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BAYRAM ERDEM Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
The rules
Hello!
When I put my question to the forum, there are some rules which I observe. But I also want to dig a little and learn more about the rules if I want someone to answer my question.
For example I try to send mature posts. Because if I use emoticons such as smiley :-) in my postings, native speakers or non-natives who read my qustion may interpret my posts as too casual. I also don't type in all upper case for fear that it implies I am shouting. Most of the time I'm doing my best to use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation in my post refraining from using incomplete sentences.
I am acutely aware that I am too late to ask this question, but could you please do me a favour and tell me what I should think about when I am asking a question to you or forming an opinion?
PS I have got to work on having the patience to wait for a couple of hours for my postings to be responded.
When I put my question to the forum, there are some rules which I observe. But I also want to dig a little and learn more about the rules if I want someone to answer my question.
For example I try to send mature posts. Because if I use emoticons such as smiley :-) in my postings, native speakers or non-natives who read my qustion may interpret my posts as too casual. I also don't type in all upper case for fear that it implies I am shouting. Most of the time I'm doing my best to use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation in my post refraining from using incomplete sentences.
I am acutely aware that I am too late to ask this question, but could you please do me a favour and tell me what I should think about when I am asking a question to you or forming an opinion?
PS I have got to work on having the patience to wait for a couple of hours for my postings to be responded.
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BAYRAM ERDEM I am acutely aware that I am too late to ask this question, but could you please do me a favour and tell me what I should think about when I am asking a question to you or forming an opinion? I think that what you are doing already is quite admirable, if you are following those self-conceived rules. I particularly like the one about avoiding emoticons, because I think that they are very counterproductive to the language learning process.
- BAYRAM ERDEM I am acutely aware that I am too late to ask this question, but could you please do me a favour and tell me what I should think about when I am asking a question to you or forming an opinion?
- I think that what you are doing already is quite admirable, if you are following those self-conceived rules.
- I particularly like the one about avoiding emoticons, because I think that they are very counterproductive to the language learning process.
- Recently, one member commented that 'Mr Micawber is never humorous because he never uses smilies'.
- I actually joke quite a lot, but learners—and native speakers—too easily become dependent on emoticon messages and then cannot properly interpret the language!
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BAYRAM ERDEMI am acutely aware that I am too late to ask this question, but could you please do me a favour and tell me what I should think about when I am asking a question to you or forming an opinion?I think that what you are doing already is quite admirable, if you are following those self-conceived rules. I particularly like the one about avoiding emoti
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Mister MicawberI actually joke quite a lot, ...In my humble opinion, your writings are serious, but not without the occasional touch of humour.
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