The punctuation, spelling and grammar thead.....everyone seems into it.

Thought I'd create this thread so the other threads don't get cluttered by the 'Derrek Corrects'.
 
hmmm I hope I haven't mad any mistakes hmmm

made!!

 

just to clarify, does this include capitals at the start of sentences/names etc.

i'm way too lazy to go back to using the shift button.

Well done!

I think It should, though we can see how eveyone else feels about it.
 

If you're intentionally doing it you should probably put a disclaimer in your sig so we know you don't require correction 

I always prefer to type my real name in all lower case coz it looks better 

i'll get onto the disclaimer today then shall i?

But if all upper case means your yelling then all lower case must mean you're whispering!


SPEAK UP CHRIS... I CAN'T HEAR YOU   

 
 No capitals or fullstops is ok.

 Spelling errors will not be tolerated. 

great news.

that's all i needed to know.

at deathmaze.

I think capitals and fullstops are in order on this thread.

hurrah!

oh, what about intentionally leaving out apostrophes? like in 'it's'?

But only if you use both or neither, you can't change midway through a sentence... you've got to commit to your format!

this is not acceptable.

This is not acceptable

This is acceptable.

so is this

 

it not It

oh deary me

:lol: oh deary me

 The funny thing is I don't really care, I was just doing it to be a prick.  

amen

all hail the new "Fucking Bored Rick" thread

Oh well done... that response would have been a trap for young players! Starting the sentence with a lower case because you're correcting someone else... the only way you could get away with that is by leaving off the full stop... touche!

it's filled in my week pretty well so far though.

AAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

*falls off chair laughing*

 

 Indeed.

I just hate incorrect spelling.

We have a spell check now so there are no excuses

Alright grammar nazis, can someone please explain the use of using an apostrophe after a word, eg Scotts'.

Because Scotts's is wrong.

1. abbreviation ie. it is = it's; can not = can't. also used for abbreviation of years ie. '96 = 1996

2. possessive nouns ie. cleasc's singlet; unless possession to a plural ending in s, either discard or add at end ie. the cats' bowls  are empty; or the cats bowls are empty

3. plural numbers or letters ie. change all the a's in this documents to ten's

DO NOT USE...

1. to pluralise nouns ie. three dogs - not three dog's

2. for the possessive use of "its" ie. the frog has left its tank, or the frog has left its' tank - not the frog has left it's tank

N.B. Use of the apostrophe after the letter S has recently dropped from common language, but is still considered proper English.

Yeah, yeah, I couldn't think of a better example

in my posts you will not find spelling mistakes(a typo maybe), there will be grammar mistakes because i can't be fucked sometimes...

i hate it when people overuse exclamation marks and put them at the end of most sentences!

i remember a Seinfeld ep about that actually.

That's no excuse for no fucking capital letters you arse licking cunt monkey!!!!

 

meh i don't do capitals...i did use one for the s in Seinfeld though.

* Reported to moderators *

i'll second that thought.

So, is the anti-capital, arse raping prick banned or not?

it seems Chris could use some discipline in regards to capitals.

It's not that hard you dumb fucks.

This is the key you're looking for!

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You both could

Duly noted. Not banned.




AAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

i'm happy to use all lower case.

tim's issue is that he chops and changes between capital's and lower case mid-sentence.

i use capitals for names..is that ok?

obviously not.

I do that!!!!!!!!!!

But it's not just for the hell of it.... I really mean them!!!

I'm just an enthusiastic person! 

In email I'm fine, but in a post it feels really wrong to end a sentence with a full stop... it has to be an exclamation or emoticon 

I love exclamation marks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It delivers.

You pluralised exclamation marks. So it should be They deliver, not It delivers. If you worded it to mean you love the use of the exclamation marks, then that would be acceptable.

Can you do one for me that allows me to make any boo boo I want? So the fucking Spelling police keep off my back?

 

Can you do one for me that allows me to make any boo boo I want? So the fucking Spelling police keep off my back?

 :lol:

So let's talk about arse.... who started spelling it like that and what was wrong with the original ass?

I liked the old ass

Yes, I mean the latter

arse is what you sit on, ass is an animal.

But Australians just made up the spelling... everywhere else in the world ass is still ass!

I know I've made a point of my dislike of people refusing to use capital letters.

But that doesn't mean you can just go and throw one in the middle of a fucking sentence for no reason.

Ass sounds stupid though, I think arse sounds better.

 

like copping it up the arse!

Then word the damn sentence properly next time!  Back at you.

I have used the term "Spelling police" as a noun.

I have used the term "Spelling police" as a noun.

 Scorecard so far.

 Noobs that have cracked under the Panzer Divison Grammar Corps.

 1.

NO.

Seeing you forgot the capital I figured it was my duty to add it for you.

Then use a fucking capital P for police then!

Well it does sound better then 'copping it up the ass' ..

 

This is a funny day for the board.

cunt!

No we didn't! Arse is the British spelling, which makes it the Australian spelling by proxy. You'll find it's like that in most Commonwealth countries I think, ass is just lazy American spelling.

