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language-compromised:

Some of the errors most common on the TD forums are described here.

http://digg.com/d31E8UF

Read and heed as necessary.

See reader comments about this article. Lots of folks DO care about getting it right. Example:

"we should make this required reading for every message board, comments section, and social networking site on the internet. well done, man."

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Originally posted by beternU:
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Originally posted by ferrellj:
I can't tell you how I really feel or I would be banned for life so you'll just have to use your imagination.


Continue your retrograde attitude for whatever remains of your life of callous disrespect for our Mother Tongue!

Yuo might find that doormat inefective against certain provisions of law
http://forums.timesdaily.com/e...501027316/m/13910815
You might want to spell before you cast stones. I would call them typos,... but we'll call it what it is.
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Originally posted by beternU:
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Originally posted by ferrellj:
I can't tell you how I really feel or I would be banned for life so you'll just have to use your imagination.


Continue your retrograde attitude for whatever remains of your life of callous disrespect for our Mother Tongue!


You shouldn't talk dirty about your mother! Mad It is kinda funny though. Big Grin
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Originally posted by OriginalBama:
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Originally posted by beternU:
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Originally posted by ferrellj:
I can't tell you how I really feel or I would be banned for life so you'll just have to use your imagination.


Continue your retrograde attitude for whatever remains of your life of callous disrespect for our Mother Tongue!

Yuo might find that doormat inefective against certain provisions of law
http://forums.timesdaily.com/e...501027316/m/13910815
You might want to spell before you cast stones. I would call them typos,... but we'll call it what it is.


My response to others on that thread is equally appropriate here:

"I suppose you are of the school that takes delight in small victories, since you are unable to score any significant ones. I might occasionally correct spelling or grammar, but I do so while simultaneously eating various persons' lunches...."
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Originally posted by beternU:
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Originally posted by ferrellj:
I can't tell you how I really feel or I would be banned for life so you'll just have to use your imagination.


Continue your retrograde attitude for whatever remains of your life of callous disrespect for our Mother Tongue!


Terribly written sentence. It shows you're basically just flipping through a thesaurus and throwing out words. You put the ending of the sentence in the middle.

Here is how it should be written.

"Please continue your retrograde attitude and callous disrespect for our mother tongue for whatever remains of your life."

Then I found this gem.

"I like your site better also."

Your second grade teacher would be mad at you.

beternwho?
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Originally posted by NashBama:
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Originally posted by beternU:
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Originally posted by ferrellj:
I can't tell you how I really feel or I would be banned for life so you'll just have to use your imagination.


Continue your retrograde attitude for whatever remains of your life of callous disrespect for our Mother Tongue!


Terribly written sentence. It shows you're basically just flipping through a thesaurus and throwing out words. You put the ending of the sentence in the middle.

Here is how it should be written.

"Please continue your retrograde attitude and callous disrespect for our mother tongue for whatever remains of your life."

Then I found this gem.

"I like your site better also."

Your second grade teacher would be mad at you.

beternwho?


Big Grin Thanks!!
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Originally posted by beternU:
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Originally posted by marksw59:
Funny. I was led to believe that a relativistic approach is preferred by you leftie types... besides, I like this site Often Confused Words much better...


I like your site better also. I would even more enthusiastically recommend it to ferrellj than the one I posted.


Your big words and holier than thou attitude does not impress me. It is best to remain silent and cause people to wonder if you're an idiot than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. With you, there is no doubt.
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Originally posted by Tenn on my mind:
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Originally posted by NashBama:
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Originally posted by beternU:
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Originally posted by ferrellj:
I can't tell you how I really feel or I would be banned for life so you'll just have to use your imagination.


Continue your retrograde attitude for whatever remains of your life of callous disrespect for our Mother Tongue!


Terribly written sentence. It shows you're basically just flipping through a thesaurus and throwing out words. You put the ending of the sentence in the middle.

Here is how it should be written.

"Please continue your retrograde attitude and callous disrespect for our mother tongue for whatever remains of your life."

Then I found this gem.

"I like your site better also."

Your second grade teacher would be mad at you.

beternwho?


Big Grin Thanks!!


And do you have any authoritative source(s) that would confirm your little essay into grammar-sharping? I doubt it. Be advised that stating a preference does not invoke a principle.

I am puzzled by your conclusion about my allegedly flipping through thesauruses, since I am not using words so rare, complex or uncommon as not to be known by moderately well-educated persons. Perhaps you do not fit that category. In any case, I will assure you that I very rarely have need for a thesaurus and have used none in at least 2-3 months to assist my efforts on this or any other forum. For you to ASSert otherwise is to ASSert an ASSumption that you have no way of knowing or proving.
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And do you have any authoritative source(s) that would confirm your little essay into grammar-sharping? I doubt it. Be advised that stating a preference does not invoke a principle.

