Monday 6 February 2012

Politeness Costs Nothing

Good old Beeb, I knew I could rely on you for my daily splurge: The bent of the article isn't (as the title suggests) the loss of the written word, but of patience and of self-censorship. Hastily written words don't impart the meaning they should, as the frenetic pace of social media discourages people from drafting, editing and clarifying. I've personally lost count of how many arguments I've been involved in over something as simple as a misplaced comma. Of course in that case, it was because I was drawing a comma on someone's forehead with a Sharpie while screeching "USE PUNCTUATION YOU COMPLETE BASTARD!"

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