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Pet_Sounds 09-14-2014 05:40 AM

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Originally Posted by RoxyRollah (Post 1487579)
Batlord when you rake me over the coals it's like foreplay. ;)

You're missing a comma. "Batlord" is a noun of direct address.

Isbjørn 09-14-2014 05:47 AM

Correct usage: "Man, I love Grammar Week." :p:

RoxyRollah 09-14-2014 06:13 AM

Yeah, does little for me when the rest of you correct me...

My grammar belongs to the Batlord.

My loins however have always been Goofle's!

The Batlord 09-14-2014 06:28 AM

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Originally Posted by RoxyRollah (Post 1487613)
Yeah, does little for me when the rest of you correct me...

My grammar belongs to the Batlord.

My loins however have always been Goofle's!

The "The" in "The Batlord" must always be capitalized. Also, I got Trollheart again.


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Originally Posted by The Batlord
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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1487603)
If you really want to get to know Metal, you should check out Unknown Soldier's journal "Pounding decibels", in the, well, Journal Section. He's forgotten more about Metal than most of us know.

You forgot a comma. You should be ashamed of yourself.


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Pet_Sounds 09-14-2014 06:31 AM

I can't find the error.

The Batlord 09-14-2014 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Pet_Sounds (Post 1487622)
I can't find the error.

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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1487603)
If you really want to get to know Metal, you should check out Unknown Soldier's journal "Pounding decibels", in the, well, Journal Section.

He missed a comma between "Unknown Soldier's journal", and "'Pounding decibels'". He also forgot to capitalize "decibels".

Pet_Sounds 09-14-2014 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1487625)
He missed a comma between "Unknown Soldier's journal", and "'Pounding decibels'". He also forgot to capitalize "decibels".

It jumps out at me now.

RoxyRollah 09-14-2014 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1487619)
The "The" in "The Batlord" must always be capitalized. Also, I got Trollheart again.

Sigh* More red x's....

The Batlord 09-14-2014 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by RoxyRollah (Post 1487628)
Sigh* More red x's....

No. Just three.

Trollheart 09-14-2014 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Pet_Sounds (Post 1487539)
Now that Grammar Week has begun, I have revised various aspects of the rules that jumped out at me as impractical after Grammar Week actually started. These are listed below and in my original post.

1: Being caught does not eliminate you. It merely costs you a point.

2: An individual user can be caught multiple times, provided that user belongs to The Grammar Nazis. A user who does not belong to The Grammar Nazis can only be caught once. This is also known as the WhateverDude clause.

3. The Introductions subforum is off limits, as is the Members' Journal subforum.

Darn! That's me screwed then with LeHetfield James! (Ah, why didn't he just keep the original Wpnfire name?)

Frownland 09-14-2014 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1487639)
Darn! That's me screwed then with LeHetfield James! (Ah, why didn't he just keep the original Wpnfire name?)

Check the scoreboard on the first page, he's fair game.

Trollheart 09-14-2014 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Vanilla (Post 1487513)
I think I may be in love with you, Trollheart.

Um, I thought you were already in love with me? :( Are you more in love with me because of my sexy grammar powers? ;)
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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1487514)
Where do I begin? "African-Canadians" should be in quotation marks, since you're referencing the term, and not actually using it in the sentence; you misspelled "admit", and that last ... sentence, is just a mess of horrid punctuation. This may be like shooting fish in a barrel for Grammar Week, but it still had to be done. I'm just glad it was me.



Dude, come on. A sentence in parenthesis still has to follow basic grammar rules. You must capitalize the first word, and use proper punctuation (you missed the comma after "Also", and the period after "shown".) You have failed this city.

Um, what? Are you addressing me or Pet Sounds? If me, then how can misspelling the word "lose" be wrong? I'll just assume it's directed at PS.
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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1487540)
I move that we keep the Nazism out of introduction threads as well to keep new members from thinking that we're a bunch of pedantic assholes, or at least to delay that thought.

But we are a bunch of pedantic assholes!
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Originally Posted by RoxyRollah (Post 1487613)
Yeah, does little for me when the rest of you correct me...

My grammar belongs to the Batlord.

