I can't understand what you're saying!

[ShayRN]

I have a big favor. I know that in texting writing "ur" or "2" for to is acceptable. But honestly, when you post like that, I don't understand what it is your trying to say. I usually just skip over the whole post, because it looks like gibberish to me. Please, this is a nursing forum, not facebook. Can we write in standardized English so we can ALL understand the content? Thank you.

[OCNRN63, RN]

When I see a post filled with text-speak, I don't read it. Sorry to offend, but it looks to me like someone who is too lazy to write properly and probably doesn't have anything worth reading.

[Altra, BSN, RN]

Beautiful illustration of why conventions/standards of language are important ... if you care to make yourself understood.

[CompleteUnknown]

I hate the Oxford comma!

I'll admit there are some occasions when confusion may result from not using it, but most of the time it's not needed. I will go as far as to say I would rather re-word than use the Oxford comma. Lol.

My opinion is a cultural thing I think, the Oxford comma is generally not used in Australia - unless it's essential to make the meaning clear. The arguments you see on editing/proofreading forums can get incredibly heated over things like the placement of commas. I never realised how fiery and furious these discussions can become until I started reading language blogs!