Grammer Nazi

ForgedByFire · 12-04-2005, 09:44 PM

Originally Posted by Lopaka

Your right…they shouldn’t have to be English essays.

The problem is, many people, when they write a post or response forget the only way we can tell what they are communicating is what they wrote. Someone, who doesn’t take the time to write what they are saying, check the sentence structure and spelling, and the reread what they wrote is someone that is most of the time typing with their emotions and not thinking about what the message is they‘re attempting to relay.

This is where most people make mistakes and then have to “back peddle” to try and say what they meant or save their reputation.

If they just took the time and check what they are writing and make sure the message they are trying to relay is correct, maybe, just maybe, we wouldn’t get the “wrong” message and get upset from their post. Remember, when you hit that post button, it’s the same thing as saying something to someone.

If you are not careful what you are saying, you may just say the wrong thing and that is the impression that person is going to have of you. You can’t take back what you just said, so you are stuck with that statement. Same thing as posting something on a message board.

Totally understood.

**CoventryCat86** · 12-04-2005, 11:12 PM

Originally Posted by Lopaka

Your right…they shouldn’t have to be English essays.

The problem is, many people, when they write a post or response forget the only way we can tell what they are communicating is what they wrote. Someone, who doesn’t take the time to write what they are saying, check the sentence structure and spelling, and the reread what they wrote is someone that is most of the time typing with their emotions and not thinking about what the message is they‘re attempting to relay.

This is where most people make mistakes and then have to “back peddle” to try and say what they meant or save their reputation.

If they just took the time and check what they are writing and make sure the message they are trying to relay is correct, maybe, just maybe, we wouldn’t get the “wrong” message and get upset from their post. Remember, when you hit that post button, it’s the same thing as saying something to someone.

If you are not careful what you are saying, you may just say the wrong thing and that is the impression that person is going to have of you. You can’t take back what you just said, so you are stuck with that statement. Same thing as posting something on a message board.

YOU'RE you dumbass!

LMFAO!! Gotcha back!!!

After you and the Texas crew have been brutalizing me all day on CigarPass.

You meanies made me cry....

I hope you sleep well at night.....

**basil** · 12-04-2005, 11:54 PM

Originally Posted by CoventryCat86

YOU'RE you dumbass!

LMFAO!! Gotcha back!!!

After you and the Texas crew have been brutalizing me all day on CigarPass.

You meanies made me cry....

I hope you sleep well at night.....

Actually Bill, there should be a comma after the word, "YOU'RE", and, this word should somehow be shown that you're using it to quote another person. More correctly, it should read: "YOU'RE, you dumbass."

There. Now the Texas crew is unanimous, and I'm going to log off before you throw that brick I can see you picking up right no . . . SHIT!

**CoventryCat86** · 12-05-2005, 12:22 AM

Originally Posted by basil

Actually Bill, there should be a comma after the word, "YOU'RE", and, this word should somehow be shown that you're using it to quote another person. More correctly, it should read: "YOU'RE, you dumbass."

There. Now the Texas crew is unanimous, and I'm going to log off before you throw that brick I can see you picking up right no . . . SHIT!

Yeah, okay fine BUT in your case, the comma is supposed to be INSIDE the quotations like this:

"YOU'RE,"

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhahahahahahahah......... .........

So THERE!!!!!!

**thepyrofish** · 12-05-2005, 02:29 AM

Now if we can just get you yanks to start using proper english spelling, we'll all be happy.
Repeat after me. C-O-L-O-U-R. N-E-I-G-H-B-O-U-R.

ForgedByFire · 12-05-2005, 06:15 PM

Originally Posted by basil

Actually Bill, there should be a comma after the word, "YOU'RE", and, this word should somehow be shown that you're using it to quote another person. More correctly, it should read: "YOU'RE, you dumbass."

There. Now the Texas crew is unanimous, and I'm going to log off before you throw that brick I can see you picking up right no . . . SHIT!

Still incorrect. It's "YOU'RE", you dumbass. Personally, I believe the quotation marks are being used incorrectly.

Wow have we gotten

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**basil** · 12-05-2005, 08:39 PM

Originally Posted by ForgedByFire

Still incorrect. It's "YOU'RE", you dumbass. Personally, I believe the quotation marks are being used incorrectly.

Wow have we gotten

y

ok goddammit. I'll spot ya'll the comma after the word "YOU'RE," but before closing the quotations. But, since I was quoting the entire phrase I think it should punctuated, "'YOU'RE,' you dumbass." This shows correction from "YOUR" to "YOU'RE".

jeezus where's my red pen

when I need it!?

