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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: Morgana
I must be a complete a___le then because when I see work emails in lower case, with abbreviations and without proper punctuation and grammar, I go ballistic.
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posted on
04/06/2016 1:49:19 PM PDT
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: E. Pluribus Unum
And lets not bring up the cement concrete issue
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posted on
04/06/2016 1:49:25 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom yes I know)
To: pax_et_bonum; al baby
I approve of not capitalizing hitler. he dosen’t deserve proper grammar. Or spellings!
83
posted on
04/06/2016 1:50:05 PM PDT
by
ThomasThomas
(Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions.)
To: I want the USA back
I want the USA back said:
"I give the authors a 100." I was going to deduct points for using "extravert" instead of "extrovert", not realizing that it is an alternate spelling.
I do deduct a point for using both "mix up" and "mix-up".
To: Morgana
Scientists find??????
I was a professional proofreader so they jump out at me but I keep it quiet for the most part.
Oh, and I freep so fast I don’t proofread my own stuff so my posts are full of errors. But, yes, as an ex English major, Strunk and White was in my baby bottle.
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posted on
04/06/2016 1:52:05 PM PDT
by
Yaelle
To: Dr. Sivana
AMBIGUOUS GENITALIA is one of my favorite sayings
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posted on
04/06/2016 1:52:37 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom yes I know)
To: pax_et_bonum
It is no longer a proper noun. It is an insult. You don’t have to capitalize moron or imbecile, do you?
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posted on
04/06/2016 1:52:44 PM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
To: DesertRhino
A person enforcing the rules today is simply revealing their own ignorance.
The subject and possessive pronoun* do not agree.
*Unless the person is gender fluid, transgendered, agendered or genderqueer with a preference for plural pronouns, id est.
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posted on
04/06/2016 1:52:54 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. --George Orwell)
To: Morgana
I live in PA so I’ve gotten used to split infinitives, but when someone abridges it — for example, “needs fixed” instead of “needs to be fixed” — my soul is afflicted.
Only worse thing is when someone pronounces the indefinite article “a” as a long vowel.
I earned my first dollar as a proofreader at age 12, so maybe I can’t help it and needs pitied not censured.
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posted on
04/06/2016 1:53:25 PM PDT
by
Buttons12
( It Can't Happen Here -- Sinclair Lewis.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Here are two more for your list.
13) Very unique, more unique (unique means one and only)
14) “If I was” instead of “If I were”
To: Morgana
Boy, . . . has this thread drawn out the anal retentives not to mention their natural enemies the snarks.
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posted on
04/06/2016 1:53:45 PM PDT
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
To: DungeonMaster
“As well” is English from England. I like it.
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posted on
04/06/2016 1:54:14 PM PDT
by
Yaelle
To: BenLurkin
lol
Or should that be capitalized?
To: Opinionated Blowhard
From your screen name, I figured you celebrated that fact. :)
To: forgotten man
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posted on
04/06/2016 1:58:15 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("If voting made any difference they wouldn't let us do it." --Samuel Clemens)
To: Buttons12
Do yinz realize that it is only in PA that we refer to our glorious commonwealth as Pee-Aye? Everywhere else, PA mean public address, Palestinian Authority or something else entirely different from Penn's Woods.
We need to Redd Up the way we talk to outsiders!
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posted on
04/06/2016 1:58:19 PM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
To: Vigilanteman
I was kidding with al and sometimes I do capitalize Moron or Imbecile.
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posted on
04/06/2016 1:58:28 PM PDT
by
pax_et_bonum
(Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
In regards to number 3:
And speaking of commas, slow down when youre writing and read your copy out loud.
Lawyer Ad:
Will work on contingency.
No money down.
Should’ve read:
Will work on contingency?
No, money down!
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
get bothered by grammatical errors online have less agreeable personalities Theres no need to put less agreeable in quotations.
The quotation marks there are to indicate that "less agreeable" is a quote from the language used in the article to define this type of personality.
The topmost sentence above is punctuated incorrectly, however; when a quotation is within another quotation, the single quote mark is used for the innermost quotation:
"get bothered by grammatical errors online have 'less agreeable' personalities"
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posted on
04/06/2016 1:58:58 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. --George Orwell)
To: Disambiguator
I thought Steve martin was the Jerk.
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posted on
04/06/2016 1:59:09 PM PDT
by
ThomasThomas
(Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions.)
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