I'm semi-new to LBT but not new to forums in general.

What is really irritating is trying to read through one long run-on sentence, poor capitalization, poor spelling, and no paragraphs! :thumbs_up:

The no paragraphs are the worst as they are difficult to read.

We have spell check, use it for goodness sake.

Punctuation is good.

I've come across quite a few posts that are long with poor spelling, punctuation and no paragraphs. They've been very hard to read. I hope I'm not alone in my thinking here. I'd just like to know when a thought ends and another one begins!

Thank you for letting me rant, I'm done now.

Edited April 8, 200818 yr by jrob281
clarification

I have a complaint .. I want my global warming back .. its 4/19 and its snowing outside ... SNOWING ... talk about a crappy way to start the day .... :biggrin:

come visit me and bring your bathing suit--85 degrees and blue skies! I'll make lunch!

WHAT...the...HELL does "diagramming a sentence" mean? Either I was doing it and never knew what it was called, or they outlawed this practice by the time I got to school. LOL

Steph - I had it freshman in high school - 1970 :eek::wub: you take a sentence underline the noun verbs prepositional phrase adjectives etc - i really don't remember but you had to identify the parts of the sentence with the above - i cheated my way thru that part of English:lol::crying:

I have a complaint .. I want my global warming back .. its 4/19 and its snowing outside ... SNOWING ... talk about a crappy way to start the day .... :tongue:

come visit me and bring your bathing suit--85 degrees and blue skies! I'll make lunch!

Or you can come to Cali - 80's and sunny - jb can come to and I'll make you both lunch :biggrin:

I am a grammar nut (fav. class in school), but does not mean everyone else has to be.

On the net you take what you get and move on!

I don't let those things annoy me.

We diagramed sentences for about 5 seconds in some grade in elementary school. I guess the practice was already falling out of favor. We would take the sentence and put it into a chart that reminds me of those timelines they do on Without a Trace.

They look like this:

Sentence Diagramming

My kids only circle nouns and verbs or underline other parts -- whatever part they are studying. They don't ever diagram the whole thing.

We diagramed sentences for about 5 seconds in some grade in elementary school. I guess the practice was already falling out of favor. We would take the sentence and put it into a chart that reminds me of those timelines they do on Without a Trace.

They look like this:

Sentence Diagramming

My kids only circle nouns and verbs or underline other parts -- whatever part they are studying. They don't ever diagram the whole thing.

Ohhhh...myyyyy...goooosssshhh. :eek::eek::crying::mad2::tongue::wub::biggrin: I always loved English class and did really well in it (I love to read!), but that looks absolutely HORRID. *praising God above that I never had to do that* LOL I graduated HS in 1998. :biggrin2:

I probably loved diagramming sentences because it was one of the things I was good at. I had tutors in Algebra and still would have failed it if the teacher hadn't just taken pity on me.

so nice ... it had to be said twice! :smile:

i wanna be f'in glittery!!!

You know you're just jealous. :biggrin: But that's okay, C, I can make you a pretty widdle gwitter picture of your own. All you have to do is ask.

I probably loved diagramming sentences because it was one of the things I was good at. I had tutors in Algebra and still would have failed it if the teacher hadn't just taken pity on me.

You know, I had the same problem with Algebra. I took it my junior year, failed and had to take it again my senior year. I had to pass it in order to graduate. I really think my algebra teacher had enough of me and my clueless self and gave me a D- just to get me out of there.

That makes me feel better Susan. You are obviously very intelligent.

My teacher gave me plenty of attention and could tell I was really trying. He knew there was no hope of me understanding it though.

It really showed up when I had kids that everyone has their area

where they shine. My daughter really had trouble with Math and

excelled everywhere else. My son went all the way through calculus

but couldn't write a paragraph to save his life.:redface:

Edited April 24, 200818 yr by Oregondaisy

That was Geometry for me. I could not grasp the concept of these letters and numbers making this graph. WTF??? I scraped by with a D and a lot of pity from the teacher. The kids now use school provided graphic calculators. I thought using a calculator was cheating??

Who are you people? This is supposed to be a support

forum for people involved in weight loss surgery. What is

all of this criticism about paragraphs, run on sentences,

and punctuation? I was not aware of the how discriminating

overweight people can be. I do not want to participate in

a forum where my spelling and punctuation are more important than the content .

Who are you people? This is supposed to be a support

forum for people involved in weight loss surgery. What is

all of this criticism about paragraphs, run on sentences,

and punctuation? I was not aware of the how discriminating

overweight people can be. I do not want to participate in

a forum where my spelling and punctuation are more important than the content .

Hi, Moiola;

Welcome to the Lap Band Forum!

I SO agree with you about the pickiness of some people here.

However…..there are a couple of things I’d like to mention:

First, where you said “run on sentences”, it really SHOULD be articulated as “run-on” sentences. Also, with regard to our attitude towards writing style, the appropriate word would be “critical”, and not “discriminating”, as you put it.

And finally, your final word, “content”, is followed by a period. You have placed TWO spaces between the word “content” and the period. ONE space would actually be quite sufficient.

Thanks for your observations, and we’ll be looking for your next comment Real Soon Now!

HH

My writing is correct. What is your profession? It is certainly

a big reflection on your lack of education!:thumbup::tt2:

My writing is correct. What is your profession? It is certainly

a big reflection on your lack of education!:thumbup::tt2:

"What is your profession? It is certainly

a big reflection on your lack of education!"

And how is my PROFESSION a "reflection" on my "lack of education"?

That makes no sense at all. You really need to re-structure that sentence. Very, Very poor.

HH