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Releih
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:53 pm Reply with quote

This should be required reading!

http://www.drgrammar.org/faqs/

(Poor grammar, ftl!)

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 10:08 pm Reply with quote

It's missing a couple I hate...

Their and there and "they are" and they're

Your and "you are" and you're

Of course, many folks online are lazy and don't care if they look like an idiot or not.

If a player writes a request for a feature in a game I'm working on grossly improperly, I usually ignore their post.

Yes, I'm an elitist english snob.

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 10:18 pm Reply with quote

I have followed the "a or an" rule for years. I always wondered the exact definition, as I see professional writers, columnists, and reporters using it wrong almost every day. His definition is spot on.

The latest one I've been wrangling with is "lit" or "lighted". They're essentially the same tense, but I tend to think of "lit" as the correct past tense of something already illuminated.

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 11:45 pm Reply with quote

When I first started playing WoW, before being in a guild, I ignored all "guild recruiting" announcements or invites that contained poor grammar and spelling. Everyone is going to make a mistake sometime (or have a bad typing day), and "internet abbreviations" are obviously acceptable in the game, but I didn't want to be associated with a bunch of ignorant people.

Thus, I am in Scalebane! Which truly contains some of the most intelligent people I've encountered ("Fedolisms" are obviously the exception to this...but I love him anyway!)

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 11:59 pm Reply with quote

Ruy wrote:
If a player writes a request for a feature in a game I'm working on grossly improperly,...


-_-

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:05 am Reply with quote

I wondered if anyone else would catch that, Raun!

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:41 am Reply with quote

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Everyone is going to make a mistake sometime (or have a bad typing day)

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 3:35 am Reply with quote

So what's wrong with that?

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 4:00 am Reply with quote

Releih wrote:
So what's wrong with that?


He obviously disagrees. Of course, when I'm told by my bosses to read a thread that has grown to 500 posts in the space of a few hours, I have to sift through the intelligent posts and the posts which aren't.

The tons of private messages a developer gets can be very overwhelming.

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 4:00 pm Reply with quote

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He obviously disagrees.


i thought it was obvious that i think you are both retarded.

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:53 pm Reply with quote

Raunwynn wrote:
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He obviously disagrees.


i thought it was obvious that i think you are both retarded.


Lol.

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 2:14 am Reply with quote

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28900351/

More great reading for grammar lovers Smile



These words were approved by NCTE.org.

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