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Respect the English language... please?

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Manabanana

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Socreges said:
I'm quite sure our wealth of illiterates have no problem in conveying meaning, either.
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icycalm

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Yeah.

It's just that a lot of posts are so badly written that it takes me twice as long to understand what the person is trying to say.
 
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icycalm

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I am a new member. I have been posting on the Insert Credit forums and their English is not so bad. It's been hard work trying to make sense out of many of the posts here...
 
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fart

Savant
here are my suggestions:

1) do not radically edit your posts

2) the english language is defined by usage (really, all natural languages have this property)

3) work on your reading comprehension. one way: lurk more
 
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Socreges

Banned
Manabanana said:
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In that "illiterates" can't write to begin with? You sure? Or did I do something else wrong? I MUST KNOW

Anyway, I was just bugging the guy, if that wasn't clear.
 
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icycalm

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hooded pitohui said:
More specifically, A VIDEO GAME MESSAGE BOARD ON THE INTERNET
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Still, I can't give up on all the legions of video game fans. At least not yet.

That's why I will take it upon myself to remind everyone to give a little thought to proper grammar, syntax and spelling. I know that even those who laugh at my feeble attempts to improve the situation will have my suggestion at the back of their minds next time they post. In the end, if you butcher the language you just come across as stupid to everyone who reads your posts...
 
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fart

Savant
icycalm said:
Still, I can't give up on all the legions of video game fans. At least not yet.

That's why I will take it upon myself to remind everyone to give a little thought to proper grammar, syntax and spelling. I know that even those who laugh at my feeble attempts to improve the situation will have my suggestion at the back of their minds next time they post. In the end, if you butcher the language you just come across as stupid to everyone who reads your posts...
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honestly i'm hoping that my suggestions enter the back your mind through your ear and then punch the back of your mind's head in the face.
 
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AstroLad

Hail to the KING baby
Amazingly, since the moment you began posting, grammar quality on the forum has increased a mere .01% while pseudo-intellectual crusading is up an astonishing 800%.
 
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Blackcherry

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Fresh Prince said:
Blame Hip-Hop.
Hip-Hop also causes murders, misogony, crime and drug use :)
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icycalm

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AstroLad said:
Amazingly, since the moment you began posting, grammar quality on the forum has increased a mere .01% while pseudo-intellectual crusading is up an astonishing 800%.
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It would be nice of you to explain why you regard my request for proper English as "pseudo-intellectual crusading".

Maybe you were only joking?
 
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fart

Savant
AstroLad said:
Amazingly, since the moment you began posting, grammar quality on the forum has increased a mere .01% while pseudo-intellectual crusading is up an astonishing 800%.
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i like that this thread is delightfully insipid, but i dislike that he misses the irony completely. thanks for indirectly explicating it, ibud
 
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Socreges

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icycalm said:
It would be nice of you to explain why you regard my request for proper English as "pseudo-intellectual crusading".

Maybe you were only joking?
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No, I'm pretty sure he was serious. We have people who measure these things. Oddly enough, homo-eroticism is up 35%. I don't quite understand that one.
 
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XS+

Banned
icycalm said:
Still, I can't give up on all the legions of video game fans. At least not yet.

That's why I will take it upon myself to remind everyone to give a little thought to proper grammar, syntax and spelling. I know that even those who laugh at my feeble attempts to improve the situation will have my suggestion at the back of their minds next time they post. In the end, if you butcher the language you just come across as stupid to everyone who reads your posts...
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Take your own advice.
 
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Jim Bowie

Member
icycalm said:
Still, I can't give up on all the legions of video game fans. At least(,) not yet. (NO NEED FOR A NEW PARAGRAPH.)

That's (ONE SHOULD NEVER, EVER START PARAGRAPHS WITH "THAT", UNLESS USING A QUOTATION.) why I will take it upon myself to remind everyone to give a little thought to proper grammar, syntax and spelling. ( )I know that even those who laugh at my feeble attempts to improve the situation will have my suggestion at the back of their minds next time they post. (WHY? PLEASE FOLLOW THROUGH WITH FURTHER COMMENT WHEN USING SUCH BOLD STATEMENTS. IT'S PROPER WRITING TECHNIQUE.)In the end, (PAT STATEMENTS ARE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED IN ANY WRITING!!!) if you butcher the (MOST FREQUENTLY SPOKEN) language(,) you just come across as stupid to everyone who reads your posts.(ONLY ONE PERIOD, THANK YOU.)
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I fixed it. Jesus Christ, would you stop butchering my first language? I'd be very appreciative if you would oblige.
 
