Grammar

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Originally Posted by Oneironaut

But just for the hell of it, here are all the spelling and grammar errors so far in this thread:
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. Congratulations Billionfold, Breukelen advocaat, stinkyattic, Purple Banana, and 2600HERTZ. You did not make any errors at all.

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ROFLMAOPMP
Thank you very much.
In the future, please refrain from referring to me in the same context as advocaat. I have not sunk quite to that level of perfection yet. :D

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Originally Posted by Oneironaut

Okay, time to stop being a grammar Nazi. Congratulations Billionfold, Breukelen advocaat, stinkyattic, Purple Banana, and 2600HERTZ. You did not make any errors at all.

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Thanks for the congrats! I try to keep it simple, and therefour have less chance of making an error. ;)

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Originally Posted by Breukelen advocaat

......and therefour have less chance of making an error.

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C-... needs improvement

LOL oneironaut- I am an English teacher and what you did on that message is what I must do every time I grade papers. It is a wonder I am still sane.:S1:

I also overlook grammar errors on posts, for though it causes me pain to see the abuse, I can't be a teacher 24/7. Besides, I may make a spelling error myself someday (due to my extremely baked state), and I hope I will be forgiven.

The problem with spelling and grammar abuse is that I believe the more organized and clear your writing is, the more precise and controlled your thoughts will be. I have seen that to be true for my writing students over the past 11 years that I've been teaching.

Internet communication is through writing (duh), so it stands to reason that the better you are at using that skill, the better you will be able to communicate, persuade, engage, etc. It seems logical that in order to use the internet to the best advantage, people should learn how to write well.

The best way to do that is to read-
your brain absorbs the structure of grammar while you are being entertained- it's awesome the way it works. You exercise your imagination, learn about another point of view, and absorb syntax, just by reading a book. :lovestruck:

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Originally Posted by Oneironaut

Okay, time to stop being a grammar Nazi. Congratulations Billionfold, Breukelen advocaat, stinkyattic, Purple Banana, and 2600HERTZ. You did not make any errors at all.

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I got missed out. :(

I just look at it that not everyone was born with smarts and/or learning curve. I dont like to judge.

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Originally Posted by cambam

I got missed out. :(

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You're right, sorry about that. Congrats on your good grammar!

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Originally Posted by Oneironaut

You're right, sorry about that. Congrats on your good grammar!

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:greenthumb:

Personally, I think that grammar is important. However, its not near as important as spelling. Speaking for my collegeboy self, I read alot of textbooks, but I have a short attention span (thank you MJ). Great thing is, I can read FAST and retain much of it. I can read a two page thread in no time flat and grab most every detail. However, if I get into a thread with an idiot who uses horrid slang and even worse spelling, I can no longer read quickly. Then I skip to the next post.

If yall want your posts read by me, keep it somewhat fluent and don't misspell so much shit. Thats why I have a better "relationship" with some of the users on here. They can lay out their thoughts and ideas clearly. Therefore I read them faster and more complete.

:S2: AHAHAHAHAHAHA! I was just about to do the very same thing. I'm an anus.

However, I have been known to type in "slanguage" just to get a point across, or to make something funnier by typing in dialect.

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Originally Posted by Oneironaut

But just for the hell of it, here are all the spelling and grammar errors so far in this thread:


Should be a period, not a question mark.

"Writers" should be "writer's".

"Grammer" should be "grammar".

This sentence needs a verb like "think" or "feel".

The word "I" should be capitalized. And I think you mean to say you couldn't care less. If you could care less, that means you care to some extent, right?

"Brain cells" is two words, not one.

Again, "grammer" should be "grammar".

That should read "too hard", not "to hard".

The comma should be a semicolon, and the word "Firefox" should be capitalized. (I wondered if anyone was going to catch the comma/semicolon part.)

This sentence should end in a period.

The word "depends" should not be capitalized.

The word "cair" should be spelled "care". (obviously)

"Allegebly" is not a word. I think you mean "intelligibly".

The word "you" confuses the syntax of the sentence. Also, the word "English" should be capitalized.

There should be a comma after the interjection "yeah", and the comma after "it" should be a semicolon.

Should read "Personally, I try to use correct spelling and grammar."

The word "I" should be capitalized. "Its" should be "it's". "Doesnt" should be "Doesn't". The sentence should end with only one period.

"People" should be capitalized, and the word "thematic" is being used incorrectly.

"Persay" should be "per se".

"Intelligable" should be "intelligible".

The first comma is unnecessary and should probably be omitted.

"Comes" should be replaced by "becomes" or perhaps "comes as".

Uhh...wow. This should read "To each his own. I see many people use and many, many people do not use proper grammar. In my eyes, it's a forum, so I don't really care."

Again, too many errors to pick out one by one. This should read "Umm...I do my best, but my best isn't the greatest, so you may notice that I spell a lot of words all fucked up, and that I don't use the proper punctuation in parts of my typing, but I try to make it understandable."

The word "I" should be capitalized in both instances, and the first period should be a comma.

Again, both instances of "I" should be capitalized.

The word "Booooooooooooo" should be capitalized, and the sentence should end with a period or exclamation mark.

The comma should be a semicolon, and two commas need to be added: one after "grammar" and one after "however".

"Posters" should be "poster's", and there should be a comma after the word "clear".

The first "as" should be capitalized, as should the word "I". The comma should precede the space and not follow it. The word "its" should be "it's", and the sentence should end in a period.

Okay, time to stop being a grammar Nazi. Congratulations Billionfold, Breukelen advocaat, stinkyattic, Purple Banana, and 2600HERTZ. You did not make any errors at all.

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