Erik's Grammar Guide - Page 2

Death789 · #11 (**permalink**) 06-15-2007

3 day ban for use of improper grammer.

Dear god, I hope i didnt make any gramatical errors in this post.

Prowl · #12 (**permalink**) 06-15-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Socom

This thread should help a lot of people, including me.

I have a request, what is the proper way to use this. ;

"I want to go to the store; however, I am out of gas."

Kritic · #13 (**permalink**) 06-15-2007

Awesome.

Hopefully we don't hear any more " your stupid".

`NthErik. · #14 (**permalink**) 06-15-2007

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Originally Posted by [show]

im glad some people care. i am far from being perfect on the internet, as i dont capitalize or use apostrophes, but thats more of a style than anything else. but yes, "their, there, they're" and "your, you're" pisses me off to no end. i know it's the internet, but come on, it's hard to take someone serious when they say things like "your a freaking idiot!" i mean, come on!

anyway, if i may add:

further/farther: farther is a measure of distance whereas further is a degree of advancement. "i ran farther than you" and "he wanted to further his education."

Well that is a rule but it's not necessarily set in stone. "Further" can be used in both senses; farther can't be.

I'm focussing mostly on the things I notice in the forum and things that are definitely wrong. If you want to make a thread on disputed things in English, like whether the past participle of "to sneak" should be "sneaked" or "snuck", then be my guest. It's only that it's not the focus of this particular thread.

`NthErik. · #15 (**permalink**) 06-15-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by eFFecTz

You should put up

who's/whose

People seem to get those confused a lot.

Thanks for reminding me. I should definitely put "it's" and "its" up there too.

eFFecTz · #16 (**permalink**) 06-15-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Death789

3 day ban for use of improper grammer.

Dear god, I hope i didnt make any gramatical errors in this post.

grammer - grammar
god - God
i - I
didnt - didn't
gramatical - grammatical

For the first part, you should write "for THE use" instead of "for use", seems to flow better, maybe there's a rule about it idk.

ToBeY · #17 (**permalink**) 06-15-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Death789

3 day ban for use of improper grammer.

Dear god, I hope i didnt make any gramatical errors in this post.

"Gramatical" should be "grammatical". -1 for spelling.

Death789 · 04:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ToBeY

"Gramatical" should be "grammatical". -1 for spelling.

I just realized i did not put an apostraphy in the word "didn't".

3 day ban for me.

X[

Quote:

Originally Posted by eFFecTz

grammer - grammar
god - God
i - I
didnt - didn't
gramatical - grammatical

For the first part, you should write "for THE use" instead of "for use", seems to flow better, maybe there's a rule about it idk.

Spelling is irrelevant.

I wasnt refering to one specific "god", i use it as an expression. I do not know if that effects the captilization or not.

I thought i capitalized the "i".

Already realized the "didnt" instance.

Once again, spelling is irrelevant.

I should have checked my post in MS Word for spelling/grammar errors first.

`NthErik. · #19 (**permalink**) 06-15-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Death789

I just realized i did not put an apostraphy in the word "didn't".

3 day ban for me.

X[

Not to mention that it's spelt "apostrophe". You also didn't capitalise "I" again.

Death789 · 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by `NthErik.

Not to mention that it's spelt "apostrophe". You also didn't capitalise "I" again.

Okay, enough with me trying to be smart.

I bow down to your mastery of the english language.

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