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fart

Savant
icycalm said:
It would be nice of you to explain why you regard my request for proper English as "pseudo-intellectual crusading".

Maybe you were only joking?
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natural languages are unique in that (what we may define as) the social quality of a message very often has no direct relationship to its degree of adherence to a particular syntactic convention
 
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icycalm

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Jim Bowie said:
I fixed it. Jesus Christ, would you stop butchering my first language? I'd be very appreciative if you would oblige.
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Except for a couple of commas, you are correcting my writing style and not my grammar, syntax or spelling.
 
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Jim Bowie

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icycalm said:
Except for a couple of commas, you are correcting my writing style and not my grammar, syntax or spelling.
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When one speaks with such lack of tact and uses insipid language, I feel as if English is being slaughtered. You carve out the soul of Thoreau, Lovecraft, and White Man with every grating, obnoxious, Philistine word after word. You, sir, hold the key to true language destruction- that of nothingness.

Also, if we are speaking in the terms of proper English, I've corrected you far past your lack of spacing and punctuation. To be able to write effectively in ANY language, one must have down the basic concepts of composition. Basic concepts that you have failed to grasp. Therefore, I've indeed corrected your writing style, as it is passive and poorly-written. I have corrected your English.
 
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icycalm

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Jim Bowie said:
When one speaks with such lack of tact and uses insipid language, I feel as if English is being slaughtered. You carve out the soul of Thoreau, Lovecraft, and White Man with every grating, obnoxious, Philistine word after word. You, sir, hold the key to true language destruction- that of nothingness.

Also, if we are speaking in the terms of proper English, I've corrected you far past your lack of spacing and punctuation. To be able to write effectively in ANY language, one must have down the basic concepts of composition. Basic concepts that you have failed to grasp. Therefore, I've indeed corrected your writing style, as it is passive and poorly-written. I have corrected your English.
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Like I said, you corrected a couple of commas. "English language" commas, if you insist. Still no one is above making mistakes. All I asked for is for people to take a bit more time when posting in order to make it easier for others to understand what they are trying to say.
 
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Jim Bowie

Member
Your original plea was to kindly respect the English language. All I ask is that you do the same, less you be marked a hypocrite. Please, I beg of you, respect the English language by not using blanket statements, passive writing styles, and insipid vocabulary. The English language is a wide, wonderful language. Please take good care of it.
 
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BlackMage

Banned
I'm sorry, but this is not working out. You won't be drawing enough heel heat with this. We need to change your image a little bit. Are you from America? If so, not anymore. How about Canadian? NO! French Canadian! OK? Also, you have to despise Americans and put us down at every chance. Oh yeah this should really piss you off:

USA!! USA!! USA!! USA!! USA!!
 
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icycalm

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Warhammer 40k said:
H3Llo, iCyc@LM. W3LcoM3 +o 9AmiN9-4gE! PleA53, 3nJOy J00r $+4Y.
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Hey, I am down with that! I intend to enjoy my stay - especially if the hate-mongers decide to get off my back. (It's not going to happen anytime soon, I know)
 
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MrAngryFace

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Who let this fuckwad in!?

I think the need for quality fucking control trumps the salvation of a language butchered by rich people sporting bling bling and getting more sex than this entire forum combined.

As for Mr Grammar, if youre young, its a phase. You are weak so you probably think knowledge will save you from leading a complete waste of a life. You'll figure that shit out soon enough.

If youre older, youre a lost fucking cause. Id appreciate it if you took your self important bullshit big brained vagina man ass out of this forum and onto some stupid MSN chat where you can chat with 60 year old retired teachers who have nothing better to do than wax nostalgic about the glory days of the english language and coca-cola.
 
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