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Jim B. · #8 03-24-2008, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Skippy

I've noticed the same thing. Poor grammar, lack of capitalization and punctuation, poor spelling, incorrect terminology, and lack of structure make posts very difficult to read. When this is pointed out to some posters, they tend to get defensive about it.[/B]

This very thing is discussed on a Moderator's forum that I belong to.

Long time Moderators are very aware of it, they know having it pointed out IN A THREAD is like getting your fingers rapped by the teacher in class, and people don't like it to happen to them.

(Not to mention, it throws the threads off topic when done publicly)

Some of the Mods like to PM the offenders, to get them to fix it.

In Moderator - land, it is acceptable also for the moderators to edit the posts WITHOUT NOTICE to the posters, to make it more readable.

That can happen ESPECIALLY if the poster is told once or twice, and ignores the Moderator's suggestion to fix it, or becomes defensive, hostile or abusive.

It needs to be remembered, in the end, the Moderator has the POWER, and at times, while it might be personally distasteful to him, he can and will use it, sometimes, to get things in line and conform to the TOU.