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Hypothetical : ME/HORSE clash
Harmony26:
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--- Quote from: Bainn on August 12, 2009, 17:03:58 PM ---
--- Quote from: Laxie on August 12, 2009, 16:46:11 PM ---
Sigh. That"s 5 minutes of my life I"ll never get back. Cheers!
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Indeed, every second counts when you reach a certain age like Laxie.
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OMG!!! Says the Lad trapped in the 60"s. Cheeky pup.
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LOL He won"t have lentil soup though Laxie!
Harmony26:
--- Quote from: MintTrav on August 12, 2009, 16:35:39 PM ---
--- Quote from: Bainn on August 12, 2009, 16:19:23 PM ---
Sigh.
An "Apostrophe", not a "Comma".
You see, standards ARE slipping.
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It is an apostrophe, not a comma, but both are incorrect. PA"s is possessive, as in my PA"s typing error.
PAs is simply a plural. If you wish to be pedantic (and who doesn"t?), you could argue for abbreviation points after the P and the A, but the more informal PA is in common usage and reads better.
--- Quote from: Claw75 on August 12, 2009, 16:18:08 PM ---
worst grammar-correcting post ever ;D
(is my hyphen ok there?)
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Yes
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Isn"t the correct word to use here "pedantry"?
Bainn:
--- Quote from: AMRN on August 12, 2009, 17:02:11 PM ---
This thread contains a question that is actually pretty important - hope the fanatical attenion to grammar doesn"t make the thread unreadable and therefore lose the original question.
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You are suggesting that the correct use of grammar is not important?
duke3016:
Always avoid alliteration.
Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
Avoid cliches like the plague--they"re old hat.
Employ the vernacular.
Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary. Parenthetical words however must be enclosed in commas.
It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
Contractions aren"t necessary.
Do not use a foreign word when there is an adequate English quid pro quo.
One should never generalize.
Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."
Comparisons are as bad as cliches.
Don"t be redundant; don"t use more words than necessary; it"s highly superfluous.
It behooves you to avoid archaic expressions.
Avoid archaeic spellings too.
Understatement is always best.
Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
One-word sentences? Eliminate. Always!
Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
The passive voice should not be used.
Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.
Don"t repeat yourself, or say again what you have said before.
Who needs rhetorical questions?
Don"t use commas, that, are not, necessary.
Do not use hyperbole; not one in a million can do it effectively.
Never use a big word when a diminutive alternative would suffice.
Subject and verb always has to agree.
Be more or less specific.
Placing a comma between subject and predicate, is not correct.
Use youre spell chekker to avoid mispeling and to catch typograhpical errers.
Don"t repeat yourself, or say again what you have said before.
Don"t be redundant.
Use the apostrophe in it"s proper place and omit it when its not needed.
Don"t never use no double negatives.
Poofread carefully to see if you any words out.
Hopefully, you will use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them.
Eschew obfuscation.
No sentence fragments.
Don"t indulge in sesquipedalian lexicological constructions.
A writer must not shift your point of view.
Don"t overuse exclamation marks!!
Place pronouns as close as possible, especially in long sentences, as of 10 or more words, to their antecedents.
Writing carefully, dangling participles must be avoided.
If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is.
Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky.
Everyone should be careful to use a singular pronoun with singular nouns in their writing.
Always pick on the correct idiom.
The adverb always follows the verb.
Take the bull by the hand and avoid mixing metaphors.
If you reread your work, you can find on rereading a great deal of repetition can be by rereading and editing.
And always be sure to finish what you
Laxie:
START! Sigh.
Des, for the love of God...make it STOP!!!
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