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Originally Posted by psychehedone
For me, clarity is the most important. Poor grammar is okay if I understand what you're saying. Learning disabilities, ESL, etc. are forgiven.
Things that I'm less patient about:
* Not using paragraphs. If you're writing more than 4-5 sentences in electronic communication, you should probably start a new paragraph. My brain refuses to process large blocks of text
* Unstructured, cluttered writing
* Verbosity without purpose
* Chat-speak
Clear communication is a sign of courtesy. You can try, to the best of your ability, to show your reader that you have made an effort to present yourself clearly.
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And yet, contrary to some of what I said above, I do agree with you. I totally understand the block of text thing. When I see a HUGE block of paragraph
less text, especially with no punctuations, then I just don't bother reading it; it's an eye-sore. Chat-speak is horrendous, ... assuming you mean "guf lyk dis"; I think that's only ever worthwhile on a phone, since it can save cash.
I'm not sure I agree with the verbosity thing - if someone wants to express themselves in a particularly elaborate manner, then I'm OK with that. :P I dunno, ... I guess it could get annoying, using a series of paragraphs to express that they are simply "cold", for example.
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