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- From: ai118@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Rich Zidonis)
- Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
- Subject: Re: i am expressing myself in lower-case
- Date: 17 Nov 1992 14:46:38 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- References: <1992Nov16.195239.19831@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
- Reply-To: ai118@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Rich Zidonis)
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- In a previous article, jhoskins@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (James M Hoskins) says:
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- >i have been hooked up to the internet for a few months now and i have
- >noticed that more than a few people write exclusively in lower-
- >case. this has been my first exposure (outside of poetry) to
- >correspondence and composition of this sort; none of my family or
- >friends has ever written exclusively in lower-case. i wonder why
- >people do this? is it a matter of being able to type quicker?
- >is it that (nb: didn't use "because") people feel this kind of prose
- >looks better? i will admit to finding it a little grating, but not
- >even close to being as annoying as ALL CAPS EXPRESSION.
- >
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- It is a habit formed by those who work in the computer industry.
- That is to say, case gets in the way (as does errant punctuation).
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- After programming in basic for years, I found it near impossible to
- use a comma in my non-computer life.
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- RAZ ai118@cleveland.freenet.edu
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