Do you like use short forms?
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Do you like use short forms? Like questions becomes qns
answer becomes ans, please becomes pls etc...
I do use them now and then but i try not to use them too much as i am afraid that the reader will not understand what i am writing
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i use them alot in sms cos of the character limit. this habit den got transferred into icq, irc and general internet communication.
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haha not too bad. got only two in your sentence.Originally posted by wuming78:i use them alot in sms cos of the character limit. this habit den got transferred into icq, irc and general internet communication.
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im trying to cut down on ungrammatical posts cos i realise tt they are affecting my day to day written english! but short forms wise, im stil using them freely.Originally posted by Princesscutie:haha not too bad. got only two in your sentence. 
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Originally posted by wuming78:im trying to cut down on ungrammatical posts cos i realise tt they are affecting my day to day written english! but short forms wise, im stil using them freely. still i suggest that you cut down on short forms for those uncommon words. haha Spelling difficulties will arise when you use short forms too many too often
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is u for you consider a short form?
i use dat, r etc..
or u mean things like more conventional kiv.. rip type of shortforms? -
i meant u for you, dat for that, r for are.Originally posted by Ecxentrique:is u for you consider a short form?
i use dat, r etc..
or u mean things like more conventional kiv.. rip type of shortforms? -
beru often used..
beside short forms.. i like to change the way the spelling is too. -
beru often used..
beside short forms.. i like to change the way the spelling is too. -
uncommon words like?Originally posted by Princesscutie: still i suggest that you cut down on short forms for those uncommon words. haha Spelling difficulties will arise when you use short forms too many too often
usu i dun invent short forms. if i do, i make sure they r comprehensible lor.. else use liao no one understand den defeats the purpose. -
alll the time... sometimes even in my sch hw i will unknowingly write it down... thus get penalised... so nw i have 2 read thru everything i written twice 2 correct the mistakes...
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what is beru?Originally posted by edLow:beru often used..
beside short forms.. i like to change the way the spelling is too. -
haha since they are uncommon, when i meet them i will tell you okiez?Originally posted by wuming78:uncommon words like?
usu i dun invent short forms. if i do, i make sure they r comprehensible lor.. else use liao no one understand den defeats the purpose. -
how about trying to cut down on them? Its just my suggestionOriginally posted by weidev:alll the time... sometimes even in my sch hw i will unknowingly write it down... thus get penalised... so nw i have 2 read thru everything i written twice 2 correct the mistakes... -
beru = beli = veri = veryOriginally posted by Princesscutie:what is beru? -
wah you beru powerful.Originally posted by edLow:beru = beli = veri = very -
i don't even use them in sms
the only thing i don't use properly is punctuation -
I do use short forms....
Used too often liao....die...bad habit -
that's cos in sms we use dictionary mar..Originally posted by the Bear:i don't even use them in sms
the only thing i don't use properly is punctuation -
croco is a short form for ....
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I am Croco, Croco am I -
short form for Crocodilious Skirtchasus-unsuccessus ReptilicusOriginally posted by sgboy2004:croco is a short form for ....
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I am Croco, Croco am I -
yeap t9Originally posted by jOhO:that's cos in sms we use dictionary mar.. -
can also be written as very unsuccessful skirt chasing reptileOriginally posted by the Bear:short form for Crocodilious Skirtchasus-unsuccessus Reptilicus -
i canot use the dictionary when typing sms! slows me down too much.Originally posted by jOhO:that's cos in sms we use dictionary mar.. -
but to type c you have to press number 2 three times wo. isn't it slower ?Originally posted by wuming78:i canot use the dictionary when typing sms! slows me down too much.