I am puzzled by your conclusion about my allegedly flipping through thesauruses, since I am not using words so rare, complex or uncommon as not to be known by moderately well-educated persons. Perhaps you do not fit that category. In any case, I will assure you that I very rarely have need for a thesaurus and have used none in at least 2-3 months to assist my efforts on this or any other forum. For you to ASSert otherwise is to ASSert an ASSumption that you have no way of knowing or proving.


So the sentence "I liked your site better also" is correct? I don't think so. I don't need an authoritative source, I took English in school and writing in college.

My grammar and spelling isn't always perfect, but that's why I don't harp on others about theirs. You're the one who thinks you're better than everyone else, I simply enjoy proving you wrong.

beternwho?
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Originally posted by NashBama:
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And do you have any authoritative source(s) that would confirm your little essay into grammar-sharping? I doubt it. Be advised that stating a preference does not invoke a principle.

I am puzzled by your conclusion about my allegedly flipping through thesauruses, since I am not using words so rare, complex or uncommon as not to be known by moderately well-educated persons. Perhaps you do not fit that category. In any case, I will assure you that I very rarely have need for a thesaurus and have used none in at least 2-3 months to assist my efforts on this or any other forum. For you to ASSert otherwise is to ASSert an ASSumption that you have no way of knowing or proving.


So the sentence "I liked your site better also" is correct? I don't think so. I don't need an authoritative source, I took English in school and writing in college.

My grammar and spelling isn't always perfect, but that's why I don't harp on others about theirs. You're the one who thinks you're better than everyone else, I simply enjoy proving you wrong.

beternwho?


In your own arrogance, you are getting to be a lot like others on this forum who accuse me of having a superiority complex and then proceed to submit their own opinions as though they are the absolute gospel and final authority. Along the way, you offer the following:

"I took English in school and writing in college....My grammar and spelling isn't always perfect...."

They isn't???

'Nuff sed. You haven't proven anything except that some of that advanced education you claim didn't take.
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In your own arrogance, you are getting to be a lot like others on this forum who accuse me of having a superiority complex and then proceed to submit their own opinions as though they are the absolutte gospel and final authority. Along the way, you offer the following:

"I took English in school and writing in college....My grammar and spelling isn't always perfect...."

They isn't???

'Nuff sed. You haven't proven anything except that some of that advanced education you claim didn't take.


My English and grammar are not perfect. I made a mistake, everyone does it, including you. That's the whole point.

I'm simply turning the tables on you, treating you how you treat others. As you've proven in your own response, it's an incredibly arrogant attitude and shows a superiority complex.

You wrote exactly what I wanted you to write. I put you in front of a mirror and you described yourself exactly. Now you see yourself through everyone else's eyes, arrogant, egotistical, and obnoxious. Now it's up to you to solve those problems if you choose to do so.
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Originally posted by NashBama:
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Originally posted by beternU:
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Originally posted by ferrellj:
I can't tell you how I really feel or I would be banned for life so you'll just have to use your imagination.


Continue your retrograde attitude for whatever remains of your life of callous disrespect for our Mother Tongue!


Terribly written sentence. It shows you're basically just flipping through a thesaurus and throwing out words. You put the ending of the sentence in the middle.

Here is how it should be written.

"Please continue your retrograde attitude and callous disrespect for our mother tongue for whatever remains of your life."

Then I found this gem.

"I like your site better also."

Your second grade teacher would be mad at you.

beternwho?


lol
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Originally posted by NashBama:
quote:
In your own arrogance, you are getting to be a lot like others on this forum who accuse me of having a superiority complex and then proceed to submit their own opinions as though they are the absolutte gospel and final authority. Along the way, you offer the following:

"I took English in school and writing in college....My grammar and spelling isn't always perfect...."

They isn't???

'Nuff sed. You haven't proven anything except that some of that advanced education you claim didn't take.


My English and grammar are not perfect. I made a mistake, everyone does it, including you. That's the whole point.

I'm simply turning the tables on you, treating you how you treat others. As you've proven in your own response, it's an incredibly arrogant attitude and shows a superiority complex.

You wrote exactly what I wanted you to write. I put you in front of a mirror and you described yourself exactly. Now you see yourself through everyone else's eyes, arrogant, egotistical, and obnoxious. Now it's up to you to solve those problems if you choose to do so.


You have turned no tables until you can put up the goods, which you have not done and apparently can not do. The mirror you have created is a contrivance of your own excessive self-esteem. Your arrogant and reckless claim that you have enabled me to see myself "through every one else's eyes" is patently absurd. You do not represent "everyone," only your own myopic perspective.

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