Charlaine Harris Book/Show Group discussion
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EXAMPLE= (my little cousins update on myspace, she is 14) she says: "i lovge tim more then anythang i wish i could see him right now i dont thank he likes me any more :( but i well never stop loveen him"
While I silently scream in my head it T-H-I-N-K! LOL, perhaps I have issues hehehe. I am just excited that someone else feels that way about this generations lack of spelling and punctuation, and they do it purposefully. They say they are being creative...I don't understand that.

EXAMPLE= (my little cousins update on myspace, she is 14) she says: "i lovge tim mor..."
It's not creative, it's lazy. It's not even so much the texting that bothers me...I can sort of make out the phonetics (if you can call them that). The lack of punctuation is really irritating. How am I supposed to know where one thought ends and the next one begins???

Thankfully they at least use spell check and the grammar check with Word, otherwise it would be impossible to decipher.


I'll admit that I don't always do a good proof read of my posts, so I may very well make gramatical errors. But, I totally hear what you are saying about the Twilight groups. I really liked Twilight, although I realize the books were not literary genius, but I cannot tolerate the Twilight groups, because of the posts. The fact that most of the individuals in the groups are teenagers cannot stand as defense for the utter ridiculousness that you have to read in those groups. I was a teenager once. I don't recall having those writing issues.

oh and Lori while I also enjoyed the twilight series..the books needed editing I mean I found mistakes and people to call Stephanie Meyers a literary genius. WOW!!


I, personally, am glad there are no grammar police.
By the way, it should be adults WHO, not THAT. See, everyone makes mistakes and I'm glad kids are writing...when they get ready, their grammar will clean up and they will have a great skill. Language is a living thing...it changes and grows with the people who use it.
Yeah, there were definately mistaskes in the Twilight books, but I find mistakes in all books. I actually like to see how many pages into a book I get before I can find an error. I can't think of more than a couple of books that I haven't found mistakes in. Its been awhile since I've read the Twilight books, so I can't recall if there were an abover average number of gramatical errors.

I don't mean to be obnoxious, but "a lot" is two words. Since you're so picky and all... :P
Still a million times better than on the Twilight boards. I can't wait until Dead and Gone is released and people really start posting again. I miss this the Sookie boards.
I also follow the Twilight board and I weep for America's future when an entire topic is riddled with text-speak and lacking entirely in punctuation.
I'm not some old biddie - I'm 23. Nor am I a grammar-genius. But for God's sake, learn to use a comma!
So, thank you. I like reading what you have to say.