Grammar

cherryghost

In today's society scares me. Anyone? I got a response from Eircom yesterday regarding my internet problems:

Hi, I talked to BB tech suppoirt and the d/cs & nterleaving? settings are ok. Tech support suggested to give then a call, but given your line is clasified amber as we disscussed before, there is very little we can do to improve the service. Mark


I mean seriously... How am I meant to take that seriously when I paid more attention fixing his errors. Or am I crazy?

Yeah, I am.

Pinturicchio

Your first mistake was in your second word. It should be "today's".

MrStuffins

Shouldn't your username start with a capital letter?

The Express

cherryghost wrote: »

In todays society scares me. Anyone? I got a respsonse from Eircom yesterday regarding my internet problems:

Hi, I talked to BB tech suppoirt and the d/cs & nterleaving? settings are ok. Tech support suggested to give then a call, but given your line is clasified amber as we disscussed before, there is very little we can do to improve the service. Mark


I mean seriously... How am I meant to take that seriously when I paid more attention fixing his errors. Or am I crazy?

Yeah, I am.

Indeed.

cherryghost

Forgive me, for I am drunk and retarded.

cherryghost

Ok, but seriously, why do we harass people with bad grammar? I understand txt speak, it's very annoying, but why do people enjoy to point out other people's mistakes?

(God, that took too much concentrating. *stops drinking*)

MrStuffins

cherryghost wrote: »

Forgive me, for I am retarded.

FYP

MrStuffins

cherryghost wrote: »

Ok, but seriously, why do we harass people with bad grammar? I understand txt speak, it's very annoying, but why do people enjoy to point out other people's mistakes?

(God, that took too much concentrating. *stops drinking*)

Shouldn't you be worrying about your drinking problem?

cherryghost

MrStuffins wrote: »

Shouldn't you be worrying about your drinking problem?

What's wrong with a few Captain Morgan and cokes after work?

K-9

Eircom!

You deserve everything you get! I have this company myself:

PhysiologyRocks

My favourite kind of grammar is country grammar.

It sounds like I'm talking about those who live in rural areas.

I am actually making a reference to a rap song by Nelly.

segaBOY

Why didn't you just ask for Jim? He seems to be one of the more helpful of the guys in the office.

bnt

What we have here is a failure to communicate. :cool:

I like grammar, for the simple reason that it allows me to communicate precisely what I mean. In the previous sentence, for example, the comma after "grammar" serves the same function as a slight pause would if I was speaking: it places a slight emphasis on the fact that I like grammar. Sometimes my message is subtle, so I have to use some specific grammatical tricks, such as ... the ellipsis.

In short: we write to communicate a message, and grammar is one of the ways in which we fine-tune that message. If your message is always as blunt as a newspaper headline, and never needs fine-tuning, then you probably don't need grammar. Or punctuation. Or vocabulary. And I don't need to read it. And yes, I know that one should not start English sentences with coordinating conjunctions, but I did it for dramatic effect, so :P.

Dunjohn

cherryghost wrote: »

Ok, but seriously, why do we harass people with bad grammar? I understand txt speak, it's very annoying, but why do people enjoy to point out other people's mistakes?

But.... You just.... This is your thread!

opinion guy

cherryghost wrote: »

In today's society scares me. Anyone? I got a response from Eircom yesterday regarding my internet problems:

Hi, I talked to BB tech suppoirt and the d/cs & nterleaving? settings are ok. Tech support suggested to give then a call, but given your line is clasified amber as we disscussed before, there is very little we can do to improve the service. Mark


I mean seriously... How am I meant to take that seriously when I paid more attention fixing his errors. Or am I crazy?

Yeah, I am.

Aren't those mostly spelling mistakes not grammar mistakes ??


Ah grammar. The one topic where Godwin's Law does not apply

El Weirdo

opinion guy wrote: »

Aren't those mostly spelling mistakes not grammar mistakes ??


Ah grammar. The one topic where Godwin's Law does not apply

You think?

Abrasax

opinion guy wrote: »

Aren't those mostly spelling mistakes not grammar mistakes ??


Ah grammar. The one topic where Godwin's Law does not apply

Is it not tecnically invoked every time the 'Grammer Nazis' step in?

