QOTD: Punctuation?

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Shaun

Do you use proper punctuation and capital letters when adding calendar entries, tasks and contacts to your smartphone? I must admit to being more than a little anal in this area and obsessively include all punctuation etc. If only I did that on 247 eh?:)

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6 Responses to QOTD: Punctuation?

  1. gavinfabl says:
    June 10, 2009 at 4:19 am

    always use lots of punct , caps, its best that way cause youre sure to get confused other wise

  2. lazyboy says:
    June 10, 2009 at 6:31 am

    Yes, I’m a stickler for all that, too. It shouldn’t matter, but it does.

  3. Philippa says:
    June 10, 2009 at 7:41 am

    Usually I do, yes. It does help when my device auto corrects certain words e.g. dont to don’t.

  4. DavidGreen says:
    June 10, 2009 at 7:59 am

    Always. Just because it’s SMS, doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be proper English.

  5. vboelema says:
    June 10, 2009 at 8:42 am

    I do for calendar entrees, though I do sometimes use “4″ and “2″ instead of “for” and “to.” But that’s more to keep the entry short.

    For SMS I try and get my 160 characters worth. I quite like the texting language… but yet it bothers me when it’s an email.

    The other day I received a CV for a job application, and I was surprised by the poor quality of the writing. I though everyone knew that “I” is capitalized!

  6. eccleshill says:
    June 10, 2009 at 1:00 pm

    I’m with you on this, Shaun. Mind you, my kids think I’m a bit anal…