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Let's hear it for capital I
Goodness! To my surprise this topic created great interest. I'm glad others
share my irritation at the 'don't bother with I' brigade. And yes, there's a lot of very careless spelling around. I'm guilty of it myself now and then. My Outlook does at least spell check my emails out and there's often an accidental typo because of speed. But the small i always strikes me as deliberate and rather arrogant, or perhaps a pseud attempt to be 'fashionable'. "TF" terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom wrote in message ... You have my vote. Readability is everything and that means using correct upper or lower cases as needed. Just like good punctuation aids readability. What the lazy posters don't appreciate is that he/she is just concerned with one message thread and therefore readability isn't so important unlike for those reading dozens of message threads. Keep up the pressure for decent English. -- Terry Farrell - Word MVP http://word.mvps.org/ wrote in message ... : So many posters appear to be too lazy to use the capital I from time to : time; some don't use it at all. I realise that sending it from a portable : device might be ponderous, but many posters are apparently on a normal : keyboard. How much effort does it take to hold down Caps now and then? And : this in exchange for greater readability. Should we start a movement to : protect an endangered species? : : |
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