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Errors in "English 101" lesson..

S

Syringer

Lifer
From.. http://www.skoorbs.com/englishlesson.html

1. The second line of this page reads.. "If your tired of people like me sneering at people like you..." tsk tsk.

Interestingly enough, tip #2 reads..
2. "You're" is the contraction of "you are". You're a buffoon if you continue to use "your" when you mean "you are". If you didn't catch my misuse of "your" above, then you should take this lesson to heart. First though, give yourself a deserved slap.
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2. Tip #5 then reads: "I'm real sorry if you take this personal" is also quite incorrect. "Take" is a verb, however "personal" is an adjective..what he was supposed to use is "personally", which is the adverbial form of personal. Though I'm not sure if this was intentional given the last sentence of this tip..but it's certainly too subtle a thing to intentionalLY put in..so -10 points.

3. "Advanced tips (these shouldn't be advanced, but apparently they are these days) tips:"

Redudancy is normally bad enough, and when it creates an ungrammatical sentence is worse..but when used in conjunction in a pretentious post is just inexcusable.

/didn't proofread this post
//e-penis grows a half inch
 
Originally posted by: Syringer
From.. http://www.skoorbs.com/englishlesson.html

1. The second line of this page reads.. "If your tired of people like me sneering at people like you..." tsk tsk.

Interestingly enough, tip #2 reads..
2. "You're" is the contraction of "you are". You're a buffoon if you continue to use "your" when you mean "you are". If you didn't catch my misuse of "your" above, then you should take this lesson to heart. First though, give yourself a deserved slap.
Click to expand...

2. Tip #5 then reads: "I'm real sorry if you take this personal" is also quite incorrect. "Take" is a verb, however "personal" is an adjective..what he was supposed to use is "personally", which is the adverbial form of personal. Though I'm not sure if this was intentional given the last sentence of this tip..but it's certainly too subtle a thing to intentionalLY put in..so -10 points.

3. "Advanced tips (these shouldn't be advanced, but apparently they are these days) tips:"

Redudancy is normally bad enough, and when it creates an ungrammatical sentence is worse..but when used in conjunction in a pretentious post is just inexcusable.

/didn't proofread this post
//e-penis grows a half inch
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:thumbsup:

Now, only if I was that literate.
 
"You're" is the contraction of "you are".

This is grammatically incorrect, as the period goes inside of the quotation marks. However, this honestly does not matter seeing as how e-grammar is not entirely necessary in an informal context such as the forums.
 
Originally posted by: sparkyclarky
"You're" is the contraction of "you are".

This is grammatically incorrect, as the period goes inside of the quotation marks. However, this honestly does not matter seeing as how e-grammar is not entirely necessary in an informal context such as the forums.
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What about if I were to say something like: The first spring is 14" and the sceond one is 13".

where do i put the period?
 
Originally posted by: TechnoKid
Originally posted by: sparkyclarky
"You're" is the contraction of "you are".

This is grammatically incorrect, as the period goes inside of the quotation marks. However, this honestly does not matter seeing as how e-grammar is not entirely necessary in an informal context such as the forums.
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What about if I were to say something like: The first spring is 14" and the sceond one is 13".

where do i put the period?
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Inside the quote.
 
That's some major "pwnage", considering how obsessed he is about this stuff.

In fact, if you had noticed this just a bit earlier, I would have nominated this for M4H's "Ownage of the Year" 😀
 
Originally posted by: Martin
That's some major "pwnage", considering how obsessed he is about this stuff.

In fact, if you had noticed this just a bit earlier, I would have nominated this for M4H's "Ownage of the Year" 😀
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Ha, well there's always next year.
 
Spider 101:

1. Do not attempt to actually pet the spider.

2. Do not let any girl ever kill a spider if you could do it yourself.

3. Never, ever, leave a story unfinished on ATOT.
 
Originally posted by: Spencer278
Originally posted by: TechnoKid
Originally posted by: sparkyclarky
"You're" is the contraction of "you are".

This is grammatically incorrect, as the period goes inside of the quotation marks. However, this honestly does not matter seeing as how e-grammar is not entirely necessary in an informal context such as the forums.
Click to expand...

What about if I were to say something like: The first spring is 14" and the sceond one is 13".

where do i put the period?
Click to expand...

Inside the quote.
Click to expand...

but it is not a quote. I am using quotation marks as a unit of measure, in this case, inches.


The first spring is 14" and the second spring is 13".


 
Originally posted by: TechnoKid
Originally posted by: Spencer278
Originally posted by: TechnoKid
Originally posted by: sparkyclarky
"You're" is the contraction of "you are".

This is grammatically incorrect, as the period goes inside of the quotation marks. However, this honestly does not matter seeing as how e-grammar is not entirely necessary in an informal context such as the forums.
Click to expand...

What about if I were to say something like: The first spring is 14" and the sceond one is 13".

where do i put the period?
Click to expand...

