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Subject: Re: Sunday Dinner Feb 2
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2025 19:17:03 -0500
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On 2/4/2025 5:44 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On 2025-02-04, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> On 2025-02-04, Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>> lol okay.  I've been on Usenet since the 90's, too; never had a problem
>>>> using capital letters.  The use of them was drilled into me in typing
>>>> class in the 1970's.  It also makes things easier to read.
>>>
>>> I associate it with the use of cell phones, which actually are
>>> kind of painful when it comes to capitalization and punctuation.
>>>
>>
>> Newer phones have auto capitalization and it works very well. Only
>> rarely do I need to force upper or lower case.
> 
> I've got an iPhone with an up-to-date OS.  I'm always having to
> re-capitalize stuff.  Or un-capitalize it.
> 

If you never had formal training in typing or formatting, the only 
importance it getting your message to someone on their phone.  IDK, 
seems, FWIW many abbreviations are understood.

i do take some shortcuts but I learned to type and have written many 
business letters over the years so I tend to stay a bit more formal.