grammer Nazi'ss

CanwllCorfe · 09-22-2011, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Splizzlah

Think i messed up my post so Im just gona say random stuff. Hey hows it going. Im addicted to porn, I tend not to watch it very often but time comes i throw phew videos on . Cant help to see whats new on redtube. O sheit nough bout porn, I like video games too. i seem to think one day ill create one. Maybe thats why i produce music , So creative. if i could create the world id paint it black just like that old school song. Paint it black. I paint everything black, thats phat. Like everything magine...>ALL BLACK

Let me try and help you out there friend! I'm no English major, but this is what I think you meant to say:

I'm almost certain I made errors in my previous post, so I'm just going to say some random stuff. Hey, how's it going? I'm addicted to porn. I tend not to watch it very often, but when the time comes, I throw a few videos on. I can't help but feel the need to see what's new on Redtube. (Indecipherable), I like video games too! I seem to think that one day I will create one. Maybe that's why I produce music? I'm just so creative! If I could create the world, I would paint it black—like the 1966 Rolling Stones song with the same title. I paint everything black. That's really cool isn't it? Like everything (?) > all black.

VEGANGELICA · 10-01-2011, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by DoctorSoft

As long as I can understand what the persons saying I don't really care. Not everyone learned the proper grammar rules or whatever.

I also don't mind when people on MusicBanter make grammar, spelling, or punctuation errors. I appreciate that the members are sharing their ideas, even if the members aren't always following accepted grammar rules. I make errors, too, so I know how it can happen!

Sometimes, though, I think members might want to know about grammar errors, because when I make a writing error and genuinely don't know that I erred, then I like to learn about the rule so that I will know it and why it exists. I don't want to be impolite, though, or make members feel chastised, and so I hold my fingers (as opposed to tongue). Except for now!

One common error I see on MusicBanter is when people write about the "amount" of objects rather than the "number" of objects, such as in this thread topic: "The Official 'I've Just Reached a Significant Amount of Posts' Thread!"

I learned that "amount" should be used to refer to objects that are measured by weight, while "number" should be used to refer to objects that can be counted.

Another example of a post in which I think "number" should have been used instead of "amount" is this one:

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Originally Posted by Name Removed!

...I've read term papers on everything including medicine, chemistry, history, music, political science, etc and you'd be surprised at the amount of issues with grammar, syntax, diction, all that stuff that I find.

I think we should write, "You'd be surprised at the number of issues with grammar, syntax, diction," etc., unless we are weighing those issues on a scale!

My biggest grammar pet peeve is when the subject and a pronoun don't match, such as if someone writes, "When a person goes to school, they should wear clothes." A person is not a "they." A person is a "she" or a "he." The sentence could easily be corrected by writing, "When people go to school, they should wear clothes." Ahh! So much better!

FETCHER. · 10-01-2011, 11:03 PM

My grammar is absolutely appalling but my spelling's alright. I think.

Howard the Duck · 10-02-2011, 02:18 AM

i always cofuse "grammar" with "granma"

The Monkey · 10-02-2011, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by CanwllCorfe

I love it when people use punctuation incorrectly. My friend's girlfriend does it all the time. I used one once in a text message to her, and ever since then she attempts to use them in any way she can. For the record, I don't think she's used it correctly even once so far.

I don't know if it counts, but I also enjoy seeing people use words like "thy" and "thou".

I helped my uncle(,) jack(,) off a horse.

**Janszoon** · 10-02-2011, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by The Monkey

I helped my uncle(,) jack(,) off a horse.

Burning Down · 10-02-2011, 01:45 PM

Here's one for y'all:

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 10-02-2011, 02:47 PM

Ughhh

I would have gone up to that board and wrote

"**** all of you"

and fielded the oncoming detention, I don't even care..

**Janszoon** · 10-02-2011, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Paloma

Ughhh

I would have gone up to that board and wrote

"**** all of you"

and fielded the oncoming detention, I don't even care..

They give out detentions in college?

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 10-02-2011, 03:19 PM

I dunno, do they?
If not, they'd make an exception in my case. Probably tell me to go see the dean or whoever.

10-02-2011, 01:45 PM	#57 (permalink)
Burning Down The Music Guru. Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Beyond the Wall Posts: 4,858	Here's one for y'all:

10-02-2011, 02:47 PM	#58 (permalink)
~~Sansa Stark~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Eyrie, Vale of Arryn, Westeros Posts: 3,234	Ughhh I would have gone up to that board and wrote "**** all of you" and fielded the oncoming detention, I don't even care..

10-02-2011, 03:19 PM	#60 (permalink)
~~Sansa Stark~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Eyrie, Vale of Arryn, Westeros Posts: 3,234	I dunno, do they? If not, they'd make an exception in my case. Probably tell me to go see the dean or whoever.