[pet peeve/rant] Grammar, people!!

[Tom Cashel]

I have multiple dice. I have one die. You cannot use "dice" as a singular; it's a plural word.

NEVER SAY DIE!

Eschatons are immanetized.

Ewige Blumenkraft!

 

[Qlippoth]

That said, the whole "preposition at the end" bit is not something I have a problem with.

Aha!

 

[iblis]

I'd like to see what there is in the case for the defense.

The shear amount of gramattical and spelling/typoes mistakes. i find in *printed books* for exmaple, novels even is; truely shocking-- so mcuh that your not goin tobeleve me I no

*&*lEt alone th dman Unternef!1!!!1!***

Wait!

See?

You still understood what was being communicated to you, even with all that dastardly inaccuracy assailing you, and even when there wasn't a lot to understand anyhow.

I s'pose a pertinent question might be : "Is an internet forum for the many, or for the few?"

If y' know wo' I mean.

If not, OK...how about : "Should one's level and standard of prior education be a determining factor when, on internet fora, others decide whether to read one's posts and give them fair consideration?"

Just to make sure this is all taken in the right context though...

I am not implying anything about ENWorld, or the people who frequent it, when I write this stuff. I'm simply trying to convey that there is, quite probably, another *valid* side to the argument, and by so doing I intend to promote further analysis and discussion, not flames. In fact, IMO, ENWorld is a lot better than many other places, when it comes to upholding fairness for all.

 

[Algolei]

I'd like to see what there is in the case for the defense.

The shear amount of gramattical and spelling/typoes mistakes. i find in *printed books* for exmaple, novels even is; truely shocking-- so mcuh that your not goin tobeleve me I no

*&*lEt alone th dman Unternef!1!!!1!***

Wait!

See?

You still understood what was being communicated to you, even with all that dastardly inaccuracy assailing you, and even when there wasn't a lot to understand anyhow.

You doofus! I read that three times trying to figure out what the FAQ you were talking about!

So no, I didn't understand what was being communicated to me, not at first. You have wasted my time trying to make a point which you yourself have just disproven. Which makes it a good point. Because by pointing at it you ended up pointing at the point you were pointing from. Point!

Point point point point point? Point point point.

That's it, I'm gonna get me some ice cream and watch the Simpsons.

 

[iblis]

You doofus! I read that three times trying to figure out what the FAQ you were talking about!

So no, I didn't understand what was being communicated to me, not at first. You have wasted my time trying to make a point which you yourself have just disproven. Which makes it a good point. Because by pointing at it you ended up pointing at the point you were pointing from. Point!

Point point point point point? Point point point.

That's it, I'm gonna get me some ice cream and watch the Simpsons.

Hehe. Yep, fair call really.

I am a doofus. Wait, what's a doofus? :/

 

[Chacal]

"What did you bring that book I did not want to be read to out of up for?"
Say it aloud.

Well, I would try that if I thought that having my co-workers looking at me while I'm doing strange noises could help my english.

bad english parser -FNORD/Chacal

 

[Algolei]

Wait, what's a doofus? :/

I don't know! Teh MTV was on behind me while I was posting, anything could've slipped in there.

I still haven't deciphered this line, by the way:

*&*lEt alone th dman Unternef!1!!!1!***

(I can't look at it without thinking, "It seems to have a base in Indo-European....")

 

[iblis]

(I can't look at it without thinking, "It seems to have a base in Indo-European....")

Unternef was meant to be Internef, I seem to recall. Kinda overdid the overdoing a tad. Drat. ***Let alone the damn Internet!!!*** is the raw version of course - or close enough. Actually, I think I might've made a typo while deliberately making other typos!

Nyeh, well. That, not exactly, then, did work, I can see. That is the time I try pleading the case against grammarian preferential behaviour that is last, absolutely. Well, until next time, that is, at which point I'll no doubt have a worse go of it still.

 

[jaerdaph]

Less caffeine, Ari. Less caffeine. Otherhow folks'll got fewer respect for you're patience.

Yeah, you need fewer caffeine, Mouse. You gots to cut back!

 

[Sebastian Francis]

In a word... AAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

[long pedantic rant deleted]

I bet you get uptight when people say "data" intead of "datum", right?

Come on, chill out. Language changes and evolves.

Personally, I'm far more pissed off over the rampant spelling errors on webforums than I am over grammar. But that's a whole different thread...