Learn English with Pighead

Pighead · 30-09-2005 06:59PM #1

Bad punctuation,terrible grammar,text speak and awful spelling.What on earth is going on.Has the subject of English been taken off the sylabus?Don't get me wrong Pighead is prone to the odd error every now and again and i'm sure one of you eagle eye cherrys will point out all my mistakes with glee,but lets be fair the queens english is being butchered in After Hours.Murdered even
So with that in mind Pighead shall pass down hios wisdom and give some tips for the youngsters.No talking at the back please

Its - belonging to it.
E.g. "We didn't see its appeal until MAJD started a forum for it."
Unusual since apostrophes usually indicate the possessive - this form is an exception because of the following:

It's - contraction of 'it is'.
E.g. "It's time to ban Pighead."

Of - belonging to (a thing or collection), or characteristic.
E.g. "This is the first of many lessons i shall be dishing out", "Of course we all know that nobody will listen."

Off - the opposite of "on".
E.g. "Get off my boards or I'll shoot you with this gun said the Administrator to poor Pighead."

There - a location, or an event descriptor.
E.g. "The Feedback Forum is over there", "There were many posts today villifying poor Gordon."

Their - belonging to them.
E.g. "Spammers are being told to pull their socks up.Their posts are improving steadily."

They're - contraction of 'they are'.
E.g. "They're all to get access to the sex and sexuality forum because they're smut merchants."

AND LAST BUT DEFINITELY DEFINITELY DEFINITELY NOT LEAST

Your - belonging to you.
E.g. "Pighead your posts makes me want to vomit,get a life you loser"

You're - contraction of 'you are'.
E.g. "You're driving me crazy but i love you and i want to marry me,you're eyes are like moonlit lakes and i like you're shoulders too."

Giblet sticky this for me when you get a chance.Good lad.Talk soon buddies(or is it buddys)?

eth0_ · 30-09-2005 07:02PM

I love you.

Nala · 30-09-2005 07:05PM

Sorry, I couldn't resist...

Pighead wrote:

sylabus

Syllabus.

Pighead wrote:

lets

Let's.

Sorry!

Rhyme · 30-09-2005 07:05PM

I love language... and Pighead

Endurance Man · 30-09-2005 07:05PM

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fade2black · 30-09-2005 07:06PM

Let's all add to this.

People lose things...they don't loose things.

Pighead · 30-09-2005 07:07PM

Nala wrote:

Sorry, I couldn't resist...

Syllabus.

Let's.

Sorry!

Apologies not needed.I intend to use this thread to Learn English with Pighead too.The important thing here is i've learned from my mistake.Thank you Nala

Gileadi · 30-09-2005 07:08PM

Gileadi finds no point to this post

is_that_so · 30-09-2005 07:10PM

Gileadi wrote:

Gileadi finds no point to this post

You have no need for guidance on the path to grammar enlightenment.

Nala · 30-09-2005 07:11PM

Pighead wrote:

Apologies not needed.I intend to use this thread to Learn English with Pighead too.The important thing here is i've learned from my mistake.Thank you Nala

Anytime, my friend.

Peteee · 30-09-2005 07:11PM

Pighead wrote:

You're - contraction of 'you are'.
E.g. "You're driving me crazy but i love you and i want to marry me,you're eyes are like moonlit lakes and i like you're shoulders too."

Knowing you this is tongue in cheek but that says

"You are driving me crazy but i love you and i want to marry me,you are eyes are like moonlit lakes and i like you are shoulders too."

Which of course is horribly wrong. Also put spaces after you full stops!!!!

If its all sarcasm, then I tip my hat to you

zAbbo · 30-09-2005 07:12PM

The most overused mistake on boards is alot.

Easy way to remember it, try saying alittle

jezza · 30-09-2005 07:14PM

i actually LOVE YA now pighead...

Mr.Nice Guy · 30-09-2005 07:20PM

r u kidin mee!!? dis iz da best. thx!

Pighead · 30-09-2005 07:21PM

fade2black wrote:

Let's all add to this.

People lose things...they don't loose things.

Brilliant.That one really irks me.

Lose - the act of losing.
E.g. "Gordon sighed as he realised he was doomed to lose the debate."

Loose - the condition of not being tight.
E.g. "Loose political morals allowed Pighead out of prison."

CrimE · 30-09-2005 07:21PM

Pighead = Everything to all men.

