Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-10950063-20131125204106/@comment-24486926-20131126223807

Noothgrush wrote: CalasanX wrote: Noothgrush wrote: MrDark wrote: I'm 13 too, I see no reason why that would inflict grammar skills, but ok anyway... "why that would inflict grammar skills..."

"inflict grammar skills..."

"inflict..."

Also you notice how I'm using ellipses at the ends of my quotes? That because there's more to the quote that I'm not currently mentioning. Ellipses are not there to replace periods, stop using them as such.

Am I the only one noticing the supreme irony of the grammar in this thread? Excuse me, but are we writing a pasta or commenting on a forum thread?

Also, an ellipses can be used to express awkwardness, speechlessness, etc. That is commonplace, both in dialogue of books and the way people speak in text. Regardless, it doesn't matter, because we're doing the latter: commenting on a forum post, so as long as what is being said is understood it shouldn't be too bad, now should it? That's where you're wrong.

It does matter. This is a site about literature. As such, if you can't even put the effort forth to speak/spell properly on a basic two sentence forum post, how can you be expected to put the effort forth when you're actually writing a story?

It's really not that hard to write properly (or at least make the effort to), therefore you should be expected to always do it. For Christ sake, respect the language, sometimes it's your best tool.

As for ellipses, read this. Just because other people do it, doesn't mean it's ok to do it. We are talking about the proper applications of things here. You seem to forget:

This is a literature site, but that doesn't mean everyone here is a writer. As for the ellipses things, I would never reference anything or use anything as a source that happens to be called "quickanddirtytips.com." Well known book writers have used the ellipses that way. Kurt Vonegan, Stephen King, various others.

Anyhow, some people here read pastas, rather than write. As far as writing properly, no, it isn't hard. But that doesn't mean it should be expected for someone to write a literature article in a forum comment post just because they know how to write.

Besides, if it mattered that much, how come the admins haven't deleted every comment that isn't well-thought out? Commented badly? Fragmented? Uncapitalized?

It may not be hard, but not everyone writes well naturally. On the Spinpasta Wiki (Eeyup, referencing it again) there's an autistic person who can't improve his grammar and spelling that easily. Are you saying that because it is a literature site, we should prevent him from writing, rather than help him along? I think not, because he has a fairly brilliant mind and when his stories are properly corrected, they tend to be along the Quality side of the coin.

tl;dr Just because it's a literature site, doesn't mean that everyone here is a writer and should always write well.