The three P's to success.

Cpap101
You didn't need to rephrase your post, I thought you said it quite nicely the first time around. But by re-doing it I think you have shown the language police that you have a great attitude and enough thick skin to weather the storm of their insulting jibes. Kudos to you for sticking to your guns, I think you will have an easier time of adjusting to your therapy.....you have the right attitude to stick with it and just keep on trucking.
Cheers
Nan

nanwilson wrote:Cpap101
But by re-doing it I think you have shown the language police that ...

... they were right all along, the post needed rewriting and those who said it was fine as written were wrong!



Good job Cpap101! Congratulation on a memorable entry into the forum!

Cereal Killer wrote:

nanwilson wrote:Cpap101
But by re-doing it I think you have shown the language police that ...

... they were right all along, the post needed rewriting and those who said it was fine as written were wrong!



Good job Cpap101! Congratulation on a memorable entry into the forum!

Too bad you edited my post to jive with your opinion. ? this is the internet and this is a forum that helps patients with sleep apnea....not a forum on the writing of the english language. Cpap101 wrote a good report on his definition of his condition to try and help others in the same situation, too bad you and yours ruined it.

Let's get back to helping each other with OSA, xPAPs, masks and other problems related to sleeping and breathing and other such nonsense required to live.

For those who wish to criticize and teach grammar try this forum: http://able2know.org/forum/grammar/

nanwilson wrote: Too bad you edited my post to jive with your opinion. ? this is the internet and this is a forum that helps patients with sleep apnea....not a forum on the writing of the english language. Cpap101 wrote a good report on his definition of his condition to try and help others in the same situation, too bad you and yours ruined it.

I don't see what the big problem is Nan. The literary critics got in their two cents worth, most of which wasn't heavy handed at all. CPAP101 did a great job cleaning up the original text. Mostly it was all in a honest spirit of improvement and healing. (if only the Republicans and Democrats could emulate us)

In summary, everybody else seems to be happy that we policed our own site, kissed and made up... yet you seem cranky that it all got settled so smoothly? Why so much recrimination? That's not the Nan, I remember from so many past posts.

nanwilson wrote:

Cereal Killer wrote:

nanwilson wrote:Cpap101
But by re-doing it I think you have shown the language police that ...

... they were right all along, the post needed rewriting and those who said it was fine as written were wrong!



Good job Cpap101! Congratulation on a memorable entry into the forum!

Too bad you edited my post to jive with your opinion. ? this is the internet and this is a forum that helps patients with sleep apnea....not a forum on the writing of the english language. Cpap101 wrote a good report on his definition of his condition to try and help others in the same situation, too bad you and yours ruined it.

Yay, Nan!

CPAP101 wrote:Sorry for the incorrect, wait let me spell check this to make sure its good enough for all the Harverd and Yale folks who seem to want to bash my writting ability. I am new to this and I'll go ahead and make the joke for most and new to writting. I was only trying to help and feel really hurt by most. I was picked on in school growing up for being in the slow class. This is just confrimation that bullys don't grow up and it only gets worse as you get older. I have passion for what I do and care for everyone I come in contact with regarding CPAP. I thought this was a place to help!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It is, and it can be, but sometimes people go a little nutzoid on things.

viewtopic.php?p=308736#p308736 was a post I made the day after I started CPAP four years ago.

While it IS way easier to read things when separated into paragraphs, I didn't have trouble reading your post, and you made some excellent points. Welcome aboard. I couldn't have made my therapy work as well as it has without this place.

Originally, I had no plan to respond. But I admit that I only read a few sentences and then scrolled down. Why? Because visually it is difficult for me to read when it is one solid block of text. I also have a big problem with text that is all in caps, even if broken into smaller sections. That kind of text, I won't even start reading. I will just pass it up. If it is from somebody I would really like to read, I will email them and politely ask them to not use all caps. But in most cases, I don't find it important enough, and I just skip it and move on. It isn't worth a headache, and people who use all caps typically don't want to change.

Strangely, bad spelling and grammar are not a big problem for me. I correct it mentally as I go along so that it reads well. Here is a funny email I got awhile back that shows how spelling doesn't matter as much as we would think:

Olny srmat poelpe can raed this. I cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in what oredr the ltteers in a word are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is that the first and last ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset ca n be a taotl mses and you can still raed it wouthit a porbelm. This is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the word as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? ya eh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

Nice, positive post; and whoa, what a tough crowd, eh?

Don't worry, I prefer a positive, success-type post (spelin errs an alll) to any rant or complaint.

If you are considering a do-over for your post, please consider adding 'keep (or develop) a sense of humor about xpap therapy". Expect some speed bumps, and try to laugh at them. This, I believe, is a major key to success.

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Java wrote:Let's get back to helping each other with OSA, xPAPs, masks and other problems related to sleeping and breathing and other such nonsense required to live.

For those who wish to criticize and teach grammar try this forum: http://able2know.org/forum/grammar/

+1

CPAP101 wrote:

The three P's to success

PRACTICE
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PERSEVERANCE

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