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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09-26-2004, 10:36 PM #1
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09-26-2004, 10:53 PM #2
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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.
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09-26-2004, 10:57 PM #3
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That is for Truth to decide.
Originally Posted by The Suit
Your dog just ate an avocado!
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09-27-2004, 10:19 AM #4
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I am an annoying pedantic asshole....
"Grammar", itself, can be neither annoying nor pedantic. Complaining about poor grammar can be. Originally Posted by The Suit
Quando paramucho mi amore de felice carathon.
Mundo paparazzi mi amore cicce verdi parasol.
Questo abrigado tantamucho que canite carousel.
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09-27-2004, 10:23 AM #5
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well, what if you're dyslexic? i'd find it rather annoying. Originally Posted by irul&ublo
fine
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09-27-2004, 10:44 AM #6
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In the U.S. we always put punctuation inside the quotes, you JONG, so you should have wrote "Grammar," itself... Originally Posted by irul&ublo
"Grammar", itself, can be neither annoying nor pedantic. Complaining about poor grammar can be.
How's that for annoying and pedantic?
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09-27-2004, 10:51 AM #7
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And if you don't, it's a vote for el Qaeda. Originally Posted by The AD
Last edited by Viva; 09-27-2004 at 11:59 AM.
Your dog just ate an avocado!
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09-27-2004, 10:57 AM #8
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"...you should have written "Grammar," itself..." for the love of GOD. If you're gonna get all pedantic and shit get your tenses right. Originally Posted by The AD
In the U.S. we always put punctuation inside the quotes, you JONG, so you should have wrote "Grammar," itself...
How's that for annoying and pedantic?
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09-27-2004, 11:10 AM #9
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Good catch. There goes my grammar police license. Originally Posted by Mustonen
"...you should have written "Grammar," itself..." for the love of GOD. If you're gonna get all pedantic and shit get your tenses right.
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09-27-2004, 11:50 AM #10
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Personally, i give this thread the Grammar Nerd Seal of Approval, however Icemang is the Boards unofficial Spell-checker, no?
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09-27-2004, 11:54 AM #11
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Where the hell in DINMS ?!?!
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09-27-2004, 12:05 PM #12
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Tippster is really HRDCORESNORIDER's twin Brother?!?! Originally Posted by Tippster
I should probably change my username to IReallyDon'tTeleMuchAnymoreDave.
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09-27-2004, 12:05 PM #13
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Shouldn't there be a comma after "shit?" Originally Posted by Mustonen
"...you should have written "Grammar," itself..." for the love of GOD. If you're gonna get all pedantic and shit get your tenses right.
Quando paramucho mi amore de felice carathon.
Mundo paparazzi mi amore cicce verdi parasol.
Questo abrigado tantamucho que canite carousel.
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09-27-2004, 12:12 PM #14
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09-27-2004, 03:27 PM #15
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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. Originally Posted by irul&ublo
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09-27-2004, 03:32 PM #16
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Working at Walmart with Duph. Originally Posted by 72Twenty
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09-27-2004, 07:33 PM #17
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Originally Posted by BlurredElevens
.........."Have fun, get a flyrod, and give the worm dunkers the finger when you start double hauling." ~Lumpy
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09-27-2004, 08:12 PM #18
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Shit. Annoying, pedantic, AND redundant. My bad. Originally Posted by optics
At least someone else thinks it should be un-fuckwithable. And I punctuated good, too.
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09-27-2004, 11:02 PM #19
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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!!!!
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09-27-2004, 11:55 PM #20
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i don't know about colorado ghettos, but you'd be in trouble in a good ol louisiana hood. Originally Posted by skiingjulie
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!!!!
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09-28-2004, 10:58 AM #21
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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.
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09-28-2004, 02:07 PM #22
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God prefers his name be capitalized. Originally Posted by skiingjulie
Oh, god, I'm so ashamed!!!!
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09-28-2004, 03:11 PM #23
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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!)
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09-28-2004, 03:18 PM #24
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Originally Posted by The Suit
Hilarious. BANNED FOR BAD GRAMMAR! NO POSTING FOR YOU!
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09-28-2004, 03:19 PM #25
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How about at the beginning of a sentence (e.g., my sig.)? Originally Posted by skiingjulie
Your dog just ate an avocado!
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