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I keep hearing Chris say something about "Watch your PUGS," but I don't know what that means or why it's incredibly important - especially when I'm trying to communicate a question or answer to the rest of the community. It's difficult enough to scan a headline that's replete with construction errors, but when I have to trudge through the semblance of a sentence to figure out what the user is asking... well, are there other people in the community who can correct the egregious use of apostrophes, etc.? |
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PUGS is an acronym of four words=
So watch for these things when writing. |
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I feel compelled to make something clear however. The only situations where PUGS can be set aside slightly, is if its a brief communication in the form of chat/IM. Thou some do seem to take this to the extreme, and forget that while brief we still have to be able to understand what you are saying. I agree however in any form that is permanent, or business like one should try there best to use PUGS. I fail badly at using PUGS myself but do make a effort at least to be able to be understood. In other words. If you plan for the communication to be seen by more then that one person in a permanent form, or if its a business meeting then use your pugs (they're sort of like ugs but prefixed with a p). If you are simply using IRC, then you can pull back a bit to get what you have to say out, just dont go to l33t speak mode and make me fight to grasp what you're trying to get across or I will simply move on to some one I can understand. |
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PUGS? Why are you dogging me about my writing? And why at least 100 characters? I'm kind of conditioned to be brief, from using Twitter. BTW, I like the format of your Q&A forum. - John |
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It's all about clarity of intent. The less confusion there is about the question you're asking, the more you're likely to get an answer that'll satisfy your curiosity (and the curiosity of others looking for similar answers). Er... what tsilb said, basically! |
