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04-27-2010, 11:58 PM
Post subject: ITT us posts are grammar nazi pet peeves
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I'll begin
"There are less apples in that barrel."
Wrong
"There are fewer apples in that barrel."
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badgers
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I could care less about grammar on internet forums.
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a500lbgorilla
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I could of cared less about grammar on internet forums.
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Smithers, use the amnesia ray.
You mean the revolver, sir?
Precisely.
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Hawk
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I could not have cared less about grammar on Internet forums.
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a500lbgorilla
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hawkfan79
I could not have cared less about grammar on Internet forums.
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I can't even read this shit!
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Smithers, use the amnesia ray.
You mean the revolver, sir?
Precisely.
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eugmac
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Quote:
Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla
I could of cared less about grammar on internet forums.
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every time this variant is used GOD KILLS A BUNNY
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wufwugy
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Quote:
Originally Posted by eugmac
every time this variant is used GOD KILLS A BUNNY
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That's kind have true
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eugmac
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Quote:
Originally Posted by badgers
I could care less about grammar on internet forums.
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btw the grammar is perfect here, it's just that the logic is fucked, unless we actually mean to say that we in fact care a non-zero amount.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by eugmac
btw the grammar is perfect here, it's just that the logic is fucked, unless we actually mean to say that we in fact care a non-zero amount.
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Everytime that's explained MORE BUNNIES DIE
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Smithers, use the amnesia ray.
You mean the revolver, sir?
Precisely.
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JKDS
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eugmac
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Quote:
Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla
Everytime that's explained MORE BUNNIES DIE
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I'm sorry, I should of known better.
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Hawk
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Quote:
Originally Posted by eugmac
btw the grammar is perfect here, it's just that the logic is fucked, unless we actually mean to say that we in fact care a non-zero amount.
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Or we are just being sarcastic.
and no i dont like bunnies
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I live din a city tht ahd bunnies evrywher ebut then they passed a law to kill of all themn, now we have none and i wthinkg it;s gay. I would way rather see bunnie than te fkowerrs they eat.
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Originally Posted by sauce123
I don't get why you insist on stacking off with like jack high all the time.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by eugmac
btw the grammar is perfect here, it's just that the logic is fucked, unless we actually mean to say that we in fact care a non-zero amount.
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Actually this is the and "of" instead of "have" are the two things that irritate me most on the internet. My writing is by no means perfect, but for some reason these get to me. I don't mind when people write things incorrectly when I know they know what they mean, but for some reason when they make a genuine error due to a lack of understanding it annoys me more.
I am a dickhead like that.
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Hyperbole and a Half: The Alot is Better Than You at Everything
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alot more dangerous, baby less dangerous haha
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boost
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Originally Posted by d0zer
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please to be explaining this. I would like to get it, but I don't, so now I am bothered.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by boost
please to be explaining this. I would like to get it, but I don't, so now I am bothered.
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Srsly?
Let's eat everyone.
Let's eat, everyone.
Two sentences, two very different meanings.
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eugmac
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There are grammar faults in every day spoken English that are totally accepted. One which was pointed out to me by my half-Scottish girlfriend is the contraction "aren't I (the only gay in the village)", which of course means "Am I not (the only gay in the village)". In Scotland some people apparently contract it to "Amn't I (the only gay in the village)", which is grammatically congruent.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by boost
please to be explaining this. I would like to get it, but I don't, so now I am bothered.
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It's like how these two are different, too.
"Fucking a, dude, that's awesome!"
"Fucking a dude, that's awesome!"
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A panda walks into a café. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and proceeds to fire it at the other patrons. 'Why?' asks the confused, surviving waiter amidst the carnage, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.
'Well, I'm a panda,' he says, at the door. 'Look it up.'
The waiter turns to the relevant entry in the manual and, sure enough, finds an explanation. 'Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots, and leaves.'
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boost
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oh, ha, that was obvious. I was fairly drunk last night.
