Indeed. I'm not talking about folks who aren't able to write any better, but those who clearly could *if* they wanted to!
And btw, it's 'intelligibility'
[Pedant mode off].
Absolutely! What those guilty of such perhaps don't realise is that, upon encountering it, probably 90% of people will simply bypass what's written, without even attempting to read it, as reams of prose, minus paragraphs, is simply hard on the eyes and requires too much effort to decipher.The main bugbear for me and others I'm sure, is the regular lack of paragraphing.
Therefore, it's completely counterproductive if you want people to actually READ what you've written...........
We should start a national campaign, encouraging the lazy sods to 'get jiggy' with their [return] key!
Marco.
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Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
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Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
Protect your HUMAN RIGHTS and REFUSE ANY *MANDATORY* VACCINE FOR COVID-19!
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Location: Middlesex, UK
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I'm Alex.
I was booted from school at the age of fourteen, before I could take exams. I also recorded the lowest annual report score ever at my school, 3%. All due to boredom and laziness.
Location: Middlesex, UK
Posts: 4,482
I'm Alex.
Spendorman
Yeah. I did well at college too from the age of 21. Passed everything with credits (bit annoyed, my mate got distinctions ). City and Guilds Streetworks. Went on to a lifetime working in highway engineering.
That's harsh. Typos (don't think that merits an apostrophe of omission nowadays) are very different to linguistic errors in my book. Okay, you can proof-read your post more than once, but typos have a habit of eluding poor eyesight. I would fail at the first hurdle on a hand-held appliance, and only just manage on this 'orribly sticky keyboard on mine.
Thought for the day; in hindsight or with hindsight? This prepositional error is just so widespread, including amongst broadcasters and others you'd expect better from. Furthermore, how did this erroneous change occur? This is current bugbear number one, but there are other similar grammatical abortions popping up from time to time.
You mention leeway for those who have difficulty, but I've found a correlation between poor written English and a reluctance to be subtly educated. Not here, I may add, but on other forums. I think there's a big difference between (lack of) prowess at school and a lack of realisation in middle age when one should have the benefit of hindsight.