Reporting things

Just so, chewy, and I think questioning someone's perfectly comprehensible style on GN – "may I ask why...?" when it's very easy to work out why – is tantamount to passive aggression.

I've always done ....also
Have been pulled up about it before on GN.....its just how I write...each to their own eh?....?

I'm glad some has pointed out that this a discussion forum. Not an essay writing competition.

I write as I speak which maybe doesn't 'translate' well but........!!

I love a hyphen too.

And my English teacher would give me detention for starting 3 paragraphs with the word I!! Hmmmm - is it a word? It only has one letter........

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No point banging on about grammar and punctuation rules, and ignoring the online one, which is that it is bad form to criticise someone else's use of grammar and punctuation.

Baggs

Aveline

Can I just ask why you always use three full stops instead of just one?

It's not three full stops, it's an ellipsis, used for a breath-taking pause in speaking and reading.

According to the Cambridge dictionary an ellipsis marks omitted words in a piece of text, where the omission doesn't change the text's meaning.

So you're all wrong

volver

Well I hope we've all learnt how to punctuate to the standards expected of a Gran.

The day is not wasted.

Will we all be getting marks out of 10 from now on?

I hope not mine would be -10 I can't spell and my grammar is appalling.
We now should all have the knowledge that it is no one's fault if they cannot spell there might be an underlying cause i.e. Dyslexia and that was spelt wrong but for the auto-correct.
If we ridicule people they will stop posting and then we are making Gransnet an elite little cabal. of sanctimonious old biddies.
I lived next to one of the brightest people I have ever known, Cambridge educated to a very high level. They came round with a petition they wanted me to sign but their top statement was covered I asked why and was told they could not spell and it had not been auto-corrected. I said neither could I and it was passed over and I read it, the spelling was just like mine.

This thread has been derailed a bit, including by myself. The OP asked about reporting.
Getting back to that Gransnet rely on is to report as they cannot view everything posted. The spam, the one's that are racist, homophobic, or even a bit dodgy need reporting and it helps others if someone let's posters know it has been reported.

Chewbacca

^It's a casual discussion forum, not and essay-writing competition.^ It is, and as long as we can understand what's being put across, it really doesn't matter if a post is spelt, or punctuated, to A Level standard does it?

So long as we don't get confused among all the short snippets of unfinished thoughts.

This has been an amusing read, especially on a very wet, grey morning. I think it must be a bit disconcerting for newbies to come across deletions on a thread as they may not realise that it has been done because of spamming or advertising. We had a similar thread about reporting a week or two ago, some seem to take great delight in doing so Yammy's sanctimonious old biddies definitely holds true. If you add in auto-correct, not paying attention, bad eyesight and arthritic fingers to the mix of dyslexia, different educational levels etc., just be thankful you can still read what's written. !!!! - . . .

MissAdventure

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No point banging on about grammar and punctuation rules, and ignoring the online one, which is that it is bad form to criticise someone else's use of grammar and punctuation.

THIS is the most pertinent comment about comments on people's posting style. Well said, mads.

There is nothing clever in referring to people who question poor grammar and spelling as 'sanctimonious old biddies'; no-one was ridiculed, but the original post was hard to understand due to a misuse of ellipsis.

There is nothing clever either in boasting about being too lazy to check a written statement for errors; spell and grammar checkers are available to anyone working online.

I have met ellipses used like that in the OP many times in casual online chat for nearly three decades. Until today I have not met (online or otherwise) anyone who minded or anyone who was flummoxed by such usage.

It's a first for Gransnet. There is that ?

There was a poster on here a while back who regularly posted without previewing and so her posts were packed with errors which she would correct, rather laboriously, in the following post.
I also use......
This is when I want the reader if there is one to imagine the rest of the sentence. It could be et cetera. It could be what happened next?

I have asked for posts to be removed when they were obviously spam or offensive or if I posted too soon or by mistake.

eazybee

There is nothing clever in referring to people who question poor grammar and spelling as 'sanctimonious old biddies'; no-one was ridiculed, but the original post was hard to understand due to a misuse of ellipsis.

There is nothing clever either in boasting about being too lazy to check a written statement for errors; spell and grammar checkers are available to anyone working online.

We aren't working, though.

We're supposed to be enjoying ourselves!

toscalily

This has been an amusing read, especially on a very wet, grey morning. I think it must be a bit disconcerting for newbies to come across deletions on a thread as they may not realise that it has been done because of spamming or advertising. We had a similar thread about reporting a week or two ago, some seem to take great delight in doing so Yammy's sanctimonious old biddies definitely holds true. If you add in auto-correct, not paying attention, bad eyesight and arthritic fingers to the mix of dyslexia, different educational levels etc., just be thankful you can still read what's written. !!!! - . . .

Thank you from all of us out there who cannot help it.

The posts I find most difficult to decipher are the DD, DDIL, DGD, DDOG, DGDOG, SIL, the other SIL, and DUncle Tom Cobbly and all.

What a palava my 3 dots or what ever you call them ... didn't realise it would cause such a discussion ... made me smile ? ... to me I do it because have a pause ... if not even with commas goes from one thing to another ... thanks for all your comments I do appreciate them ... I do agree about all the initials people use ... a lot I don't know have to read the thread a couple of times before I get it , some cases I don't get it ... also regarding my dots I have not taken any offence from anyone who has commented ... glad others do it too

Thanks for answering my question on reported & reporting

Lets just agree that you're a bit dotty, beautiful

MissAdventure

I agree with you there

I report my own posts to GNHQ if I want to draw something to their attention.

I did that earlier today regarding a post on the following page.

www.gransnet.com/forums/pensions/1309446-Diary-of-a-benefit-claimant?pg=33

The post timestamped Sat 30-Jul-22 10:07:54

Hi Beautful, you might want to have a look at the " Why report so much " thread from a couple of weeks back. It prompted me to join GN and make my first post. I've just updated my position on it this afternoon...

That's a good idea StarDreamer and I know others use that approach too. If it's reported you'll know GNHQ will take a look.

I'm glad about that Chewbacca as I had no idea why those posts of yours were deleted in the first place or why anyone would have reported them .

I love colon or semi colon every now and then.

MissAdventure

The posts I find most difficult to decipher are the DD, DDIL, DGD, DDOG, DGDOG, SIL, the other SIL, and DUncle Tom Cobbly and all.

I puzzled over DDOG but I suppose I get what is meant.

Maybe SiLM and SiLF would disambiguate effectively.

Or DSiM and DSiLF

What about DMiL too.

Or even AJ or DAJ

Would you like
a cup of tea,
a piece of cake
and a talk with me?
And when we've talked
it should be clear
how you will now
address me, dear.
You won't call me Mum
you've let it be known
for you've got a Mum
of your own.
By my first name
As friends and husband do
I gladly give
that choice to you.
Though as you're married
to my son
I respect your view
it isn't done.
So to me my dear
the solution is plain
you may address me
as Auntie Jane