My loins however have always been Goofle's!

You want correction darling I'm your man! ;)
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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1487640)
Check the scoreboard on the first page, he's fair game.

I thought the new rules say every non-member can only be caught once? If that's the case, then I feel it makes this a little boring.

Point of order: I think it's up to Unknown Soldier to confirm if his journal capitalises the word "decibels", as strictly speaking (Roxy! Settle down...) that word would only be capitalised if it were at the beginning of a sentence or was for instance the title of a band.

Frownland 09-14-2014 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1487644)
If you want a correction, darling, then I'm your man! ;)

The "a" is optional, but otherwise booyah.

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I thought the new rules say every non-member can only be caught once? If that's the case, then I feel it makes this a little boring.
Well he's on the scoreboard with three points, so it looks like he's a member open to repeat ridicule.

Goofle 09-14-2014 10:51 AM

This thread is more better than the most of the threads on musicbanter..

Frownland 09-14-2014 10:56 AM

Dibs.

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Originally Posted by Goofle (Post 1487660)
This thread is more better than the most of the threads on musicbanter..


Trollheart 09-14-2014 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1487657)
The "a" is optional, but otherwise booyah.



.

Darn! I've been taken down a peg! A whole peg!
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(And yes, welcome back to my Simpsons images being used to make every point!) ;)

Trollheart 09-14-2014 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1487662)
Dibs.

I would say that was intentional?

The Batlord 09-14-2014 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1487644)
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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1487514)
Dude, come on. A sentence in parenthesis still has to follow basic grammar rules. You must capitalize the first word, and use proper punctuation (you missed the comma after "Also", and the period after "shown".) You have failed this city.

Um, what? Are you addressing me or Pet Sounds? If me, then how can misspelling the word "lose" be wrong? I'll just assume it's directed at PS.

What are you talking about? I never said anything about you misspelling the word "lose". I was correcting the complete cock-up that you'd made of a parenthetical sentence. \/\/\/

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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1487505)
Sorry PS; you missed one! Semper Correctis! (also there should be an "and" in between his job and worked, as shown)

Since the parentheses are not actually in a sentence, "also" needs to be capitalized (not to mention that it needs a comma), and you also neglected to use punctuation at the end. Cock-up.

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Originally Posted by Trollheart
Point of order: I think it's up to Unknown Soldier to confirm if his journal capitalises the word "decibels", as strictly speaking (Roxy! Settle down...) that word would only be capitalised if it were at the beginning of a sentence or was for instance the title of a band.

He does capitalize it. Check the journal section. Oh, and you should have used a comma before "for instance". I shall beat you into the dirt, Trollheart, just like I did to DwnWthVwls.


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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1487656)
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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls (Post 1487646)
I agree with the general ideas of Janszoon post. However, I would consider HipHop my main genre. It's not something I always listen to but it's the one genre that has always been a part of my life.

I forget whether or not I've already crushed your spirit, so I'm going to Grammar Nazi you anyway. I've seen "hop hop" written with a space, or with a hyphen, but never without either one or the other. I'm also going to say that you need a comma in-between "to" and "but" in your third sentence.


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I just crushed two turds with one post. Taste it.

The Batlord 09-14-2014 11:23 AM

I'm on a ****ing roll.

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Originally Posted by LoathsomePete (Post 1487647)
Sold plasma yesterday for the first time. Took fucking forever but I did amuse myself by playing "guess their prior" in the waiting room though.

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Originally Posted by The Batlord
There is no subject in this sentence. Who sold plasma yesterday for the first time? Was it me? Was it you? Was it zombie Hitler?


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Isbjørn 09-14-2014 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1487669)
I would say that was intentional?

Yeah, so it doesn't really count.

Frownland 09-14-2014 11:45 AM

I knew it was intentional but I'll let Pet_Sounds be the judge of whether or not it counts.

Isbjørn 09-14-2014 11:46 AM

Are you telling us Nazis don't support democracy?

The Batlord 09-14-2014 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1487678)
I knew it was intentional but I'll let Pet_Sounds be the judge of whether or not it counts.

This is clearly a missing comma. City. Failed.

