NDY - If that is the way you prefer to write then I think it is something we will all get used to as being just the way you do it. Others have their, for the lack of a better word, oddities, in how the post that can be annoying to some but not bother others. Most people overlook them while some get annoyed. The "oddities" in the way some people have complained about that I have noticed are:

- Writing loooong posts that can be a bit much to take in all at once.
- One loooong continuous paragraph with no paragraph changes.
- One paragraph with no periods to indicate end of sentences.
- Yes, capitals overdone do indicate yelling and an angry tone of voice. (Occasionally done for emphasis is fine)

Others may add to this but those are the ones I have found to be more difficult to read and will sometimes just gloss over them rather than try and decipher them.

Hugs to you today!
Mattie

To NDY-

It does not bother me at all. I do the same with words that I want to emphasize. I don't see why it would bother anyone. We all have much BIGGER things to deal with in life to not let the minutia be a problem.

I hope you feel heard here! I am trying to follow this blog better than I had been doing. My problem is always one of time. (I am at work now, but it is a little slower today.)

However, I must admit that I am GUILTY of writing too much, when I do write. Even before I read that above from Mattie, I felt my posts were too long. It is hard for people to read so much. For me, I am going to try to be more succinct! - Is that how you spell it? :-)

Personally, I have to admit that when someone keeps writing in caps all the time it does get annoying and hard to follow the thought pattern. I feel like my brain is have a teeter-totter effect---LOL. I can see a person using them occasionally to make a point and that is what I think has been common on DS.

Nobody on here is perfect, we all try our best to communicate. I think getting the feelings out and expressing emotion if it is all one sentence or misspelled, no big deal. If we start to pick each other apart on how we write then people will be too self-conscious to write anything and will eventually leave. That is not good and sure will not help them. In my opinion, we all should try to be sensitive to feelings and understand everyone is different and that is just how our good Lord made us --- unique as an individual and equal.

I think occasional caps are fine to emphasize a point or a word. I cannot read entries that are all caps so I don't. I think that is the risk people take when they make the entire entry in caps. Your posts have been fine and I too use the occasional cap to emphasize something since we don't have the ability to underline or bold but I am going to type something in Word and see if I can do it there and them post. We shall see.

This is a test to see if bold and underlines work from Word and then pasted into DS. Looks like it doesn't! DS should fix that-

NDY, not a problem as far as I'm concerned. I'm all about substance vs. form. Since I have trouble writing, I appreciate all the comments and postings. They give such a broad variety and each is probably especially designed by the great Designer to reach just the right person at the right time - CAPS or no CAPS. I agree that we should not pick and judge - especially with each other - LOL!

No DS does not let you bold or underline, you can copy and paste from Word. (Ctrl C-copy and Ctrl V-paste) I can only imagine how bolding and underlining too much would be on the eyes to read---yikes!

I agree that substance vs form is what we are here for. Since NYD asked about FORM, I went further and added to it what I had observed during the past year I have been on DS, and from a previous group.

When I mentioned "loooooong posts" I had in mind a topic that someone posted that was so long that it went into page 2! A few people commented on its length and few people responded to it. I have not seen one THAT long on here at all so please Shelly, do not think I was thinking of your post at all! I am glad you mentioned it so that I could clarify it though.

For me, I would not want to feel as though I had to be perfect in my writing skills before I could post freely either. I misspell words (although I am using spell-checker now to help with that) and will occasionally leave an important word out that totally gives the wrong impression and therefore, don't get the responses that I would have gotten otherwise. I too have a hard time knowing when to start a new paragraph and so I probably overdo it. I have also been known to write a long topic (but never 2 pages) so I plead guilty to that because I know that when I sit down and write from the heart, I am not thinking about how long this is going to be. I think most people can and do understand that here.

Mattie- Thanks for mentioning that you were not thinking of my posts. But I know that I like to write, when I have the time and it is hard to be short. But I appreciate your comments and certainly agree that when it comes to caps or mispelled words, it is the substance that counts.

Blessings to all.

I tried copying and pasting from Word and it only copies the text not the form. If someone knows how to get it copy the bold, underline, italics, etc. please let me know. We should be able to emphasize here.

Vexed.....It can't be done on DS yet. (they are a little behind the times) LOL

GIVE it up GUYS!! I don't EVEN have WORD on this RELIC!! LOL...

NDY

I tried to used HTML codes <b> [bold] <i> [italics] ... apparently THAT feature isn't available on this site.
If it were, the <b><i> wouldn't show here.

I like the way NDY has 'worked around' the lack of the feature for her personal emphasis.

We all find ways to get our point across. As long as we are not writing like texters write then it's .....C U LTR. GNG 2 STR 2 GT SUM CHPS it will be fine with me! LOL

Yeah...I don't know the codes for texting...it takes too long to figure some of them out. But I think caps are fine when expressing your point.