Point out Spelling/Grammar mistakes = B A N

useful_contacts

So seen as saying "yore me" can get you a ban

Shouldnt there be a ban for people who come on a thread just to point out spelling/ grammar mistakes in the opening post, its just very irritating(thats prob spelled wrong too:D)

???

AlmightyCushion

What do those quotes have to do with correcting grammar? We should ban pointless quoting too.

kraggy

This is a stupid thread and poll.

It's "So seeing as..." not "So seen as" :rolleyes:

useful_contacts

No you should know how to spell

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

What do those quotes have to do with correcting grammar? We should ban pointless quoting too.

which quotes?

Senna

No you should know how to spell

I dont like it very much but i normally feel more sorry for the poster that pointed it out, way too much time on their hands. Especially when its a small error.

AlmightyCushion

useful_contacts wrote: »

which quotes?

Sorry they must have been in your sig. Long day. I should go to bed.

useful_contacts

No you should know how to spell

kraggy wrote: »

It's "So seeingasl..." not "seen as" :rolleyes:

oh really...:D

kraggy

This is a stupid thread and poll.

useful_contacts wrote: »

oh really...:D

He he. That was a 30 sec mistake. You got in at just the right time!

useful_contacts

No you should know how to spell

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Sorry they must have been in your sig. Long day. I should go to bed.

oh they were, had to make them shorter:)Thems the rules:)

note: grammar error was done on purpose

kraggy

This is a stupid thread and poll.

useful_contacts wrote: »

oh they were, had to make them shorter:)Thems the rules:)

note: grammar error was dont on purpose

Like that spelling mistake?!

useful_contacts

No you should know how to spell

kraggy wrote: »

He he. That was a 30 sec mistake. You got in at just the right time!

ya i just copped!! Go me:D

useful_contacts

No you should know how to spell

kraggy wrote: »

Like that spelling mistake?!

ok NOW YOUR JUST STALKING ME:D

kraggy

This is a stupid thread and poll.

useful_contacts wrote: »

ok NOW YOUR JUST STALKING ME:D

It's "you're" not "your".

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

This is a stupid thread and poll.

Pointing out a tyop*, yes. A spelling mistake, no.

*deliberate, now piss off.

useful_contacts

No you should know how to spell

kraggy wrote: »

It's "you're" not "your".

my head hurts:(

davyjose

This is a stupid thread and poll.

I <something> people who spell wrong, their point just doesn't come across with the same impact that it should.

(Wait, should that have been a comma or a semi-colon? Damn you 5th class English teacher A.K.A, Mr. O'Brien)

(Wait, should that "A.K.A." have been capitalised? Bah, my mind is melting!)

(Wait, does "B'ah" have an apostrophe in it? Damn you inventor of the English language!)

(Wait ... nope, that last sentence was perfect.)

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

This is a stupid thread and poll.

davyjose wrote: »

I feel people who spell wrong, their point just doesn't come across with the same impact that it should.

(Wait, should that have been a comma or a semi-colon? Damn you 5th class English teacher A.K.A, Mr. O'Brien)

(Wait, should that "A.K.A." have been capitalised? Bah, my mind is melting!)

(Wait, does "B'ah" have an apostrophe in it? Damn you inventor of the English language!)

(Wait ... nope, that last sentence was perfect.)

1 - A comma.
2 - No, and without the full stops.
3 - Meh... your word, your call.

K-9

davyjose wrote: »

I feel people who spell wrong

OK, feelings are good. Be in touch with your feelings.

Do not touch people who spell wrong though. It will catch.

seanybiker

No you should know how to spell

spelling doesn't bother me at all. The only thing the annoys me is text talk and people who go around annoying people about their grammar. I do find it funny sometimes though when a poster makes a point about another post and then when they get a reply and can't think of anything smart to say, they just use the old "I'm not going to reply to that because you cant spell" why dont they just admit that they just got "owned" and feel stupid about it and cant help but nitpick to make themselves feel superior

afatbollix

yer ma cant be banned


im meeting her in a hour....
you just ruined my night

davyjose

This is a stupid thread and poll.

