On Thu, 2013-01-31 at 15:55 +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
Way way OT:
Just out of interest, why do some people use the non-existent word "i", not to mention other violations of capitalization rules when 1) their Shift key is clearly not broken, and 2) they aren't the poet e.e. cummings? I've seen a number of people do this (admittedly a tiny minority) and never understood it. Do they think it's cool? Are they expressing their inner rebel? Were they punished by their English teacher at school? Is hitting Shift too much effort? Enquiring minds want to know.
Sorry, this has been bugging me for ages and I had just had to get this off my chest. Feel free to ignore.
---- better get used to it and other language simplifications encouraged by SMS/tweeting/etc. It's only going to increase. There's younger generations that simply aren't likely to feel bound your rules.
Grammar snobbery is just going to turn you into an unhappy PITA.
Craig