# Proper grammar, punctuation and capitalization

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proper-grammar-punctuation-and-capitalization/600079>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 18, 2011, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proper-grammar-punctuation-and-capitalization/600079 "2011-10-18T23:33:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proper-grammar-punctuation-and-capitalization/600079/41 "2011-10-22T17:09:09Z")

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I get annoyed at myself when I make a typo or have some glaring grammar error. I get especially pissed off at myself if I don’t catch it before the edit window closes. And I really hate when I make stupid typos that are not caught by spell check; thin **g** instead of thin **k**.

As mentioned above, if I know the author is from a different country and English is their second language, they get a full pass on any spelling or grammar errors.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proper-grammar-punctuation-and-capitalization/600079/42 "2011-10-22T19:14:57Z")

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I only don’t read when they also don’t include paragraphs. The text just jumbles together. It’s bad enough with proper capitalization and punctuation, but, without it, I can’t do it.

The only way I’ve successfully pulled it off is to edit it myself. But that’s enough work that I rarely bother. And if I do bother, it’s more for helping everyone else out.

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