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| Must everyone try to write coorectly? |
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| No!!! |
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dteowner
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Joined: 21 Mar 2002
Posts: 7570
Location: Third Hero of Erathia |
While I think proper grammar is a nice goal for which to strive, I realize that English is not a simple language to use properly, even for native speakers. My only thought is that nobody living in a glass house should throw stones. A legitimate complaint wouldn't have contained gramatical errors, which means the initial post is little more than confrontational spam.
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Sorry. No pearls of wisdom in this oyster.
RIP Red Wings How 'Bout Dem Cowboys! |
Wed Oct 15, 2003 9:42 pm |
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cfmdobbie
High Emperor
Joined: 01 Jul 2002
Posts: 1859
Location: London, England |
quote:
Originally posted by Pikkon
And Where do you search for The correct Word? In winword? (Oh..  )
God no. That would take much too long. I just hit http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=theword and read the response. Takes but five seconds.
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Wed Oct 15, 2003 9:45 pm |
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vaticide
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Joined: 21 Feb 2002
Posts: 1122
Location: One step behind a toddler bent on destruction. |
quote:
Originally posted by dteowner
While I think proper grammar is a nice goal for which to strive, I realize that English is not a simple language to use properly, even for native speakers. My only thought is that nobody living in a glass house should throw stones. A legitimate complaint wouldn't have contained gramatical errors, which means the initial post is little more than confrontational spam.
Amen to that! Oh, and when you said "nobody living" you SHOULD have said...
just kidding! 
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Wed Oct 15, 2003 9:48 pm |
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dteowner
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Joined: 21 Mar 2002
Posts: 7570
Location: Third Hero of Erathia |
"Noone" would have been the correct choice, but I thought "nobody" was the appropriate choice.
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Wed Oct 15, 2003 11:15 pm |
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Kayla
High Emperor
Joined: 26 Nov 2002
Posts: 2114
Location: Australia |
If the Grammer Fairy reappears there are going to be the opportunity to sample a Bloody Fairy at every pub. A delightful concoction more appealing to the palate than a Bloody Mary, and a lot more fun to make.
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Thu Oct 16, 2003 7:25 am |
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~NOBODY~
The One And Only
Joined: 15 Sep 2003
Posts: 1824
Location: Vivec, Jobasha's Rare Books |
It didn't contain errors, dte! Yes, "commit" is better, but "do" isn't wrong either. |
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Thu Oct 16, 2003 11:56 am |
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cfmdobbie
High Emperor
Joined: 01 Jul 2002
Posts: 1859
Location: London, England |
I have to agree that "do" just doesn't fit in there - I think I'd have put "make" instead. I'd also have said "grammatical errors", clarified "users" with "users here", and written "there are" or "there're" instead of "there's".
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Why do most of the users here make more grammatical errors in a post than there are words in it?
Now, isn't that better?
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Thu Oct 16, 2003 12:42 pm |
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Lintra
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Joined: 23 Apr 2002
Posts: 9448
Location: Bermuda, the triangle place with SANDY BEACHES |
Lintra plunks down a sales booth. It look much like the lemonade sales stands in Peanuts, but the sign is "Wings and Things".
Lintra starts hawking his goods calling out "Get yer grammer fairy wings here! Hardly used! Spelling wands at half price! Adverb dust just in - Get this rare dust now! Don't delay, you too can become a grammer fairy for just a small investment!"
*grin*
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Thu Oct 16, 2003 1:06 pm |
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~NOBODY~
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Joined: 15 Sep 2003
Posts: 1824
Location: Vivec, Jobasha's Rare Books |
quote:
Originally posted by Lintra
Lintra plunks down a sales booth. It look much like the lemonade sales stands in Peanuts, but the sign is "Wings and Things".
Lintra starts hawking his goods calling out "Get yer grammer fairy wings here! Hardly used! Spelling wands at half price! Adverb dust just in - Get this rare dust now! Don't delay, you too can become a grammer fairy for just a small investment!"
*grin*
What is this??? |
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Thu Oct 16, 2003 2:11 pm |
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Lintra
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Joined: 23 Apr 2002
Posts: 9448
Location: Bermuda, the triangle place with SANDY BEACHES |
@~nobody~: I was just having a little fun with Kayla's post:
quote:
Originally posted by Kayla
If the Grammer Fairy reappears there are going to be the opportunity to sample a Bloody Fairy at every pub. A delightful concoction more appealing to the palate than a Bloody Mary, and a lot more fun to make.
I wanted to give every one the chance to be a grammer fairy 
@Toaster - I would've suggested "It is *just* Lintra" 
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Thu Oct 16, 2003 2:19 pm |
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~NOBODY~
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Joined: 15 Sep 2003
Posts: 1824
Location: Vivec, Jobasha's Rare Books |
@Lintra:
Isn't it a bit strange way to talk in a thread like this...?
@Toaster:
I Said: "WHAT is that?", Not "WHO is that?" |
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Thu Oct 16, 2003 2:25 pm |
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Toaster
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Joined: 27 Jan 2003
Posts: 5475
Location: Sweden |
I know you said 'what', but as Lintra said, would you understand it better if I had written "It's just Lintra..." ?
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Thu Oct 16, 2003 2:35 pm |
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Lintra
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Joined: 23 Apr 2002
Posts: 9448
Location: Bermuda, the triangle place with SANDY BEACHES |
quote:
Originally posted by ~NOBODY~
@Lintra:
Isn't it a bit strange way to talk in a thread like this...?
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Is it? Since this is a forum about role playing games, I occasionally like to spin a little story. Sometimes the other posters play along ... some times not! But it can lead to some fun stories every now and then. *Lintra shrugs* I hope you were not offended by the style ... It wasn't meant to be offensive - just silly (in the best Monty Python meaning of the word).
Speaking of which, how come Pinnen hasn't been posting in AOT recently? I miss his wit here!
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Thu Oct 16, 2003 2:41 pm |
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~NOBODY~
The One And Only
Joined: 15 Sep 2003
Posts: 1824
Location: Vivec, Jobasha's Rare Books |
No, of course I wasn't offended. I meant that it's just strange... BTW: It's not silly, it's funny  . Also, maybe it's not a right place to post this, but what does your name mean?
BTW: This thread became a poll! |
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