When someone posts a rant here, they are often frustrated and at their wits end. I get that.They want to be heard. I get that also. I am also interested in reading. Maybe I can learn something or even help out. Then why do many page long rants appear without even one paragraph break?If you want your rant to be read, give these old eyes a break, and use paragraph breaks. Otherwise, I will just give up, and move on thus negating the purpose of rant completely. Thank you for allowing my rant. Carry on.

Too funny. Just two minutes ago, I was thinking the very same thing. Weird.Bruce

If a post is a long page with no paragraphs, all caps, or no punctuation I don't even bother to read it.

Dennis M M wrote:If a post is a long page with no paragraphs, all caps, or no punctuation I don't even bother to read it.I'll, at least, try to read in case there is something I might be able to add to the thread, but if it's first thing in the morning or after a hard day's work, my eyes just can't handle everything running together, so I just give up. I wish I didn't have to, but that's just how it is -- I will move on to something that takes less effort to read.Bruce

Dennis M M wrote:If a post is a long page with no paragraphs, all caps, or no punctuation I don't even bother to read it.I agree - it's just too hard. But, then there is spelling. Some folks apparently don't reread what they wrote. I'm not talking about folks that really don't spell well - I still want to read them, but when it is perfectly obvious that the poster didn't read over what they wrote - then I wonder... Especially in a rant about how to write. :h

Dog Folks wrote:When someone posts a rant here, they are often frustrated and at their wits end. I get that.They want to be heard. I get that also. I am also interested to read and maybe even learning something or helping out. Then why do many page long rants appear without even one paragraph break?If you want your rant to be read, give these old eyes a break, and use paragraph breaks. Otherwise, I will just give up, and move on thus negating the rant completely. Thank you for allowing my rant. Carry on.Ditto

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Water-Bug
Explorer II
Sep 13, 2014
Marcel Proust was known to compose gramatically correct, properly punctuated sentences , 600 to 800 characters long. I can't imagine how long his paragraphs ran. I guess he couldn't post here, without causing a rant.
rockhillmanor
Explorer II
Sep 13, 2014
x2

I think it's also due to the fact they have dropped so many classes in schools that teach the simple basics of how to read and write the English language! :B
littlemo
Explorer
Sep 13, 2014
Dog Folks wrote:
When someone posts a rant here, they are often frustrated and at their wits end. I get that.

They want to be heard. I get that also. I am also interested to read and maybe even learning something or helping out.

Then why do many page long rants appear without even one paragraph break?

If you want your rant to be read, give these old eyes a break, and use paragraph breaks. Otherwise, I will just give up, and move on thus negating the rant completely.

Thank you for allowing my rant.

Carry on.

Ditto
pasusan
Explorer
Sep 13, 2014
Dennis M M wrote:
If a post is a long page with no paragraphs, all caps, or no punctuation I don't even bother to read it.
I agree - it's just too hard. But, then there is spelling. Some folks apparently don't reread what they wrote. I'm not talking about folks that really don't spell well - I still want to read them, but when it is perfectly obvious that the poster didn't read over what they wrote - then I wonder... Especially in a rant about how to write. :h
nomad297
Explorer
Sep 13, 2014
Dennis M M wrote:
If a post is a long page with no paragraphs, all caps, or no punctuation I don't even bother to read it.

I'll, at least, try to read in case there is something I might be able to add to the thread, but if it's first thing in the morning or after a hard day's work, my eyes just can't handle everything running together, so I just give up. I wish I didn't have to, but that's just how it is -- I will move on to something that takes less effort to read.

Bruce
Dennis_M_M
Explorer
Sep 13, 2014
If a post is a long page with no paragraphs, all caps, or no punctuation I don't even bother to read it.
nomad297
Explorer
Sep 13, 2014
Too funny. Just two minutes ago, I was thinking the very same thing. Weird.

Bruce

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