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Old Apr 12, 2014, 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by psychehedone View Post
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.
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 paragraphless 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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