Grammar Police (What ticks you off?)

[FRE]

Unfortunately most software removes the second space whenever I am typing. WordPerfect doesn't, but I use a 2002 version if it.

I didn't know that WordPerfect was still used. I've used Info2000, WordStar, WordPerfect, and a number of text editors including the Norton editor. Now I am using Microsoft Word.

 

[Squirrel1]

I didn't know that WordPerfect was still used. I've used Info2000, WordStar, WordPerfect, and a number of text editors including the Norton editor. Now I am using Microsoft Word.

WordPerfect was the best word processor. Gotta love those Reveal Codes. Unfortunately Word took over. Not a big fan of Word.

 

[willow78]

I use OpenOffice for personal documents, but MicroSoft Word/Office/etc. if the document needs to be shared with other people.

I'm quite happy with O-O, although they don't seem to do automatic updating anymore which annoys me (#firstworldproblems). And it doesn't seem to have some of the handy little short-cuts and tricks that MS has.

As for the period/space dilemma - I put a space between a period and new sentence. But if the period is at the end of a paragraph or a line (e.g. if I'm making a list), I just hit 'enter' without bothering with a space.

 

[DiomedesXVI]

WordPerfect was the best word processor. Gotta love those Reveal Codes. Unfortunately Word took over. Not a big fan of Word.

My PhD supervisor still uses WordPerfect. Then again, she also chooses not to own a cell phone, and apparently has a rotary phone in her house. She sees the value in technology, but doesn't really want it to be a big part of her life unless she has to.

 

[Squirrel1]

My PhD supervisor still uses WordPerfect. Then again, she also chooses not to own a cell phone, and apparently has a rotary phone in her house. She sees the value in technology, but doesn't really want it to be a big part of her life unless she has to.

Well I do have a cell phone. WordPerfect was the first word processor I ever used. People laugh when I say it is the best. The only ones that don't laugh are the ones that also used WordPerfect..the agree. MS Word tends to make, what it thinks are, the best formatting decisions for you. It is almost impossible to override them.

 

[FRE]

Well I do have a cell phone. WordPerfect was the first word processor I ever used. People laugh when I say it is the best. The only ones that don't laugh are the ones that also used WordPerfect..the agree. MS Word tends to make, what it thinks are, the best formatting decisions for you. It is almost impossible to override them.

At one time I used WordPerfect at work but I didn't like it. I much prefer MicrosoftWord.

I also used WordStar. It had one feature that I found really useful occasionally. When it was in column mode it permitted moving columns around. It's the only word processor I ever used that permitted that.

For writing computer code, whether in assembler or a high level language, I really liked the Norton text editor.

 

[Squirrel1]

I think it all comes down to the fact that whatever word processor you first used, that one will always seem like the best.

 

[FRE]

I think it all comes down to the fact that whatever word processor you first used, that one will always seem like the best.

Not for me!

In order I used INFO2000, WordStar, WordPerfect, and Microsoft Word.

By today's standards, INFO2000 was rather primitive. If I correctly recall, it would not hyphenate and it did not have a spell checker. WordStar required inserting dot commands which was a nuisance. WordPerfect was somewhat tricky and sometimes required the "reveal codes" command to see what was happening. I prefer Microsoft Word to all of them. The others I used only professionally. I first used Microsoft Word at home.

 

[SurferGirlCA]

No no no, 2T.
This is a new wrinkle .. the contracted ellipsis..

Or the flaccid ellipsis?

 

[chicagosam]

Or the flaccid ellipsis?

As displayed in septuagenarian tweets.

 

[englad]

As displayed in septuagenarian tweets.

Speaking of which..the adjective "bigly".

 

[grandunification]

My PhD supervisor still uses WordPerfect. Then again, she also chooses not to own a cell phone, and apparently has a rotary phone in her house. She sees the value in technology, but doesn't really want it to be a big part of her life unless she has to.

What is your PhD in?

 

[englad]

Speaking of which..the adjective "bigly".

Fuck sake, I meant the adverb "bigly".

 

[chicagosam]

Fuck sake, I meant the adverb "bigly".

You have words. You have the best words.

 

[twoton]

I have a minor thing about “different than” instead of the correct “different from.” It’s not a big thing, but it’s a thing.

 

[englad]

You have words. You have the best words.

Haha, thanks. Honestly though, I originally thought he was saying an idiom I'd never heard before. I thought he was saying "big league", and thought perhaps this is is a New York thing or a fairly obscure American idiom that's seldom used. But nope, it seems he was just making up adverbs.

 

[Khegan]

Haha, thanks. Honestly though, I originally thought he was saying an idiom I'd never heard before. I thought he was saying "big league", and thought perhaps this is is a New York thing or a fairly obscure American idiom that's seldom used. But nope, it seems he was just making up adverbs.

"covfefe"

 

[chicagosam]

"covfefe"

Hamberder.

 

[xXSlateXx]

The one thing that grinds my gears more than any other (and I don't know why) is the improper use of the apostrophe, particularly after an acronym. CD's instead of CDs. TV's instead of TVs. It irks me to no end.

 

[FRE]

The one thing that grinds my gears more than any other (and I don't know why) is the improper use of the apostrophe, particularly after an acronym. CD's instead of CDs. TV's instead of TVs. It irks me to no end.

I'm not sure, but I seem to recall that at one time "CD's" and "TV's" would have been considered correct and that was considered the proper way to form plurals for such abbreviations.