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August 21, 2006
Something occurred to me today while I was responding to an email; people have either forgotten how to write letters or they forget to take the time to write properly when they write a letter in email form. Why is this? I get so many emails with no greeting, no closing, no signature, poor or no punctuation and terrible grammar and spelling. Yes, I've misspelled the occasional word myself, but I don't do so regularly and I do employ spellcheck often so as not to embarass myself. I still wonder, when did we declare email as a "non letter"? Do you remember when you'd write a letter to a friend or sweetheart? Would you have dared not started it with "Dear" or "Bill" or "Candice" or their title? Would you have not paid attention to paragraphs? What about run-on sentences? What about grammar? Does it bother anyone that we sometimes come across as writing at less than a 4th grade level in some of our correspondence? Call me weird, but this really gnaws at me, I simply don't understand it. I know that I'm not the one to mention it because I am far from perfect in this department, but since I've thought about it all day long I decided I'd blog it tonight before going to bed. I'm sure I've made a few mistakes in this post, but as it's not a letter to any one person, I'll exempt myself.
Seriously, I'd love to read your thoughts on this...just be sure to use spellcheck.
;)
One more thing, if you've ever commented on any of my posts, you have nothing to worry about, the letter or letters I'm referring to weren't written by any of you.
Posted by james at August 21, 2006 11:17 PM
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Dear James,
I totally get what you're saying, and I agree wholeheartedly.
Sincerely,
WonderGirl
(PS Sorry, couldn't resist.)
Posted by: WonderGirl at August 22, 2006 09:17 AM
Dear Wondergirl,
Touche.
Laughingly,
James
Posted by: SonofThunder at August 22, 2006 07:11 PM