Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 7:06 pm Post subject:
How to not sound like a moron when posting: English 101.
Subject description: It's amazing how many people need to read this.
This is a post from Revora Forums by Crazy Carl which everyone should read.
Crazy Carl wrote:
English 101
Here are a few things that you may wish to read and refer to before having a discussion on an online message board, otherwise known as a forum.
First, some common words used in place of each other:
Your - Possessive, as in "That was your stupid idea."
You're - Contraction for "You Are," as in "You're a moron."
Yore - Time long past, as in "The days of yore"
Their - Possessive, as in "Their son is stupider than they are."
They're - Contraction for "They Are," as in "They're all a bunch of idiots."
There - A place, as in "Go be an idiot over there."
Its - Possessive, as in "Its engine is broken because that idiot forgot to oil it"
It's - Contraction for "It Is," as in "It's smarter than its owner."
Won - Past tense of Win, as in "I won the award for the stupidest person of all time."
One - The number 1, which comes after 0 (zero) and before 2(two).
To - In a direction, as in "He went to the city for his brain surgery."
Two - The number 2, which comes after 1 (one) and before 3 (three)
Too - In addition or also, as in "He's a moron too." Also, more than needed or excessive, as in "You have too much stupididy."
Next we will go over the proper way to write a sentence.
Sentences begin with a capital letter and end with one of three punctuation marks. These marks are "." (period), "?" (question mark), and "!" (exclamation point).
A statement or a command should have a "." (period) at the end.
A question should have a "?" (question mark) at the end.
A powerful, yelling, forceful, or excited statement should have a "!" (exclamation point) at the end.
Now for a bit of etiquette.
Please refrain from the overuse of "lol," "wtf," "lmao," "lmfao," "omg," "omfg," "wth," or any varients of these.
Also refrain from the overuse of words such as "dude," "man," and others like these.
There is one rule that you must hold above all others in this guide, and it is this: "NEVER TYPE IN ALL CAPS, IT IS THE MOST ANNOYING THING YOU CAN POSSIBLY DO, AND LOWERS YOUR PERCEIVED IQ LEVEL BY OVER 50 POINTS."
Excuse me for blowing up this bubble of world of people with perfect skill of speaking and writing English, but not all of us live in nations with English as their native/principal language, and may never get proper education. Otherwise, people who purposely tend to commit these forbidden acts should be rolled in tar and feathers and thrown into the sea.[/quote] _________________ QUICK_EDIT
Ironicly, most of these common mistakes are made by native English speakers. It's because they learn spoken English first-hand, and as shown above words like you're and your sound virtually the same. _________________ QUICK_EDIT
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Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 3:04 pm Post subject:
It's mostly kids who can't be bothered typing. Schools in Britain are becoming more lax and ignore basic grammatical errors because they want more people to pass. Ultimately, it's the state's fault for condoning it rather than anything else, at least in the UK. _________________
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This is sexier than what this forum was supposed to tolerate. - Banshee
but not all of us live in nations with English as their native/principal language, and may never get proper education.
You should consider yourself excused from most of the above post since English is not your first language. Though, you can still learn from this, right?
Gecko Yamori wrote:
most of these common mistakes are made by native English speakers
These are exactly the people at which this post is directed.
This does not mean everyone else can't learn from this post. It's very possible for non-native English speakers to learn a bit more English reading this post. With a little effort, and it really is very little, they can put the above hints to use. _________________ QUICK_EDIT
I agree, people should use grammar when posting at forums. It can be very annoying to read when people type like if they skipped their english classes. People with english as their second language should be able to learn this properly aswell, I use it correctly, right ? English isn't my first language. I'll post this at tiberiumweb. People there tend to be the opposite of what you wrote. QUICK_EDIT
Of course, in online game chat areas, it is useful to be able to write fast and to use abbreviations as long as they make sense. But some 1337 words like "n00b" and "GG" are overused and tend to make people rip their T-shirts. _________________ QUICK_EDIT
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How to not sound like a moron when posting: English 101.
