# Nit Pick the previous thread
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nit-pick-the-previous-thread/454515
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [June 27, 2008, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nit-pick-the-previous-thread/454515 "2008-06-27T23:33:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2008, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nit-pick-the-previous-thread/454515/1 "2008-06-27T23:33:44Z")
In this game, we will be nit picking the previous poster’s thread. As long as its friendly, you can nit pick ANYTHING about the previous poster’s thread - grammar, spelling, style, presentation, brevity - or length; its an open season for nit pickers!
Now I have left plenty of oportunities in this OP for nit picking… just to get things rolling…
Regards
FML
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2008, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nit-pick-the-previous-thread/454515/2 "2008-06-27T23:41:12Z")
For one thing ,you mean post not thread, right?
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### Author:  [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2008, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nit-pick-the-previous-thread/454515/3 "2008-06-27T23:42:02Z")
[QUOTE=runner pat]
For one thing ,you mean post not thread, right?
[/QUOTE]
You meant meant; he already stated it.
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### Author:  [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2008, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nit-pick-the-previous-thread/454515/4 "2008-06-28T01:43:20Z")
The previous thread lacks anything to nit pick…(That’s my nit pick)
FML
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### Author:  [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2008, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nit-pick-the-previous-thread/454515/5 "2008-06-28T02:16:00Z")
I nit pick that you missed him missing a possible nit pick over the placement of the comma in **runner pat** ’s post.
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### Author:  [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nit-pick-the-previous-thread/454515/6 "2008-06-28T02:33:26Z")
[QUOTE=Full Metal Lotus]
In this game, we will be nit picking the previous poster’s thread. As long as its friendly, you can nit pick ANYTHING about the previous poster’s thread - grammar, spelling, style, presentation, brevity - or length; its an open season for nit pickers!
Now I have left plenty of oportunities in this OP for nit picking.. just to get things rolling…
Regards
FML
[/QUOTE]
Not to nitpick, but you could have at least cited the first time this was [done](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=439202)
Other than that, I got nothing. Or do I?
SSG Schwartz
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### Author:  [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2008, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nit-pick-the-previous-thread/454515/7 "2008-06-28T02:35:05Z")
> [@](#):
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> I nit pick that you missed him missing a possible nit pick over the placement of the comma in runner pat’s post.
I nit pick that you only used the term nit pick twice when you nit picked the missing of a nit pick.
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### Author:  [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2008, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nit-pick-the-previous-thread/454515/8 "2008-06-28T02:57:57Z")
[QUOTE=SSG Schwartz]
Not to nitpick, but you could have at least cited the first time this was [done](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=439202)
Other than that, I got nothing. Or do I?
SSG Schwartz
[/QUOTE]
Well, I _really_ hate to nitpick, but I’m going to have to nitpick that you’re missing a period there. Might want to take a pregnancy test, just to be sure.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2008, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nit-pick-the-previous-thread/454515/9 "2008-06-28T03:07:05Z")
> [@](#):
>
> Well, I really hate to nitpick, but I’m going to have to nitpick that you’re missing a period there.
The “there” in this line really served no purpose. You couldn’t point to the spot where the missing period should have been. The reader would either figure it out or not on his own.
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### Author:  [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2008, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nit-pick-the-previous-thread/454515/10 "2008-06-28T03:25:55Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo]
The “there” in this line really served no purpose. You couldn’t point to the spot where the missing period should have been. The reader would either figure it out or not on his own.
[/QUOTE]
‘His’? What about us ladies, huh?
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### Author:  [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2008, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nit-pick-the-previous-thread/454515/11 "2008-06-28T03:43:32Z")
I believe the term should be ‘we ladies’.
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### Author:  [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2008, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nit-pick-the-previous-thread/454515/12 "2008-06-28T03:45:02Z")
[QUOTE=Silver Tyger Girl]
‘His’? What about us ladies, huh?
[/QUOTE]
Hey, this is America! Use double quotation marks, willya? None of that limey punctuation around here.
ETA: You too, **Diver**! Harrumph.
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### Author:  [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nit-pick-the-previous-thread/454515/13 "2008-06-28T16:23:24Z")
Are you referring to the United States of America? Two continents comprose the American hemisphere and are populated by a vast number of people who may choose to punctuate differently than you.
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### Author:  [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nit-pick-the-previous-thread/454515/14 "2008-06-28T16:34:32Z")
[QUOTE=Kuboydal]
Are you referring to the United States of America? Two continents comprose the American hemisphere and are populated by a vast number of people who may choose to punctuate differently than you.
[/QUOTE]
Surely you meant “compose” although I could imply from your post that you also had “comprise” in mind as you wrote this.
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### Author:  [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nit-pick-the-previous-thread/454515/15 "2008-06-28T17:57:37Z")
I meant ‘comprise,’ and don’t call me Shirley.
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### Author:  [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2008, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nit-pick-the-previous-thread/454515/16 "2008-06-28T18:30:35Z")
[QUOTE=Kuboydal]
I meant ‘comprise,’ and don’t call me Shirley.
[/QUOTE]
Compose vs. comprise (the smaller parts compose the larger):
[Comprise or Compose?](http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000201.htm).
It is a a lighthearted, easygoing nitpicking thread.
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### Author:  [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2008, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nit-pick-the-previous-thread/454515/17 "2008-06-28T18:44:27Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting]
It is a a lighthearted, easygoing nitpicking thread.
[/QUOTE]
You only needed one “a” before “lighthearted” in this sentence.
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### Author:  [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2008, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nit-pick-the-previous-thread/454515/18 "2008-06-28T18:59:20Z")
I’ve never thought it kind to pick on those who stutter.
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### Author:  [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nit-pick-the-previous-thread/454515/19 "2008-06-28T19:29:33Z")
[QUOTE=Kuboydal]
I’ve never thought it kind to pick on those who stutter.
[/QUOTE]
Typing an extra “a” is not stuttering.
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### Author:  [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nit-pick-the-previous-thread/454515/20 "2008-06-28T19:40:32Z")
A word referred to as a word, or a letter as a letter, should be italicized rather than placed within quotation marks. Here is an example: _a_.
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