TheZohanS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0O7_3o3BrI

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stovelid

cherryghost wrote: »

Forgive me, for I am drunk and retarded.

Unfortunately, drunkenness is the only temporary condition there.

Benny Lava

I'd like to think that I'm not a grammar Nazi, but it really annoys me when people say "I done that yesterday" or "I seen him yesterday".

Learn to ****ing speak!

bluto63

I knew someone called Grammer once. Ironically, he had fairly poor grammar.

ejmaztec

bluto63 wrote: »

I knew someone called Grammer once. Ironically, he had fairly poor grammar.

...and he probably couldn't spell his name correctly.

FlutterinBantam

bnt wrote: »

What we have here is a failure to communicate. :cool:

I like grammar, for the simple reason that it allows me to communicate precisely what I mean. In the previous sentence, for example, the comma after "grammar" serves the same function as a slight pause would if I was speaking: it places a slight emphasis on the fact that I like grammar. Sometimes my message is subtle, so I have to use some specific grammatical tricks, such as ... the ellipsis.

In short: we write to communicate a message, and grammar is one of the ways in which we fine-tune that message. If your message is always as blunt as a newspaper headline, and never needs fine-tuning, then you probably don't need grammar. Or punctuation. Or vocabulary. And I don't need to read it. And yes, I know that one should not start English sentences with coordinating conjunctions, but I did it for dramatic effect, so :P.

I'd have stuck an auld comma after the 'here' mesell.

ibarelycare

Dunjohn wrote: »

But.... You just.... This is your thread!

I'm confused!

sideshowsue

What gets me is when people write 'taught' when they really meant 'thought'. It totally wrecks my head and makes my eyes bleed.

Xiney

was listening to the radio and the newsreader said that yer man who tried to bomb times square was a "neutralised" american citizen.


neutralised? naturalised, you idiot.

MrStuffins

sideshowsue wrote: »

What gets me is when people write 'taught' when they really meant 'thought'. It totally wrecks my head and makes my eyes bleed.

Yes but there always write when they right a comment, notice that the grammar is wrong, and leave it their!

Editing it would be rude

opinion guy

sideshowsue wrote: »

What gets me is when people write 'taught' when they really meant 'thought'. It totally wrecks my head and makes my eyes bleed.

Are you sure you don't have trachoma ??

sideshowsue

opinion guy wrote: »

Are you sure you don't have trachoma ??

Ebola.

Damo123

cherryghost wrote: »

I mean seriously... How am I meant to take that seriously when I paid more attention fixing his errors.

cherryghost wrote: »

Ok, but seriously, why do we harass people with bad grammar? ...... but why do people enjoy to point out other people's mistakes?

Contradicting yourself..???

stovelid

Damo123 wrote: »

Contradicting yourself..???

It's called turning one's canoe to go with the changing tide.

Overheal

"What you walking about, Tillis?"

dubtom

cherryghost wrote: »

Ok, but seriously, why do we harass people with bad grammar? I understand txt speak, it's very annoying, but why do people enjoy to point out other people's mistakes?

(God, that took too much concentrating. *stops drinking*)

Neck like a jockeys bollix you have.
How do you spell Owned.

Sinfonia

Xiney wrote: »

was listening to the radio and the newsreader said that yer man who tried to bomb times square was a "neutralised" american citizen.


neutralised? naturalised, you idiot.

Nah, they castrated him.

Nulty

Pinturicchio wrote: »

Your first mistake was in your second word. It should be "today's".

Ouch, you beat yourself up much?

Your thinking of the case where the Dolmio man says

"Today's the day"

That means there ought to be an "is" after the "Today".

"Todays newpaper" doesn't have and apostrophe.

(Im in self loathing for pointing this out )

krpc

cherryghost wrote: »

In today's society scares me. Anyone? I got a response from Eircom yesterday regarding my internet problems:

Hi, I talked to BB tech suppoirt and the d/cs & nterleaving? settings are ok. Tech support suggested to give then a call, but given your line is clasified amber as we disscussed before, there is very little we can do to improve the service. Mark

I mean seriously... How am I meant to take that seriously when I paid more attention fixing his errors. Or am I crazy?
Yeah, I am.

cherryghost wrote: »

Forgive me, for I am drunk and retarded.

