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People who constantly point out grammar mistakes are pretty much jerks, scientists find
sciencealert.com ^
| March 31, 2016
| FIONA MACDONALD
Posted on 04/06/2016 1:20:07 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: DungeonMaster
No kidding!!!
That bothers me as well.
To: ThomasThomas
I agree, and there are a few others on my list for no capitalization. :-)
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posted on
04/06/2016 1:59:30 PM PDT
by
pax_et_bonum
(Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
To: pax_et_bonum
I won’t capitalize islam or muslim either.
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posted on
04/06/2016 1:59:30 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Word of the day: Sprachgefühl.
The grammar rules are there to make communication easier and more accurate.
If you have to stop to consider every its/it’s, there/their/they’re, will/well, than/then, number/amount, that/who, less/fewer, non-possessive ‘s, etc., that’s not efficient and those with sprachgefühl just quit reading.
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posted on
04/06/2016 1:59:47 PM PDT
by
Boojum
To: onedoug
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posted on
04/06/2016 1:59:56 PM PDT
by
pax_et_bonum
(Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
To: pax_et_bonum
I do capitalize Moron or Imbecile.That's the proper thing to do only when you are referring to a specific one such as biden or obamao.
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posted on
04/06/2016 2:00:00 PM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
To: ThomasThomas
“Gee, Mr. Kramden, I didn’t realize you were the jerk.”
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posted on
04/06/2016 2:01:41 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: NicknamedBob; Tax-chick
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posted on
04/06/2016 2:01:53 PM PDT
by
moose07
(DMCS (Dit Me Cong San ) - Nah. Put the Cheese down and step away.!)
To: humblegunner
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posted on
04/06/2016 2:03:18 PM PDT
by
chasio649
(Southerner, low info and inbred...miss anything?)
To: VanShuyten
I think I learned MLA. Maybe it was APA. Maybe it was made-up?
To: Morgana
To: Vigilanteman
I had no idea that it was proper!
That does take some of the fun out of it.
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posted on
04/06/2016 2:07:12 PM PDT
by
pax_et_bonum
(Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
To: Morgana
No study necessary - I knew that all along. If you’re a copy editor working with a document going into print, that’s one thing - but if you’re a poster “correcting” other people’s posts (of course, ignoring what they are saying), you need to get a life.
Sometimes the error comes from spell check or auto-correct, sometimes it comes from dictation, and sometimes the person really doesn’t know how to spell or write it, but you know what they mean. The most I ever do is spell things correctly or use the correct word in my response - but I never correct people. And I’m a professional linguist.
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posted on
04/06/2016 2:07:51 PM PDT
by
livius
To: Morgana
There is a long slippery slope between typos in quick private messages typed by somebody's thumb on a phone on one end, and the butchering of basic grammar in professional articles on the other end.
I would agree that people that worry about the first are jerks. But people that are bothered by the latter are just lovers of the English language.
To: SpinnerWebb
That was an improper use of an ellipsis.
... ;)
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posted on
04/06/2016 2:09:27 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(I Ride By Night..And I Travel In Fear, That In This Darkness, I Will Disappear....)
To: DungeonMaster
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posted on
04/06/2016 2:09:56 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(I Ride By Night..And I Travel In Fear, That In This Darkness, I Will Disappear....)
To: Lazamataz
It was pert-near a faux pas.
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posted on
04/06/2016 2:11:02 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(I Ride By Night..And I Travel In Fear, That In This Darkness, I Will Disappear....)
To: Tax-chick
This yere thred do be right up’n yer alley.
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posted on
04/06/2016 2:12:12 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. --George Orwell)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
04/06/2016 2:12:33 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(I Ride By Night..And I Travel In Fear, That In This Darkness, I Will Disappear....)
To: Donglalinger
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