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Netspeak

If there's one thing about the internet that I absolutely hate, it's netspeak. "r u there" instead of "Are you there?" or stupid acronyms like ROFL or LOL. Like anyone in the real world would ever actually say "rolling...

Published Sun, Nov 4 2007 2:19 PM by Charles Boyung

Filed under: Rants, Writing, Language, Spelling, Grammar
Gender-Neutral Pronouns

Just a short post today, since I've got to go play Ultimate in a little bit. Continuing what has apparently become a short series on the English language, I'd like to talk about one thing that I don't like about the language: the lack of gender...

Published Tue, Nov 6 2007 6:34 PM by Charles Boyung

Filed under: Writing, Grammar
Me, Myself, and I

Continuing with the English theme that I started with my last post, I'm here to talk to you today about one of my biggest pet peeves when it comes to the English language: the improper use of the words me, myself, and I. Well, it's really about...

Published Sun, Nov 4 2007 2:19 PM by Charles Boyung

Filed under: Writing, Grammar
Grammar & Spelling Online

One thing that has always bugged me about blogs is the relative lack of proofreading and editing of online writings. In my opinion, all this really does is make the writer seem ignorant and stupid. In print media, everything is read by at least one other...

Published Sun, Nov 4 2007 1:26 PM by Charles Boyung

Filed under: Writing, Spelling, Grammar