Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-10950063-20131125204106/@comment-24077689-20131126204405

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.