am bit of a pedantic …
8/28/16 15:25when it comes to writing, i am bit of a pedantic … and, veritably, you quickly will discover there's certain quirks about me:
- habitually double-spacing all words (except within parenthesis). this is pretty much self-explanatory … bothers nobody … matter of fact, many don't even notice.
- another, as i write … feels uncomfortable having two words together with same first characters. citing an example, a moment ago … "as i write" had been "while writing" … two w's render me inert. justifiably, "to the tune" needed to be rewritten as "to some tune" … am sure you get the idea by now.
- you will also notice, i arbitrarily utilize the ellipsis character … often … far too often! veritably, drives myself wonkers (zonkers?).
- somewhere along the road … stopped utilizing uppercase characters altogether … matters not if starting a sentence or paragraph … affirming respect toward deities and proper nouns … even abbreviations (cia, ibm, etc.). while that does not drive me crazy … a slightly disgruntled reader may complain he/she has less hair on their heads afterward.
- if that isn't enough … occasionally, i will half-heartedly remember to "bold" the period at end of each sentence … helps the audience notice end of sentence has occurred. doh!
- i also tend to place hyphens where they should not go … and omit hyphens where they very much belong … least so mandates webster. [as in the occurrence of "half-heartedly" in the afore-mentioned sentence.]