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09-25-2013 , 10:39 PM

#4651

Kvitlekh

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I recently started attending college (again), and I've been noticing professors making lots of grammatical, pronunciation, and spelling mistakes. What is the correct procedure? From an academic and scientific honesty perspective I would think they would want to be corrected, but how will they react to a student correcting them?

Also, sometimes I'll point out mistakes in books and they'll be waved off by the instructor as trivial when they are actually quite important.

I would think the kind of nittery found in this thread would be welcome in an academic setting.

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09-25-2013 , 10:45 PM

#4652

steve1238

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Pro-tip
No one likes an *******.

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09-25-2013 , 11:22 PM

#4653

Kvitlekh

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Originally Posted by steve1238

Pro-tip
No one likes an *******.

Gee thanks, I didn't realize that.

I'm trying to gauge how others here accomplish the goal without coming off like an *******.

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09-25-2013 , 11:27 PM

#4654

Clare Quilty

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We vent in a thread with like-minded *******s

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09-25-2013 , 11:28 PM

#4655

Bremen

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I would begin by reexamining my goals.

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09-26-2013 , 11:58 AM

#4656

Kvitlekh

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The atrocity is repeated in four different captions on the left:

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/c...a4bcf887a.html

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09-26-2013 , 12:23 PM

#4657

NewOldGuy

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Originally Posted by Kvitlekh

The atrocity is repeated in four different captions on the left:

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/c...a4bcf887a.html

You mean the its vs. it's error?
I see more than four times. I'm guessing the editor's spellcheck has flaws in the grammar rules (or none).

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09-26-2013 , 03:31 PM

#4658

atakdog

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Originally Posted by AlexM

The obvious answer being "no"?

ldo

Except that around the same time, the same not real —> not funny whatever-it-is will be greeted by a chorus of "OH MY GOD THAT'S HILARIOUS!!!" I don't get it.

Last edited by atakdog; 09-26-2013 at 03:40 PM.

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09-27-2013 , 10:26 AM

#4659

RussellinToronto

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Originally Posted by Dynasty

8 Punctuation Marks That Are No Longer Used

I'm in favor of bringing back the snark.

Irony is very hard to write, especially in casual writing on the internet.

My wife just gave me Keith Houston's book, which I'm very much looking forward to reading:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss...ch%2Caps%2C179. He has extended discussions of all of these, including the snark.

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10-10-2013 , 04:59 PM

#4660

Bunkosity

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10-14-2013 , 10:45 PM

#4661

W0X0F

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In the doctor's waiting room this morning, picked up a copy of People magazine to pass the time. (For those of you with a subscription, check the Sept 30th issue, page 152.)

Saw the following in an article about a newlywed who pushed her husband off a cliff:

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Now, while Graham is under house arrest at her parents' home, facing a criminal complaint alleging murder, her and her husband's friends are trying to sift fact from fiction...

Putting aside the asinine logic here (why would the suspect be trying to "sift" fact from fiction?), it's been a long time since I've seen someone go the other way with the "she/her", "I/me" thing. Don't magazines have editors anymore?

(btw, Bluff magazine is one of the worst. Seems to have no editing whatsoever. I see at least a dozen basic mistakes in every issue.)

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10-15-2013 , 12:00 AM

#4662

mikech

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you're reading it wrong. she is not trying to sift fact from fiction; "her [friends] and her husband's friends are." the construction does seem more ambiguous on the page.

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10-15-2013 , 06:41 AM

#4663

TensRUs

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Pretentious [censored] thread imo

Last edited by gregorio; 10-15-2013 at 04:55 PM.

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10-15-2013 , 09:37 AM

#4664

Clare Quilty

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TensRUs,

Judging by your post, your poker SN, and lame BB avatar, you must have gotten lost on the way to the stupid [censored] thread, where you'll feel much more at home. It's thataway>>>>>>>>

Last edited by gregorio; 10-15-2013 at 04:55 PM.

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10-15-2013 , 09:41 AM

#4665

NewOldGuy

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Originally Posted by mikech

you're reading it wrong. she is not trying to sift fact from fiction; "her [friends] and her husband's friends are." the construction does seem more ambiguous on the page.

This. The sentence is grammatical as published, but it probably could be improved. Just realizing that the suspect herself wouldn't be trying to sift fact from fiction, but her friends would, makes the grammar correct.

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10-15-2013 , 09:43 AM

#4666

TensRUs

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CQ,

No.

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10-15-2013 , 09:57 AM

#4667

Clare Quilty

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Oh ok. Well, if you're not lost, then join in the pretentious ****ery!

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10-17-2013 , 01:20 PM

#4668

Rei Ayanami

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The idiolect here is amazing:

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It doesn't really matter if he bluffs before it depends how he bluffs. I think i snap fold this river. Unless hes bluffed all in on you on another hand this is a fold. Guys that bluff usually bluff raise but never go all in. When they go all in or raise huge there usually pretty strong. So it would depend what level of a bluffer he is. I would lean towards qj or 10 10 here. Those 2 hands he would play like that. And since hes bluff raise you before and you called hes knows your going to probably call him the next time he does it. I am curious what he had here but since he is bluffy I don't mind a call here but id like to see a bet on the turn. And if he raises the turn Id jam because he is going to probably do with draws. But if he jams id be more careful. So i think you should consider hes nutted here just the fact hes all in. So the question is did he jam all in last time or not. If he didn't then fold. If he did then call.

It's just relentless.

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10-17-2013 , 02:45 PM

#4669

econophile

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I've got to start taking some pictures of the daily reports from my daughter's preschool. According to one from a couple weeks ago, she is "scary of the swin."

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10-21-2013 , 10:11 AM

#4670

Lessu

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If I want to say "that thai is hot", can I also use an apostrophe and write "that thai's hot" ?

I could only find one link talking about this rule. I thought using apostrophe in this case is wrong but I'm being proven wrong.

Thanks

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10-21-2013 , 12:25 PM

#4671

NewOldGuy

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Originally Posted by Lessu

You can use a contraction with anything you like, and in this case it's a standard one that's pretty much universally understood too (see what I did there). Let clarity be your rule. If it's easily misunderstood, choose something else.

Also realize that sometimes spoken contractions don't do as well on the printed page, and I personally wouldn't use this one unless I'm writing dialog. But speaking it is perfect.

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10-21-2013 , 12:33 PM

#4672

Yodas Butler

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This appears to be predominantly an American problem, the ‘I could have cared less’. WFT?!
You mean you could NOT have cared less!
Think on a scale of one to ten, ten being the most you care about an issue/person W/E, 0 being the least. Now if you care so little about something that your level of caring is 0, THEN YOU COULDN’T care less. You could care MORE of course, but you can’t care any less.
Saying I could care less about someone, means that you DO in fact care about them, because YOU COULD CARE LESS.
Also you sound like a berk. You’re as bad as the I don’t know nuffin’ brigade.

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10-21-2013 , 12:50 PM

#4673

RollWave

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Originally Posted by Yodas Butler

Think on a scale of one to ten, ten being the most you care about an issue/person W/E, 0 being the least.

If someone rates there caring at a 1 on the scale of 1 to 10, and zero is actually the least, that would seem to indicate that they actually could have cared less.

Have you never heard of giving 110% effort? Same thing, just at the low end of the scale instead of the top.