Atlas_IRL · 30-09-2005 07:22PM

So with that in mind Pighead shall pass down hios wisdom

jezza · 30-09-2005 07:22PM

Dose (does) and wired (weird) pis5 me off good 2!

Pighead · 30-09-2005 07:23PM

Peteee wrote:

Knowing you this is tongue in cheek but that says

"You are driving me crazy but i love you and i want to marry me,you are eyes are like moonlit lakes and i like you are shoulders too."

Which of course is horribly wrong. Also put spaces after you full stops!!!!

If its all sarcasm, then I tip my hat to you

Well spotted Peteee.In future though Pighead would appreciate if you Pm'd him with any queries regarding mistakes in posts.I"M MORTIFIED!The force is strong with this Peteee.The student has become the master

CrimE · 30-09-2005 07:25PM

Pighead wrote:

Well spotted Peteee.In future though Pighead would appreciate if you Pm'd him with any queries regarding mistakes in posts.I"M MORTIFIED!The force is strong with this Peteee.The student has become the master -> . <-

Spaces after full stops pighead. Baby steps I suppose...

nesf · 30-09-2005 07:27PM

I'll take it that it's for satirical effect that there's so many typos and grammatical mistakes?

is_that_so · 30-09-2005 07:28PM

and then "their" is "where" as in

"where where you?"

Pighead · 30-09-2005 07:30PM

Atlas_IRL wrote:

So with that in mind Pighead shall pass down hios wisdom

Ah Jesus this is just getting ridiculous now.Ignore Pighead,tell him to practice what he preaches before he gets on his high horse.
Actually scrap that,quitters never win and winners never quit so:

Defence - the action of defending something.
E.g. "Pigheads defence of his reputation was pretty flimsy"

Defense - the mechanism of defending something.
E.g. "In Gordons defence it was said with tongue in cheek."

Decent - good or wholesome.
E.g. "That's a decent point Atlas."

Descent - the act of descending.
E.g. "After 10,000 feet Pighead and Beruthial slowed and began their romantic descent."

pickarooney · 30-09-2005 07:32PM

Peteee wrote:

Knowing you this is tongue in cheek but that says

"You are driving me crazy but i love you and i want to marry me,you are eyes are like moonlit lakes and i like you are shoulders too."

Which of course is horribly wrong. Also put spaces after you full stops!!!!

If its all sarcasm, then I tip my hat to you

Gotta luv dat ironical 'its'.

is_that_so · 30-09-2005 07:32PM

Pighead wrote:

Defense - the mechanism of defending something.
E.g. "In Gordons defence it was said with tongue in cheek."

Oops Gordon's

Pighead · 30-09-2005 07:34PM

nesf wrote:

I'll take it that it's for satirical effect that there's so many typos and grammatical mistakes?

Miss nesf(sic) I am sorry but you are wrong!Employ one of your staff to take note of any future Pighead posts and you will see the grammatical mistakes will have reduced quite significantly.
Thus this thread is merited.

Hagar · 30-09-2005 07:35PM

Pighead, I take my hat off to you Sir.
You are Zen-like in your Pigheadedness.

pickarooney · 30-09-2005 07:37PM

Pighead wrote:

Ah Jesus this is just getting ridiculous now.Ignore Pighead,tell him to practice what he preaches before he gets on his high horse.
Actually scrap that,quitters never win and winners never quit so:

Defence - the action of defending something.
E.g. "Pigheads defence of his reputation was pretty flimsy"

Defense - the mechanism of defending something.
E.g. "In Gordons defence it was said with tongue in cheek."

Decent - good or wholesome.
E.g. "That's a decent point Atlas."

Descent - the act of descending.
E.g. "After 10,000 feet Pighead and Beruthial slowed and began their romantic descent."

Ah now Piggy, everyone knows 'defense' is an American word meaning 'legitimate use of health and education budget' .

nesf · 30-09-2005 07:48PM

Pighead wrote:

Miss nesf(sic) I am sorry but you are wrong!Employ one of your staff to take note of any future Pighead posts and you will see the grammatical mistakes will have reduced quite significantly.
Thus this thread is merited.

This isn't your blog, and I'm not a miss, darling.

Giblet · 30-09-2005 07:48PM

You should also put a space after any punctuation, like so.

CrimE · 30-09-2005 07:56PM

Classic,

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