You can exact revenge when I use it's when I meant its and when I use they're when I meant their which I find myself doing more often. Ugh.
I'm glad I'm not alone in that!
You can exact revenge when I use it's when I meant its and when I use they're when I meant their which I find myself doing more often. Ugh.
Off topic but what a name for a band!
It's true that I'm very stylish. Sometimes I forget that mortals can't keep up. Being perfect is a burden.Some grammar rules are flexible and can be broken but one has to understand the rule in order to break it. Knowingly breaking a rule is called style. Breaking a rule one doesn't understand is ignorance. Good writers and readers know the difference. Clues that one doesn't understand rules that shouldn't be broken are poor subject-verb agreement, dangling participles, inconsistent tenses and misspellings for instance.
Back in the day I got an A in freshman English comp in college. When I post on here, I just type. Half the time I don't proof if. It's not worth the trouble.When we're reading written text, we're just looking at words in order, at the speed we want.
So what the hell does it matter whether it's broken into paragraphs or not?
Whether you read
Comment 1
Comment 2
Comment 3
or Comment 1 Comment 2 Comment 3
Your eyes read the same letters with the same meaning in the same order. Why does it matter whether there was some space between them?
Yet paragraphs have a huge impact. Not only as a reaction, but even if I'm thinking 'paragraphs shouldn't matter, just read the text as if it had them', long paragraphs are still hard to read.
It doesn't really make any sense why. It's not speech, where the speed a person is talking, the pauses they take, are relevant. Want a break reading a paragraph? Wait a moment before going on to the next sentence. Rationally that should be fine, but it's not.
It's not really that different with other 'white space' or punctuation. If there weren't any periods, it wouldn't change the words; you could stop if you want. But having that period makes it more readable. So Comment 1. Comment 2. Is quite different than Comment 1 comment 2.
So it seems that replicating speech patterns in written text - pause here, take a break there - is more important than makes any sense for it to be. Again you could have the same pauses and breaks if you want without the white space.
Try reading an overly long paragraph, and it's hard to get through. It's as if the whole thing gets jumbled and grows in weight so you can't stand to keep reading it, all because there aren't a few blank lines.
It's strange.
Yeah--------using English properly ain't important.What an odd thing to be concerned about.
When we're reading written text, we're just looking at words in order, at the speed we want.
So what the hell does it matter whether it's broken into paragraphs or not?
Whether you read
Comment 1
Comment 2
Comment 3
or Comment 1 Comment 2 Comment 3
Your eyes read the same letters with the same meaning in the same order. Why does it matter whether there was some space between them?
Yet paragraphs have a huge impact. Not only as a reaction, but even if I'm thinking 'paragraphs shouldn't matter, just read the text as if it had them', long paragraphs are still hard to read.
It doesn't really make any sense why. It's not speech, where the speed a person is talking, the pauses they take, are relevant. Want a break reading a paragraph? Wait a moment before going on to the next sentence. Rationally that should be fine, but it's not.
It's not really that different with other 'white space' or punctuation. If there weren't any periods, it wouldn't change the words; you could stop if you want. But having that period makes it more readable. So Comment 1. Comment 2. Is quite different than Comment 1 comment 2.
So it seems that replicating speech patterns in written text - pause here, take a break there - is more important than makes any sense for it to be. Again you could have the same pauses and breaks if you want without the white space.
Try reading an overly long paragraph, and it's hard to get through. It's as if the whole thing gets jumbled and grows in weight so you can't stand to keep reading it, all because there aren't a few blank lines.
It's strange.
As a former practicing journalist I recommend you get a basic essay structure guide. Who, what, when, where, how and why are the science
The intent is to organize a message in for better understanding rather than have random thoughts scattered across the page. The best journalists use short, descriptive paragraphs moving from say, the result of the fire, the saftey of the children and family, how it may have started etc. In my years I've heard a lot of unloading - over excited rookies pissing their pants at seeing actual flames - they tend to report like this "the firemen are up on ladders, with hoses, it broke out around 9, it's not known how it started. And it appears not all the children have been accounted for....which is also called burying the lead. Writing is a science in the same way mirco chip manufacturing is an art
I think you missed my point. Write the fire story, with and without paragraph breaks. It's the same story, word for word, in the same order. It's not just that the paragraphs are easier to read, it's that how difficult it is to try to read the one without them by manually taking 'breaks' reading it. You're talking about a different topic than the one for the thread.
that's what some of us say upon reading itBack in the day I got an A in freshman English comp in college. When I post on here, I just type. Half the time I don't proof if. It's not worth the trouble.
I strongly suggest
No offense, but you are missing the point. And a bit ironically, given you're kind of doing what you're criticizing.
No offense, but you are missing the point. And a bit ironically, given you're kind of doing what you're criticizing.
