Why Punctuate

[fmdog44]

The title is obviously a question and like all questions all readers know it when they read them Why put a period at the end of a sentence Are we afraid of getting an F in our essay class When we speak do we say period or question mark at the end of a sentence

 

[Gaer]

The art of writing will be no longer taught in the school system, nor will history or math.
Can we at least try to keep the decorum of writing and punctuation alive until we leave this Earth?
I fear for the future generations as technology takes over thought and creativity.
We must fight, inwhatever way we can to keep this new system of "not learning" reversed.
THAT'S WHY!!!!!

 

[jerry old]

Once learned, punctuation becomes discretionary-if you want to, go ahead, if not, the readers on this forum should be able to understand.
i'm again it.

 

[Devi]

It's much easier for readers to understand when text is properly written and punctuated. Why put readers through the experience of reading text that's difficult to understand because it's not properly written and punctuated?

Added: to me, this also includes capitalizing text that needs to be capitalized.

 

[John cycling]

another thing is why put Capitalizations at the beginning of sentences instead of just words that you want to Stand Ou
t we could also put them. in the miDDle of words and we could pUt periods any.where toO whiCh w.ould be muCh eA.sier

 

[JustBonee]

I saw punctuation start getting lost when text messages on phones took over.
It was the cool thing to do I guess, and everyone followed the 'lazy' trend everywhere.

 

[Keesha]

Why use punctuation ?
So we don’t have one continuous run on sentence and because we can and know better.

 

[Gaer]

This is the beginning of the end of literacy. If writing ,grammar and punctuation is no longer taught or indulged in schools or in society,
what effect will this have on humanity.
THINK ABOUT THIS!!!

 

[Llynn]

 

[Murrmurr]

Omitting punctuation just adds labor to reading. I gave up on reading Ulysses by James Joyce. It was difficult enough to digest due to its length and stream of consciousness style without Joyce making it even worse by abandoning punctuation.

 

[Murrmurr]

This is the beginning of the end of literacy. If writing ,grammar and punctuation is no longer taught or indulged in schools or in society,
what effect will this have on humanity.
THINK ABOUT THIS!!!

I do think about it now and then, and I wonder if it'll be the kind of world where none of that even matters.

 

[Ruthanne]

I sometimes punctuate and then sometimes end a sentence with this

 

[wcwbf]

absolute classic comedy!

i want TWO spaces back after a period!! my sister says that's old-fashioned... I DON'T CARE!!! i'm offended that i choose 2 spaces (which is correct) and that damn computer autocorrectsincorrects to one space and i have no say in the matter. i can choose my font, font size, color etc... let me select 2 spaces at end of sentence.

a fall/fracture has limited use of my left hand. i never took typing in HS so developed my own method. i very often leave caps out cuz my hand starts to hurt in no time if i use the left shift and i never learned to use the right one. i try to remember to use caps for people names and their countries.

 

[fmdog44]

another thing is why put Capitalizations at the beginning of sentences instead of just words that you want to Stand Ou
t we could also put them. in the miDDle of words and we could pUt periods any.where toO whiCh w.ould be muCh eA.sier

itendtuagrey

 

[Fyrefox]

Punctuation can be critical. Without it, "Time to eat, Grandma" becomes "Time to eat Grandma." I leave the latter to my cousin, the Big Bad Wolf...

 

[grahamg]

Omitting punctuation just adds labor to reading. I gave up on reading Ulysses by James Joyce. It was difficult enough to digest due to its length and stream of consciousness style without Joyce making it even worse by abandoning punctuation.

I had the same feeling when I gave up on another Joyce book, (A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man,..., capitals as found on the book cover!).
However I had to admire the way he started by seemingly assuming the reader was already acquainted with what the story was about, and just launched in to everything, (as you've described it, a "stream of consciousness").

 

[ohioboy]

You can imagine the legal fiasco if the 2nd Amendment was not punctuated. It has created controversy even with it, talk about between a rock and a whirlpool.

 

[Gary O']

I saw punctuation start getting lost when text messages on phones took over.
It was the cool thing to do I guess, and everyone followed the 'lazy' trend everywhere.

Yup

 

[Judycat]

I still don't like to use quotation marks " " or the dash - because I have trouble finding them, just sometimes, without looking at the keyboard. What a pain.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

ifyoudontusepiunctuationcapitaizationoranyotheracceptwaysofwritingthenwhateveryouwrotecanbemisinterpretedandmisunderstood
That's why you use punctuation and other normal ways of writing.

 

[Jules]

ifyoudontusepiunctuationcapitaizationoranyotheracceptwaysofwritingthenwhateveryouwrotecanbemisinterpretedandmisunderstood
That's why you use punctuation and other normal ways of writing.

This was the writing style used in several FB posts this weekend.

 

[helenbacque]

Punctuation as well as sentence structure often makes the difference between quickly understanding what is being read and confusion. I find it disconcerting to try to read a post that ends sentences and paragraphs mid-thought and then goes on to a new paragraph leaving a big page of open ended two-line statements.

I usually don't bother reading them.

 

[katlupe]

I have a cousin who writes her fb posts on her phone and her whole post is like one big sentence. I am not sure of her abilities so can't say whether she knows that it is hard to read and understand. I notice her sisters explaining her posts to others when they question it. I have figured her posts out because my son (who is developmentally disabled) writes the same way when he writes anything.

 

[Devi]

To be honest, I skip over posts that, due to lack of proper writing and punctuation, are too hard to read and understand.

 

[Capt Lightning]

I absolutely agree with you, Devi. I also tend to ignore people who use 'text speak'. If you can't take the time to write properly, why should people take time to read it.

Legal documents, contracts etc.. have to be written in a precise way to avoid ambiguity.