I agree lets hope it's a malfunctioning device and also Sandra let's be more tolerant regarding each other's use of punctuation such sarcasm can be hurtful so carry on Coaltit :t:
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I feel myself torn over coaltit's English usage. It irritates me considerably that his spelling is erratic, his use of capitals more so, and his use of normal punctuation almost non-existent.
Also, he does not enjoy the protection of English being his second language, a definite reason for tolerance of error.
Finally the world will be a much, much poorer place if we are not allowed, for spurious reasons of political correctness, to extract the Michael from others.
However.... I am aware of at least one contributor on another forum (and a very much rougher forum than BF at its worst!) who is habitually cut slack for blindness to English convention very similar to that of coaltit, because he has an issue that prevents him from doing better. I admit I only found this out because someone did roast him and was admonished for it (more mildly than one would normally expect on there).
So it may be the case that actually coaltit can't do much better: and his contributions while ungrammatical are generally passionately in favour of birds and other wildlife. It would actually be nice to know, so that we can extend suitable sympathy and future tolerance, but of course there is no onus upon coaltit to say anything whatever on the subject.
I fully expect everyone else's occasional mistakes, including mine, to continue to receive a massive ribbing in that convivial fashion to which I have become accustomed. :t:
John