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Message: [QUOTE="Cuango, post: 3762232, member: 3834"] I am quite fascinated by the number of people on social media (the repository of all things mediocre and standardless) who attack other posters who do not follow Fowlers “Modern English Usage” to the T as if that somehow invalidates the poster’s argument. I do not write the same way on social media as I would at school or work. Is that wrong? Probably so. It, at the very least, is lazy and sloppy. However, it has nothing at all to do with the validity of my argument or opinion! It is as though they are not satisfied with simply debating the question or the merits of the offending post but must demonstrate their superiority by pointing out the vast gulf that exists between themselves and the uneducated, possibly unwashed, and ultimately inferior poster who had the temerity to give such a poorly punctuated opinion! One wonders how these people can stand conversing with people who are not fluent in whatever language they are using? What a trial that must be! I can just picture their disdainful sniff as they prepare to annihilate this boor of a poster. [/QUOTE]