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post #1 of 149
7/3/07 at 11:30am
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How is it that some Chewers (no need to point them out) are still posting with glaring and obvious mistakes ?

Such as the complete omission of capital letters in every sentence, yet taking the time to put them in a name ? I'm not talking about a simple letter mistake or a conjugation one, but the ones that jump right out in your face.

After pointing one out, I've had this as a reply:

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"nothing more annoying than a grammer nazi on a message board".
When english is your native language, you have no excuse, especially when your posts are the sole mean of communication with the others on the boards, Anthrax letters aside.

So is this sheer intellectual laziness ? Or teenage rebellion ?
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post #2 of 149
7/3/07 at 11:32am
Why do you put that space between the end of your sentences and the question mark?
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post #3 of 149
7/3/07 at 11:41am
Yeah, and isn't "english" supposed to be capitalized too?
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post #4 of 149
7/3/07 at 11:41am
Hey did you guys know war is when the sandal of the world meet the scrotum of men.
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post #5 of 149
7/3/07 at 11:45am
War... it's fantastic.
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post #6 of 149
7/3/07 at 11:47am
You should have capitalized the 'e' in English, as it's a proper noun. Plus, it's part of a huge run-on sentence.

Conjugation mistakes do jump right out at me. As do uses of the wrong "your/you're," the wrong "there/their/they're," and the wrong "to/too/two." Persons who cannot retain the fact that one only uses an apostrophe to make something possessive, not to pluralize it, make me hate humanity (I am the asshole who fixes signs in restaurants). Errors in punctuation don't catch my eye as often, but I know others who are driven insane by the sight of an oddly placed comma.

I think it's a charming combination of laziness, ignorance, and stupidity.

edited to fix a small spelling error. Oh, the crushing irony...
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post #7 of 149
7/3/07 at 11:51am
You forgot to put an 's' at the end of "make".
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post #8 of 149
7/3/07 at 11:53am
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Originally Posted by Luca S.
War... it's fantastic.
You like that quote I got it from a random philosophy major's Facebook page.
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post #9 of 149
7/3/07 at 11:53am
Also it's means of communication.
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post #10 of 149
7/3/07 at 11:55am
I'm from Kentucky. The only thing we conjugate is our cousins.
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post #11 of 149
7/3/07 at 11:57am
Also, I don't think anthrax should be capitalized there.
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post #12 of 149
7/3/07 at 11:58am
I think you're right. The CDC doesn't capitalize it.
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post #13 of 149
7/3/07 at 11:59am
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Originally Posted by MissZooey
I think it's a charming combination of laziness, ignorance, and stupidity.
some people will try to tell you that typing in all lower-case is a stylistic choice. these people are full of shit; e.e. cummings did not intend to start a revolution.

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Such as the complete omission of capital letters in every sentence, yet taking the time to put them in a name ?
That's a fragment. This sort of thing is somewhat acceptable in casual writing that's meant to approximate speech, but this sentence should probably be a part of the preceding paragraph, since it's continuing the line of thinking. It also has some problems in terms of parallel structure, because the first part of the sentence refers to a state based on something that occurred in the past ("the complete omission of...") and the second part refers directly to an action. The second part is additionally problematic because of the missing subject. It just doesn't read well at all.
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post #14 of 149
7/3/07 at 12:00pm
And non sequitur Grimace over here needs a question mark, unless he's telling us what we like.

