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Anonymous Coward User ID: 24596610 United Kingdom 09/29/2012 02:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 24622497 United Kingdom 09/29/2012 02:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | And remember, the way American's spell, is retarded. It is not the correct form of English, Z is not C. There is but one C in the alphabet, and furthermore, it is nice to see that so many American's still care for her majesties English to be spoke correctly. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 24596610 Where to start my critique ... ? |
Sir France's Beercan User ID: 1245590 Austria 09/29/2012 02:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Sir France's Beercan User ID: 1245590 Austria 09/29/2012 02:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | And remember, the way American's spell, is retarded. It is not the correct form of English, Z is not C. There is but one C in the alphabet, and furthermore, it is nice to see that so many American's still care for her majesties English to be spoke correctly. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 24596610 That's a fail dude. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 10372663 United States 09/29/2012 02:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | As long as the meaning is understood that's all that's required and it could be conveyed strictly with symbols not related to a language such as a pictograph. OP I'm sure you can find someone to help you with that butt plug that's stuck in your ass so you won't be so ANAL about peoples writing skills! I'm sure you understood that didn't you? |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 24622497 United Kingdom 09/29/2012 02:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ALL LANGUAGE IS MADE UP! It's someones imagination gone wild. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 10372663 As long as the meaning is understood that's all that's required and it could be conveyed strictly with symbols not related to a language such as a pictograph. OP I'm sure you can find someone to help you with that butt plug that's stuck in your ass so you won't be so ANAL about peoples writing skills! I'm sure you understood that didn't you? I know! Let's just simplify all languages down to a sequence of grunts, and obscene gestures! How about that? |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 11888060 Australia 09/29/2012 05:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Quoting: Anonymous Coward 24599639 Yes! That drives me crazy. The most common spelling error I see on glp is loose for lose. Second most would have to be using "then" in the context of "than". Third is "definately" (because that's how some people actually say it (shudder), and fourth would be using "defiantly" instead of "definitely" - a sign of typing "definately" and, not wanting to incur the wrath of spelling nazis, right clicked on the wavy red line and picked the first word that popped up. Doh. It's not just GLP though, it's everywhere. Using "loose" instead of "lose" is understandable (although annoying) when you look at the spelling of the word "choose", and also when you consider how often this misspelling occurs, it's easy to see how it's propagated. Us spelling nazi's do have a point tho, this isn't always about being anal. Sometimes meaning is actually lost, and then it becomes a problem. Occasional typo's and spelling errors are forgivable. I'm a published author and I've picked up on my own stupid errors that have gone to print. When proofreading 50,000 of your own words 2 hours before the deadline, you tend to skim a little, but I digress... The point is, when you have one language that you have been exposed to every SINGLE day of your life, and get basic things wrong like their/there/they're and then/than, and not questioning what "for all intensive purposes" means, but still using it, not realising that the saying is actually "for all intents and purposes", how can anyone take your words seriously? If such simple observations have bypassed you, what other simple things have slipped by? ------------------------------------- Insane rant aside, I know some extremely intelligent people with insanely bad spelling and grammar. Being technically minded, spelling is something I've always naturally gotten correct, but it's only 1 part of intelligence and being a bad speller does not automatically mean that you are stupid. ------------------------------------- I think if you want your point to get across, take an extra minute to read what you've written and make sure it reads how you've intended. Hopefully, silly typos will be forgiven. |
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Halcyon Dayz, FCD User ID: 25358447 Netherlands 10/12/2012 05:10 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | A useful resource: Common Errors in English Usage [link to public.wsu.edu] Reaching for the sky makes you taller. Hi! My name is Halcyon Dayz and I'm addicted to morans. |
JimBomB User ID: 25417414 United States 10/12/2012 05:20 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | For those that DON'T approve of my use of memes --- FO! YOU ARE THE MACHINE [link to youtu.be (secure)] [link to youtu.be] |
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Face Palmer User ID: 1149868 Germany 10/12/2012 06:17 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Beat me to it "The world will soon wake up to the reality that everyone is broke and can collect nothing from the bankrupt, who are owed unlimited amounts by the insolvent, who are attempting to make late payments on a bank holiday in the wrong country, with an unacceptable currency, against defaulted collateral, of which nobody is sure who holds title." Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. The woman who is not pursued sets up the doctrine that pursuit is offensive to her sex, and wants to make it a felony. No genuinely attractive woman has any such desire. - H.L. Mencken, In Defense Of Women |
Keep2theCode User ID: 20545539 United States 10/12/2012 06:24 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 18942840 Canada 10/12/2012 06:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thanks OP. As a professor I read endless papers full of these common grammar mistakes. It frustrates me to no end. The ease of internet posting has made kids lazy when it comes to communication -- a laziness that carries over into graded research papers and professional writing. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 10858311 United States 10/13/2012 12:36 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | And remember, the way American's spell, is retarded. It is not the correct form of English, Z is not C. There is but one C in the alphabet, and furthermore, it is nice to see that so many American's still care for her majesties English to be spoke correctly. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 24596610 I think I might be missing something here, but wondering if English ppl know that American words are officially spelled [<that's one] differently sometimes. Something like 'specialize' is supposed to have a 'z',e.g.. I think it's because of Noah Webster. [link to answers.yahoo.com] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 6356307 United States 10/13/2012 12:47 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Also, the phrase, "between you and I" is incorrect. The pronoun, "I," should be replaced with the pronoun, "me," because "me" is the object of the preposition "between" and should be in the objective case. But everybody uses that phrase nowadays because it supposedly sounds more "educated," I guess. But it sounds stupid to me because it is incorrect. By the way, I don't pay much attention to how I write here at GLP. Nobody really cares around here. But there are some sites where I'm especially careful because if I should make errors in my writing, it would stand out like a sore thumb -- mainly because everyone else there writes so well. Not so much here, though. |
Esoteric Morgan ...in awe of many things User ID: 3539589 United States 10/13/2012 12:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | That site is brilliant! It's like "The Garden of Eloquence" for the modern age. Thank you! Last Edited by esotericMorgan on 10/13/2012 12:53 AM -- TRUST THE PLAN -- .......WWG1WGA...... ____________________________ still in awe of many things |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 23223844 Australia 10/13/2012 01:00 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "The panda eats, shoots and leaves." (Panda has a meal, then uses a gun to to kill somebody and then leaves) Quoting: Anonymous Coward 24637307 Meaning is also important when it comes to words. Shoots does not necessarily indicate that someone is killed. The Panda may have shot into the air. Or, indeed, the Panda may have fired a crossbow. :) Ovver hear we have Kangaroo's' and a few bloke who "eat root and leave" Eye recon yer write to OP in gards to them postropies whateva ya call 'em...eye yoused ta put the fucka rwrite ovver tha "s"...fair in tha middle... :middlefinger: |
Esoteric Morgan ...in awe of many things User ID: 3539589 United States 10/13/2012 01:04 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I, of course, being British, do not speak, read or write any other language than English, the planet's lingua franca! (Did you see what I did, there?) any language other than English Do I pass? Last Edited by esotericMorgan on 10/13/2012 01:06 AM -- TRUST THE PLAN -- .......WWG1WGA...... ____________________________ still in awe of many things |