posted 01-29-2009 05:23 PM ET (US)        

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Am I the only one who gets rather annoyed when other CW members fail to use proper grammar when posting? I'm not talking about the occasional misplaced comma or accidentally misspelled word. We all do our own fair share of that. I'm talking about when people constantly use fragment sentences, no punctuation, and repeatedly misspell words unintelligible ways (one of the worst I've seen is someone who repeatedly used the before-unheard-of amalgamation of letters "transmixxer" in place of "transmission").

I'm not sure if they're trying to be cute or what, but I sometimes wonder if they realize that it makes it impossible to even understand what point they are trying to make. I realize that we probably have some pretty "back-woods" types on this site, particularly in the far reaches of the southern states. But, correct me if I'm wrong; we do still educate all citizens to at least a 9th grade level, do we not?

I don't want to call anyone out specifically, and it's not like it's just one or two people. But I do want to get the word out that it would extremely helpful if, before clicking "Submit", everyone would read through what they've typed and make sure it is written in a format that a normal english speaking person will understand. The occasional error is totally forgivable, but , in my opinion, repeatedly posting gibberish is not.