"Mike the Elder" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> > There are two things that irritate me quite a lot when people write
> > prose, especially online:
> >
> >   1: When, in the middle of a longer sentence, they start writing something
> > in parentheses, but never close them. Sometimes it's confusing and hard to
> > guess where the thing in parentheses is supposed to end.
> >
> >   2: When people write something like: "Two points: Firstly, ..." but then
> > they never write "Secondly, ..." or anything like that anywhere in the text.
> > Thus it's hard to see what the *other* point they are making is.
> >
> >   Yeah, minor things, but...
> >
> > --
> >                                                           - Warp
>
> FIVE THINGS THAT IRRITATE ME:
>
> 1. EXCESSIVE CAPITALIZATION
>
> B. PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW THAT A PREPOSITION IS NOT WHAT ONE SHOULD END A SENTENCE
> WITH.
>
> III. NIT-PICKING ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE'S WRITING STYLE
>
> FOUR: PEOPLE NOT FINISHING WHAT THEY START.

LOL

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