 Minimal Spelling and Grammar |
 Oct 20 2009, 01:27 AM
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It's your world now. Group: Veterans Joined: 13-January 07  |
After a lot of talk and complaints I've been seeing, I believe we should instill a minimum level of quality regarding spelling and grammar. The most of us do use proper language on this forum, so I'm not going to say we're a cesspit of poor posts. However, there's a problem when understanding what someone has written is near impossible. I acknowledge typos occur. I'm certainly not suggesting we be Grammar Nazis either. But I and a few others are tired of seeing worthless, incomprehensible posts.
So please take the time to check your spelling and grammar before you post. Warnings may start going out to those who repeatedly offend spelling and grammar without any effort to improve. If your post looks like garbage, reads like garbage, then it will be treated as garbage. Questions? Comments? I believe this action to be reasonable. |
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Oct 21 2009, 11:14 PM
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Lady Mohair Group: Site Contributor  Joined: 13-January 07 |
Gotta love homophones.
I write the wrong "their," "there" or "they're" sometimes. That usually happens when I'm typing really fast and not proofreading what I just wrote... Sometimes I've seen people continuously use "their" when it should be "they're" and vice versa, and when I try to alert the person to his/her mistake... He/she just doesn't get it. --; I think an explanation of homophones and some common mistakes people make with them would be a good add to a grammar/writing guide. |
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Saffy Minimal Spelling and Grammar Oct 20 2009, 01:27 AM
Crystal Talian Thank you so much, Saffy! It's very true t... Oct 20 2009, 01:39 AM ZBoy Thanks for enforcing this Saffaroo! Basing of... Oct 20 2009, 01:43 AM showchoirgirl Thank you!
It's very reasonable and neede... Oct 20 2009, 01:44 AM Darth-Paper-Boy If you're treating Grammar Nazis as a group, y... Oct 20 2009, 01:44 AM Saffy Thank you, Darth. I'm glad someone noticed tha... Oct 20 2009, 01:48 AM Mizukithepanda Oh thank waffleing Starbursts. Though I've bee... Oct 20 2009, 02:02 AM Saffy I'm certainly glad to see such a positive reac... Oct 20 2009, 02:06 AM ZBoy Well you know, at least half the time things get a... Oct 20 2009, 02:11 AM Co'coa. Yay for Saffyish! :D
I'm certainly not ve... Oct 20 2009, 02:17 AM Saffy What's unfortunate is that those who actually ... Oct 20 2009, 02:19 AM Crystal Talian I have lots of pet peeves.
They would be: lack of... Oct 20 2009, 02:24 AM Katie A lack of basic capitalization, punctuation (perio... Oct 20 2009, 02:25 AM Saffy Chatspeaks is personally the one that does it for ... Oct 20 2009, 02:26 AM Harvest Sprite OOOH Don't get me started.
1. WRITE THE WHOLE... Oct 20 2009, 02:27 AM
Charmy QUOTE (Harvest Sprite @ Oct 20 2009, 01:2... Oct 20 2009, 06:16 AM Marie I don't think it's nitpicking. I think bei... Oct 20 2009, 02:31 AM Zen Clarke When you guys say no chatspeak, are you saying tha... Oct 20 2009, 02:38 AM Harvest Sprite No, no Zen. Like c u ltr. That sort of thing. OMG ... Oct 20 2009, 02:43 AM Crystal Talian Well, LOL and OMG do annoy me now. =/ I can't ... Oct 20 2009, 02:44 AM Zen Clarke Sometimes I say *laughs* instead of LOL because I ... Oct 20 2009, 02:51 AM Crystal Talian I always think of myself as having poor grammar. I... Oct 20 2009, 02:58 AM Saffy I have to agree with "Haha" seeming to h... Oct 20 2009, 03:00 AM FarmerChic QUOTE (Saffy @ Oct 19 2009, 09:00 PM) I h... Oct 20 2009, 11:11 PM Harvest Sprite Commas really don't have to be used at all, sh... Oct 20 2009, 03:08 AM Crystal Talian I know 'haha' sounds negative, 'lol... Oct 20 2009, 03:09 AM Marie About the only way one could possibly go wrong wit... Oct 20 2009, 03:31 AM Darth-Paper-Boy To me, I'm not very particular about exact gra... Oct 20 2009, 03:32 AM mizuko Mizuko still needs to learn where to put commas an... Oct 20 2009, 06:22 AM Zen Clarke QUOTE (Darth-Paper-Boy @ Oct 19 200... Oct 20 2009, 03:36 PM IdlersDream I used lol and haha, it just depends on what I thi... Oct 20 2009, 04:11 PM Hasfusel omg u r all gramer nazi lol
dont be nazi plz!... Oct 20 2009, 04:33 PM happylu Sometimes I don't know how to spell a word so ... Oct 20 2009, 11:30 PM Zen Clarke QUOTE (Hasfusel @ Oct 20 2009, 11:33 AM) ... Oct 20 2009, 11:34 PM Alhanalem Well, if people do not exagerate I don't see a... Oct 20 2009, 11:40 PM Spock I thot my gramer was pretty best, I didnt thinkk i... Oct 21 2009, 12:07 AM IdlersDream QUOTE but you guys always understand me, and I spe... Oct 21 2009, 03:14 PM Spock Yes.
Well I need to think of something to right ... Oct 21 2009, 09:30 PM happylu Well I need to think of something to right for pos... Oct 21 2009, 10:04 PM Zen Clarke Even with the added 'the' it still sounds ... Oct 21 2009, 10:31 PM Crystal Talian QUOTE (happylu @ Oct 21 2009, 06:04 PM) W... Oct 21 2009, 10:33 PM Zen Clarke THAT'S WHAT IT WAS!!!!!... Oct 21 2009, 10:47 PM Crystal Talian I see 'then' and 'than' misused a ... Oct 21 2009, 11:22 PM showchoirgirl Yeah... I was looking through my last critical rea... Oct 21 2009, 11:41 PM Tolby HMO Flashbacks. I hope I dont pull a knife on some... Oct 22 2009, 02:43 AM Oscar Woo! I'm all for spelling and grammar... Oct 22 2009, 05:45 AM Harvest Sprite I found this quote on a random invision free board... Oct 22 2009, 05:50 AM IdlersDream I hate misused homophones. That actually bugs me w... Oct 22 2009, 02:20 PM Saffy Would people care to post links to examples of wha... Oct 22 2009, 08:31 PM Darth-Paper-Boy QUOTE (Kyle@Aria2hugs @ Aug 30 2009, 09:2... Oct 22 2009, 08:36 PM Katie I… couldn't even read that post. D:
Tha... Oct 22 2009, 08:41 PM Saffy Alright, so abuse of capitals. Oct 22 2009, 08:42 PM Crystal Talian I don't want to put up examples either. It see... Oct 22 2009, 11:43 PM Saffy Feel free to PM me examples if you don't want ... Oct 22 2009, 11:47 PM Darth-Paper-Boy I'm glad I can be the example of callous uncar... Oct 23 2009, 12:00 AM Spock QUOTE (Lenyo @ Mar 15 2009, 04:28 PM) Yes... Oct 23 2009, 12:15 AM Charmy Am I going to get a warning for my use of capitals... Oct 23 2009, 05:53 AM IdlersDream There are quite a few examples that aren't too... Oct 24 2009, 03:15 PM |
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