Seeking an experienced individual with excellent writing and research skills to assist in the preparation of an e-business plan. E-business, E-Learning and sports experience helpful.
Because they think this sort of thing means anything, and is relevant.
Also, because they can’t decide on capitalization.
How about you go E-fuck yourself, because you don’t know what you’re E-talking about? Aside from e-mail, which actually has a meaning still, E is just another meaningless prefix that’s out of date.
Clearly, they need to hire people to prepare in an iBusiness plan, persons with iBusiness and iLearning experience. Information superhighway experience on the world wide web a bonus!
Ellipses do not function as periods.
For those who just responded sarcastically to the monitor, I thank you. For those of you who just commented on youtube, I probably mean you.
Ellipses being used as periods is the new unnecessary apostrophe I suspect, used by people who have no idea what the markings are for, nor how to properly do them a significant amount of the time.
I thought I’d have to hunt around for something here to demonstrate, but no. Craigslist delivers on the first two clicks.
So here’s the deal guys… I wanna date… Not jump into a relationship those
never work out… I wanna have fun… And meet a guy who isn’t embarrassed to be
With a bbw… I’m cute… Fun… Outgoing… And very laid back… No I’m not a
virgin… But no I’m not gonna have sex with you… So I’m not looking for a
cheap hook up… I’m looking for a guy who knows how to have fun… And be crazy
and serious at the same time… I’m looking for a real person not a fake…
No periods. Ever. And yet, each piece starts with a capital letter, as if she knows she’s stopping a sentence there. An elipsis every time. Is she indicating an incomplete thought? Yes. I’m guessing most of her thought process is incomplete, actually.
hello there my names Robert i just moved to phx from texas i am
looking to make some friends ppl to hang out with and maybe more later
down the line let me say a lil about myself .. um i am 25 yrs old i am
single i have short black spiky hair hazel blue eyes 5’9 135 3 periceings
5 tattoos ummm i love the out doors swimming camping 4wheeling playing
pool going to bars drink chillen meeting new ppl … i am oout going
sweet careing honest good persondily funny i like to laugh and make
others laugh …. umm dont wanna over do it so if u like what u hair umm u
may email me
The second entry here is obviously the more insidious one. Grammar, spelling, all bad, but it contains the worst of the abuse. The varying dot-count. It turns out in addition to using an ellipsis in place of a period, people don’t even know what it looks like. It starts with two, moves to three, then ends at four. Apparently you add one for each break in your incoherent thought, to tell everyone else how many times you’ve been an idiot today.
I’ve seen a few people around consistently using two periods instead of either an elipsis or period, just because they don’t know what’s correct, and they probably think nobody will notice if they just use two! That’s a typo at the end of every sentence, nothing else! Really!
Correct elipsis usage as follows:
God, the horrible things I want to do to people who abuse elipses…