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Please....
All-capitals in thread titles are helpful and useful because they denote when someone is indicating a film title, like when Dragon53 talks about new releases.
It also indicates when someone is writing with a emphasis or emotion (like when C Kinsinger titles a thread "CELEBRITIES you sat near?", or I titled one "Who the heck ARE these people?")
When you use "all-caps, all the time," the message board becomes a tiresome place to look over, forcing me to sort out who is exercising generally-accepted good form, and who doesn't care to do this for his/her fellow board readers.
Thanks.
I agree -- and I DON'T agree with Mr. Pehlps above, who wrote:
This has surely got to be; THE MOST POINTLESS THREAD;
EVER.
It's not even close.
I completely see the logic of it.
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Seriously, how hard is it to hit the ENTER key two times? I rest my case…. 
Ditto.
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joan hue: Re your: My gripe is the LACK of the use of the ENTER key to denote a new paragraph. It is very easy to hit it twice in order to start a new paragraph with new or additional information. I have reached to point where if I see one long paragraph that contains various rambling thoughts, I will only read the first few sentences and quit. I should not have to expend energy to decipher various thoughts written in English.
But joan, there are plenty of times when a mixture of simple and more complex sentences seem to work more effectively than just a succession of simple sentences, which can become boringly static. I've long said that I write for the ear as much as the eye and most of the time do so without even thinking about it. I've quoted this letter before, but it's fairly short and seems to make the point that a combination of simple and more complex sentences are usually the most effective writing:
BROWN PORTRAIT
Artist Don Bachardy's bold painting of former Gov. Jerry Brown seems to be the center of a maelstrom of controversy. Like all of Bachardy's paintings, it simply cannot be truly appreciated when seen in drab newspaper grays. It is awash and alive with color. Anyone who saw Bachardy's remarkable show last fall in Barnsdall Park will realize why the newspaper reproduction doesn't do it justice.
Many people who do not understand any art that goes beyond attempts at exact reproduction feel that expressionistic artists paint that way because they don't have the skills to do otherwise. That is an unfortunate misconception, especially in Bachardy's case, because those familiar with his detailed pencil drawings know the artist to be an astute craftsman. While his pencil drawings capture the physical person, his bold paintings often capture the spirit and the very essence of the individual. Anyone who has sat for him, as I have on more than one occasion, knows that he can be exact and honest to the point of offense. Often his subject will wince in pain -- and recognition!
Art certainly can mirror life, but it must not be a mirror to be art, must not be a mirror to mirror.
Ronald D. Hardcastle
Los Angeles
Were I to re-write that letter today, more than 30 years later, and keep to the bare bones of the original, it would go something like this:
Artist Don Bachardy's bold painting of former Gov. Jerry Brown seems to be the center of a maelstrom of controversy, but, like so many of Bachardy's paintings it simply cannot be truly appreciated when seen in drab newspaper grays. Indeed, it is awash with color and anyone who saw Bachardy's remarkable show last fall in Barnsdall Park will realize why the newspaper reproduction doesn't do it justice.
Many people who don't understand any art that goes beyond exact reproduction feel that expressionistic artists paint that way because they don't have the skills to do otherwise. That is an unfortunate misconception, especially in Bachardy's case, because those of us familiar with his detailed pencil drawings know the artist to be an astute craftsman. While his pencil drawings capture the physical person, his bold paintings often capture the spirit and very essence of the individual. Anyone who has sat for him, as I have done on a number of occasions, know that he can be exact and honest to the point of offense. Often his subject will wince in pain -- and recognition!
Art certainly can mirror life, but it must not be a mirror to be art, must not be a mirror to mirror.
Obviously I wrote that letter (and it's original) more for the ear than the eye. I just hate the thought of people slapping down various sizes of sentences irrespective of the purpose for the writing. I personally feel that writing has a very important purpose and have gravitated towards others here whom I feel seem to agree.
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joan:
(Interjection: I missed the point about sentences! Sorry.) I was responding to your lines "I have reached to point where if I see one long paragraph that contains various rambling thoughts, I will only read the first few sentences and quit. I should not have to expend energy to decipher various thoughts written in English." And I merely wanted to make the point that a block of language containing various sentences might not be something you would want to ignore out of hand. And then I got carried away, quoting a favorite letter I wrote over 25 years ago and then playfully slightly rewriting it, strictly indulging myself, hoping that you might have enjoyed the music of the language, especially as "heard" in the final line. (And, to my pleasure, you DID!!!)
I'm normally a fan of yours, like your posts, and wanted to share a part of something important to me with you.
Regards.
And please note, I dashed off the above BEFORE reading your kind words to me, and then had to go back and add things at the beginning and end to touch upon your kind words. Next time I'll try to read first and respond later!!!!
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