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[hydrophilic attack]

i nazi
i nazied
i have nazien

i have nazien that coming

 

[Stormthehouse]

It is regional. British English has more Ands than American English.

I suppose this makes sense, it does seem to crop up most when i'm watching the Yogscast.
Still, I was taught by my math teachers that it should be used only to denote a decimal point and by my English teachers that you should try to avoid using it more then once in a sentence to help avoid ambiguous meaning.

 

[pigeon interrupted]

I suppose this makes sense, it does seem to crop up most when i'm watching the Yogscast.
Still, I was taught by my math teachers that it should be used only to denote a decimal point and by my English teachers that you should try to avoid using it more then once in a sentence to help avoid ambiguous meaning.

I prefer the more concise American notation. I had an American math (yeah, I said math not maths) teacher and the American way is slightly easier to convert to numerals.

 

[Insane Metal]

I could of sworn it was ran

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

Not to derail the thread, but can we also talk about the widespread misuse of "it's" vs "its" on here (and the rest of the internet)?

It's = it is
Its = used like his or her

Every time I see an "it's" where there shouldn't be an apostrophe, I die a little inside.

Every second of your life, something is dying on the inside of you. Ever since the day you were born.

People who don't understand science make me cringe.

 

[Camp Freddie]

Ten million, three hundred and forty four thousand and two hundred and six point two thirty six.

Ten million, three hundred and forty four thousand, two hundred and six point two three six

The British way. 'And' goes between hundreds and tens. Not between thousands and hundreds.
Decimals are normally said as a series of one-digit numbers.

Let's not talk about billions. There's always some idiot who asks if a billion is a million million, despite us using the American billion exclusively in all situations for decades now.

 

[crimsondynamics]

Wtf particled?

Fuck English and it's weirdness

Also we should change the term grammar nazi, as the alt right can't spell for shit I don't want them to think their good at spelling.

It's "they're", as in they are; "their" is a pronoun.

Spoiler

Sorry but I mean, isn't the whole point of this thread to be a bit pedantic?
^_^

 

[Aske]

I think it depends on what the choice is. For example not using capitalization or ending punctuation has become internet vernacular. It's not done to try to look edgy, it's simply a widely accepted and practiced informal style.

This is really interesting. In text messages especially, the convention has become to omit periods at the end of sentences in order to convey either sarcasm, or a lack of inflection. Periods have come to denote seriousness or even aggression in tone.

"I'm good thanks"

"I'm good thanks."

Without emoji or unwarranted exclamation points, the first style comes off as a statement without subtext, while the second is often interpreted as sounding sad, resentful, angry, or masking a non-specific negative emotion.

It's a very interesting linguistic development intended to make text messages mimic conversation more accurately, but can only be used with single sentence messages.

 

[Magnet_Man]

I'll take any chance I can get for this.

"Its" is the possessive term. "It's" is the contraction of "it is".

 

[Windam]

Not to derail the thread, but can we also talk about the widespread misuse of "it's" vs "its" on here (and the rest of the internet)?

It's = it is
Its = used like his or her

Every time I see an "it's" where there shouldn't be an apostrophe, I die a little inside.

It's not just the internet. I've seen this crap in books and games, too.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

I cannot think of a single instance I recall hearing or reading the word ran or run in a professional context.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

I cannot think of a single instance I recall hearing or reading the word ran or run in a professional context.

I see it a lot. Most commonly:

"[We] ran [an experiment]"

 

[Steel]

Who made up these rules?

The people who decided to combine several Germanic and Romantic languages to form the bastardized language known as English. The complexity makes it more flexible, though.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

I see it a lot. Most commonly:

"[We] ran [an experiment]"

I don't work in a place where experiments are conducted, however there is plenty of project, applications, and engineering going on. I still do not recall seeing the words 'ran' or 'run'. Instead our lexicon is words like 'initiated', 'began', or 'executed'. Or if it's currently 'running' then it is 'processing', 'working', 'active', 'live', etc. all depending on the context.

I'd honestly never use the word ran/run unless it's specifically to describe the physical activity of running.

 

[Aarglefarg]

I don't work in a place where experiments are conducted, however there is plenty of project, applications, and engineering going on. I still do not recall seeing the words 'ran' or 'run'. Instead our lexicon is words like 'initiated', 'began', or 'executed'. Or if it's currently 'running' then it is 'processing', 'working', 'active', 'live', etc. all depending on the context.

I'd honestly never use the word ran/run unless it's specifically to describe the physical activity of running.

Maybe 'run out of paper'?

 

[Jesus Carbomb]

Literally dieing at some of these replies.

 

[LordPusha]

The only thing that triggers my innard Nazzi gremmer is the wrongful usage of "they","they're" and "their". Bloody english speakers can`t even speak they're language wright.

Spoiler

/s

 

[Monocle]

I knew this but it still feels a little off to me. I usually have to pause and consider the sound of the sentence for a second.

Literally dieing at some of these replies.

I defiantly think people should pay closer attention to there spelling and grammar.

 

[v1lla21]

Plural for vagina is vagines

 

[MindGamingMantis]

Just want to throw in it's vs its. I don't think there's ever been a day on Gaf that I haven't seen people mistake those.

It's not my responsibility to show people the distinction between the two. Go find a grammar site and read its examples.

 

[Red Fire]

I'm has randed

 

[Earthbound64]

Just want to throw in it's vs its. I don't think there's ever been a day on Gaf that I haven't seen people mistake those.

Its not my responsibility to show people the distinction between the two. Go find a grammar site and read it's examples.

ftfy
(Kidding)

Seriously though, people don't know how to use apostrophes in general.

 

[hipbabboom]

isn't "raned" like a double-ed'ed so it's like a future-tense?

EDIT: "ran'd" or "ranned"

 

[Aske]

Seriously though, people don't know how to use apostrophes in general.

I honestly couldn't care less about "it's" and "its" when there are people tossing apostrophes onto the end of every plural that ends in "s". Why would you ever use an apostrophe in that context? No one taught you to do that. You were taught "apostrophe to show possession", so how on Earth did you make the leap to using it before the "s" in every goddamn plural? In fairness, I rarely see this on GAF.

 

[eot]

I knew this but it still feels a little off to me. I usually have to pause and consider the sound of the sentence for a second.


I defiantly think people should pay closer attention to there spelling and grammar.

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