**Shagaroo** · 12-05-2005, 08:42 PM

You crazy fockers. I am jus gunna start speekin' suthern all the dad burn time now! Make everone of you grammEr fockers head explode!

ForgedByFire · 12-05-2005, 09:37 PM

Originally Posted by basil

ok goddammit. I'll spot ya'll the comma after the word "YOU'RE," but before closing the quotations. But, since I was quoting the entire phrase I think it should punctuated, "'YOU'RE,' you dumbass." This shows correction from "YOUR" to "YOU'RE".

jeezus where's my red pen

when I need it!?

**Lopaka** · 12-05-2005, 11:31 PM

Originally Posted by CoventryCat86

YOU'RE you dumbass!

LMFAO!! Gotcha back!!!

After you and the Texas crew have been brutalizing me all day on CigarPass.

You meanies made me cry....

I hope you sleep well at night.....

**grand cru no 2** · 12-06-2005, 12:11 AM

Ok, this shit has gone too far. Bill, face it, you're a fucking bully! Continuously showing your dominance over us by flexing your mastery of English grammar. How can you live with yourself knowing that you belittle us constantly? I mean, how much of this do you think we can take?! We're only human damnit! We have feelings too you SOB! I think you owe everyone here an apology!

Or, you whiny bastards can just STFU! "Mom, he corrected my spelling! Whaaaaa." Give me a fucking break.

**Lopaka** · 12-06-2005, 12:21 AM

Originally Posted by grand cru no 2

Or, you whiny bastards can just STFU! "Mom, he corrected my spelling! Whaaaaa." Give me a fucking break.

Whaaaaaaaaaaaa, my Opus can beat up your Padron!

**Bkcloud114** · 12-06-2005, 12:21 AM

Like Ray said..... stop with the whinning and BS complaining that someone corrected your spelling.

If you don't like being corrected, then spell it right the first time. It is not rocket science. How is anybody supposed to take you seriously if you can't use proper English. This is the internet.... so you are using a computer.... on that computer is some type of "spell check" USE IT....

**grand cru no 2** · 12-06-2005, 12:25 AM

Originally Posted by Lopaka

Whaaaaaaaaaaaa, my Opus can beat up your Padron!

No it can't.

**Lopaka** · 12-06-2005, 12:26 AM

Originally Posted by grand cru no 2

No it can't.

Fine then, I meet your Padron and raise you three Swisher Sweets!

**Bkcloud114** · 12-06-2005, 10:54 AM

Spell checker for Internet Explorer

Spell checker for Firefox/Mozilla

or...... you can use the Google Toolbar

Google Toolbar

or........ Pick up a dictionary

Now, nobody has any excuses if someone corrects your spelling

**CoventryCat86** · 12-06-2005, 03:08 PM

What cracks me up is my "mastery of the English language" is no better than some one in junior high school.

For instance, just yesterday jingles corrected my spelling of the word "alleged" (either on CigarPass or CigarSnobs). I honestly thought it was spelled "alledged" with that extra "d" in it, I've been spelling it that was for as long as I can remember. No one has ever brought this to my attention.

What's even funnier was that jingles was on the war path with me yesterday and pretty much only did this to try and shove it up my ass.

and make me look foolish rather than in a friendly way.

Hey, I'm glad he did because now I know how to spell the freakin' word properly (and no one was paying attention to jingles anyway

) Did I throw a hissy fit? No, hell if I wasn't so damn mad at him I would have thanked him

For the longest time, I used to misspell "definitely" by using an "a" rather than an "i" in the middle, "definately" SamClemmons corrected me once by saying "There's definitely no "a" in definitely."

A few weeks later, I made the same mistake and he told me again using slightly stronger language

LMAO, I don't think I've spelled it wrong since!!

Hey, like Tommy said, when you're WRONG, you're WRONG and whining about it is absolutely ridiculous and so is making stupid excuses

Spell checkers are great BUT, they're not going to pick up errors like this:

your, you're
their, there, they're
too, to

Again, I'm no expert on the King's English but I do know that anyone who has a fourth grade education knows (or should know) the differences between the wrods I cited above.

YOU may not care if you look like a sloppy moron but others might. For instance, would you wear a ripped tee shirt and blue jeans to a job interview for an office job?

**nhcigarfan** · 12-06-2005, 04:04 PM

[QUOTE=CoventryCat86]
Again, I'm no expert on the King's English but I do know that anyone who has a fourth grade education knows (or should know) the differences between the wrods I cited above.

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I figured I hadn't been involved so I should jump in.