This is actually a fascinating area full of emergent research - neurobiology of reading comprehension. This article will provide a taste for the kinds of questions being asked but it's a mere starting point. https://neurosciencenews.com/neuroscience-sentence-structure-6450/When we're reading written text, we're just looking at words in order, at the speed we want.
So what the hell does it matter whether it's broken into paragraphs or not?
Whether you read
Comment 1
Comment 2
Comment 3
or Comment 1 Comment 2 Comment 3
Your eyes read the same letters with the same meaning in the same order. Why does it matter whether there was some space between them?
Yet paragraphs have a huge impact. Not only as a reaction, but even if I'm thinking 'paragraphs shouldn't matter, just read the text as if it had them', long paragraphs are still hard to read.
It doesn't really make any sense why. It's not speech, where the speed a person is talking, the pauses they take, are relevant. Want a break reading a paragraph? Wait a moment before going on to the next sentence. Rationally that should be fine, but it's not.
It's not really that different with other 'white space' or punctuation. If there weren't any periods, it wouldn't change the words; you could stop if you want. But having that period makes it more readable. So Comment 1. Comment 2. Is quite different than Comment 1 comment 2.
So it seems that replicating speech patterns in written text - pause here, take a break there - is more important than makes any sense for it to be. Again you could have the same pauses and breaks if you want without the white space.
Try reading an overly long paragraph, and it's hard to get through. It's as if the whole thing gets jumbled and grows in weight so you can't stand to keep reading it, all because there aren't a few blank lines.
It's strange.
When we're reading written text, we're just looking at words in order, at the speed we want.
So what the hell does it matter whether it's broken into paragraphs or not?
Whether you read
Comment 1
Comment 2
Comment 3
or Comment 1 Comment 2 Comment 3
Your eyes read the same letters with the same meaning in the same order. Why does it matter whether there was some space between them?
Yet paragraphs have a huge impact. Not only as a reaction, but even if I'm thinking 'paragraphs shouldn't matter, just read the text as if it had them', long paragraphs are still hard to read.
It doesn't really make any sense why. It's not speech, where the speed a person is talking, the pauses they take, are relevant. Want a break reading a paragraph? Wait a moment before going on to the next sentence. Rationally that should be fine, but it's not.
It's not really that different with other 'white space' or punctuation. If there weren't any periods, it wouldn't change the words; you could stop if you want. But having that period makes it more readable. So Comment 1. Comment 2. Is quite different than Comment 1 comment 2.
So it seems that replicating speech patterns in written text - pause here, take a break there - is more important than makes any sense for it to be. Again you could have the same pauses and breaks if you want without the white space.
Try reading an overly long paragraph, and it's hard to get through. It's as if the whole thing gets jumbled and grows in weight so you can't stand to keep reading it, all because there aren't a few blank lines.
It's strange.
This wasn't about 'sides'; it was about how it seems everyone prefers paragraphing, but why it's as hard to read without them as it is. Why can't people read a paragraph worth, pause, then read more? Yet it's hard.Bah! humbug!
I missed a great discussion!
Oh well, put me on the side that desires proper paragraphing; sorry to disagree with you, buddy, but I'm in FearAndLoathing's corner on this!
I would say if you don't like the way someone else posts that don't read their posts.When we're reading written text, we're just looking at words in order, at the speed we want.
So what the hell does it matter whether it's broken into paragraphs or not?
Whether you read
Comment 1
Comment 2
Comment 3
or Comment 1 Comment 2 Comment 3
Your eyes read the same letters with the same meaning in the same order. Why does it matter whether there was some space between them?
Yet paragraphs have a huge impact. Not only as a reaction, but even if I'm thinking 'paragraphs shouldn't matter, just read the text as if it had them', long paragraphs are still hard to read.
It doesn't really make any sense why. It's not speech, where the speed a person is talking, the pauses they take, are relevant. Want a break reading a paragraph? Wait a moment before going on to the next sentence. Rationally that should be fine, but it's not.
It's not really that different with other 'white space' or punctuation. If there weren't any periods, it wouldn't change the words; you could stop if you want. But having that period makes it more readable. So Comment 1. Comment 2. Is quite different than Comment 1 comment 2.
So it seems that replicating speech patterns in written text - pause here, take a break there - is more important than makes any sense for it to be. Again you could have the same pauses and breaks if you want without the white space.
Try reading an overly long paragraph, and it's hard to get through. It's as if the whole thing gets jumbled and grows in weight so you can't stand to keep reading it, all because there aren't a few blank lines.
It's strange.
There are hypothesis that there is a predictive element to reading comprehension e.g. the brain anticipates what comes next, and its efficiency at doing so is influenced by word choice, sentence structure and even paragraph structure. I think we are in the very early days of eventually developing new languages that are optimized for comprehension depth and speed with neuroscience as their foundation.