Seanies32 wrote: »

OK, feelings are good. Be in touch with your feelings.

Do not touch people who spell wrong though. It will catch.

You know what? I can't even figure out what I was supposed to have said there. Lol

javaboy

Correcting grammar is fine if it's for comic effect. And no, simply making someone feel stupid is not comic effect. I mean actually funny like this awesomeness: Link which was all the funnier because I got accused of being a grammar Nazi.

It's also fair game to correct someone if they make a mistake while correcting someone else's grammar. (see Muphry's Law) This is especially true if they spell grammar with an "e".

davyjose

This is a stupid thread and poll.

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

2 - No, and without the full stops.

I think it should have been captitalised, and punctuated, being an acronym, and all.

And 'bah' is in the dictionary.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

This is a stupid thread and poll.

davyjose wrote: »

I think it should have been captitalised, and punctuated, being an acronym, and all.

And 'bah' is in the dictionary.

Acronyms and abbrevaitions aren't automatically 'full-stopped'. And it's not capitalised ("also known as" not "also. known. as.")

Epic Tissue

No you should know how to spell

Yes! If done in an egotistical way - which is 99.99% of the time. I think I have seen people with grammar Nazi sigs. They should be banned too.

The_B_Man

No you should know how to spell

I'd never correct grammar or spelling, unless i couldn't understand what they were saying. even a typo like "gramammdfgkjer" would be fine as long as i knew they were talking about "grammar". language is all about people understanding what each other are saying, not about perfect spelling and punctuation.

get with it loike!

Sofaspud

"headwrecking", not headwreaking.

Insect Overlord

This is a stupid thread and poll.

Woah, terrible sensation of déja-vu there. This debate has been done to death.

Usually it ends up as follows:

1) In general, spell-czeching and grammar-nazi behaviour are rude and may be shunned
2) If a post is obviously not proof-read, or is littered with basic errors, ridicule may ensue
3) Consideration should be given to posters who may be dyslexic
4) Wiki link to Muphry's Law
5) Flame-war
6) Thread locked after mix of flames and re-runs of old arguments.

Epic Tissue wrote:

Yes! If done in an egotistical way - which is 99.99% of the time. I think I have seen people with grammar Nazi sigs. They should be banned too.

I so want one of those sigs :cool:

useful_contacts

No you should know how to spell

Sofaspud wrote: »

"headwrecking", not headwreaking.

its the way i spell it, always have- thats not gonna change!!!

K-9

Oh Good God.


I've lost the will to live!

Is it to live or am I Live?

Kold

This is a stupid thread and poll.

It's annoying but so is an incoherent post. You do indeed need to brush up on your English.

useful_contacts

No you should know how to spell

Kold wrote: »

It's annoying but so is an incoherent post. You do indeed need to brush up on your English.

its the way it talk

doesnt bother me

deal with it

Kold

This is a stupid thread and poll.

useful_contacts wrote: »

its the way it talk

doesnt bother me

deal with it

"It's the way I talk. It doesn't bother me. I suggest, good sir, that you find a way to deal with it."

And I wager any man that I can have useful_contacts pass for a lady with some elocution lessons.

Insect Overlord

This is a stupid thread and poll.

useful_contacts wrote: »

its the way it talk

doesnt bother me

deal with it

Fact!

useful_contacts

No you should know how to spell

Kold wrote: »

"It's the way I talk. It doesn't bother me. I suggest, good sir, that you find a way to deal with it."

And I wager any man that I can have useful_contacts pass for a lady with some elocution lessons.

i dont want to be a lady im quite happy as a lass thank you!!

Dudess

This is a stupid thread and poll.

