Karmen's British counterpart

Originally posted by Jon Skagfeld
Something that enormously annoys me is a message wherein there is no punctuation. The purposes of punctuation are quite lucidly expounded in books such as "Scribner's Handbook of English". Proper punctuation, in itself, can convey many tacit meanings.

Or indeed the consideration of appropriate paragraph construction allowing the respondent a convenient space to reply.

Also the burgeoning usage emanating from the North American continent of "your" variously for "you're", and now commonly, "there" for "their" and "they're".

Absolutely dreadful.

With some regret, we note the Concise Oxford Dictionary now lists common usages of cellular telephone text message abbreviations; we can but hope these do not become the acceptable norm in the proper written word.

Off topic rant ends. God help me if I ever make a speling errer on this Forum...I'll be flamed forever!

Been there already.

Ferchrissakes, use the dictionary, thesaurus, word check whatever.

A Sisyphean task I'll wager.

R.