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tweet by @Grace_Segers:
"Me, writing an email:
I’m using an exclamation point so you know I’m friendly and excited! But now I’m using a period so that you know I’m not crazy. Here’s another sentence with a period as a buffer, proving my normalness. Thanks so much!"
And here’s a vaguely annoyed sentence but I won’t put a full stop at the end of it so that it seems like it’s just an offhand comment and not a dig at you
If I put a full stop at the end it seems a bit too blunt.
You think punctuation comes across as critical/blunt, so you just… don’t end sentences? I guess it doesn’t matter much for texts or social media or wherever, but that reasoning is just… wild.
Ohhhhhh. Penny drops.
I always interpreted those as meaning “so exasperated with you I can’t even finish my sentence”.
Of late punctuation seems to be interpreted as aggression I will not participate in the madness full stop exclamation point period
I don’t. know. whether, to, be, dismayed; or: delighted!
I must be coming across as super aggressive and alpha.
Or you’re just William Shatner.
Or… Walken!
And here I am reading it and just thinking “it’s hard to take this buffoon seriously, he doesn’t even take the time to ensure proper punctuation before sending emails.”
When you neglect to ensure clarity of your emails using proper spelling, grammar and punctuation, you steal time and energy from all the receivers who have to spend extra effort trying to understand what you’re saying. I find poor language to be arrogant and disrespectful.
Lol rite? Cu Monday!!!
/S