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Rudi Hedman Flag Caterham 25 May 21 2.36pm Send a Private Message to Rudi Hedman Add Rudi Hedman as a friend

I’ve noticed quite a few posters aren’t using full stops. More curious is that the word after where the full stop would be, the next word that the poster no doubt intends and knows is the start of the next sentence, starts with a capital letter.

Is this a trend carrying over from the perceived rudeness of full stops in messages between youngsters, or have you hit or squirted something on your full stop keys? I thought full stops were left out when there wasn’t another sentence following that sentence in short phone messages, not leave them all out.

 


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Palace Old Geezer Flag Midhurst 25 May 21 3.04pm Send a Private Message to Palace Old Geezer Add Palace Old Geezer as a friend

Not just full stops Rudi. Some posts have no punctuation marks at all. What happened to the comma, colon, semi-colon and question mark. Very rarely used.

For some reason the exclamation mark is often in abundance.

 


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mr. apollo Flag Somewhere in Switzerland 25 May 21 3.15pm Send a Private Message to mr. apollo Add mr. apollo as a friend

Originally posted by Palace Old Geezer

Not just full stops Rudi. Some posts have no punctuation marks at all. What happened to the comma, colon, semi-colon and question mark. Very rarely used.

For some reason the exclamation mark is often in abundance.

That should read...

Not just full stops Rudi. Some posts have no punctuation marks at all. What happened to the comma, colon, semi-colon and question mark?

 



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Apollofuzz Flag On the edge of reason 25 May 21 3.16pm Send a Private Message to Apollofuzz Add Apollofuzz as a friend

Here you go lots of Ranking full stops.

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Rudi Hedman Flag Caterham 25 May 21 4.06pm Send a Private Message to Rudi Hedman Add Rudi Hedman as a friend

I don’t understand leaving out the full stop but having a capital letter after where the full stop should be. If typing on a phone the phone automatically changes it to a capital after a full stop and a space. Are we being tested when reading these passages with no full stops, keeping us on our toes, or some middle age rebellion but not too risky having the capital letter?

 


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Noz Flag North Hampshire 25 May 21 4.12pm Send a Private Message to Noz Add Noz as a friend

I don't understand this thread at all: Period!

 

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monkey Flag Sittingbourne,but made in Bromley 25 May 21 4.22pm Send a Private Message to monkey Add monkey as a friend

I.Don’t.Know.What.You’re.Talking.About.Rudi.

 

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thegreatlardino Flag crawley/selsey 25 May 21 5.31pm Send a Private Message to thegreatlardino Add thegreatlardino as a friend

its coz most peoples is fick nowadays

 


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PalazioVecchio Flag south pole 26 May 21 9.55am Send a Private Message to PalazioVecchio Add PalazioVecchio as a friend

well i think its all very obnoxious to think that people would come on here writing a load of old of incomprehensible nonsense that joe public finds hard to read and even more difficult to fathom i mean who is he joe public anyway its all just one great big stitchup thats what i think and i think i am write in this case

 


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HeathMan Flag Purley 26 May 21 11.32pm Send a Private Message to HeathMan Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add HeathMan as a friend

well i think its all very obnoxious to think that people would come on here writing a load of old of incomprehensible nonsense that joe public finds hard to read and even more difficult to fathom i mean who is he joe public anyway its all just one great big stitchup thats what i think and i think i am write in this case

Thanks for the opportunity to practice my translation / comprehension skills.

 

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BlueJay Flag UK 27 May 21 12.15am

A capital offence!

 

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