Originally Posted by The Walrus

But it's not just because it's the Internet ... you'd expect a formal email to be written properly as well. But this isn't a formal situation. Its just like how I would adopt different ways of speaking when, for example, attending a job interview, as opposed to when I'm just talking to friends. It's rather like you talking to someone in an informal situation, and them saying to you "I don't like the way you talk, I demand you talk in a formal manner or else I won't talk to you any more". Would you obey them, or would your response be "who the hell are you to tell me how to talk?!"?