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Old Jun 21, 2008 | 04:16 AM
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  • Punctuation... it's your friend, use it like you do all of your other friends.
  • Paragraphs... they help people read more than two sentences of drivel before getting lost in the five pages of prose.
  • Capitalization... start every sentence with it. People take a breath every century or two when talking, so should your story.
  • The letter 'n' does not equal the word 'and'.
  • The word 'yo' should only be used as part of a quote of what someone said, it is not how learned people write (frankly, learned people shouldn't say it either, but I digress).
  • Cut to the chase. No one cares how you were sharing your Fruit Loops with granny before telling us your tranny blew up.
  • English not being your native language is not an excuse. Lack of vocabulary is excusable, laziness is not.

    and most importantly:
  • Whining about how many grammar Nazi's are annoying you simply points out how poor your grammar truly is.

ENJOY!
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Old Jun 21, 2008 | 07:05 AM
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Title: "Grammer"


Sorry, Dan, you had it spelled correctly in the thread, but not in the title.

Also, "Punctuation... it's your friend, use it like you do all of your other friends" should have a semi-colon or period after "friend."
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Old Jun 21, 2008 | 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted by MacGyver,Jun 21 2008, 08:16 AM
[*]English not being your native language is not an excuse. Lack of vocabulary is excusable, laziness is not.
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Old Jun 21, 2008 | 07:42 AM
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Grammer... classic
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Old Jun 21, 2008 | 08:40 AM
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Grammer?


FTL....
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Old Jun 21, 2008 | 08:40 AM
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n i shud care why?
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Old Jun 21, 2008 | 09:20 AM
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Old Jun 21, 2008 | 09:34 AM
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Didn't catch that one... grammer, what a twat! There should have been a "so" after the comma on the other one. I was typing fast, thinking to myself "SOMEONE is going to catch some mistakes in here and I'm going to get flamed for it". Meh, sh!t happens...

I don't mind the occasional spelling error or grammatical flub, but writing in a style that is intended to be whacked out not only slows down comprehension, but it just makes me start to ignore entire posts (even when it might be something I could help with).

just a pet peeve for the weekend, something to bitch about while I'm bored. And now back to our scheduled broadcast...
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Old Jun 21, 2008 | 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by MacGyver,Jun 21 2008, 01:34 PM
but it just makes me start to ignore entire posts (even when it might be something I could help with).
100%
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Old Jun 21, 2008 | 09:38 AM
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KOUNTY GRAMMAR!
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