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Are you less likely to read a post if it's hard to read?

Wed, 10/10/2007 - 11:00am by bugness
4,378 Views - 7 comments

I've been browsing through a lot of group therapy posts and find myself skipping many of them based on the fact that they make me go cross-eyed. Either they look like a big jumble of words or I can't figure out what the hell they're trying to say.

Lack of paragraph breaks, run-on sentences, and typos galore are simple things that can be fixed if you just re-read before posting. There's even a spell-check button!

Sometimes I wonder: where did all the good English teacher's teachers go?


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  • 3

    It depends on how bad it is.

    With that said, I know my spelling is not always perfect but I have seen some comments/posts on here that really worry me.

    When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better!

    1 year 37 weeks ago Report Comment
  • 4

    Your post actually contains my number one pet peeve: Improper use of apostrophes. (where did all the good English teacher's go?)

    It's gotten so bad that I find myself making the same mistakes I see everywhere. Now I have to stop and think about the rules of usage, whereas I used to be able to do it automatically.

    1 year 36 weeks ago Report Comment
  • 5

    Holy crap!
    How did I manage that one?

    I usually make most of my punctuation and agreement mistakes when I go back and edit for word flow.

    Fixing!

    1 year 36 weeks ago Report Comment

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