born2rebellis
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- Nov 30, 2021
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Punctuation and grammar are mega annoying at times and create a sense of restriction, not to mention a complete waste of time and take the focus of the main component of writing, the content.
I’m all for commas, apostrophises, exclamation marks, fullstops, brackets and such however there’s many elements of punctuation that are just so painstakingly annoying.
The beauty of writing to me is the way it allows for one to freely express themselves, the way the words flow, unfortunately grammar and punctuation often halt this process and plant doubt in the mind.
Even grammar and punctuation zealots profess that there’s many rules that are just plain dumb.
To me writing and grammar/punctuation are almost two different forms of art in their own own right.
Grammar/punctuation aren’t creative, it’s too structured and rule based therefore doesn’t allow for any kind of individuality. It’s the result of someone else’s ideas. I guess that doesn’t sit well with me either, everyone’s lingo is completely different and often grammar and punctuation make every writer sound exactly the same.
I think I will continue writing, perhaps on different forums but for now, I find this particular forum to be too anal (no pun intended) and takes itself too seriously, It’s just a forum after all, and creates the illusion that it’s some kind of newspaper or something with professional editors and publishers
Even comments have to be moderated before they appear.
That’s lame, I also find the forum to be very cluttered with a poor layout,
I’ll continue reading, however will no longer be wasting any more precious time and thought with such nonsense on here.
My criticism of the forum, of course, only designed to make it a better place, as it could be soooooo much better. That’s if I’m allowed to say ‘soooooo.’
I’m all for commas, apostrophises, exclamation marks, fullstops, brackets and such however there’s many elements of punctuation that are just so painstakingly annoying.
The beauty of writing to me is the way it allows for one to freely express themselves, the way the words flow, unfortunately grammar and punctuation often halt this process and plant doubt in the mind.
Even grammar and punctuation zealots profess that there’s many rules that are just plain dumb.
To me writing and grammar/punctuation are almost two different forms of art in their own own right.
Grammar/punctuation aren’t creative, it’s too structured and rule based therefore doesn’t allow for any kind of individuality. It’s the result of someone else’s ideas. I guess that doesn’t sit well with me either, everyone’s lingo is completely different and often grammar and punctuation make every writer sound exactly the same.
I think I will continue writing, perhaps on different forums but for now, I find this particular forum to be too anal (no pun intended) and takes itself too seriously, It’s just a forum after all, and creates the illusion that it’s some kind of newspaper or something with professional editors and publishers
Even comments have to be moderated before they appear.
That’s lame, I also find the forum to be very cluttered with a poor layout,
I’ll continue reading, however will no longer be wasting any more precious time and thought with such nonsense on here.
My criticism of the forum, of course, only designed to make it a better place, as it could be soooooo much better. That’s if I’m allowed to say ‘soooooo.’
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