Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling, etc. - Page 2

***RÃan*** · 03-24-2006, 09:57 PM

*bump*

Here's the old Grammar Nazi thread - I think Nurvi coined the term ...

and I think Crick said "Commanists"

Farimir Captain of Gondor · 03-25-2006, 12:02 AM

Grammer Nazis. Let me spell in freedom. Allow me spell you are with "your", and believe with "beleive", and if i misspell mispell let me do it. Viva La Misfit Fingers. if i wanna type without caps or punktuataion let me why not huh why cant i. You wanna(want to) burn books? Let's burn the dictionary!
Down with correctness! Up with rebelion!

This is just a joke people.

Just having a little fun here.

I can't help my misspeling and I do try to go back and fix any that I make. If you look at 70% of my post you will notice I made some changes do to either, typing to fast or just misspeling a word.

Curubethion · 03-25-2006, 01:23 AM

BTW you misspelled "misspelling"

Quote:

Originally Posted by Faramir

If you look at 70% of my post you will notice I made some changes do to either, typing to fast or just misspeling a word.

It seems I have joined the ranks of the Commanists!

Farimir Captain of Gondor · 03-25-2006, 01:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Curubethion

BTW you misspelled "misspelling"

It seems I have joined the ranks of the Commanists!

Shoot. You got me.

***RÃan*** · 03-25-2006, 03:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Farimir Captain of Gondor

Grammer Nazis. Let me spell in freedom. Allow me spell you are with "your", and believe with "beleive", and if i misspell mispell let me do it. Viva La Misfit Fingers. if i wanna type without caps or punktuataion let me why not huh why cant i. You wanna(want to) burn books? Let's burn the dictionary!
Down with correctness! Up with rebelion!

This is just a joke people.

Just having a little fun here.

I can't help my misspeling and I do try to go back and fix any that I make. If you look at 70% of my post you will notice I made some changes do to either, typing to fast or just misspeling a word.

Oh, no worries Faramir

We generally just ignore the errors, helped by a big swig of something or other to ease our pain ...

People are MUCH more important than their occasional grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors! It was just funny to find out others that are bugged by the its/it's thing, too. Like I said, to some of us, it's like an out-of-tune note is to a musician.

I had forgotten the "commanist" thing - hilarious!

It was just something that came up once and someone started a thread on it and off it went!

***Jonathan*** · 03-25-2006, 05:52 AM

Sween once said: "If people spent all there time correcting people spelling (well mine at any rate) we would never get and drinking or eating done"

I think he had a point.

I miss Sween and his spelling. Thread titles like "Proof Aragorn will get Narsil regorged in two towers" were hilarious!

**Nurvingiel** · 03-25-2006, 07:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RÃ*an

*bump*

Here's the old Grammar Nazi thread - I think Nurvi coined the term ...

and I think Crick said "Commanists"

I brought "Grammar Nazi" from Queen of Wands and boards all across the internet. I can't take credit for that one.

Faramir, are you going for a t3h st00pid fingers revolution?

How do you say this properly:

The dog of my brother and I needed to be spayed.

Referring to a dog that belongs to myself and my brother. I can't figure it out.

***Jonathan*** · 03-25-2006, 08:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nurvingiel

How do you say this properly:

The dog of my brother and I needed to be spayed.

Referring to a dog that belongs to myself and my brother. I can't figure it out.

I don't know. Can you really own another living being?

**Nurvingiel** · 03-25-2006, 08:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jonathan

I don't know. Can you really own another living being?

Grammatically speaking, yes.

This isn't the philosophy thread!

***RÃan*** · 03-25-2006, 09:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nurvingiel

I brought "Grammar Nazi" from Queen of Wands and boards all across the internet. I can't take credit for that one.

oh, ok - it's funny, though

Quote:

How do you say this properly:

The dog of my brother and I needed to be spayed.

Referring to a dog that belongs to myself and my brother. I can't figure it out.

