly, but never forgot most of them. We worked jobs where good penmanship was unimportant, and reading was done for pleasure. Then home computers came along, then the web, and we starting using those long dormant skills to communicate again, some of us better than others.

And when you add in the changes to the language, words now have different meanings than they did years ago, it easy to see a failure to communicate. Some people write like they talk, nonstop, you have to listen good to understand what they are saying. Others draw out their explanations and make sure you understand every detail. And if their first language isn't English, the translation can get lost.

Me, I just try to be clear, to the point, and punctuate where needed. Easier to do on this PC than on my phone or tablet.

 

Enough. Please lock it up.