Does proper punctuation matter?

Richie

Richie

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Sitting here about to leave for work when I noticed a story on the BBC News TV programme just now. It refers to the Waterstones book company dropping the apostrophe from their name and asking people the question:

"Does proper punctuation matter today?"

They used 2 similar sentences:

1. Breakfast at its best
2. Breakfast at it's best

and asked members of the public what is correct or if it really matters what is used.


  • So does poor punctuation = lazy (as in too lazy to learn it as well as too lazy to use it if you know how to)?
  • Does it matter, if you can understand what is being written regardless of the poor punctuation?


I suppose I could throw this open to poor grammar/spelling e.g. there/their or the use of the word "draw" where it should be "drawer" e.g. "top draw material" when it should be "top drawer material"
 
Edrof; said:
Generally, if you don't use capital letters, commas, full stops and apostrophes then you're being lazy and expecting your reader to do extra work in order to decipher your writing.
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Agreed. I also feel that, going by what you say above, if a person's writings are misinterpreted due to the poor punctuation then that is the writer's fault and not the reader's for "not reading it right"
 
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