I'd chicken out and say, "Our dog needed to be spayed."

But I think it would be this: "My brother's and my dog needed to be spayed."

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jon

Sween once said: "If people spent all there time correcting people spelling (well mine at any rate) we would never get and drinking or eating done"

I think he had a point.

Oh, I do, too, and that's why I ignore about 99.9 percent of those types of errors here.

I think the main point of this thread was to commiserate with other people that find the improper use of apostrophes and the like painful! It was just kind of a, "oh, you have that funny reaction, too?" type of thing.

Yeah, Sween was a kick, wasn't he?

Quote:

Originally Posted by EÃ¤rniel

Dutch spelling rules, no, let's not go there.

I can't even comprehend why they would change spelling?!@?! I've never heard of any other country that does that - what's up?

**Nurvingiel** · 03-25-2006, 09:38 PM

Lotesse, I also admire Tolkien's utterly flawless and poetic execution of the English language. The way he conveyed character through dialogue is also brilliant.

Quote:

Originally Posted by RÃ*an

oh, ok - it's funny, though

I'd chicken out and say, "Our dog needed to be spayed."

But I think it would be this: "My brother's and my dog needed to be spayed."

The problem is, the first sentence doesn't say who the other dog owner is (besides myself), and the second one implies there are two dogs.

I posted a real stumper there eh?

Quote:

Originally Posted by RÃ*an

I think the main point of this thread was to commiserate with other people that find the improper use of apostrophes and the like painful! It was just kind of a, "oh, you have that funny reaction, too?" type of thing.

My goodness yes!!

The other day, I went to the driving range with my boyfriend and we hit a bucket of balls, then had lunch in the clubhouse. Fun! In the clubhouse was a photo of someone who had won a golf tournament there. The caption under the woman's photo read: "[person's name] Ladie's 2005 Champion"

I stared at it a moment, because it seemed wrong. Unnatural. After a moment I realised brutal abuse of an innocent apostrophe was occuring!

It should read Ladies' Champion, if anything, because she'd be the champion of all the female golfers at the club. However, I think Ladies Champion is correct because she's the champion of the ladies tournament, no possession is actually indicated here.

Am I right? Can I get a booyah?

Quote:

Originally Posted by RÃ*an

I can't even comprehend why they would change spelling?!@?! I've never heard of any other country that does that - what's up?

Are you referring to Dutch people spelling in English, or Dutch spelling (of Dutch) EÃ¤rniel? (Since this is the Grammar Nazi thread, I actually went to another message board, typed the alt code for an A umlaut, and pasted it here. I also checked the spelling of umlaut.

As my boyfriend would say, "Anal!"

)

littleadanel · 03-26-2006, 05:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RÃ*an

I can't even comprehend why they would change spelling?!@?! I've never heard of any other country that does that - what's up?

According to my knowledge, German spelling was changed as well - they replaced that B-like s with double s. I don't really remember the details... IIRC, they said it was for simplicity, but many people didn't want it to be changed, so they reached a compromise and left it in some words and changed it in others. If someone knows I'm wrong, do correct me.

Similar ideas have been popping up in my language as well, but thank goodness they weren't successful. At least no major changes, like that double s thing in German.

***Jonathan*** · 03-26-2006, 05:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RÃ*an

I can't even comprehend why they would change spelling?!@?! I've never heard of any other country that does that - what's up?

It's not that uncommon really. In recent years, languages like German and Dutch have had spelling reforms and Swedish had some changed spelling as well in the beginning of the 20th century. Also, it's because of a British spelling reform long ago that there's a pointless silent 'd' in admiral among other things. So your language has been subjected to reforms too

***Sister Golden Hair*** · 10-28-2002, 02:50 PM

Gee, I am starting to feel like I am in an episode of Sasame Street. Is that spelled right?

Treebeard's apprentice · 10-28-2002, 04:45 PM

Actaully, its Sesame Street.

