After I read this, I gave the one space thing a try. I think it would take a while to get used to, as two spaces is almost a reflex at this point. Perhaps those many hundreds of thousands of double spaces over the years have contributed to my legendary thumb-wrestling abilities.

As for that end quote, maybe I'm not done yet! And anyway, ahem . . .

The publication date on this link through me off

and

Your greivances are not unheard!

:)

I get that people demand a certain standard of written English and that's fine, but with the internet it almost seems compulsive. I think this is odd, since creating text is nearly as natural as speaking for a great many people. People who have distinct speech patterns and often use regional (and social) variations of English that do not conform to the standard. For me, as long as spelling is correct(ish) and the grammar isn't interfering with meaning, I'm usually fine with it. A formal piece of writing is a different matter, but most of the writing (or typing, I guess) isn't formal. And of course, with formal writing there is typically an editing process to ensure that standards are followed, so all that outrage and venting about people writing "properly" on the internet seems so very silly and masturbatory.