Lack of sentence structure.

[Boozy]

Ellipses are not an appropriate way to end a sentence and begin another.

Example:

i was driving down the street yesterday...i got cut off by a van....the driver didn't signal....i must be so wound up about it i can't find my "shift" key....and i've no time to end a sentence properly.....

Using full stops and capitalizing the first letter in a sentence is a courtesy to the reader. I think it's rude when someone refuses to slow down a bit when typing out their posts to do it properly.

I'm not a grammar nazi. I only ask that posts are readable. This habit bothers me in particular because it doesn't reflect ignorance so much as laziness.

[Lace Neil Singer]

My personal peeve is people who post by stealing the Great Wall Of China; ie, posting a giant block of text with zero paragraphing.

[draggar]

My personal peeve is people who post by stealing the Great Wall Of China; ie, posting a giant block of text with zero paragraphing.

.. and if you mention it they edit the post with breaks at completely random places.

[Hobbs]

I generally use ellipses when I am trying to illustrate my thought process, because it flows more like a run-on sentence than being grammatically perfect. For example.

The other day I met a customer that was rude.

The other day I met a customer that was being a bit pissy. S/he said I was doing it wrong...so I was like...why do I care? But then her jerk brother butted in...that's a ray of freakin' sunshine...le sigh. People suck.

One is me just describing an event, the other one is still a description but I add my own inner monologue and how I think. Hence, I use ellipses because, even though my mother's an English teacher, my inner voice still doesn't use correct grammar all the time.

[Kimmik]

Oh I must drive you nuts then. I tend to do the ... thing when I am thinking, sorry I know it can annoy people. As for capitalization I have to go back and edit my post half the time because sometimes my fingers dont want to hit the buttons I tell them to, or I am using my on screen keyboard, it is worst when I have a migraine because then my brain sends the wrong word.

I am not normally to finicky on peoples writing as I have a lot of patience the only thing I have trouble with is sometimes trying to read blocks of text... but then I normally will highlight random sentences so that it is easier for me to read. Anyways I will make an effort not to use my pause button (...) so that it is less frustrating.

Oh Lace... I totally agree with the wall of words, nothing is worse then tring to read a gaming forum and you are critted by a wall of text and net speak in one.

[blas87]

I try to do my best, but my laptop is way overdue for a good cleaning. Sometimes I don't even realize but I didn't capitalize something or I typed a few words missing the first letter.....damn crumbs stuck in here.

[Hobbs]

Point of order, isn't good grammar part of the site rules?