***RÃan*** · 10-28-2002, 05:21 PM

Yes, I still disagree, and was aware of the definition. I think the context is the "writing and printing" part, i.e. the visual part, and therefore "intelligible" would have been a better choice of words. But I understood what you meant, anyway

We'll just have to agree to disagree on the use of the word, I suppose, but that's ok (at least with me

)

Grey_wolf - LOL! "punctuation communist"

TBA - actually, it's "actually", not "Actaully ", and it's "it's", not "its". (no offense meant, I do enjoy well-written posts, and yours are well-written.) And BTW, another thing that catches my eye is the usual lack of hyphens in phrases such as "well-written". Is anyone else a hyphen nazi, like me?

azalea - yes, I too really enjoy the use, whenever appropriate, of well-placed, and therefore helpful, commas, especially when I get in silly, as opposed to serious, moods.

Now where are all the Apostrophes of Mass Destruction people from the Venting thread??

***RÃan*** · 10-28-2002, 05:31 PM

and re SGH's post - "Is that spelled right?" - is it supposed to be "Was that spelt correctly?" I really don't know, does anyone else? (and does it really matter? no, but it's rather fun to examine this stuff when I should be doing laundry instead)

***RÃan*** · 10-28-2002, 05:37 PM

And does anyone else really love when an out-of-the-ordinary word (note use of hyphens) pops up in conversation? Someone used "impugn" a few days ago on Entmoot - I wanted to hug them!!

**crickhollow** · 10-28-2002, 05:56 PM

I would venture to suppose that the vast majority of my grammatical errors (as well as spelling, capitalization and punctuation errors) are a result of my inflated ego, which insists that I would make no such mistakes. This negates any reason for proof-reading (note appropriate hyphen) before hitting 'submit'.

Treebeard's apprentice · 10-28-2002, 06:13 PM

I don't have much time, so I'll keep this laconic.
Rian, you must enjoy being so captious. I do, too. I tend to correct people often, and if possible I do it without specifically telling them they made a mistake. I find it especially amusing when they don't even realize they have been made the subject of my derision. For example:

Jon Doe: Can you borrow me a dollar?
Me: No, I can't lend (emphasis on 'lend') you a dollar.

Of course, other times I can be downright malicious.

03-24-2006, 09:57 PM	#1
*RÃan* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	bump Here's the old Grammar Nazi thread - I think Nurvi coined the term ... and I think Crick said "Commanists" __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ã‘Ã¡ Ã«?* Ã³Ãº Ã©Ã¤ Ã¯Ã¶Ã¼ Ã–Ã± Ã‰ Ãž Ã° ÃŸ Â® Ã§ Ã¥ â„¢ Ã¦ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lÃ³mÃ«! AurÃ« entuluva! Last edited by RÃan : 03-24-2006 at 09:58 PM.

03-25-2006, 12:02 AM	#2
Farimir Captain of Gondor Spaceman Spiff Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In the belly of a Firefly, living in Serenity is where you'll find me Posts: 1,438	Grammer Nazis. Let me spell in freedom. Allow me spell you are with "your", and believe with "beleive", and if i misspell mispell let me do it. Viva La Misfit Fingers. if i wanna type without caps or punktuataion let me why not huh why cant i. You wanna(want to) burn books? Let's burn the dictionary! Down with correctness! Up with rebelion! This is just a joke people. Just having a little fun here. I can't help my misspeling and I do try to go back and fix any that I make. If you look at 70% of my post you will notice I made some changes do to either, typing to fast or just misspeling a word. __________________ Do you hear that? Last edited by Farimir Captain of Gondor : 03-25-2006 at 12:04 AM. Reason: Spelling ;)

03-25-2006, 05:52 AM	#6
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	Sween once said: "If people spent all there time correcting people spelling (well mine at any rate) we would never get and drinking or eating done" I think he had a point. I miss Sween and his spelling. Thread titles like "Proof Aragorn will get Narsil regorged in two towers" were hilarious! __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and itâ€™s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry thatâ€™s ever been written. ☻

