This.
I have learned a lot on this site, but I no doubt could have learned a lot more if I had the patience to decipher some of the posts that lack punctuation or proper grammar and flow.
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How come real smart guys don't use paragraphs?
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I have learned a lot on this site, but I no doubt could have learned a lot more if I had the patience to decipher some of the posts that lack punctuation or proper grammar and flow.
WildRose
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When I see a wall of text post, even if it's something I'm really interested in, more often than not I move on. It's just to hard to keep my place and it all seems to run together.
It's not a College Level English class here so I don't expect perfection but it's up to the writer to make their postings easy to read and follow.
I learn something new every day! Thank you!!"How come", is actually perfectly correct grammatically. It's shortened from "how did things come about like that".
How Come We Say “How Come”?
A listener named Barbara wrote in wondering about the phrase “how come.” She wrote: The other day I was formulating a question for a Google search in my mind and started out with the phrase “How come….” I then quickly realized that I should probably use the word “Why” instead. Then I noted to...www.quickanddirtytips.com
WildRose
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Think of it this way.
How did we get here?
Why are we here?
It's actually two different questions.
Hard rock
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Please , forgive me for my misspelling sometimes and not proper wording . I'll try too do better but have a 3 yr old grandson I watch and a nagging wife while I'm posting most of the time , telling me that's all I do is look at the Long Range Hunting Forum . I hope you can find a little humor in this post , at least I tried ."How come", is actually perfectly correct grammatically. It's shortened from "how did things come about like that".
How Come We Say “How Come”?
A listener named Barbara wrote in wondering about the phrase “how come.” She wrote: The other day I was formulating a question for a Google search in my mind and started out with the phrase “How come….” I then quickly realized that I should probably use the word “Why” instead. Then I noted to...
WildRose
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If we had grammar and spelling tests here we'd all fail frequently.
Just use paragraph's please!
snox801
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This is what happens to me when I write.
Weird part was it took a very good teacher in high school to noticed my handwriting started off fine then became not legible.
Someone close to him had the same issues so he knew what to look for.
While typing though it tends to be lack of caring for the most part. Maybe just do t care enough to be judged on it anymore. Who knows. Wish I could clean it up but also don't care enough to try.
MOOSE39465
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Neverwasgoodatspellingbutididntknowineededtobeaenglishmajortoposthere 
WildRose
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Being a Firearms and Self Defense instructor who works quite a bit in the public and as a consultant on shootings I've had to really polish up on my communications skills over the years.
One of the toughest things in effective communication is getting your intended audience interested and then to hold their attention.
Paragraphing is one of the best ways I know to get there.
Hugnot
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General Discussion:
I'm posting this for the same reason that people complain about bad weather, ticks, warm beer, inflation, commute traffic and many other aggravating situations - general discussion - no more, no less. LRH contains these aggravations. LRH is informative and is a small part of my daily reading.
As to reading the stuff that prompted my post. There would be no "unpleasant paragraphs" because these guys don't use paragraphs. Going thru 87 pages of a 3-paragraph report is an aggravation. Like what is this guy saying?
I don't expect to see an 87-page, 3 paragraph post on LRH.
I went to a large state university and completed my English composition course with a tie for 2nd highest in the class. The bad news that the grade was a "D". 18 students, 1 "C", 2 "D"'s & 15 "F"s.
This week's planned reading:
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Hugnot
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^
Sounds like your teacher was a real gem or maybe everyone was stoned or something. Heck,I don't know. Heck no wonder college is so
Expensive-18 kids in one class.
Since this is a general discussion thread, the era we are in that seems to have everybody moderating or attempting to moderate everyone else is a real but chapper for me.
I used to try and indent for my paragraphs on this forum only to find out that when "post reply" is clicked on, it doesn't happen. And never thought another thing about it
I don't really care to look back and see how well my threads are structured. Maybe I should, lmao.
But what torques me more than anything is not knowing how to shut spellcheck off on my phone.
I never went to a fancy college or trade school even. I did go to the "Hard Knocks" academy like many on here.
I don't even have a High School diploma. I am self employed and have been for over two thirds of my work career. And again, like many, I'm not paying off some loan for an education I really didn't need or drain my parents bank account going to college.
Don't know if that last paragraph was to
long or not. Don't care either.
Don't get used to it, I gave you a teaser of me attempting to make a good paragraph written post.
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I love it when there are no periods. Not only is it one giant paragraph, but the longest sentences I've read. Makes my head hurt and hard to read lol. Easy to just to move on instead of reading it.
BigNate
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Einstein struggled to keep his shoes tied. Some believe he just didn't care.
Ben Franklin and Thomas Edison were so terribly disorganized they hired people just for it.
I had a neighbor that was a test engineer for Howard Hughes and although brilliant, he only wore white coveralls and didn't brush his teeth.
Sometimes you have to be willing to look for the nuggets in the Gravel. If you only see Gravel, you'll miss them.
Ben Franklin and Thomas Edison were so terribly disorganized they hired people just for it.
I had a neighbor that was a test engineer for Howard Hughes and although brilliant, he only wore white coveralls and didn't brush his teeth.
Sometimes you have to be willing to look for the nuggets in the Gravel. If you only see Gravel, you'll miss them.
