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What pisses you off the most about other peoples writing?

Maleficus

Maleficus

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Grammar? Spelling?

Elipses at the end of a sentence piss me off the most. Its as if they have more to say but won't say it so they just leave it totally open ended.

If you have something to say just say it!

Especially in formal writing when people are trying to express a point then they end a thought with them.
 
I hate when people blabber on about nothing. I also hate when they don't have a point to there post. I hate when they say the same thing over and over and keep on writing about nothing in particular. I also do not like it when someone has something to say but they don't actually say it. I have to say that I hate it when people are trying to convey a message but just can't seem to do it no matter how much they type.
 
when day use that there new fangled engalish wit dare speling and gramer rooles...phuk dem all i can reed and right well eenuff...show nuff.
 
> What pisses you off the most about other peoples writing?

How about not knowing how to add apostrophes to nouns to make them possessive?

To wit:
... other peoples' writing?

Also:
> Elipses at the end of a sentence ...

The mispelling of ellipses.
 
Originally posted by: Maleficus
Grammar? Spelling?

Elipses at the end of a sentence piss me off the most. It's as if they have more to say but won't say it so they just leave it totally open ended.

If you have something to say just say it!

Especially in formal writing when people are trying to express a point then they end a thought with them.
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🙂
 
...that it's usually much better than mine, because I ramble on, use run-on sentences 🙂, and go off on tangents.
 
i hate the elipses but am guilty of it constantly...

see!
but i hate just about everything about half the crap i am forced to read. its not so much that people have bad grammar...its just so unimaginative; there is no more creativity in grammar for people!
 
I can't stand simple sentences (even though this kind of is one 🙂).

I got a dog. The dog is nice. I am a fvcking retard.

It's all about post-first grade sentences, such as:

Although I am a fvcking retard, I recently purchased a nice dog.
 
Other than blatant grammar and spelling mistakes, I'd say what bothers me the most has to be choppy sentences and poor paragraph structure. (Like the example PCMarine describes.) People who write like that come across as simpletons, and it's hard to take them seriously.
 
Grammar. Spelling can be forgiven. Everyone makes dumb spelling mistakes when typing fast. But there's no excuse for bad grammar. And I don't mean specific technical errors, but every day knowledge. A manager where I work says "was you...".

Was you going to send me that report? UUGGHHH!!!!
 
My roomate had me proofread one of his papers. After I was done, my face looked like this: :Q He would have three sentences in a row and connected with semi colons. I asked him what he was doing and he responded, " Teachers like long sentences."
 
verboseness. worse when it's done to sound "smart". but then people can be very superficial so it's justified sometimes.
 
dighn:
> verboseness.

Really! This is actually something that I do not believe is really such a great problem with the writing that people employ. I must say that I do not think that it is a terribly bad thing at all to be exceedingly verbose in one's speech or written works.

(Note to notfred, if he's reading: This is yet another example of that "satire" thing. I'm not being serious. I don't actually talk/write like Mojo Jojo all the time.)
 
Originally posted by: SackOfAllTrades
CS speak when this clearly isn't CS... "pwned!" is for tards
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Yeah! I absolutely can not stand online "1337 speak."

For example:

"sup, cud u gimme dat code 4 2marrow. k thnx"

*rips eyes out with a rusty meat hook*
 
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