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Re: new ideas

At 07:15 PM 4/22/97 -0700, Vera Diehl wrote:
>this is a great list!  I received five nice answers to my question  
>about using only lower case letters in writing email.  Apparently it is 
>the accepted style, and I will try to learn to use it.  word seven does 
>not like it though, and changes the first person singular pronouns to 
>upper case  when I try to use lower!  sometimes it lets me slip in a 
>lower case letter at the beginning of a sentence.
>
>has anyone of you gardeners grown bush morning glories?  I saw some seed 
>at the nursery and wanted to try to grow them in containers.  the seed 
>sprouted nicely for me, but so far there are only the little white stems 
>with a pair of leaves on top.  I have them outside now hoping they will 
>grow.  I must be patient.
>
>if i am going to use the new method of typing, i can't use word seven. 
>thanks for your messages!
>
>vera
>
>
Vera,
No need to abandon good English and Word 7. I for one, prefer to see
capitals at the beginning of sentences. Leaving them off is pure laziness,
whatever the convention! In the earlier days of computer e-mail and net
communication, we used to snicker at managers who used all lower case..as
ingnorants who had not yet learned where the shift key was on their keyboard!

I do object to all caps in text, though, which is the Net equivalent of
shouting, and is quite objectionable, REALLY!.

IMHO,

Gerry
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