It wrecks my head - poor grammar/spelling/punctuation, not the pointing out of it. But most of the time, I don't see a need for pointing it out. Every time I see a "should of went" I grit my teeth and read on.
However, when people write long streams of words without any punctuation whatsoever... I can't hold it in. It looks imbecilic.

Snowie

No you should know how to spell

I try hard to, spell properly and punctuate correctly. But it allways confused me in school. Ive got that issue's with spelling I try to spell the word how it sounds insted of its true meaning. dyslexia, as a result of dyslexia i find it hard enough to get everything i want to say out of my head, then to consintrate on punctuation.. take's a solid 5 minites per post on averadge. but i found out that mozilla has a spell/ grammer checker which I want to add so then there will be no stoping...

Dudess

This is a stupid thread and poll.

I should have added it's usually easy to tell when a person has dyslexia and I wasn't including such people in my post above at all. It's quite upsetting to see people make fun of those with dyslexia.

robinph

I can't figure out which option to go for in the poll, both choices are asking the same thing.

Snowie

No you should know how to spell

i was'nt saying anything about your post i was throwing my 2cents in...

People slag my spelling all the time i slag there lack of imagination....:)

giggsy664

This is a stupid thread and poll.

useful_contacts wrote: »

So seen as saying "yore me" can get you a ban

Shouldnt there be a ban for people who come on a thread just to point out spelling/ grammar mistakes in the opening post, its just very irritating(thats prob spelled wrong too:D)

???

Guess who got banned for saying yore ma.

Me.

IsMiseConor

This is a stupid thread and poll.

Yore Ma!!!

Go and ban me then, I dare you...

Dragan

This is a stupid thread and poll.

useful_contacts wrote: »

So seen as saying "yore me" can get you a ban

Shouldnt there be a ban for people who come on a thread just to point out spelling/ grammar mistakes in the opening post, its just very irritating(thats prob spelled wrong too:D)

???

No. I am not the strongest of spellers and sometimes posts are rushed due to work. There can be quite obvious mistakes but the simple fact of the matter is that if i am expected other people to read what i am posting then i should have the common courtesy to make a small bit of effort.

Quazzie

No you should know how to spell

IsMiseConor wrote: »

Yore Ma!!!

Go and ban me then, I dare you...

Ha


\grabs popcorn and sits back for the show!

stovelid

No you should know how to spell

No pointing out minor mistakes, but full opprobrium for text-speak.

Also if the second post in a non-muppet thread is a snide grammar correction, it should be a banning offence.

constitutionus

No you should know how to spell

really depends what mood im in.

at first it was headwrecking but after a while i saw it as kinda self affirming.

its nice to know however badly i feel about myself at times im not sad enough to be one of them.

lets be honest these blokes - and yes we all know its blokes that do this- have probably have never seen a pussy in their lives.

Terry

robinph wrote: »

I can't figure out which option to go for in the poll, both choices are asking the same thing.

That's sorted now.

IsMiseConor wrote: »

Yore Ma!!!

Go and ban me then, I dare you...

Done.

I've no idea what the OP is asking for.

Dragan

This is a stupid thread and poll.

constitutionus wrote: »

lets be honest these blokes - and yes we all know its blokes that do this- have probably have never seen a pussy in their lives.

Well if it's blokes that do it, and we all know that a decent percentage of blokes watch soccer then i am willing to bet that they see at least 22 pussies most Saturdays.

ejmaztec

I think that there should be a spolling chicker on boards.

Biggins

Everywan makies mistakeis, at sum time. A ban tis a tad too munch!

...hic..gottle of gear, wheris ma gottle of bear...!
I thinks me dunk!

Smart Bug

This is a stupid thread and poll.

Hi, my name is Smart Bug and I am a grammar and spelling Nazi.

I can't frikkin' stand it when I see un-capitalised, miss-spelled uno-sentence-paragraph posts. Makes my head hurt & my eyes bleed tears of annoyance and terror.