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is it just me, or does poor grammar bother anyone else?

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Old 11-29-2007, 08:58 PM
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perhaps he would prefer a spanking???
 
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Old 12-05-2007, 01:14 AM
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Test Time
ok kid's. get your pencil's out. its time to take the test. now, no looking at your neighbors paper.if i'm pleased with your work, i'll pass out cookie's to the entire class.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/gramm...urals_quiz.htm

David, you can come out of the corner now. i expect you to take the test, too.
Shouldn't be an ' in pencils. You lose.
Oh nevermind, you're just screwing with me.
 
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Old 12-05-2007, 01:16 AM
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i was mocking you when i did my quote!!!!
And I wasn't letting it bother me.
 
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Old 12-05-2007, 02:02 AM
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sumting's rong S4sweetee... i takedda tes butt wen i submarined id all tit says were"we sory butt audi aint da opteeon ta be puting on dis tes" was dat meen?
 
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Old 12-06-2007, 04:50 PM
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I was just looking for a post on this topic so I could rant as well. I think it takes more time for me to think of an incorrect way to spell a word than type the correct one. I don't understand why someone says "cuz" instead of "because" or "wit" instead of "with". Seriously, one more letter makes a correct spelling of the word. Everytime I read a post where someone is completely stupid, I think of the movie Idiocracy with Luke Wilson because I was dumber for having watched it. It also reminds me of Billy Madison's speech on the impact of the Industrial Revolution on America. If our kids keep thinking it's okay to text or e-mail in this way, the harder it will be for them to decide the correct spelling or grammar as they get older. This world is getting ridiculous. Wow, I just broke down our lives based on incorrect spelling in a car forum....neat.
 
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Old 12-06-2007, 10:07 PM
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Well, it's certainly bad practice to type like a moron if you hope to write any good papers in the future. But some people don't value education, I guess. What's really bad is when they're proud of it.
 
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Old 12-07-2007, 08:32 AM
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Iwrite cuz instead of because, because there are 2.33333333333333times as many letters in because.
However,I oftenhave a dictionary website windowopen for other words thatI type so I don't look stupid cuz of misspelling. I'm assumig the reader knows that I know cuz =because.


edited for math, not spelling. originally, i said 2.3333333333 more letters which would indicate and addition problem of 3 + 2.333333333 = 7, and we all know that is incorrect, but times as many would indicate a multiplication problem of 3 x 2.3333333333333 = 7 which is the correct answer....well, it's close. the real answer is: 6.999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999 (i could go on and on and on and on and on)
 
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Old 12-07-2007, 10:05 AM
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I, on the other hand, am a self-professed cunninglinguist, and type non-standard ways of misrenouncing standard words (oft-times in languages OTHER than American-English, just to show how cunning my linguistical abilities trooly am), JUST to show how rilly, rilly KOO I B!!!
 
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Old 12-08-2007, 09:21 PM
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You could've just written 2.333... and been exactly right with fewer characters (because three digits followed by ... indicates a repeating decimal). Or you could've just written 2.33 originally and assumed we knew about the arcane art of rounding. But you decided to go the extra mile just to be wrong. I guess it's cool, if you're into that. :P
 
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Old 12-09-2007, 01:54 PM
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But you decided to go the extra mile just to be wrong. I guess it's cool, if you're into that. :P
no, mister graduate student, teaching assistant, i went the extra mile to be cool!!
look how cool i am NOW!!
2.333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 333333333333333333333333333333333
33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 333333333333333333333333333333333
 


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