spelling and punctuation are symptomatic of a larger disease.
In an age where the masses are barely capable of abstract thought and nearly devoid of any ability to articulate a simple idea or concept I don't worry so much about whether or not someone knows the when to use a colon vs. a semi-colon.
Besides... I'm not the grammar police by any stretch of the imagination... but I'm pretty astute at reading between the lines.
I appreciate that someone can. I have lost the greater portion of respect for this astoundingly ignorant society due to meticulation of details that are in no way consequential to the greater image. semi colons should be eliminated entirely, in my opinion, though i will hold it to myself if someone decides to flaunt their punctuation skills. this is subject to mood, i should add. I have a tendency to be rather cruel if surrounded my seething maladroits and pretentious, obviously transvocal individuals who merely recite instead of deduct. i'm certain you have encountered the sort, though were able to contain yourself and subdue this plague of immeasurable disgust....or you were never disgusted in the first place. I cannot imagine in my wildest dreams an individual who could avoid immeasurable disgust for this plummiting society...
In an age where the masses are barely capable of abstract thought and nearly devoid of any ability to articulate a simple idea or concept I don't worry so much about whether or not someone knows the when to use a colon vs. a semi-colon.
Besides... I'm not the grammar police by any stretch of the imagination... but I'm pretty astute at reading between the lines.
my rank, convoluted rant concludes
[Edited on Jun 13, 2003]