Well, I thank the last 2 commenters for being passive & polite.
(And I know this probably doesn't belong in this Post!...)
I tend to 'bite' (quote-marks deliberate there...) sometimes, because I have experienced certain people
in the past who/(whom! have not just mentioned my Grammar, but have a problem with 'me', (again
deliberate) personally!. Putting all that aside though...
I'm aware of
bold,
italics, & UPPERCASE, and 'single' & "Double" quotes etc. and their uses.
Firstly, I hate too much uppercase writing too, as people say it is YELLING!, but sometimes I use it just
to emphasize a particular key-word, but strongly so, like... "We should not EVER go down that road!".
I don't (generally, unless unaware?) use Double-Quotes, unless I'm quoting someone or something,
like... My Father used to say... "Never give up an opportunity to shutup" (Actually a Dr. Phil quote haha).
I didn't think that what I was typing was so unintelligible, when I use Single Quotes though?
To 'me', (deliberate emphasis there :-) ), it can be just a replacement for
bold &
italic, when
considering that RAW text using the likes of 'Notepad' in Windows, is just that. Pre-Formatted.
And I use Notepad a lot, for fast note-taking, copying/pasting/saving, before submitting simple text.
To me, in such Forums, I'm not writing a book. I'm condensing a few sentences into something that I
wish to convey, so emphasis on certain words is what I intended, for those that 'gloss' over things!!??
I guess I'm wrong though. (And I take heed!!!). Let's assume I said this... (& no line limits)...
"The other day the company that you just mentioned treated me the same and I was most pissed off, but I persevered with them until my accountant told me to not have anything to do with the Mechanical-Genious company any more, especially after they were taken over by the
new Metal Fabrications business that is now prevalent in our neighbor hood, so our business was shut down..."
To 'me', it's about key words
...
"The other day, that 'Mechanical Genious' company screwed me TOO!!
My Accountant warned me about the take-over by 'Metal Fabrications', but to no avail...
'Our' small business had no power to fight them, and we are now 'Shut Down'
?"
I'll try to 'moderate' (
) it. In the mean time... I'm just 'me'... Glenn.