Bad English In Thread Titles

Thread titles? Do they count for anything?

Cheers,

Jim

 

Rippon;

yOu need a life. :laugh:

 

Yea, I thought you'd catch that. :type: :tongue3:

 

If one learns to speak English properly, he doesn't have to even think about grammar when either speaking or writing. It should just flow evenly.

Cheers,

Jim

 

Then why do you begin your statement with the subject "one" in your inroductory clause, then change it to "he?"

 

The sentence is quite correct.

Cheers,

Jim

 

Inroductory clause-- an inroad where many ducks are hatched, watched over eagerly by a bobcat who sits in ambush ready to pounce and use his claws to capture them.

 

A common one which gets me is "Calvanist" instead of "Calvinist". And there have been several thread titles over the years referring to the "Diety of Christ", on which I always wish to post "Scripture is silent as to what the Lord generally ate; we do know however that John the Baptist's diet consisted of locusts and honey."

 

This constant pointing out of typos and such stinks of a superiority complex in my opinion. I sincerely hope that new posters won't be turned off by their grammatical mistakes being pointed out. It's one thing to laugh about common misuses (like 'supposebly' and the like), but to keep pointing out all the mistakes is a bit of an overkill. This will be my last post in this thread because I find it to be just plain rude.

 

One of those thread headers originally posted is mine.:smilewinkgrin:

The way I look at it, the days of being critiqued (its a miracle if I spelled that correctly) and graded ended with high school. The objective on discussion boards is to use words to get your point across...period.

Now...having said that, I do object to only one thing.

This...

"wen u r riting like this cuz u r used 2 that silly texting thing" :laugh:

I'll call somebody on that every time....

"We are not 8 year olds here! Post like an adult!"


But normal typos, misspelled words, or errors in grammar?

A complete non issue on a discussion board. On job a application? Yes. Discussion board, no.


:godisgood:

 

I work part-time at a public school. The state health department found coliform in the water system and forced the district to stop using the water for drinking. All the water fountains were shut off and posted with DO NOT DRINK THE WATER signs.

On one of the signs a student scribbled "There is fecies in the water". Beneath it another wrote, "There may be stuff in the water but there is no i in feces." :thumbs:

The principal would usually replace a sign that was defaced. He decided that graffiti in his school should, at least, be spelled correctly.

 

One time-------while at my uncle's Dairy Farm---------------I took a good "swig" of water from the water hose that was laying down on the milk parlor room floor-----and I got deathly ill--------does that count????:laugh::laugh: