Re: Free grammar lessons!
This thread is better than my grammar book.
This thread is better than my grammar book.
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Re: Free grammar lessons!
First I have to tell you to read the stickies and now I have to tell you to read the rules?
Reaper...
--Guido
Originally posted by GrandiagodComment
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Re: Free grammar lessons!
Really? Ok, I'm curious, can you link me to where someone has stated that in the rules?
I honestly believed that it was not a rule to have to type completely and grammatically correct.
See, the closest I can find is:
But that only warrants a warning, and is not a bannable offense. Also, it's a frequent usage. So it's not really a rule to always be using good grammar / spelling.Frequent use of text speak (omissions and substitutions of letters in words in order to shorten them; excessive use of Internet acronyms).
Though that's just my interpretation of that. You tell me otherwise, or if I've missed something?Last edited by TheRapingDragon; 03-7-2007, 04:15 PM.Comment
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Re: Free grammar lessons!
Not completely correct, no, but nobody ever suggested that. "Excessive use of shorthand" is a warnable offense.
--Guido
Originally posted by GrandiagodComment
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Re: Free grammar lessons!
I already edited my post as you were posting.
Like I said in it, yes, it's a warnable offence. But is it really a rule that you must always use good spelling and grammar? That to me is more of a guideline, you don't have to always follow it.
A rule you must always follow.
People break spelling / grammar all the time, yet they aren't warned (to my knowledge, PM's are beyond my knowledge) or really reprimanded for doing it, because it's generally accepted in small doses.
Still, as you can see, I follow it haha.Comment
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Re: Free grammar lessons!
Idea:That's because I aspire to be a teacher.
If only it were a higher-paying job, then I'd totally do it.
Write a grammar book for schools. You'd be teaching people how to use English and get good money if colleges and high schools use it.
Just a suggestion.
Squeek's Comprehensive Overview of the Formalities of Written English.Last edited by RandomPscho; 03-7-2007, 04:55 PM.Comment
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Re: Free grammar lessons!
@Reaper: If you get a warning and keep doing it, you can get banned. Just because the punishment isn't an outright ban doesn't mean it's any less of a rule, anyway.
And I DO PM people if they use excessively bad speech. Typically it never gets to the ban stage (though it has before, especially in CT, where it's more heavily enforced).
@Pscho: Yeah, Squeek does love all the formalities of written English. =)
--Guido
Originally posted by GrandiagodComment
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Re: Free grammar lessons!
Point taken.
Well, I did say I didn't know, so I wasn't presuming or anything, I know you do a good job man, no worries.And I DO PM people if they use excessively bad speech. Typically it never gets to the ban stage (though it has before, especially in CT, where it's more heavily enforced).Comment
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Re: Free grammar lessons!
We take every situation into account. We're not going to ban some guy just for not speaking English as his first language.
Not helping your argument is the fact that several people from countries where English is NOT the primary language get along just fine on our forums. There's a significant difference between making occasional errors because you learned another language first, and just typing like a moron because properly typing out words is some how horribly time-consuming and inconvenient. The latter is what we are trying to prevent.
Also, we don't just ban people because they rape English. As has been previously stated, people are warned for certain offenses, and if those people choose to ignore their warning, we ban them.Comment
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