'This is a funny day for the bored' would also have worked there.

But you still got it wrong... Spelling Police  

Josh beat you to the punch.

AAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Fucking excellent.

 Has there ever been a case where a persons grammar is so bad that they have their keyboard confiscated?

 I guess similiar to the hoon laws.

Yes, true.

I was hoping you wouldn't pick up on that

 

Yeah, because I'm letting so much slip under the radar today.

 

 

Well that is interesting... I retract my previous comment then... ass shall henceforth be known as arse!

To me arse sounds like a pirate though.... aaaarrrrrrrrse 


Yes he did 

Oh well, it won't be long before erika fucks up again   

Really though, who gives an arse?

 

You really need to be more careful.

I did it on purpose because I didn't want _erika to think she was important 

Fuck this thread ey, this thread is taking far too much concentration!

Bunch of geeks!


 


I have to think about what I'm actually typing! TOO HARD BASKET.

Thinking + Erika = No go zone  

 

OIIIIIIIIII

 

FucK YouSe Alls

 

:rofl:

LOL this thread! 

I fucking hate the shitty use of apostrophes for plurals, especially in professionally produced business signs. Thats like at least two levels of illiterate dumb fucks.

arE"m tryIn tuh Stey awEyz' fw0m .dees fWead       .                . . .

 

Hmmm...

Jamie Lynn Spears's boyfriend could be charged with rape

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22953785-2,00.html?from=public_rss

 

I don't like the look of that apostrophe.

 

get it right Nazi, they have it right!

Spears' would also be acceptable since Spears ends in an 's'

Spears's is fucking wrong dude.

It may look fucking wrong, but it is correct grammar. Although seeing as Spears' is also correct grammar, and doesn't look wrong, I figure it should always be the preference.

English muthafucker! Do you speak it?!

Bah. It doesn't look right. Everyone should always do it the RIGHT LOOKING way.

back to the random quiz for YOU!

Hahahaha, this thread has just given me a laugh to start my day. Hilarious!

 

I admit I have become lazy with my capitals since being a forum posting/emailing nerd...but that is about it. Oh and I shorten things but that is mostly in text messages, not on here. But I am sure I am guilty of the odd grammatical or spelling error. The odd one. Hehehe.

predictive text ftw!

At least predictive text gives you capitols at the start of each sentence.

 

 

When referring to oneself it's I'm not Im & I should always be spelt with a capital letter.

Just for the record, as some people seem to be constantly forgetting.   

If in doubt, use one of these http://www.spellcheck.net/ 

or firefox has a spellchecker!

or use the spell check button at the bottom of the reply box

or just stop caring????
 

Heathen.

I dont likes the grammer police

One for the punctuation nazis...http://quotation-marks.blogspot.com/

i'm sure someone may have already mentioned this (can't be bothered going through the whole forum), but has anyone noticed the title of this thread is spelt incorrectly?

great thead still.

fucking

 

I never noticed.

Urgh this thread just brought back memories of the 2 day grammer/punctuation/language/writing course I had to do last week for work. Was a form of torture I swear but at least now I know what an adjective and an adverb is, oh and the difference between principal and principle and how to avoid those pesky dangling participles 

oh i wanna do a course like that!!

does it make u shudder, to read the forum?

Took the words right out of my mouth.

Correct spelling and punctuation FTW!

nah, what makes me shudder is when I hear people say "we was" and there are a couple of regular culprits at my workplace. OMG this destroys me!

Yeah I thought it was deliberate

There is a spelling error on the Masterfoods Chicken & Cashew Curry flavour base packet!!!

It says serve with "Corander" 

That means it should be sold in the Reject Shop. I love finding cheap food there which simply has some kind of mistake like that on the packet.

 I just found a published article in a medical journal with loser/looser spelling errors.

 Funnily enough i still might quote it :lo:

I always find spelling mistakes in novels I'm reading. Especially Stephen King for some bizarre reason.

I loathe business emails that are shortened. I often will go back to the seller and make sure he spells it out correctly, so I can ensure it's the correct product. Sometimes I have to ask him what every second word is. He makes abbreviation of abbreviations! Argh, professional FAIL!

I always make sure I type out sms with correct spelling and grammar, but it never catches on with some people, they just shorten their words again. Doh!

Sometimes I get mega lazy and don't re-read my posts on forums though, some of them are dogs dinners! Especially if I am in a hurry or my fingers are cold.

LightningChyld, SMS should be capitalised because it is an acronym.

"Dog's dinner" should have an apostrophe because you are indicating the ownership of the dinner by the dog.

Spelling mistakes are the least of Stephen King's flaws as a writer.

Ouch! 

making a fuckload of money isn't one though.

Oli got me on that one! 

He's one of my favourite authors since I was pre-teen tbh. I can get as high brow with my reading as anyone, doesn't mean I don't enjoy his style and the subject matter of the writing. He captures American normality like not many others. Usually always with a dark undercurrent of course.

Speaking of mistakes in published books, I read a John Baldacci thriller called Last Man Standing that had several outright shocking mistakes in it. These guys are meant to have decent editors right? I wonder what happens to cause such things? You'd think if it was the job you were drawn to, being naturally gifted at spotting grammatical/spelling errors, and making it your career, these errors shouldn't slip past you!

