Hi, Well, then it is official, i am an old fart :-)
I disagree with this. Yes, there is definitly a place for slang on the internet, a lot of big places, actually. Facebook, myspace, by all means, have a ball. But in business, and also in global online communities, like sourceforge, joomla.org, drupal.org or hack, the linux kernel mailinglist, i think clear and precise english is important. There are a lot of people in those places that do not have english as a first language, and the problems discussed there are very difficult an require you to be very specific. One common language really helps. And for now, that is english, and in a few years chinese. Sigh, i remember, in my time, mumble mumble fade away rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director Mountbatten Ltd. +256 782 801 749 www.mountbatten.net Be a professional website builder: www.easysites.ug On Thursday 08 October 2009 18:19:14 Chris Wilson wrote: > On Thu, 8 Oct 2009, Reinier Battenberg wrote: > > Does anyone know a simple website that explains what good written > > english is? Like explain what a comma is for, when to use capitals, > > etc.? > > > > That would be helpful, not just for this XXX. > > http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ > > Although to be honest I think we'd better get used to it than try to > change their ways. The future belongs to them, not to us. > > Cheers, Chris. _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
