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Calling All Grammar Nazi's

shelliewnj said:
People must think I'm mad all the time. I always use punctuation in my text messaging, instant messages, etc.
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All Nexus owners must sound permanently ticked off, given how inexplicably hard Google make it to add line feeds to SMS.

Have to admit, I usually use a period before a line feed anyway ..

(and often two :D)

But my take away from that report? Kids are sooo touchy these days :rolleyes:
 
zuben el genub said:
Here's another change:
The Period, Our Simplest Punctuation Mark, Has Become a Sign of Anger | New Republic

Wonder what H. L. Mencken would write today?
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this doesn't surprise me at all (pause) because something i caught the grand girls doing (pause) lately is speaking with pauses (pause) that are completely unnatural because (pause) all of their friends do it and (pause) no one seems to listen to (pause) them and so this way (pause) they can to keep you (pause) listening and in control of (pause) the conversation and that's the deal (pause) it's all about control and you thought that last pause meant that I finished the sentence (pause) when I really didn't because (pause)...

And it was at precise instant that I promised that -

1) I wouldn't listen further;
2) I wouldn't tolerate texts like that either;
3) When you're done laughing and making sly eyes at one another, remember that I control who eats here and what goes on the TV.

And just like that, my little angels were able to converse normally. :D
 
Andseehereithoughttheproblemwithyounggirlsistheirtendencytospeakwaytoofastandnotputanypausesatallintotheirconversation
 
Or the complete lack of punctuation at all in written word how are you supposed to know when the sentence ends oh I know you have to speak it out loud several times to make sure you got it right

Or just ignore it :)
 
When Reginald was home with flu, uh huh
The doctor knew just what to do:
He cured the infection
With one small injection
While Reginald uttered some interjections:

Ouch! That hurts!
Yow! That's not fair, giving a guy a shot down there!

Interjections
Show excitement
Or emotion
They're generally set apart from a sentence
By an exclamation point
Or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong
Mmmm . . .

Though Geraldine played hard to get, uh huh
Geraldo knew he'd woo her yet
He showed his affection
Despite her objections
And Geraldine hollered some interjections:

Oh! I've never been so insulted in all my life!
Hey! You're kinda cute!

Interjections
Show excitement
Or emotion
They're generally set apart from a sentence
By an exclamation point
Or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong

So when you're happy
Or sad
Or frightened
Or mad
Or excited
Or glad
An interjection starts a sentence right!

The game was tied at seven all, uh huh
When Franklin found he had the ball
He made a connection
In the other direction
And the crowd starting shouting out interjections:

Interjections
Show excitement
Or emotion
They're generally set apart from a sentence
By an exclamation point
Or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong

So when you're happy
Or sad
Or frightened
Or mad
Or excited
Or glad
An interjection starts a sentence right!

Interjections
Show excitement
Or emotion
They're generally set apart from a sentence
By an exclamation point
or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong

Interjections!
Show excitement!
Or emotion!
Hallelujah!
Hallelujah!
Hallelujah . . . yeah!!
 
Im the grammar nightmare then... Oh boy, all those prepositions! Never understood them (our language doesnt have them really, only few but those are more like words than only prepositions. ) We use cases instead of them. 15 differend kind of cases.

Althought I have learnt english since the elementary, I still dont know how to use them correctly. If I need to choose between two of them, I usually pick up the wrong one :D And not forgetting those lovely exceptions! Sometimes I feel it would have been easier to learn using right prepositions only learning exceptions! Same with swedish, if it wasnt "i", it was "p
 
The very title of this thread irks the crap out of me.

"Nazi's" is reflective, and in singular form at that. Unless the title is:

"Calling A Particular Grammar Nazi's Associates", you shouldn't be using it this way.

The correct way is:

"Calling All Grammar Nazis", given that you are implying that we are the plural form of a grammar extremist.
 
HanSolo said:
The very title of this thread irks the crap out of me.

"Nazi's" is reflective, and in singular form at that. Unless the title is:

"Calling A Particular Grammar Nazi's Associates", you shouldn't be using it this way.

The correct way is:

"Calling All Grammar Nazis", given that you are implying that we are the plural form of a grammar extremist.
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First, the title is the gift that just keeps on giving, and you may be interested in the other posts on this very subtopic here.

Second, your post contained many correctly spelled words, to the delight of members of the Spelling Nazi Party everywhere.
 
You call yourselves Grammar Nazis!

My previous post has a single error (albeit not strictly grammatical), as a test, and not one of you has yet found it.

You should be lined up and shot! :mad:

:p
 
HanSolo said:
You call yourselves Grammar Nazis!

My previous post has a single error (albeit not strictly grammatical), as a test, and not one of you has yet found it.

You should be lined up and shot! :mad:

:p
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Does your single error include the multiple instances of a comma outside the closing quote mark?
 
EarlyMon said:
Does your single error include the multiple instances of a comma outside the closing quote mark?
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It does not! That is a stylistic decision and not an error!!

It involves an instance of misapplication.

Ach! Das war zu viel Information!
 
Ya know, a lot of my grammatical misteaks are prolly stylish decisions too.

Anyway, what you alluded to was obvious.

I thought you were following the tradition of making an error whenever criticizing a different one.

It's kind of common here. :D
 
EarlyMon said:
Ya know, a lot of my grammatical misteaks are prolly stylish decisions too.

Anyway, what you alluded to was obvious.

I thought you were following the tradition of making an error whenever criticizing a different one.

It's kind of common here. :D
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Laugh. Out. Loud.

The left superior gyrus area of my frontal lobe was stimulated by the reading of your post, which caused me to smile. Yes, I lied about laughing out loud, but most people do nowadays.

I am happy that you did not state my obvious mistake, so that others could piece it together, as they say.

:p
 
Stuntman said:
You call yourselves grammar Nazi's?
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Nope, I call us grammar nazis. :) (It's plural, therefore no apostrophe, and I deliberately don't capitalize it.)

Well, prove it by taking this test: Are You Making These Common Grammar Mistakes? Take the quiz!

See if you can match my perfect score. :proud:
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:D
 
Although I wouldn't presume to speak for EarlyMon, I think he is saying that titles are always correct because they are titles and are not constrained by the rules of grammar.

I may be completely wrong though.
 
davoid said:
Although I wouldn't presume to speak for EarlyMon, I think he is saying that titles are always correct because they are titles and are not constrained by the rules of grammar.

I may be completely wrong though.
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Ah, interesting.

Yet the rules of grammar reign supreme, my friend. They are not relative, even in the case of exceptions to the rule ("i" before "e" except after "c" always holds true, for example, in the English language).

So a title may be correct in the sense that it conveys what the author wants it to convey ("Inglourious Basterds", for example), yet it may still consist of incorrect grammar and/or spelling.

However, who's to say what is correct and what is not? We certainly do not speak English in the same way that those living in the 17th century did. Was their English "wrong"? Is ours, given that we took liberties and changed it?

Hmm.

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