A talk show guest just said her kids make fun of people on social media who use punctuation.

[live love laugh]

They are considered “old”.

[lapfog_1]

1. That's ok. They will continue to think that right up until the time they need a job... period.

[niyad]

3. Wayyyyyy back in the before times, job applications could get tossed

for little things like spelling the name of one's street, school, previous employer, etc., incorrectly. In current times, I am appalled when reading actual, printed books where spelling and usage errors abound. I have actually contacted several publishing houses to enquire if they had fired their entire editorial staff. Two from a brief reading this morning were ascent when assent was meant, and vice when vise was correct. It HURTS!!!

[Oeditpus Rex]

22. Did it make you want to stick your head

in a vice?

[niyad]

24. You got it!

[electric_blue68]

42. Wow I'd expect better from professionals like piblishers!

My grammars usually more good, than not.

ETA 😄
Baaaahahahaaaaa - I missed that: "grammars"! Sounds like a slang word for grandparents!
Ah, I ee that was supposed to be -grammar is.

Actually I probably don't use the colon, and semi-colon, and maybe the dash properly sometimes, ?always.

Note to self: Punctuation for Dummies

[niyad]

47. Just to amuse (or annoy) myself, I once kept track of every error in a novel

(lightweight fluff type) that I was reading. I ended up with list of something like 146 in a novel that was only about 300 pages long. I typed them up, and sent copies to both the author and the publisher. I never heard from either. I have to remind myself that it is inappropriate to mark up library books.

[electric_blue68]

49. Do NOT Mark Up the Library Books! 😄

[LearnedHand]

18. Not true. Not punctuating text messages is a real thing

It’s not neglect or ignorance, it’s totally a cultural norm in short-form messages like texts and DMs. I read a fascinating article about how punctuating sentences was perceived as in your face. People can both not punctuate text messages and punctuate business correspondence correctly.

[ornotna]

2. A talk show guest just admitted her kids don't understand

Or know how to use punctuation.

Something for her to work on.

[Hugin]

4. The next with-it fad will be to use punctuation.

Maybe even overuse it.

If it draws attention positive or negative. That’s the social media generation.

[ProfessorGAC]

40. Funny You Say That

We've seen plenty of posts bemoaning the loss of teaching cursive.
But, substituting in junior highs, I'm surprised how often I see kids writing in cursive and "competing" with their friends as to who can write prettier.
I couldn't call it a widespread fad, but it's out there.
Based on that, I think you might be onto something.

[electric_blue68]

43. Interesting!

[Hugin]

46. I have come to accept its part of the love language...

And a thirst for experience.

It’s become fairly routine for me lately. I will be doing something that attracts interest, be it writing in cursive or almost anything done showing a practiced skill, and if I notice a viewer I will gently draw them in explaining that there is nothing special about me and they could do it too if they are interested. I am always amazed at the response a little interaction and attention can evoke. They are delighted is the only way to describe it.

In exchange, often I am given a view into how their world works. If not immediately, later on when I am trying to navigate a modern system. It has enhanced my life quite a bit.

[niyad]

5. Please tell us who this idiot is.

[LastDemocratInSC]

6. lol wtf

[PatSeg]

7. That's really sad

It certainly limits communication between generations.

[Diamond_Dog]

8. Not just young people!

Every time I read posts on my local Nextdoor site, I wonder if any of the people who post passed third grade English and spelling. Run on sentences with no punctuation seem to be the norm.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

11. Those kinds of posts are often voice to text fwiw

[Diamond_Dog]

31. Yes I understand that may be so

But there is a thing I was taught in third grade called “proofreading”.

[FoxNewsSucks]

35. The same people also don't think they need to

because there is "grammar correct" as well as "spell check".

[Jerry2144]

30. Not to mention failing to know

When to use they’re, there, or their
When to use your or you’re
When to use to, two, or too

It’s almost as if they have never read a a book in their lives or have ever gone to school

[hatrack]

38. Ah, yes, the English composition trio of doom . . .

Back in my GTA days, there were university seniors - seniors - who had trouble with the items in your list. Many of them had trouble with subject-verb agreement - and that was 30 years ago.

