See, it is annoying! I hate it, it annoys me so much. And for some reason, it is always the sort of people who read the Mail or Express, those who thinks common nouns like 'thugs' and 'prisoners' and 'immigrants' should have capital letters.
2007-08-15 10:32:27 · 19 answers · asked by quierounvaquero 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Haha, I noticed a typo in my question details! *those who think... Jesus, how terrible to conjugate incorrectly. It was a typo, honest lol.
2007-08-15 10:39:47 · update #1
Cleo, I had changed my grammatical construction without remembering to reconjugate lol. Sorry.
2007-08-15 10:41:06 · update #2
That's even more annoying, Not James! Lol.
2007-08-15 10:55:07 · update #3
Steve, please see added details above. And it is not pedantic at all to spot the difference between common and proper nouns, it is simple.
Spelling a common noun with a capital letter cannot even be blamed on lazy English, because lazy English involves no capital letters. I just want to know WHY people do it. (It would be helpful if someone who does it could answer that. I see it all the time in the BBC forums.)
2007-08-15 11:07:06 · update #4
Not as much as when they miss out an indefinite article.
2007-08-15 11:08:03 · answer #1 · answered by NuclearFusion 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and the opposite annoys me, too. When people are using proper nouns and do not capitalize.
2007-08-15 17:38:14 · answer #2 · answered by Sunshine 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mail and Express readers are usually evolutionary throwbacks who lack thumbs. We should congratulate them for managing to use a pen rather than mocking their confused capital letters.
2007-08-15 21:25:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sorry, but no. there just words. people even use #s sum times and misspell on purpose like i`m doing right now. it`s nothing to get up set about. aslong as it`s not like an important paper, then no. your probably complaining over the messages u get, well it doesn`t matter either their mistakes or we just want to wright shorter, just don`t make a big deal out of it, sheesh!
2007-08-15 17:43:35 · answer #4 · answered by elizabeth o 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you are going to be pedantic and criticise other peoples vocabulary and grammar, make sure you are not above criticism yourself.
I could pick a few holes in your written English.
Stop being so petty.
2007-08-15 17:50:53 · answer #5 · answered by steve f 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I really have more important things to worry about but in terms of preserving the integrity of the language, then yes
2007-08-15 17:36:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not as half as annoying as those who READ the Mail or Express......
2007-08-15 17:40:42 · answer #7 · answered by brad m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but it's equally important to match verb tense to subject, as in "those who think" not "them'ns who thinks."
2007-08-15 17:38:30 · answer #8 · answered by Cleo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.like every single letter.
2007-08-15 17:42:59 · answer #9 · answered by SJK 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No It Doesn't At All - I Have More Important Issues...!
2007-08-15 17:42:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