Scorer behavior

[SWMOzebra]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Since we're nitpicking, we can tell the age of posters on the Forum by how many spaces they place after a period at the end of a sentence. Old timers like me, who learned to type on a typewriter (look it up younguns, or watch for one on Antiques Roadshow) were taught to hit the space bar twice after the period at the end of a sentence. Forum members who grew up during the digital age, and learned to "type" on a keyboard, are taught to only hit the space bar once after the period at the end of a sentence, which is now considered the accepted practice.

Dang it, Billy! Thanks for placing me squarely in the "old timers" category!

[jeremy341a]

Originally Posted by SWMOzebra

Dang it, Billy! Thanks for placing me squarely in the "old timers" category!

Put me in that category. I am 35 but I learned on a typewriter and I still double space after a period.

[rockyroad]

Try being married to a HS English teacher. And having her correct me all the time for starting sentences with conjunctions. But I just shrug and keep on. Or ending sentences with a preposition. For that matter, forgetting to capitalize often gets me in trouble. Nor does that faze me. Yet I struggle on.

Did I get all the conjunctions?

[Rooster]

When I'm consoling those who make grammar mistakes, I often give them a hug and say "There, their, they're."

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Try being married to a HS English teacher. And having her correct me all the time for starting sentences with conjunctions. But I just shrug and keep on. Or ending sentences with a preposition. For that matter, forgetting to capitalize often gets me in trouble. Nor does that faze me. Yet I struggle on.

Did I get all the conjunctions?

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Originally Posted by johnny d

While not strictly forbidden, it is considered acceptable only in informal written communication.

"While not strictly forbidden" is a passive transition. Tighten this up.

Originally Posted by johnny d

Perhaps we are not that formal. It is still ironic to point out another's lack of grammar using sentence structure that isn't widely accepted.

One should avoid the passive voice as much as possible.