I will say there is a higher standard of spelling/grammar expected here than any other board I've posted on.
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post #15 of 149
7/3/07 at 12:01pm
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson
Also, I don't think anthrax should be capitalized there.
Fan letters to Scott Ian and crew?
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post #16 of 149
7/3/07 at 12:02pm
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Originally Posted by chuckp
You forgot to put an 's' at the end of "make".
It's the infinitive "to make." You don't pluralize it.
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post #17 of 149
7/3/07 at 12:06pm
ur all hitlers lol
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post #18 of 149
7/3/07 at 12:07pm
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Originally Posted by Brad Millette
Why do you put that space between the end of your sentences and the question mark?
It's a French thing. Whoops. I mean it's a French Thing .
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post #19 of 149
7/3/07 at 12:08pm
im not a nazi but i did jerk it to that eevil nazi chick from last crusade heh heh
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post #20 of 149
7/3/07 at 12:08pm
y u guys so mean ?
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post #21 of 149
7/3/07 at 12:08pm
u spel leik a jew
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post #22 of 149
7/3/07 at 12:09pm
SRSLY U GUYZ THIS ISSENT KEWL...
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post #23 of 149
7/3/07 at 12:14pm
A jew liek SHEEA LABUFF (whoo is aparentlye in steffon spielbrgs new moovey) and stepelbneg is also a jewemwkj?
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post #24 of 149
7/3/07 at 12:14pm
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Originally Posted by Me, though I should have known DaveB would get here eventually.
Errors in punctuation don't catch my eye as often, but I know others who are driven insane by the sight of an oddly placed comma.
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Originally Posted by DaveB
That's a fragment. This sort of thing is somewhat acceptable in casual writing that's meant to approximate speech, but this sentence should probably be a part of the preceding paragraph, since it's continuing the line of thinking. It also has some problems in terms of parallel structure, because the first part of the sentence refers to a state based on something that occurred in the past ("the complete omission of...") and the second part refers directly to an action. The second part is additionally problematic because of the missing subject. It just doesn't read well at all.
My Master's thesis proposal would have been a mess if not for the bundle of grammar neuroses we see before us.

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Originally Posted by horrid
I will say there is a higher standard of spelling/grammar expected here than any other board I've posted on.
One of the reasons I hang out here. That, and the opportunity to talk about massive dildoes.
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post #25 of 149
7/3/07 at 12:15pm
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Originally Posted by chuckp
Yeah, and isn't "english" supposed to be capitalized too?
My bad. It's also a French thing.

Unlike dildoes.
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post #26 of 149
7/3/07 at 12:17pm
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Originally Posted by MissZooey
One of the reasons I hang out here. That, and the opportunity to talk about massive dildoes.
Lets not turn this into another miyagi thread.
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post #27 of 149
7/3/07 at 12:18pm
You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to horrid again.
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post #28 of 149
7/3/07 at 12:20pm
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Originally Posted by Brad Millette
SRSLY U GUYZ THIS ISSENT KEWL...
Fatty Werbal!
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post #29 of 149
7/3/07 at 12:23pm
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Originally Posted by MissZooey
Persons who cannot retain the fact that one only uses an apostrophe to make something posessive, not to pluralize it, make me hate humanity (I am the asshole who fixes signs in restaurants).
"Possessive" has 4 "S"s in it (or is that "S's"? Damn you, humanity!).
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post #30 of 149
7/3/07 at 12:32pm
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Originally Posted by DARKMITE8
"Possessive" has 4 "S"s in it (or is that "S's"? Damn you, humanity!).
That would be "s"s. I've seen it written out in dialogue form as "esses," though, which I find funny for some reason.
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post #31 of 149
7/3/07 at 12:33pm
i type in all lower cases cause i know it drives you batty, for whatever lame brain reason. you don't like my posts? put me on your ignore list. but let me know ahead of time, so i can clear my calender and spend the rest of the week crying about it.
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post #32 of 149
7/3/07 at 12:34pm
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Originally Posted by DaveB
That would be "s"s. I've seen it written out in dialogue form as "esses," though, which I find funny for some reason.
WHAT IS THIS DAVEB YOU PUT THE QUOTE BEFORE THE COMMA WHAT IS THIS A CIRCUS?
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post #33 of 149
7/3/07 at 12:37pm
Did somebody say something?
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post #34 of 149
7/3/07 at 12:37pm
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Originally Posted by 555
i type in all lower cases cause i know it drives you batty, for whatever lame brain reason. you don't like my posts? put me on your ignore list. but let me know ahead of time, so i can clear my calender and spend the rest of the week crying about it.
I'm really not the type to care about every single mistake in a post, partly because I'll make some.

