Stay Positive Posted 27 October 2011 Posted 27 October 2011 Sorry, I'm pretty lenient when I see typos and mispelt words, and I try not to be too high and mighty where grammar is concerned, as some folk have better education than others, but "could of" grates like no other phrase. It doesn't even make bloody sense! Please, stop it NOW.
dave the caveman Posted 27 October 2011 Posted 27 October 2011 I like the way you used a 41-word sentence to moan about poor English.
Stay Positive Posted 27 October 2011 Author Posted 27 October 2011 I like the way you used a 41-word sentence to moan about poor English. An exceptional 41 word sentence though, it must be said.
Yojoe36 Posted 27 October 2011 Posted 27 October 2011 To be honest, I hate it when people don't put commas in their sentences.
Ashley Posted 27 October 2011 Posted 27 October 2011 Get with the times, no harm in using slag. It's only an internet forum at the end of the day not an A Level English test?
Stay Positive Posted 27 October 2011 Author Posted 27 October 2011 Get with the times, no harm in using slag. It's only an internet forum at the end of the day not an A Level English test? It's not slang though is it? It's a stupid error. Like I said, I can handle everything else. That one bugs me though, as it makes absolutely no sense.
lcfcadam Posted 27 October 2011 Posted 27 October 2011 Get with the times, no harm in using slag. It's only an internet forum at the end of the day not an A Level English test? And what, exactly, is "slag"?
Stay Positive Posted 27 October 2011 Author Posted 27 October 2011 To be honest, I hate it when people don't put commas in their sentences. Eh? I used several...
StanSP Posted 27 October 2011 Posted 27 October 2011 I'm a grammar Nazi so I know exactly how you feel. I hate seeing simple spelling or grammatical errors.
Stay Positive Posted 27 October 2011 Author Posted 27 October 2011 I'm a grammar Nazi so I know exactly how you feel. I hate seeing simple spelling or grammatical errors. Glad someone's with me. I try not to be too vocal about it, but whenever I read a grammatically incorrect or mispelt email, it does stick out like a sore thumb to me.
Stay Positive Posted 27 October 2011 Author Posted 27 October 2011 I just mean in general. Ah. Sorry, I thought you were having a dig at me. (Note to self: must stop being such an insecure dick).
StanSP Posted 27 October 2011 Posted 27 October 2011 Glad someone's with me. I try not to be too vocal about it, but whenever I read a grammatically incorrect or mispelt email, it does stick out like a sore thumb to me. It just grinds my gears how silly some of the mistakes are. Especially if it's the 'they're, their, there' thing. That's primary school stuff!
John Matrix Posted 27 October 2011 Posted 27 October 2011 Serial comma From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Oxford comma" redirects here. For the song by Vampire Weekend, see Oxford Comma (song). The serial comma (also known as the Oxford comma or Harvard comma, and sometimes referred to as the series comma) is the comma used immediately before a coordinating conjunction (usually and or or, and sometimes nor) preceding the final item in a list of three or more items. For example, a list of three countries can be punctuated as either "Portugal, Spain, and France" (with the serial comma) or as "Portugal, Spain and France" (without the serial comma).[1][2][3] Opinions vary among writers and editors on the usage or avoidance of the serial comma. In American English, the serial comma is standard usage[4] in non-journalistic writing that follows the Chicago Manual of Style. Journalists, however, usually follow the AP Stylebook, which advises against it. It is used less often in British English,[5][6] where it is standard usage to leave it out, with some notable exceptions such as Fowler's Modern English Usage.[7] In many languages (e.g., French,[8] German,[9] Italian,[10] Polish,[11] Spanish[12]), the serial comma is not the norm and may even go against punctuation rules. It may be recommended in many cases, however, to avoid ambiguity or to aid prosody.
Stay Positive Posted 27 October 2011 Author Posted 27 October 2011 Shut it you sweaty arab. Capital "A" in Arab please.
StanSP Posted 27 October 2011 Posted 27 October 2011 And a comma after 'it', please. Otherwise you get this kind of scenario:
SVEN4EVAR Posted 27 October 2011 Posted 27 October 2011 Mate,I had to get a job when I was 11 I had no time for a good education,I worked my fingers down to the bone.
Rincewind Posted 27 October 2011 Posted 27 October 2011 Good example. An English professor wrote on the board: A woman without her man is nothing. The class was then asked to punctuate the sentence. The men wrote: "A woman, without her man, is nothing." The women wrote: "A woman: without her, man is nothing."
Zingari Posted 27 October 2011 Posted 27 October 2011 I hate it when people write things like “Romanes eunt domum” instead of the more correct “Romani ite domus”
m00nie Posted 27 October 2011 Posted 27 October 2011 Could of picked a better time to bring it up... were bloody manager less
Trav Le Bleu Posted 27 October 2011 Posted 27 October 2011 I hate it when people write things like “Romanes eunt domum” instead of the more correct “Romani ite domus” Romans they go home?
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