TODAY WE LIVE IN A WORLD OF TEXTING (AKA: LACK OF GRAMMAR, LACK OF SPELLING, LACK OF CONVERSATION - MEANINGFUL OR OTHERWISE). YOU MIGHT HAVE A FRIEND THAT E-MAILS YOU FROM TIME TO TIME. THAT SAME FRIEND PROBABLY SHORTENS EVERY OTHER WORD AND WRITES IN ALL LOWER CASE (AND PROBABLY WITHOUT ANY PUNCTUATION). IT'S LIKE OUR GRAMMAR TEACHERS SPENT YEARS DOING NOTHING. WE DIDN'T EVEN LEARN BASIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRAMMAR. CAPITAL LETTER AT THE BEGINNING OF A SENTENCE? PERIOD AT THE END? I THOUGHT ALL THAT STUFF WAS OPTIONAL...
OKAY, SO I HAVE A PET PEEVE WITH GRAMMAR AND PROPER WRITING ETIQUETTE. BUT I'LL GET OFF MY SOAP BOX. I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE A POINT OF CELEBRATION. FOR TODAY IS "NATIONAL CAPS-LOCK DAY". NO LETTERS WRITTEN IN ALL SMALL LETTERS. YOU CAN EVEN TEXT IN CAPITALS! OR BLOG...
SO, HIT THAT LITTLE BUTTON ON THE LEFT SIDE OF YOUR KEYBOARD AND TYPE THAT ALL-IMPORTANT LETTER YOUR BOSS WANTED ON HIS DESK TWO DAYS AGO. AFTER YOU FINISH EXPLAINING WHY IT'S 48 HOURS LATE, YOU CAN EXPLAIN WHY IT'S WRITTEN IN CAPS...
HAPPY CAPS-LOCK DAY!
Right on, Melissa! Isn't it amazing??
ReplyDeleteI was browsing through a local "Reader's Review" magazine that came in with our newspaper and found at least a dozen spelling mistakes in the first few pages.
Someone ought to get paid to check for spelling errors. It reduces one's respect for that person/business a great deal (at least, it reduced MY respect for that newspaper!!).