Inside the quote.
Click to expand...

but it is not a quote. I am using quotation marks as a unit of measure, in this case, inches.


The first spring is 14" and the second spring is 13".
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13". is correct. sentence ends in period unless opening/closing puncutation is used like (), ' ', < >, and " "

 
Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: TechnoKid
Originally posted by: Spencer278
Originally posted by: TechnoKid
Originally posted by: sparkyclarky
"You're" is the contraction of "you are".

This is grammatically incorrect, as the period goes inside of the quotation marks. However, this honestly does not matter seeing as how e-grammar is not entirely necessary in an informal context such as the forums.
Click to expand...

What about if I were to say something like: The first spring is 14" and the sceond one is 13".

where do i put the period?
Click to expand...

Inside the quote.
Click to expand...

but it is not a quote. I am using quotation marks as a unit of measure, in this case, inches.


The first spring is 14" and the second spring is 13".
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13". is correct.
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The only time you ever put a period outside of a quotation is I forget. It's something really stupid. Personally, since I can't remember, I just always put it inside the quotation mark.
 
Originally posted by: spidey07
" is an abbreviation for inches.

you wouldn't say - My computer is 13 .inches

would you?

My computer is 13".
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If you're writing any type of technical paper you wouldn't abbreviate inches in the first place.
 
Originally posted by: Syringer
From.. http://www.skoorbs.com/englishlesson.html

1. The second line of this page reads.. "If your tired of people like me sneering at people like you..." tsk tsk.

Interestingly enough, tip #2 reads..
2. "You're" is the contraction of "you are". You're a buffoon if you continue to use "your" when you mean "you are". If you didn't catch my misuse of "your" above, then you should take this lesson to heart. First though, give yourself a deserved slap.
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Seems like it was intentional to me... :roll:


Originally posted by: Syringer
2. Tip #5 then reads: "I'm real sorry if you take this personal" is also quite incorrect. "Take" is a verb, however "personal" is an adjective..what he was supposed to use is "personally", which is the adverbial form of personal. Though I'm not sure if this was intentional given the last sentence of this tip..but it's certainly too subtle a thing to intentionalLY put in..so -10 points.
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Of course it was intentional, did you try to comprehend what that first sentence of tip 5 is saying?
 
Originally posted by: Syringer
From.. http://www.skoorbs.com/englishlesson.html

1. The second line of this page reads.. "If your tired of people like me sneering at people like you..." tsk tsk.

Interestingly enough, tip #2 reads..
2. "You're" is the contraction of "you are". You're a buffoon if you continue to use "your" when you mean "you are". If you didn't catch my misuse of "your" above, then you should take this lesson to heart. First though, give yourself a deserved slap.
Click to expand...

2. Tip #5 then reads: "I'm real sorry if you take this personal" is also quite incorrect. "Take" is a verb, however "personal" is an adjective..what he was supposed to use is "personally", which is the adverbial form of personal. Though I'm not sure if this was intentional given the last sentence of this tip..but it's certainly too subtle a thing to intentionalLY put in..so -10 points.

3. "Advanced tips (these shouldn't be advanced, but apparently they are these days) tips:"

Redudancy is normally bad enough, and when it creates an ungrammatical sentence is worse..but when used in conjunction in a pretentious post is just inexcusable.

/didn't proofread this post
//e-penis grows a half inch
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WTF is "redudancy"?
 
Originally posted by: Indolent
Originally posted by: spidey07
" is an abbreviation for inches.

you wouldn't say - My computer is 13 .inches

would you?

My computer is 13".
Click to expand...


If you're writing any type of technical paper you wouldn't abbreviate inches in the first place.
Click to expand...

I see degrees abreviated all the time in technical papers, namely alignment specification sheets for cars, and I have also seen inches abbreviated as well. I would agree with you, however, that to avoid any confusion, you'd want to spell out your units (thought spelling out degree(s) would take up a lot of space) and not use a symbolic represetation of such.
 
Originally posted by: Indolent
Originally posted by: Syringer
From.. http://www.skoorbs.com/englishlesson.html

1. The second line of this page reads.. "If your tired of people like me sneering at people like you..." tsk tsk.

Interestingly enough, tip #2 reads..
2. "You're" is the contraction of "you are". You're a buffoon if you continue to use "your" when you mean "you are". If you didn't catch my misuse of "your" above, then you should take this lesson to heart. First though, give yourself a deserved slap.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...

Seems like it was intentional to me... :roll:


Originally posted by: Syringer
2. Tip #5 then reads: "I'm real sorry if you take this personal" is also quite incorrect. "Take" is a verb, however "personal" is an adjective..what he was supposed to use is "personally", which is the adverbial form of personal. Though I'm not sure if this was intentional given the last sentence of this tip..but it's certainly too subtle a thing to intentionalLY put in..so -10 points.
Click to expand...

Of course it was intentional, did you try to comprehend what that first sentence of tip 5 is saying?
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:thumbsup:

I think syringer pwned himself yet again.
 
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