What posting classes did you take?

[Tafiti]

So I'm looking at a recent thread.....and it hits me.

I was self-taught....But I did notice something...

WCGreen and CaliforniaPeggy must have gone to the same school...

They always post several one-line sentences, followed by elipses...

Each sentence requires pause...fragmented thoughts, yet coherent...

Not sure if I'm correct....but it seems to be true.

The pattern is consistent....at least to me...have you noticed?

:P

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. This is a very interesting thing that you have noticed........

I think I did pick it up from him.....

It's easy to read and comprehend as well.....

I am very imitative when it comes to people I admire and respect...

You are quite perceptive.......:hug:

[SoCalDem]

8. I attended the same school...

I love the ellipses... (even though I never use them AS ellipses) I just love the dots...

I used to use the "X" on my old typewriter...instead of white out :)


Sometimes I write like I think... scattered, and wandering from topic to topic..

[In_The_Wind]

2. I haven't taken any 'posting classes'.

[hyphenate]

3. I learned anything that I know on my own

no classes, no instruction manual.

I WAS an English major, though, and am a writer as well, so that influences my style.

One thing I use a fair amount of in my own writing are dashes--for me, they come in very handy. Since we can't actually do an en or em dash without going into the ASCII character chart, it ends up being two hyphenates. Some people don't understand that, though. In Word, you can "autocorrect" to get the dash as a substitute, which is how I do it if I'm working on it.

Believe it or not, one of my favorite books is Strunk and White's Elements of Style. It's a great book to learn from.

[WCGreen]

4. Here, I write conversationally.....

Taking pauses where there would be one in a conversation....

If I am writing for publication, of which I have done from time to time, I follow the rules of grammer as best I can....

I also do this kinda stuff when I got somethin' I wanna say....

Know what I mean....

[KitchenWitch]

5. How about the rules of spelling?

:rofl:

Neener neener neener, you spelled grammar wrong!

:evilgrin:

[WCGreen]

7. Well, I was in the middle of cleaning up dinner

When I had to come and defend the .....

I had no time for the spell check....

Damn it.....

[In_The_Wind]

6. Your style of writing on the board is very easy to follow.

I'm sure that I was using "..."

even before we starting posting together so much ...

[Az]

9. English saddle

Posting is easier than it seems. Its just a question of watching the front legs and timing.

[WCGreen]

14. Michael Brown would know......

[Parrcrow]

10. Everything I needed to know about posting...

I learned in Kindergarten. They told me that in 40 years there's going to be this thing called the internet.

[JVS]

11. I learned the fine German tradition of many many clauses and commas

stringy sentences are a myth!

[Blue-Jay]

12. do not look for consistency...I prefer stream of semi-consciousness

look there's a hummingbird my butt hurts....my kid said that he likes maker's mark instead of beam i think theres something outside my door wanting to get in but i need new rotors on my front end...LOL!!!1...what kind of canned air is the best because my keyboard is dirty but not as dirty as courtney love's hoo-hoo if you nkow what i mean.

[WCGreen]

15. That, my friend, is pure genius.....

[Blue-Jay]

16. I appreciate the sentiment.

:D

[Left Is Write]

13. I write as if I'm having an actual conversation.

I have a tendency to get formal at times, though.

[Roland99]

17. Read "Eats, Shoots and Leaves"

:)