10-28-2002, 05:21 PM	#16
*RÃan* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	Yes, I still disagree, and was aware of the definition. I think the context is the "writing and printing" part, i.e. the visual part, and therefore "intelligible" would have been a better choice of words. But I understood what you meant, anyway We'll just have to agree to disagree on the use of the word, I suppose, but that's ok (at least with me ) Grey_wolf - LOL! "punctuation communist" TBA - actually, it's "actually", not "Actaully ", and it's "it's", not "its". (no offense meant, I do enjoy well-written posts, and yours are well-written.) And BTW, another thing that catches my eye is the usual lack of hyphens in phrases such as "well-written". Is anyone else a hyphen nazi, like me? azalea - yes, I too really enjoy the use, whenever appropriate, of well-placed, and therefore helpful, commas, especially when I get in silly, as opposed to serious, moods. Now where are all the Apostrophes of Mass Destruction people from the Venting thread?? __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ã‘Ã¡ Ã«?* Ã³Ãº Ã©Ã¤ Ã¯Ã¶Ã¼ Ã–Ã± Ã‰ Ãž Ã° ÃŸ Â® Ã§ Ã¥ â„¢ Ã¦ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lÃ³mÃ«! AurÃ« entuluva! Last edited by RÃan : 10-28-2002 at 05:28 PM.

10-28-2002, 05:31 PM	#17
*RÃan* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	and re SGH's post - "Is that spelled right?" - is it supposed to be "Was that spelt correctly?" I really don't know, does anyone else? (and does it really matter? no, but it's rather fun to examine this stuff when I should be doing laundry instead) __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ã‘Ã¡ Ã«?* Ã³Ãº Ã©Ã¤ Ã¯Ã¶Ã¼ Ã–Ã± Ã‰ Ãž Ã° ÃŸ Â® Ã§ Ã¥ â„¢ Ã¦ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lÃ³mÃ«! AurÃ« entuluva!

10-28-2002, 02:50 PM	#14
*Sister Golden Hair* Queen of Nargothrond Administrator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Akron, Ohio - USA Posts: 7,121	Gee, I am starting to feel like I am in an episode of Sasame Street. Is that spelled right?

10-28-2002, 04:45 PM	#15
Treebeard's apprentice Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Wherever I may roam Posts: 207	Actaully, its Sesame Street.

10-28-2002, 05:37 PM	#18
*RÃan* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	And does anyone else really love when an out-of-the-ordinary word (note use of hyphens) pops up in conversation? Someone used "impugn" a few days ago on Entmoot - I wanted to hug them!! __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ã‘Ã¡ Ã«?* Ã³Ãº Ã©Ã¤ Ã¯Ã¶Ã¼ Ã–Ã± Ã‰ Ãž Ã° ÃŸ Â® Ã§ Ã¥ â„¢ Ã¦ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lÃ³mÃ«! AurÃ« entuluva!

10-28-2002, 05:56 PM	#19
crickhollow The Buckleberry Fairy/Captain Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington State again (I miss Texas). Posts: 1,345	I would venture to suppose that the vast majority of my grammatical errors (as well as spelling, capitalization and punctuation errors) are a result of my inflated ego, which insists that I would make no such mistakes. This negates any reason for proof-reading (note appropriate hyphen) before hitting 'submit'. __________________ A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun.

10-28-2002, 06:13 PM	#20
Treebeard's apprentice Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Wherever I may roam Posts: 207	I don't have much time, so I'll keep this laconic. Rian, you must enjoy being so captious. I do, too. I tend to correct people often, and if possible I do it without specifically telling them they made a mistake. I find it especially amusing when they don't even realize they have been made the subject of my derision. For example: Jon Doe: Can you borrow me a dollar? Me: No, I can't lend (emphasis on 'lend') you a dollar. Of course, other times I can be downright malicious.

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