Do elaborate for us?

Not that I think he is a great writer most of the time...and I have read one not so good book, but what are his many flaws?
I am happy to hear your critique.

I realise that I am in opposition to about 98% of society now, and that language evolves, but before it becomes ubiquitous; the word is pronounced flak-sid people, not flas-id!

I've always liked this one:

pe·ruse        (pə-rōōz')   
tr.v.   pe·rused, pe·rus·ing, pe·rus·es
To read or examine, typically with great care.

That one makes me angry. That truly is the majority slaughtering language. I hesitate to use the word now, as not only has it acquired a new meaning, that meaning is the opposite of the real one.

except in the case of american english, it didnt strictly evolve did it?
werent their 'changes' to the english language largely the result of some concerted tidy-up and removal of many non-english origin words?
nevermind that english borrows from a great deal of different languages.

how about names of places? NotreDame as 'Nowter-daym' instead of Nott-ruh-darm
and yet they stick with frenchie style 'erbal'?


i used to lol in england at the amount of cockney weird expressions - 'samidge' for sandwich or 'sunnink' for something were 2 of the best ones from a chick i used to work with.





probally?

In the case of flaccid, I believe it evolved , or rather devolved, through the gradual spread of error from speaker to listener. I was using evolve in a rather broad sense though. In the matter of words beginning with H: yes there was a concerted effort to standardise grammar in England.

No-ter-daym bugs me as well, now that you mention it. It is a fucking proper noun after all.

Az, once again, you lost me at hello

 I have never heard it pronounced 'flaksid'.

This is part of my complaint.

  If everyone pronounces it one way then does that mean it becomes the correct pronunciation?

Yes, it's my pretentious bugbear. I know I can't win, but it grates on me anyway, for some reason. Much like the destruction of peruse. Although peruse is far worse.

Certainly not!

Hopefully it will be many years before the word flaccid becomes a necessary part of my vocabulary.  

It seems to be a part of Simon's

Language follows spoken conventions, so it is somewhat true. Much like 'nitch' it enters official lexicons as an alternative pronunciation.


 

 

 

I've heard that a lot of those American spellings (center, program) came about from the American Noah Webster's work in 'correcting' the French derived British spelling of words into a more phonetically sound version and in true American patriotic fervour, form a distinction between America and Britain (who at the time were recent enemies - I've always thought the same thing happened regarding the direction they drive their cars).

Having said that he was also a devout religious man and apparently made a lot of changes in order to conform to biblical interpretations of language.

Bugbear? BUGBEAR???? ... aaarrrrggghhh 

Not a fan of borrowed colloquialisms? Would you call it a personal bugbear of yours?

Bugbear? BUGBEAR???? ...... yes


It's a virus not a word 

"Fred will be back February 2010" or "Fred will be back in February 2010"?

Is one wrong and the other right, or are they both fine? I'd include in if I said or wrote it but I've got correspondence from highly qualified people who aren't using in...

Uni lecturers always told us to leave out small, unnecessary words. 

 

OK.

OMG I just dispensed advice in this thread. Didn't see that one coming.

Don't you mean you "Didn't see that coming"?

Touche!!!

 

Due to popular demand, and the fact that loser/looser misuse has largely been eradicated, I am now moderating allot/a lot/alot.


A Lot or Allot ?

A lot (two words) is an informal phrase meaning "many." It can take an adjective, for example, "a sizeable lot."

    Example: Karl needed a lot of time for the job.

Allot means "to distribute between or among." It has the same root as lottery.

    Example: He allotted three breaks a day to everyone in the department.

Alot does not exist as a word.




I will also moderate Saw/Seen.

Please help by reporting any errant posts.


Regards,

Leezee
Grammatical Systems Analyst

i object!

OK. To what do you object?

I saw your face and scratch my saws.



[mod]She saw the movie last night..................... simple past tense
She has already seen the movie................ present perfect tense
We have seen too many accidents............ present perfect tense
No one had seen him at the party.............. past perfect tense
Please be mindful in future.[/mod]

wut duz uze yuze dis fred 4?

 

in the process of trying to find a good spot to stick this up at work:

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling

Haha that's cool!

Isnt that just moderating boganism? 

I reckon a job title such as;


Should have been capitalised as follows;

Grammatical Systems Analyst

 

Ah indeed. You get a gold star .


I hope so.

me too
just open an 'escort blue and holdens' thread then ban all who post positively

Just got this reply to an email I sent:


 

I should teach him how to write a letter properly.



Dear Cameron,

Fuck you.

Regards, Liam.

Condobolin, what a shit name for a town.

Notable people from Condobolin

    * Kevin Gilbert, poet, author, playwright, activist
    * Shannon Noll, the first runner up of Australian Idol

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1935115

 

 

 OMFG AHAHAHAHAHAH

  I rest my case...


definately rediculous deal's 

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html

 

That is fucking great.

 

Haha, here's one for us all: Stephen Fry - Language