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Blossoming

I find posts in capitals difficult due to visual impairment. The letters just seem to run together in a big jumble. That’s my problem though, not the poster’s. It does mean I can’t always tell what people are saying and cannot respond as a result.

Are you alright with lowercase letters?

Something one can do on a computer is to copy a post onto the clipboard, then paste it into a text program - on Windows systems, the WordPad program is bundled in, so widely available.

Then select all the text and then reformat it into a larger font size, say 24 point.

Some text programs allow one to convert all capitals to lowercase.

Thanks for that , Elegran. Useful. As an ex teacher of English it seems there are a lot of us around judging by all the earlier posts.

Howdidigetthisold I wasn't 'policing' just asking. I wondered if it was a stream of consciousness post, a hesitant one or did the posters full stop button malfunction. With some very light keyboards it's hard to prevent repeats.
That's all nothing sinister.

HowdidIgetthisold12

Aveline

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

Because she feels like it I guess....so do I if I feel like it...are we being policed now on our grammar? Give me strength.

No-one is policing posts, HowdidIgetthisold12 If you read Aveline's post, and my replies, you will see that we are just asking why the three dots were being used as full stops, and I added that I found it difficult to read a post without any spaces between one thought and the next.

That is no more "policing" than someone else finding it difficult to read something entirely in capitals, or someone else saying they just didn't understand what a poster meant by a statement and needed it explained.

Thank you Elegran, will practise!

Calendargirl Practiss Practice makes perfick perfect.

I came across a Facebook group t’other day and one of its’ “member rules” was no correcting their members spelling or grammar please.
Such pedantry is an attempt at hijacking a topic, (why not just start your own for heavens sake) It is often (I believe) an (unkind) way of demonstrating perceived superiority over others.
I am far more concerned with what someone has to say than how they say it and it would have to be practically indecipherable for me to “ not bother” reading because I don’t like capital letters/the font, a few too many full stops and exclamations etc. etc..
I mean to say, would you honestly interrupt a person (in person) during the course of a conversation, particularly a stranger, and correct them? ?

During a conversation, you can interpret anything you don't catch by non-verbal clues.

Try chatting in less-than-perfect French to a French native - they correct all your mistakes.