He gets paid to be a retard. So, technically speaking, who is the smarter person (retard)?

bnt

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

I'd have stuck an auld comma after the 'here' mesell.

It's a movie reference, and I remembered that there was no comma, but I didn't get the rest quite right. Never mind. :rolleyes:

thee glitz

Dunjohn wrote: »

But.... You just.... This is your thread!

Muphry's law strikes again!

James G

Benny Lava wrote: »

I'd like to think that I'm not a grammar Nazi, but it really annoys me when people say "I done that yesterday" or "I seen him yesterday".

Learn to ****ing speak!

+ "I didn't do nothing", makes me facepalm every time.

Liam Byrne

segaBOY wrote: »

Why didn't you just ask for Jim? He seems to be one of the more helpful of the guys in the office.

Jim is a muppet!

He's convinced that after someone has pulled out ALL the wires pressing "reset" will fix everything!

I'm with the OP on the standard of grammar, spelling and punctuation, though

If someone sends me something in "txtspk" they're lucky if I reply asking them to send it again in English.

It's lazy, ignorant and unprofessional.

MrStuffins

James G wrote: »

+ "I didn't do nothing", makes me facepalm every time.

No no, what REALLY gets to me is the use of "Was".

"We wasn't even there, we was somewhere else" etc.

Although it's always on UK tv shows like Eastenders and the like.

krpc

MrStuffins wrote: »

No no, what REALLY gets to me is the use of "Was".

"We wasn't even there, we was somewhere else" etc.

Although it's always on UK tv shows like Eastenders and the like.

Or the removal of "to the" or "the" from a sentence: "I'm goin' shop", "I'm goin' pub."

looksee

Nulty wrote: »

Ouch, you beat yourself up much?

Your thinking of the case where the Dolmio man says

"Today's the day"

That means there ought to be an "is" after the "Today".

"Todays newpaper" doesn't have and apostrophe.

(Im in self loathing for pointing this out )

Sorry, you're wrong, he's right...

bnt wrote: »

What we have here is a failure to communicate. :cool:

I like grammar, for the simple reason that it allows me to communicate precisely what I mean. In the previous sentence, for example, the comma after "grammar" serves the same function as a slight pause would if I was speaking: it places a slight emphasis on the fact that I like grammar. Sometimes my message is subtle, so I have to use some specific grammatical tricks, such as ... the ellipsis.
:P.

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/were.html if you really want to be picky.

Dunjohn

Nulty wrote: »

Ouch, you beat yourself up much?

Your thinking of the case where the Dolmio man says

"Today's the day"

That means there ought to be an "is" after the "Today".

"Todays newpaper" doesn't have and apostrophe.

(Im in self loathing for pointing this out )

It should. Apostrophes denote both the abbreviative s and the possessive s. Without an apostrophe, "todays" is just plural and makes no sense.

Tar.Aldarion

Some candidates for Spell Czechs emerging.

Liam Byrne

Dunjohn wrote: »

It should. Apostrophes denote both the abbreviative s and the possessive s. Without an apostrophe, "todays" is just plural and makes no sense.

+1

I think what confused Nulty is the fact that the word "it" has an exception to the dual-use "possessive" & ".....is"

Today's is correct for both

But

"It's" always means "it is", while
"Its" is used for stuff like "The dog chased its tail"

orourkeda

www.dictionary.com

partyatmygaff

cherryghost wrote: »

In today's society scares me. Anyone? I got a response from Eircom yesterday regarding my internet problems:

Hi, I talked to BB tech suppoirt and the d/cs & nterleaving? settings are ok. Tech support suggested to give then a call, but given your line is clasified amber as we disscussed before, there is very little we can do to improve the service. Mark


I mean seriously... How am I meant to take that seriously when I paid more attention fixing his errors. Or am I crazy?

Yeah, I am.

Hmm...

Erica<3

You're not crazy. Whatever the situation, bad spelling and bad grammar sticks out like a sore thumb to me and it really, really annoys me.

questioner

Erica<3 wrote: »

You're not crazy. Whatever the situation, bad spelling and bad grammar sticks out like a sore thumb to me and it really, really annoys me.

Should that not be "bad spelling and bad grammar stick out like a sore thumb"?