Frownland 09-14-2014 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1487680)
This is clearly a missing comma. City. Failed.

You mean missing a comma, yes?

The Batlord 09-14-2014 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1487683)
You mean missing a comma, yes?

Nope. A missing comma. A comma that is not where it should be.

Frownland 09-14-2014 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1487687)
Nope. A missing comma. A comma that is not where it should be.

That would be a misplaced comma.

Check.

Trollheart 09-14-2014 12:24 PM

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The Batlord 09-14-2014 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1487688)
That would be a misplaced comma.

Check.

Are you trying to dodge your obvious grammatical error? Your sentence is missing a comma. Deal with it.

Frownland 09-14-2014 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1487690)
Are you trying to dodge your obvious grammatical error? Your sentence is missing a comma. Deal with it.

That's not what I was doing. Your Nazism is well grounded. I was just being pedantic as this week encourages it. Deal with it.

Plankton 09-14-2014 12:47 PM

I'm guessing it'll be a slow week around here, for fear of being branded somewhat illiterate. Here's something to help out the masses:

Grammarly | Instant Grammar Check - Plagiarism Checker - Online Proofreader

You're very welcome.

The Batlord 09-14-2014 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1487692)
That's not what I was doing. Your Nazism is well grounded. I was just being pedantic as this week encourages it. Deal with it.

Your attempts to deflect your own grammatical incompetence with misleading pedantry are amusing, but I am clearly the superior Mensch.

Frownland 09-14-2014 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1487695)
Your attempts to deflect your own grammatical incompetence with misleading pedantry are amusing, but I am clearly the superior Mensch.

Believe what you will.

DwnWthVwls 09-14-2014 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Plankton (Post 1487693)
I'm guessing it'll be a slow week around here, for fear of being branded somewhat illiterate. Here's something to help out the masses:

Grammarly | Instant Grammar Check - Plagiarism Checker - Online Proofreader

You're very welcome.

I used that to help my mom's friend with her capstone project. It's rather stupid sometimes.

The Batlord 09-14-2014 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls (Post 1487698)
I used that to help my mom's friend with her capstone project. It's rather stupid sometimes.

And it sounds like you have to pay money to get a version that's actually useful.

DwnWthVwls 09-14-2014 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1487699)
And it sounds like you have to pay money to get a version that's actually useful.

She had access through her college. I've never tried it otherwise.


Grammar Fun!

The following are all grammatically correct sentences.

These I understand:

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
Police police police police police police police police.
That that exists exists in that that that that exists exists in.
If it is it, it is it. If it is, it is it, it is.

These I don't:

James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher.
Can can can can can can can can can can.

Can you figure them out?

Plankton 09-14-2014 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls (Post 1487698)
I used that to help my mom's friend with her capstone project. It's rather stupid sometimes.

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1487699)
And it sounds like you have to pay money to get a version that's actually useful.

I didn't try it out first, I just loaded the page, and it seemed legitimate. I have failed miserably.

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Isbjørn 09-14-2014 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls (Post 1487701)
She had access through her college. I've never tried it otherwise.


Grammar Fun!

The following are all grammatically correct sentences.

These I understand:

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
Police police police police police police police police.
That that exists exists in that that that that exists exists in.
If it is it, it is it. If it is, it is it, it is.

These I don't:

James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher.
Can can can can can can can can can can.

Can you figure them out?

Can you please explain the buffalo and police ones? I don't get them.

DwnWthVwls 09-14-2014 03:26 PM

Buffalo - noun (city)
buffalo - verb (bully)
buffalo - noun (the animal)

police - verb (control/"police something")
police - noun (the cops)
police police - noun (the people who police the cops)

Those are the only two you don't get?

Isbjørn 09-14-2014 03:31 PM

Nah, I just gave up on the two last ones.

The Batlord 09-14-2014 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls (Post 1487716)
Buffalo - noun (city)
buffalo - verb (bully)
buffalo - noun (the animal)

police - verb (control/"police something")
police - noun (the cops)
police police - noun (the people who police the cops)

Those are the only two you don't get?

I've never heard that one before. I guess it must be a New Jersey thing.


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