No! Because some of us aren't so talented in grammar and punctuation!
But, I am glad that we are getting more strict about chat speak!
Rite 2 meh lyk dis...and I shoot you.~Unknown
I'm the future of America. Be afraid. Be very afraid~Unknown
If you're blonde and you know it clap your hands *Snap* *snap*
If you're reading this...you're finished reading.
Aye, we can't make a rule about grammar and punctuation if only because it's often open to interpretation. However, a failure to use apostrophes in contractions is considered chat-speak.
Woah...I didn't know that! It is a good thing that you told me!
Rite 2 meh lyk dis...and I shoot you.~Unknown
I'm the future of America. Be afraid. Be very afraid~Unknown
If you're blonde and you know it clap your hands *Snap* *snap*
If you're reading this...you're finished reading.
Oh, good! That should ensure that more people stick to the rule. Sad, that you actually have to make people stop using it, for they should see that no one is going to take them serious as a writer, if they don't follow the basic rules of writing.
Anyway, good plan.
If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there. - Lewis Carol (1832-98 )
"In a sort of ghastly simplicity we remove the organ and demand the function...We laugh at honour and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful." ~C.S. Lewis
*Happy dances*
Whenever possibly, I use proper spelling, punctuation and grammar, but the occasional slip here and there never does you wrong.. does it?
I am sure they are a little forgiving for accidental typo/misspellings are ok, and like Lee said, punctuation is generally pretty open. However if you write something the length of three paragraphs and there is no period to be seen, that may be a problem. Everyone has slips ups.
But things like "u" for "you" or "r" for "our"/"are" are unacceptable.
So far as I know things like lol are still allowed. Unless now we need to actually type *laughing out loud*
If there was a law passed that we had to have "proper grammar," that wouldn't be fair. For instance, some people spell "color" as "coulor." How would we know which was proper or not?
I agree with Midnight Vampire. Chatspeak is hard to understand. Are smilies still allowed?
-ClimberSquirrel
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