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11-11-2009 , 01:20 PM

#1001

quirkasaurus

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Originally Posted by stinkypete

are you saying you double the "i" just to be a weirdo or do you actually think they're spelled that way?

Just ignorant. I stand corrected. Isn't Hawaii plural for Hawaus?

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11-11-2009 , 02:13 PM

#1002

Dominic

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Originally Posted by quirkasaurus

Just ignorant. I stand corrected. Isn't Hawaii plural for Hawaus?

I think it's Hawaiium

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11-11-2009 , 04:34 PM

#1003

stinkypete

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Originally Posted by daryn

prob. stems from ******s calling bonuses "bonii" in the internet forum, if that still even happens.

or perhaps from hacker wannabe ******s calling viruses "virii"

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11-11-2009 , 04:35 PM

#1004

stinkypete

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people saying/writing "eg." when they mean "ie." also makes me cringe

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11-11-2009 , 05:18 PM

#1005

atakdog

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Originally Posted by stinkypete

people saying/writing "eg." when they mean "ie." also makes me cringe

Or writing ie. or eg. when they mean i.e. or e.g.

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11-11-2009 , 05:20 PM

#1006

stinkypete

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Originally Posted by atakdog

Or writing ie. or eg. when they mean i.e. or e.g.

that too. i guess its been a while since i saw them in writing

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11-11-2009 , 08:06 PM

#1007

KurtSF

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Originally Posted by atakdog

Very poor guess; it's also amusing that your evidence that I would make a particular error is that I do not make a different, related error. Impecable logic there.

Is this really correct use of a semi-colon? It just looks wrong to me.

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11-11-2009 , 10:20 PM

#1008

stinkypete

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Originally Posted by KurtSF

Is this really correct use of a semi-colon? It just looks wrong to me.

nope. but since nobody really knows how to use semi-colons it doesn't really matter.

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11-11-2009 , 10:26 PM

#1009

miajag

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huh? That semicolon is perfectly acceptable.

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11-11-2009 , 11:10 PM

#1010

prohornblower

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His use of the dratted semi-colon would be far more acceptable if he removed the word "also" from the sentence.

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11-13-2009 , 01:07 AM

#1011

DetlefSchrempf

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Memo to our delivery drivers at my work. RSR's are basically our drivers and HH4's are the handheld computers the drivers use during the day.

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11-13-2009 , 04:35 AM

#1012

crow1713

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Originally Posted by captZEEbo

My grandpa would always give birthday cards that said on the cover...

to "Greg"

What if your name wasn't Greg? Did he have alzheimer's and just call everyone Greg, to mask his disease?

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11-14-2009 , 01:12 PM

#1013

Life

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Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 641

"taller than me" is definitely correct. i specifically learned in grade school to use "me" there and not "I"

"taller than I" does sound pompous

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11-14-2009 , 01:33 PM

#1014

daryn

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oh it's definitely correct? because some nitwit who teaches at your grade school said so? cool, thanks.

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11-14-2009 , 01:33 PM

#1015

daryn

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btw did anyone (possibly me) mention this one earlier in the thread?

it's AIDS, not AIDs. why do people do this??

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11-14-2009 , 01:57 PM

#1016

W0X0F

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Originally Posted by ATAT

Lol I love this thread

It really is a great thread and I probably missed it, but has anyone given OP proper credit for the well crafted topic wording? Beautiful!

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11-14-2009 , 02:45 PM

#1017

Bostaevski

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Originally Posted by daryn

btw did anyone (possibly me) mention this one earlier in the thread?

it's AIDS, not AIDs. why do people do this??

because they are talking about Automatic Implantable Defibrillators obviously

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11-14-2009 , 03:25 PM

#1018

spadebidder

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Would of, should of, could of, and might of
are all phonetic spellings for the way people speak the contractions would've, should've, could've, and might've, and they should never, ever be written down unless it is to deliberately show the illiteracy of a character in dialog.

I found instances of these in a new book recently from a major publishing house, where the editors allowed the author to perform this grotesque misuse of language in the first person (non-fiction). I sent the author an email and he didn't reply.

I also saw a newpaper column recently where the writer used "phase" when he meant "faze". Ugh. That really phased me.

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11-14-2009 , 03:39 PM

#1019

spadebidder

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Originally Posted by W0X0F

It really is a great thread and I probably missed it, but has anyone given OP proper credit for the well crafted topic wording? Beautiful!

Cleverly done. I suspect many readers won't catch them all, and some won't notice anything wrong.

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11-15-2009 , 05:33 AM

#1020

DockDD

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Originally Posted by spadebidder

Cleverly done. I suspect many readers won't catch them all, and some won't notice anything wrong.

FU. You need to tell us.

Last edited by DockDD; 11-15-2009 at 05:36 AM. Reason: i'm acsared to post ITT.

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11-15-2009 , 05:06 PM

#1021

W0X0F

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Originally Posted by DockDD

FU. You need to tell us.

1. "Grammar" and "Punctuation" (quotes unnecessary)

2. nit's (should be nits)

3. You're (should be Your)

4. "head" (quotes unnecessary)

5. literally (really?)

Did I miss any?

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11-15-2009 , 05:36 PM

#1022

spadebidder

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Originally Posted by W0X0F

1. "Grammar" and "Punctuation" (quotes unnecessary)

2. nit's (should be nits)

3. You're (should be Your)

4. "head" (quotes unnecessary)

5. literally (really?)

Did I miss any?

The word Punctuation shouldn't be capitalized, and consecutive sentences ending with an exclamation is pretty bad form if you really want to get nitty.

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11-15-2009 , 06:22 PM

#1023

baumer

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You know you've crafted a fine thread when 1000+ posts in people are praising the title. It's a masterpiece PJ.

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11-16-2009 , 09:59 AM

#1024

maryfield48

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Originally Posted by quirkasaurus

I gave up "being right" for avoiding funny looks a long time ago.

( I get enough funny looks in general... )

But here's a point, folks: the use of language is subordinate to its users.
That is, if the majority of folks say:

"This data is corrupt." -- then it's correct. They have effectively communicated. If you learn a foreign language, or remember when we all were first learning English, there's a ton of exceptions all over the place to standard rules. The goal of language is communication -- not necessarily saying everything super proper.

Boy, are you in the wrong thread!

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12-17-2009 , 01:46 AM

#1025

private joker

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An English major was being released after serving three years in prison for tax fraud. As he was leaving the penitentiary, a beautiful young female corrections officer was in charge of handing all exiting prisoners their personal possessions back, as well as the $100 in spending money guaranteed to them.

She offered the English major the $100, but he waved it off and told her that she could keep the money if she would have sex with him. She promptly had him arrested and he was sent right back to jail. Why?

Everyone knows you shouldn't end a sentence with a proposition.

.

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