I know that a lot of you find grammar annoying and pedantic, but something has been bothering me for days. Shouldn't Truth's title be "Un-fuckwithable?"
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I know that a lot of you find grammar annoying and pedantic, but something has been bothering me for days. Shouldn't Truth's title be "Un-fuckwithable?"
This message, by its overall tone and content, appears directed to those that find poor grammar annoying and pedantic. However, it's addressed to those who simply find grammar annoying and pedantic. Interesting.
That is for Truth to decide.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Suit
"Grammar", itself, can be neither annoying nor pedantic. Complaining about poor grammar can be. :D :DQuote:
Originally Posted by The Suit
well, what if you're dyslexic? i'd find it rather annoying.Quote:
Originally Posted by irul&ublo
In the U.S. we always put punctuation inside the quotes, you JONG, so you should have wrote "Grammar," itself...Quote:
Originally Posted by irul&ublo
How's that for annoying and pedantic? :D
And if you don't, it's a vote for el Qaeda.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
"...you should have written "Grammar," itself..." for the love of GOD. If you're gonna get all pedantic and shit get your tenses right.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
:cool: :mad:
Good catch. There goes my grammar police license.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mustonen
Personally, i give this thread the Grammar Nerd Seal of Approval, however Icemang is the Boards unofficial Spell-checker, no?
Where the hell in DINMS ?!?!
Tippster is really HRDCORESNORIDER's twin Brother?!?! :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tippster
Shouldn't there be a comma after "shit?"Quote:
Originally Posted by Mustonen
Well, now that you mention it, there should have been a comma after ' "grammar," itself'. Or should that be "Grammar, herself?" She always did make a mean chicken soup.Quote:
Originally Posted by irul&ublo
Working at Walmart with Duph.Quote:
Originally Posted by 72Twenty
:DQuote:
Originally Posted by BlurredElevens
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Shit. Annoying, pedantic, AND redundant. My bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by optics
At least someone else thinks it should be un-fuckwithable. And I punctuated good, too.
I would hesitate to say that grammar is "pedantic" because it certainly doesn't parade its learning around (or do much moving in general); nor is grammar a boring, uninspiring teacher. People who get all hung up on grammar (correcting people at a party, editing their friend's letters and then returning them, having internet debates about how boring and grindstone-esque grammar, spelling and punctuation can be) are pedantic.
Shit! Now I'm sounding all pedantic. Must stop now! Bad, Julie! I probably couldn't blend in in the ghetto because I can't stand to use bad grammar. There, I said it. Oh, god, I'm so ashamed!!!! :(
i don't know about colorado ghettos, but you'd be in trouble in a good ol louisiana hood. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by skiingjulie
:cool: I was thinking of California ghettos. I even lived in one for 6 months in college. Nope, I never said anything for fear of getting punched in the mouth or shot.
God prefers his name be capitalized.Quote:
Originally Posted by skiingjulie
You mean HER name, and spelling god with a capital "G" is blaphemous unless you mean one of many gods (as in Ullr). Either way, I'm truly humiliated, flogging myself with my ski pole as I write (kinda hard to do!) :eek:
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Originally Posted by The Suit
Hilarious. BANNED FOR BAD GRAMMAR! NO POSTING FOR YOU!
How about at the beginning of a sentence (e.g., my sig.)?Quote:
Originally Posted by skiingjulie
I think you meant to say "blasphemous." ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by skiingjulie
Besides, he's thanking God. You'd think God would want the praise. Now if you said, "God damnit!" then it might get pissed and hit you with a plague or somthing. The key question here then becomes, is God a grammer nazi? Fuck, now my mind is blown. I'm gonna go drink some holy water and contemplate this further.
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Wear a yarmulke and take a prayer wheel, just to be safe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Arty50
I'll have Owens get right on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by schuss
I haven't read anything recently about God writing ANYTHING since the Ten Commandments. I say God doesn't need to follow the rules (Grammar rules?!?We don't need no stinking grammar rules!). I bet he never had to diagram sentences in high school either. Plus, and most importantly, God can ski and even create snow whenever he wants to - way more important than looking things up in an English handbook and the MLA all the time. :D
Please don't pick on me for my punctuation or we risk raising that whole stinking can of worms again. I taught English for years, yet the comma still makes me apprehensive at times (I often just use a semi-colon and change things a bit!)