In the world of hi-tech gadgetry, I've noticed that more and more people who send text messages and emails have forgotten the art of capitalization. For those of you who fall into this category, please take note of the following statement.
"Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
Is everybody clear on that now?
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In the world of hi-tech gadgetry, I've noticed that more and more people who send text messages and emails have forgotten the art of capitalization. For those of you who fall into this category, please take note of the following statement.
"Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
Is everybody clear on that now?
Another Net-Nanny is always welcome! Please feel free to correct everything that irritates you! All the time! Everywhere!
Hey I thought that was the coma rule.
"Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle, Jack off a horse, and helping your uncle jack off a horse."
He makes a very good point, and with humor. (you may have missed the humor part) I passed it on to a few others.
Perhaps you don't see it, but I run into a lot of rather poor correspondence. Many people growing up in the "texting age" are incapable of writing more than a single sentence with proper punctuation and structure. While not all that important in a newsgroup, it can be very important in business correspondence if you want to be taken seriously.
No kidding! In Houston as well as other places I suppose the typed acronym is being spoken. OMG! IDKNT over heard in one of my wife's girly stores while I was tagging along.
Your uncle is in a coma?
Maybe the horse wasn't in the mood.
You've still isolated the jack off from your uncle. Wouldn't it be:
"Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack, off a horse and helping your uncle, jack off a horse."
You flunked punctuation, too.
*IF* you're goint to put the coma (sic) in, it would be: "Capitalization is the difference between 'helping your Uncle, Jack, off a horse' and 'helping your uncle jack off a horse.' "
All of you, stop embarrassing yourselves. :-)
Yeah! LOL
I wanted both to sound vulgar.
"But" I am not "goint" to do it that way. ;~)
^ I see you flunked spell-checker, too. ;-)
I disagree. "Uncle" in this sentence is a title modifying "Jack" (which is also why it's capitalized) and belongs with it. You wouldn't say "... Dr., Jack, ...".
Although helping Jack, "off" a horse, isn't very nice, even if he is your uncle.
Some of ya'll have strange hobbies! ; )
You're talking to Muricans here. They don't even speak good English, never mind write it.
Max (speaks Texan)
The overuse of commas can be a sin as well.
Max
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As soon as a mist ache is maid It nose bee fore two long And eye can put the error rite Its rare lea ever wrong.
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Amzanig huh?
yaeh and I awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt!
Brllinat! ... The porof is in teh pudidnig,
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