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This week's assigned reading: Lynne Truss Rambling On Boring Topics
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You verb well.
Nouns are good.
Edit: Yes, I understand "verb" is not actually a verb.
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Interesting thread. Definitely effects how I'll view grammar from now on.
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kiwiMark
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kmind
Interesting thread. Definitely effects how I'll view grammar from now on.
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quoting a troll post without being trolled imo
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eugmac
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kiwiMark
quoting a troll post without being trolled imo
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You could of at least let some people be trolled.
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Lukie
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This thread is retarded, I'm going to find something more interesting to read.
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JL
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^^
unproper use of a comma!!
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rediculous thread
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Quote:
Originally Posted by badgers
"of" instead of "have"
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THIS zomg
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Why poker fucks with our heads: it's the master that beats you for bringing in the paper, then gives you a milkbone for peeing on the carpet.
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I'm going to throw myself off of a bridge!
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"off HAVE a bridge"
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fk u elitist grammer cock suckers fk u all u fking nazijews
make this thread nsfw and post some tits otherwise lock cuz its retarded
ps eug do u live in gay distrcit berline?
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Micro2Macro
fk u elitist grammer cock suckers fk u all u fking nazijews
make this thread nsfw and post some tits otherwise lock cuz its retarded
ps eug do u live in gay distrcit berline?
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m2m, stop being such a whiny looser.
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wufwugy
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Micro2Macro
fk u elitist grammer cock suckers fk u all u fking nazijews
make this thread nsfw and post some tits otherwise lock cuz its retarded
ps eug do u live in gay distrcit berline?
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You of some serious problems
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Quote:
Originally Posted by eugmac
m2m, stop being such a whiny looser.
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haha i got it!
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"Once we reach a certain level of mastery, we see there are higher levels and challenges. If we are disciplined and patient, we proceed. At each higher level, new pleasures and insights await us--ones not even suspected when we started out. We can take this as far as we want--in any human activity there is always a higher level to which we can aspire."
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Bump, in order for me to add to the list:
The misuse of the reflexive pronoun "myself", usually used as an incorrect substitute for the the pronoun "me", and sometimes for "I".
Your mother will be accompanied by the driver and myself. NO! (correct: me)
M2M and myself will be starring in this pornographic film! NO! (correct: I)
Correct uses:
I ate the cake all by myself.
I myself object to the misuse of reflexive pronouns.
In both of these examples "myself" was preceded by the pronoun "I".
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^Adding to that, I'm ESL, yet the "me and x" vs "x and I" stuff seriously twists my knickers.
Me and your mother will be starring in this pornographic film! NO! (correct: Your mother and I)
This pornographic film featured your mother and I! NO! (correct: me and your mother)
The correct pronoun to be used becomes obvious when you drop the extra person from the sentence:
I will be starring in this pornographic film!
This pornographic film featured me!
HTH. HAND.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by eugmac
Your mother will be accompanied by the driver and myself. NO! (correct: me)
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this one sounds fine to me as is
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less about the sentence structure more about how you became so friendly with my mother. thems fightin words
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I damage threads that may actually benefit some posters
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philly and the phanatics
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OK so we all know how the sentence "Wuf's Mother and Me had sex" is incorrect and should be "Wuf's mother and I had sex"
but the thing that really pisses me off is when someone tries to sound smart by using "And I", but they completely misuse it. Like "Come run a train on Big Reds mother with Rilla and I. " should obviously be "Come run a train on Big Red's mother with Rilla and Me."
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In some parts of North Birmingham, people say "Am you going out tonight?". They should all be shot. The ones who also say "I are, yeah" should be set fire to before being shot.
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ongies gonna ong
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Language evolves through misuse so whats the big dealio?
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mbiz
Language evolves through misuse so whats the big dealio?
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This. So long as your word choice doesn't obfuscate your meaning, you're golden.
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Smithers, use the amnesia ray.
You mean the revolver, sir?
Precisely.
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WHO YA GONNA CALL?!??
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