English is not my first language. What's your excuse ?
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post #35 of 149
7/3/07 at 12:38pm
Winterfell got roasted by them squids, mang.
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post #36 of 149
7/3/07 at 12:38pm
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Originally Posted by Martin Savage

Ingelsh is nat mie ferst lankwidge.
That's pretty obvious, Sport.
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post #37 of 149
7/3/07 at 12:40pm
Everyone should really shape up their grammar. This isn't just any message board, it has featured such prolific posters as swedish miyagi and Fabfunk
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post #38 of 149
7/3/07 at 12:41pm
Uh, fabfunk isn't capitalized, you dolt.
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post #39 of 149
7/3/07 at 12:42pm
I am sorry fabfunk is not only a legend but a gentleman good sirs.
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post #40 of 149
7/3/07 at 12:43pm
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Originally Posted by Martin Savage
English is not my first language. What's your excuse ?
I was typing too quickly and missed an 's'. Thanks to Darkmite for helping me achieve perfection.

English isn't your first language. You make glaring errors in syntax and conjugation in the post in which you complain about the miserable state of others' writing. Are you really the one to be calling out the careless native speakers on the board? It's just going to end badly.
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post #41 of 149
7/3/07 at 12:43pm
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Originally Posted by Carlton Stevens
Everyone should really shape up their grammar. This isn't just any message board, it has featured such prolific posters as swedish miyagi and Fabfunk
Yes. There are worse things being raped by Chud members than the English language.
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post #42 of 149
7/3/07 at 12:46pm
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Originally Posted by Carlton Stevens
WHAT IS THIS DAVEB YOU PUT THE QUOTE BEFORE THE COMMA WHAT IS THIS A CIRCUS?
This depends on the style guide you're using, I think. If you go with Associated Press, commas always go inside the quotation marks, regardless of context. According to this site, the Gregg manual suggests the same. The AP and Gregg Manuals are two of the bigger resources, but there may be some grammarians who disagree.
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post #43 of 149
7/3/07 at 12:49pm
Don't mess with the GrammarBull, you'll get the GrammarHorns.
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post #44 of 149
7/3/07 at 12:51pm
We are all Grammarians of the Grammarian Empire all hail the Grammongerverse.
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post #45 of 149
7/3/07 at 12:51pm
I always liked Gramma's apple pie.
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post #46 of 149
7/3/07 at 12:58pm
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Originally Posted by MissZooey
I was typing too quickly and missed an 's'. Thanks to Darkmite for helping me achieve perfection.
My previous post was aimed for 555, not you.

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Originally Posted by MissZooey
It's just going to end badly.
It's already underway.


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Originally Posted by MissZooey
English isn't your first language. You make glaring errors in syntax and conjugation in the post in which you complain about the miserable state of others' writing. Are you really the one to be calling out the careless native speakers on the board?
It's mainly the whole "stylistic" capital letters thing that is really annoying. I honestly didn't intend to call out the entire board, especially over mistakes I know I'm making. Should have stuck with the capital letter and that's it.
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post #47 of 149
7/3/07 at 1:01pm
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Originally Posted by Martin Savage
flibbityflabbityhabadooguhguhguhshibblefwerp
You're not even trying anymore.
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post #48 of 149
7/3/07 at 1:02pm
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Originally Posted by MissZooey
Thanks to Darkmite for helping me achieve perfection.
All in a dayz work. Go about your biznazz, citizenz.
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post #49 of 149
7/3/07 at 1:05pm
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Originally Posted by Brad Millette
You're not even trying anymore.
Blame my French and Walloon ancestors.
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post #50 of 149
7/3/07 at 1:05pm
Haggah jaggah jaggah!

Edit: Yeah you bettah edit it to say WALLOON! Damn their eyes!
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