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RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! - 10/19/2011 8:12:18 AM

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Uhhhhhhhhh, isn't it 42?

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RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! - 10/19/2011 8:16:20 AM

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damn your...I mean tour,re...I mean you're smart

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RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! - 10/19/2011 8:16:26 AM

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RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! - 10/19/2011 8:34:54 AM

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There are a few american phrases that you wouldn't hear as often in the UK, such as * It was so fun*. Here we'd say * It was so much fun* or * It was fun*. The former is not unheard of though ;-) and there are others but I can't think of them offhand.

Also, we wouldn't say * I can write manual* we'd say * I can write manually*.(ref your post)

Others, such as...*She walked real fast*..would be unusual to hear here. It'd be more usual to use * She walked quickly*.

Grammar is a highly complex subject, and ever changing, as nouns become adjectives, and so on and so forth. I'm not interested, or educated enough on the intracasies, to worry about it unduly.

I also know some people that are incredibly articulate with the spoken word, yet they cannot transfer that into the written word. Speaking articulately and writing articulately don't go hand in hand.

All good fun though.

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RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! - 10/19/2011 8:48:54 AM

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I am surprised at the people who are taking this thread so personally. Obviously you have the right to communicate the way you wish, others have the right to notice your mistakes. Get over it.

And I have the right to laugh at those who point out those mistakes.

We all gots rights!!!

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RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! - 10/19/2011 11:05:07 AM

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I am surprised at the people who are taking this thread so personally. Obviously you have the right to communicate the way you wish, others have the right to notice your mistakes. Get over it.

That's a silly comment.

If they are *mistakes*, they are unintentional and not a matter of choice or *right*.

If you notice someone's shoddy grammar and spelling, you notice it. So what? Mentioning *rights* is just idiotic.

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RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! - 10/19/2011 11:14:47 AM

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Well, I was trying to give people the benefit of the doubt, by assuming they knew correct grammar and spelling and were just making unintended mistakes. That happens to everyone, regardless of how well they know the language. But you are probably right, some people honestly don't know grammar and spelling, and can't be bothered to learn it. I stand corrected, darling. I will still notice their mistakes, and it is my right to comment on it or not, as I choose. It may also affect how much weight I give their opinion, which is also my right. I don't really care what you think about that.
The point is, people on CM rarely comment on these matters, unless it is in a thread like this. Why were people in such a huff about the thread itself? Get over it.

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I am surprised at the people who are taking this thread so personally. Obviously you have the right to communicate the way you wish, others have the right to notice your mistakes. Get over it.

That's a silly comment.

If they are *mistakes*, they are unintentional and not a matter of choice or *right*.

If you notice someone's shoddy grammar and spelling, you notice it. So what? Mentioning *rights* is just idiotic.

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RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! - 10/19/2011 12:03:05 PM

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I am surprised at the people who are taking this thread so personally.

i didn't fucking notice anybody taking it personally, well other than the person who's command of english you mocked. guilty conscious much there babe?

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RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! - 10/19/2011 12:05:29 PM

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personally; well,

it's an analocuthon. insure that it is seen as so, number one.

punctuation police.

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RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! - 10/19/2011 12:11:46 PM

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i didn't fucking notice anybody taking it personally, well other than the person who's command of english you mocked. guilty conscious much there babe?

Should have been 'whose'. ;-)

Whenever I've seen threads like this, I've always started by agreeing wholeheartedly (God, the 'your/you're' thing grates, as does 'might of' instead of 'might have'), then moved to feeling guilty, then ended up embarrassed. In general, this kind of thread isn't worth it, I've concluded.

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RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! - 10/19/2011 12:18:54 PM

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The might of your insight into these grammatical constructs does indeed give me pause.

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RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! - 10/19/2011 12:23:20 PM

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Guilty? No. Not really, darling
Check out post 2 and 7. You must not have fucking noticed them.

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I am surprised at the people who are taking this thread so personally.
i didn't fucking notice anybody taking it personally, well other than the person who's command of english you mocked. guilty conscious much there babe?

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RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! - 10/19/2011 12:38:55 PM

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Guilty? No. Not really, darling

that doesn't fucking surprise me, your type is like that.

fucking doughnut holes.

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RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! - 10/19/2011 12:42:39 PM

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it's an analocuthon. insure that it is seen as so, number one.

an anacoluthon maybe, but no, there's no real change in syntax, at least not to my eye.
so http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv3tadz5Q3o

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RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! - 10/19/2011 12:42:45 PM

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Whatever.

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RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! - 10/19/2011 12:44:28 PM

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Should have been 'whose'. ;-)

yea, well http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv3tadz5Q3o too.

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RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! - 10/19/2011 12:59:43 PM

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yea, well http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv3tadz5Q3o too.

Should have been 'yeah'.

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RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! - 10/19/2011 3:25:03 PM

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Actually I wasn't trying to be rude. I really do feel bad most of the time for what I lack in this area. And for everyone that has to put up with it...I am sorry. I wasn't trying to stop her from doing anything. I like reading what she has to say. But perhaps you are correct and I should have just said that the one that bothers me is people that say "I couldn't care less"

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RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! - 10/19/2011 3:34:32 PM

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"that doesn't fucking surprise me, your type is like that. "

Small talent for capitalisation.

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RE: Yes, I AM the spelling police! - 10/19/2011 3:37:20 PM

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guilty conscious much there babe?

Oh, and Hannah darling. You probably meant "conscience". But then again, what does "my type" know? LOL. You really did make my afternoon.

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