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waggy

waggy

No Lifer
Dec 14, 2000
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Originally posted by: eelw
What's wrong with having proper English? Getting sick of all this netspeak that has invaded most discussion forums.
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U 2!? :D
 
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Yossarian

Lifer
Dec 26, 2000
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Anyone with such a draconian admin policy on a goddam internet message board is an anal-retentive control freak douchebag.
 
preslove

preslove

Lifer
Sep 10, 2003
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HELP ME!!!! MY CAPS LOCK IS STUCK AND I CAN'T TURN IT OFF!!!!!!!!!111111!!!!!!!

PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!!!!!! SOMEONE HELP ME!!!!!1
 
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OdiN

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Mar 1, 2000
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Originally posted by: shadowplay
To ALL Members,

I am writing this post to ask you to do me a favor, I have noticed many posts that have many spelling mistakes and general mistakes such as typing to fast and having words not typed properly. Here is an example:

"Ih ave bee n on dialysis f or 3 years." (This really bothers me, this is just being careless)

I am asking ALL of our members to please have pride in our site and do 2 things before you hit that "Post" button, 1) Please use the "Spell Check" button for every post and 2) Please go through your post and fix any mistakes. Let's set an example for future members by having pride in our site. I am getting tired of seeing members post so carelessly. If you do not start taking pride in your posts and I see many spacing errors and mis-spelled words I will simply delete that post. I do not want it to come to that so I am asking you to please have pride in YOUR post, it only takes an extra few seconds to spell check and correct any other mistakes.

I hope you understand that we are here to help US and OTHERS and I want people who are looking for help to be able to read your posts and understand them.

I am also asking that you REPLY to this thread to confirm that you have indeed read this and understand the new rules. I will start deleting posts if I need to.

Thank you,

Epoman
Owner/Admin
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Maybe he should have made that "typing too fast"

Post that and he = owned.
 
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shadowplay

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Quote from: OdiN on Today at 02:22:58 PM

Maybe if you are going to be the grammar police you should fix this post.

"typing to fast" should be "typing too fast"

Also the number two should be written out "do 2 things" should be "do two things"

Also the first comma after favor should be a period.

The sentence in the parenthesis should have a period at the end. Putting it in parenthesis doesn't make it special.

Oh and misspelled has no hyphen.

There are other formatting issues but I'm not going to waste my time with them.
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Response from Epoman:

Wow! what a great FIRST post, Welcome to the board. It's too bad that the first words out of your mouth is to talk ****** to the owner of the site who works his ass off trying to keep this place running. But you can't understand that can you, since you have no problem bad mouthing the admin.
I never said I was perfect and in fact my posts have mistakes too, I'm not looking for perfection just asking my members to try to do their best, as I try to do. Even though my posts are not perfect they are still able to be understood.

But regardless of that fact I just can't believe this is your first post. What a way to make a first impression.

- Epoman
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Hyperblaze

Lifer
May 31, 2001
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Originally posted by: shadowplay
Quote from: OdiN on Today at 02:22:58 PM

Maybe if you are going to be the grammar police you should fix this post.

"typing to fast" should be "typing too fast"

Also the number two should be written out "do 2 things" should be "do two things"

Also the first comma after favor should be a period.

The sentence in the parenthesis should have a period at the end. Putting it in parenthesis doesn't make it special.

Oh and misspelled has no hyphen.

There are other formatting issues but I'm not going to waste my time with them.
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Response from Epoman:

Wow! what a great FIRST post, Welcome to the board. It's too bad that the first words out of your mouth is to talk ****** to the owner of the site who works his ass off trying to keep this place running. But you can't understand that can you, since you have no problem bad mouthing the admin.
I never said I was perfect and in fact my posts have mistakes too, I'm not looking for perfection just asking my members to try to do their best, as I try to do. Even though my posts are not perfect they are still able to be understood.

But regardless of that fact I just can't believe this is your first post. What a way to make a first impression.

- Epoman
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Okay, I have to ask. How old are you? You might of mentioned it earlier, I'm just not interested in reading through all the history.
 
Kadarin

Kadarin

Lifer
Nov 23, 2001
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Anal-retentive control freak forum admins vs. subliterate pimple-farming, Ritalin-popping spoiled children... FIGHT!
 
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PokerGuy

Lifer
Jul 2, 2005
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Sounds like someone who has an extremely big stick up their butt. Why the heck does anyone care if one of 100 or so members makes spelling mistakes? Sounds like he's a dolt to me.....
 
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otispunkmeyer

Lifer
Jun 14, 2003
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i think he should hire some of the gramma and spelling nazi's from this forum...then he would be set.

not really a big deal, kinda funny he used to instead of too, in a post telling everyone to have good english, but its still readable. its a good idea really, the english on this forum is pretty good, i havent had trouble reading posts at any time. if theres a problem with bad english at his place then its a good idea that benefits everyone
 
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AlienCraft

Lifer
Nov 23, 2002
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Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
Originally posted by: shadowplay
To ALL Members,

I am writing this post to ask you to do me a favor, I have noticed many posts that have many spelling mistakes and general mistakes such as typing to fast and having words not typed properly. Here is an example:

"Ih ave bee n on dialysis f or 3 years." (This really bothers me, this is just being careless)

I am asking ALL of our members to please have pride in our site and do 2 things before you hit that "Post" button, 1) Please use the "Spell Check" button for every post and 2) Please go through your post and fix any mistakes. Let's set an example for future members by having pride in our site. I am getting tired of seeing members post so carelessly. If you do not start taking pride in your posts and I see many spacing errors and mis-spelled words I will simply delete that post. I do not want it to come to that so I am asking you to please have pride in YOUR post, it only takes an extra few seconds to spell check and correct any other mistakes.

I hope you understand that we are here to help US and OTHERS and I want people who are looking for help to be able to read your posts and understand them.

I am also asking that you REPLY to this thread to confirm that you have indeed read this and understand the new rules. I will start deleting posts if I need to.

Thank you,

Epoman
Owner/Admin
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i think maybe he meant "too fast".

the whole post makes more sense that way. ;)
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Clean one's one house before criticsizing another's, eh?

 
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gwlam12

Diamond Member
Apr 4, 2001
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It is important to use proper grammar and proper spelling in our posts. The more we read sentences with grammatical errors and spelling mistakes, the more we believe it to be correct.

How do you think kids will end up if they grew up reading these forums rather than books they get from the library?
 
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SampSon

Diamond Member
Jan 3, 2006
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You're harping on the spelling/grammar of sick people on dialysis? Have a little compassion.
 
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markgm

Diamond Member
Aug 23, 2001
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Im glad taht someoen is having proide in a site. I thikn thatwe'd do well to do somethign like that here to.
 
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letdown427

Golden Member
Jan 3, 2006
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The OP should problem edit in a slightly more specific message informing us that that text is a quote from another site. Upon fist reading it, I agreed whole heartedly with the second post ;)

However, as a considerate forum member, I read the whole thread first, and now am posting in my bestest English :);) Go Team!

And if I may be so bold, lol @ OdiN
 
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