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Post by Tahiri the Purple (likes cake) on Sept 14, 2004 16:16:05 GMT -5
bah! i'll figure out how to spell one of these days. And that wasnt saying that i couldn`t spell one of these days, fyi.
but likely sounds to British for my taste, so i`ll figure out how to spell probbaly... meh.
and is appreviations such as lol bad grammer?
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Post by Jandalf on Toast on Sept 14, 2004 16:41:28 GMT -5
Well, you should generally try to avoid abbreviations such as "lol" or "rofl" when you're on boards like this and such...I mean, every now and then when we're being all insane and stuff, sure. But not on a regular basis. An especially bad time to use chat abbreviations like that would be when writing an essay for school...heh. The teacher would not be impressed if they have any healthy teacher-like respect for the English language.
I can't really think of any tricks to remember how to spell "probably"... First, think "pro", as in professional. Second, think "bab". It's a funny noise, so it'll stick. And then, "ly" to make the adverb complete. Pro-bab-ly.
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Post by Lady Vader on Sept 14, 2004 16:43:57 GMT -5
(what she's TRYING to tell you is that if you find ways to shorten a word, such as penmanship *pen-man-ship*, and memorize that, it'll be easier to spell them. And there is actually a rule regarding CHAT SPEAK in the rulez board, though it's not like we'd kill you if you use it...)
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Post by Jandalf on Toast on Sept 14, 2004 16:44:56 GMT -5
(points upward) What she said.
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Post by Lady Vader on Sept 14, 2004 16:48:45 GMT -5
(rolls eyes) That's why I said it...
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Post by BEHIND YOU!!! on Sept 17, 2004 17:40:54 GMT -5
Okay... correct my spelling, I dare you...
ken yuo reed tihis, iiph yuo ken eim vreie emprssd. Issts nt esie tu reed speelning tihs herruble co iph uyo ken iem pruod ov uyu.
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ClonedOne
Padawan Learner
This is your trial by fire...it worked :)curGender[bounty hunter]
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Post by ClonedOne on Sept 17, 2004 17:56:57 GMT -5
Shadow, I hate to break it to you, but a spell checker couldn't read that.
Heweovr, I'm fialry srue taht msot of you can raed waht I've worte here. And you know why too. Because the mind tends to almost ignore the letters in the middle of a word, and just picks up on the last two.
All right, maybe this isn't the place for science such as that...
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Post by Jandalf on Toast on Sept 17, 2004 21:55:11 GMT -5
ken yuo reed tihis, iiph yuo ken eim vreie emprssd. Issts nt esie tu reed speelning tihs herruble co iph uyo ken iem pruod ov uyu. Here's my rough interpretation...I wasn't too certain about the "co", but that's okay: "Can you read this? If you can, I'm very impressed. It's not easy to read spelling this horrible, because if you can I'm proud of you." Heh. Not that hard. And I've actually read an entire letter with that concept of ClonedOne's a year ago. It was most interesting...snrk. My head is WEIRD!!!
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Post by Tiana, eh? on Sept 17, 2004 23:54:45 GMT -5
Yes, I HAVE TOO!!! IT'S FUN.... brain work... heh.
Translation of co: So.
Heh. My head..........
Pizza?
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Post by Jandalf on Toast on Sept 18, 2004 12:44:09 GMT -5
Ah. Yes, please. (takes a slice)
Anyone else have a problem?
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Post by Mekka on Sept 21, 2004 20:14:28 GMT -5
Yes! YES! Pick me! My problem is:
MY SISTER IS A GRAMMAR NAZI!!!!!
She is constantly correcting me, even though I consider myself to have, if not always perfectly correct, at least good grammar and REGULAR grammar. 'Tis perfectly annoying.
Wait, my sister says "tis" isn't a word. Hold on...
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Post by Jandalf on Toast on Sept 22, 2004 14:23:51 GMT -5
(rolls eyes) Sure, "'tis" is a word. It's just more grammatically correct to put the apostrophe before it, like so:
'Tis
Because, as we know, the apostrophe is there to replace the missing "i". And if your sister is a grammar Nazi...well...how does she read anything but Tolkien without getting worked into a fury? One can't be too much of a stickler, or one shall go insane. I mean in a bad way, unlike us.
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Post by Tiana, eh? on Sept 22, 2004 17:25:32 GMT -5
Yes, 'tis true indeed, if naught else.
Heeheehee... I love talking like that... hmmmmm.... *plot bunny appears*
So, aren't these forums grammaricly incorrect, by not allowing one to indent? (and, Jandalf, feel free to correct spelling in any posts in this thread, if you want...)
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Post by Jandalf on Toast on Sept 22, 2004 20:23:45 GMT -5
That would be "grammatically." And no, as long as paragraphs are properly marked by double spacing, indents, or whatever else (basically so long as one can tell they're separate paragraphs), then you've got proper paragraph use.
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Post by Jandalf on Toast on Sept 23, 2004 21:59:38 GMT -5
(blinks) And that would be a prime example of the complete absence of paragraph use, not to mention characters. Did something go wrong with your posting, Child?
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Post by Mekka on Sept 24, 2004 12:01:45 GMT -5
Apparently so, Learned One. I do believe it has something to do with trying to post without logging in... hehheh.
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Post by Jandalf on Toast on Sept 24, 2004 15:56:16 GMT -5
(nods sagely) That would be it, then.
Anyone else have an issue?
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Post by meliara on Oct 1, 2004 13:10:49 GMT -5
how do u spell wierd? or is it weird? i dunno
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Post by Jandalf on Toast on Oct 1, 2004 14:51:15 GMT -5
It's "weird". A weird word, I know. It doesn't follow the "i before e, except after c" rule. But then, there are quite a few words like that. Stupid English...heh.
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Post by Tiana, eh? on Oct 1, 2004 19:18:20 GMT -5
That would be "'i' before 'e' accept after 'c', or as sounded as 'a' as in neighbor or weight", Jandalf... heh. Sorry... dumb spelling rules that I had to memorize a long time ago... I'll shut up now. There are words that don't follow the rules though, so why they make them... ugg... hey, your twin's name doesn't follow the rule EITHER... it's Audreidi, when by spelling rules it should be AudrIEdi. Snicker.
English is evil.
Did you know that writing runes is helpful for people with bad handwriting, because you have to write them going down and not up?
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