02-20-2014, 12:32 AM
You know what else really drives me nuts...............?
People who...................overuse................ellipses........................
I use them a lot in my writing, but mostly in dialogue. I like them in dialogue, because I try to write my speech as sounding natural, and long, awkward pauses are a thing that happens in life, especially when you're talking about an awkward subject. I will occasionally use them in my descriptions as well, usually for dramatic effect.
But when they are more noticeable than any of the WORDS people type...Yeesh.
And you know, how do people spell so badly in this day and age when both word processor software AND internet browsers have spell check? This message has been correcting itself as I type (except for 'yeesh' which isn't a word and it didn't know what to change it to). My Microsoft Word Starter program spell checks as I go along. Even my Kindle corrects things, courtesy of Autospell. Nine times out of ten, Autospell even correctly predicts what I'm going to say after I type just one letter (which is sometimes annoying, when I'm typing about robots -- I must've spelled a Transformer named Skids' name in caps lock a few too many times, because nowadays, when I type "S-k-" it automatically pulls up "SKIDS", which drives me nuts, but I digress.).
So in summary ---- HOW ARE PEOPLE STILL MAKING SO MANY SPELLING ERRORS WHEN IT'S PRETTY MUCH IDIOT-PROOF THESE DAYS????
(I also can't stand caps lock "yelling" in dialogue. Or, well, life.)
People who...................overuse................ellipses........................
I use them a lot in my writing, but mostly in dialogue. I like them in dialogue, because I try to write my speech as sounding natural, and long, awkward pauses are a thing that happens in life, especially when you're talking about an awkward subject. I will occasionally use them in my descriptions as well, usually for dramatic effect.
But when they are more noticeable than any of the WORDS people type...Yeesh.
And you know, how do people spell so badly in this day and age when both word processor software AND internet browsers have spell check? This message has been correcting itself as I type (except for 'yeesh' which isn't a word and it didn't know what to change it to). My Microsoft Word Starter program spell checks as I go along. Even my Kindle corrects things, courtesy of Autospell. Nine times out of ten, Autospell even correctly predicts what I'm going to say after I type just one letter (which is sometimes annoying, when I'm typing about robots -- I must've spelled a Transformer named Skids' name in caps lock a few too many times, because nowadays, when I type "S-k-" it automatically pulls up "SKIDS", which drives me nuts, but I digress.).
So in summary ---- HOW ARE PEOPLE STILL MAKING SO MANY SPELLING ERRORS WHEN IT'S PRETTY MUCH IDIOT-PROOF THESE DAYS????
(I also can't stand caps lock "yelling" in dialogue. Or, well, life.)
Sometimes, the world is cruel to shiny things...