The only typing I see in my institute is of two types - one is by typists employed by the civic body for that purpose, and the other is by doctors, who write their own letters, articles, or make their own Powerpoint slides. The former has grammar and spelling mistakes of medical and nonmedical types, but the punctuation marks are usually correctly placed. The latter typing is of two types- good and bad. In the latter group, I find a curious subgroup. Please read the following line to understand the nature of this group.
'The causes of anemia include iron deficiency ,hook worm infestation ,excessive bleeding from any site ,hemolysis due to any cause ,poor bone marrow funtion ,etc.'
In case you have not noticed, I will tell you. Check out the space around the commas. Conventionally the comma follows a word, then there is a space, and then another word. These people place the spacebar first, then type a comma and follow it with another word without any space in between. In simpler language, their commas are stuck to the following words rather than the preceding words. They are probably proud of what they do, since they send their typed letters and articles out for the whole world to see, and show their Powerpoint slides with confidence in conferences attended by peers. Perhaps it is a cult, and this is their trademark. Perhaps that is the way it is done in modern times. I am thinking of doing a study of this group, but I am afraid they will not consent for it, and without their consent the institute's ethics committee will not permit the study. :-)
