So, I was on MySpace and there's this guy I have as a friend purely because he was attractive and I'm shallow. But he seems to spend his entire life on MySpace whinging about his entire life and I haven't really known whether to be amused or annoyed.
But from his last blog, I've decided that annoyance is probably the way to go. The blog itself was titled "Fauxmosexual" and had some point about how sexuality has become a fad. Which I don't agree with - in my opinion, everyone's bisexual on some level, it just depends what level - but that's not what annoyed me so much.
What annoyed me is his appalling spelling and grammar. It's not even just MSN-talk anymore, people just aren't bothering to go back and think about what they've typed and make it even vaguely comprehensible! What really ticks me off is “then” instead of “than”. You cannot say that is just easier or anything like that, it just proves you have no grasp on the English language.
I’m ok with the occasional missed capital letter or misspelling. I mean, I sometimes don’t bother to put capitals in blogs because it’s “easier”, but people manage to miss out spaces and mix up letters because MySpace or whatever doesn’t have a spell-check! Or people seem to think that a full stop means you don’t need a space afterwards. It’s full stop then space, people, and then, if you’re feeling particularly generous, perhaps even a capital letter. Is it really that hard to just go over and double check things like that?
Also, I hate EXCLAMATION MARKS!!!!!! in the middle of sentences. Use capital letters, italics or even both. It’s really not that hard. Also, more than three exclamation marks in a row is really annoying (see, italics). Technically, you’re only meant to use one anyway. Then there’s the using the alternating exclamation mark and question mark to make more of an impact. It’s an exaggerated (shouted or whatever) question; you can’t just stick in question marks in place of exclamation marks!?!?!
Also, in HTML text, is it really that hard to just type “<-b-r-space-/->” every now and then? Breaking up paragraphs makes things that much easier to read it’s really worth looking into it.
The Internet is destroying what was left of the English language.
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