[electric_blue68]

45. I have to say, "wow" (and not in a good way)!

[niyad]

48. You left out our, are, and hour. My favourite example, of course, is the

never-to-be forgotten sign at an English only "mass" protest (all of 12 people!) "English is ARE language".

[Renew Deal]

9. There's a word for the kids that don't use punctuation in the future

Unemployed

[WhiskeyGrinder]

10. It's been considered a mark of age for years. The constantly changing grammar of text messaging is fascinating tbh.

But if you didn’t think “lol” was something to freak out about, then this revelation isn’t, either.

[LearnedHand]

19. Thanks for this

Not punctuating a text message is totally non-issue and it illustrates how language and culture change one another.

[yardwork]

25. Sure, but making fun of people is rude and Trump-like.

[hunter]

12. I like to sprinkle all my posts with punctuations, almost randomly.

That's gonna be *The Next Big Thing!*

[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. Glad to be "old". Punctuation serves a function: clarity, rhythm. It's oil in the gears, not sand. . . nt

[3catwoman3]

14. I have also read that using punctuation in a text is considered "aggressive."

I am old, but am not even close to aggressive

[yardwork]

26. Typical of the state of the country now.

[question everything]

15. In a recent TV detective show, using two spaces after the full stop as opposed to one

was a clue to find the guilty person.

[MagickMuffin]

17. That would be Elsbeth!

One of my favorite detective show!

[question everything]

44. Correct. And I am old since I do use two spaces between sentences

[Xavier Breath]

41. Well then, lock me up and throw away the key.

[3catwoman3]

16. I have also read that using punctuation in a text is considered...

...aggressive. Really?

I am old(er), but about as far from aggressive as it is possible to be.

[EarthFirst]

20. "Let's eat grandma..."

Has quite a different context than “Let’s eat, grandma…”

Punctuation saves lives!

[Jerry2144]

32. And don't forget the all-important Oxford comma

I love my parents, Superman and Wonder Woman

Or

I love my parents, Superman, And Wonder Woman.

The first is the two people I love with classification of their names. The second one lists the four people love.

[sakabatou]

21. Well, excuse me for using commas, periods, exclamation marks, and the sort.

[GoCubsGo]

36. You are also excused for not abusing apostrophes.

(Misuse of apostrophes is one of my biggest peeves.)

[Oeditpus Rex]

23. Well, they don't use actual words, either

So there's that

[Bettie]

27. Just checked my texts with my kids

they all use punctuation (correctly), full sentences, and appropriate capitalization.

They are 24, 23, and 17....all boys.

Just one data point and they are all avid readers and grew up with me as a mother, so that may have something to do with it.

[maptap22]

28. From the same generation that can't read or write in cursive?

We old people can use it as code when we want to keep secrets.

[Bettie]

29. My youngest

just taught himself cursive (from an internet tutorial) because he wanted to have a signature, not just a printed name.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

33. And just how many jobs out there actually require

writing anything?

Personally I have no problems publicly correcting spelling, grammar, and so on.

[irisblue]

34. I use semicolons as needed in my SM posts

Source-https://www.grammarly.com/blog/punctuation-capitalization/semicolon/

snip-"A semicolon is a punctuation mark ( used to connect closely two related independent clauses in a single sentence when discussing the same topic or contrasting two similar ideas.

The connection between the two independent clauses should always be apparent without a coordinating conjunction like and. Example: I have a big presentation tomorrow; I need to prepare my notes tonight."

snip-"Semicolons can divide items within lists if they are long or contain internal punctuation, helping readers keep track of the divisions between them."

snip-"Semicolons provide a stronger pause than a comma and a softer transition than a period."

[flvegan]

37. Who cares?

Not sure I'd feel the need to go on a talk show and talk about how dumb my kids are.

Future unemployable basement dwellers U-N-I-T-E!!

[MorbidButterflyTat]

39. "A talk show guest..."??!!