One thing that has irked me as of late is when people put down their e-mail address with the additions of NOSPAM or DELETE in places where such security isn\’t necessary.
Like forums that are obviously password-protected. Maybe it\’s out of habit? (I am just thinking of scenarios where we wouldn\’t want to do that–resumes, forms, \”real\” e-mails…) Like my blog. All e-mail addresses are password-protected. That is, nobody can see it except for me. No robots can see it. No stalkers can find it.
People nowadays are so overprotective of their e-mail addresses. Yet, even I am too…of my two newly acquired e-mail addresses–at cmu and gmail. Maybe I should buy the domain: REMOVEemail.com
Fake e-mails are ok. But not misinformed e-mails.
But anyway.
I also DISLIKE it when people put the dollar sign after the number. We all know who we\’re talking about. His reasoning for doing so is because we say \”three dollars\” rather than \”dollars three\”. So it should be 3$ instead of $3. Maybe I am being arrogant, but I see it as being ridiculous.
i have fwee dollar signs! 3$! who is the arrogant lad?
I am a grammar/syntax/semanics/linguistics stickler, and yet in online conversations I often say \”3$,\” usually so that I don\’t have to use the left arrow button. If it\’s good enough for cents, it\’s good enough for dollars.