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? asked in Entertainment & MusicPolls & Surveys · 1 decade ago

Do you use proper English and punctuation here or just slang?

I try to use proper language, spelling, and punctuation as far as possible. Does it annoy you when other people write badly?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I try to use proper English as well. I find it far more likely that an answer will be taken seriously if it is clear and spelled out. I can not get into the text message lingo.

    Angel Girl - You appear to be doing just fine, you have mastered English better than some of us! :)

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes, because I used to slang and then I realised it did me no good at school, in other words I always spelt I'm like this im and it annoyed the teacher so now I use proper. And yes, it does annoy me when others use write badly, especially the phase lol.

  • 1 decade ago

    Most of the time I use proper English,

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    im done with english class...this isnt exactly full of high class people so whats the point of using proper english..kinda pointless..but it should at least be close to correct cuz we are not apes

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    a mixture of both. i don't bother with capitals and other things like quotation marks. but then again, i don't shorten words into gr8 and in2. prince was the first to use that dialect with numbers and shortened words. he was doing that on his albums twenty years ago. the dialect sometimes bothers me when they miss the mark with their coolness or attempt at style.

  • 1 decade ago

    I'm trying my best as English is my second language & haven't mastered it yet

  • 1 decade ago

    i use all the correct punctuation, and depending on if i'm answering or asking the question is whether or not i capitalize. (obviously, it's when i'm asking the question is when i capitalize) sorry if it bothers you!

  • 1 decade ago

    i used to write badly, like using shortcuts or text style, my questions got deleted because of that, i know learned my lesson. how about you? you used to?

  • 1 decade ago

    i no care :)

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