Here is my point, and I think others are also making that point. If you come here to the SDMB, and submit your help, opinions & viewpoints- and occ make some grammar note also- that is one thing. But if your entire life in leaping into threads & hijacking them to make your panty-shields all wet & sticky because you corrected some poor dude who was trying to make a real point- then THAT is rude. Very rude.
So yeah- if someone makes an error- and it isn’t some stupid typo- then OK, once in a while it is OK to gently correct them- as long as you are otherwise making a contribution to this . Otherwise, please set your cellphone on “vibrate”, place it in the right spot, and hit redial over & over. It’ll be better for you, and less annoying for us, OK?:wally
But Walloon- I don’t hate you or want you to leave. Just cut back on the act, and contribute more, OK?
Look at your posts. . . A salutation should be set off with a comma in informal correspondence or with a colon for business letters. The typeface in the first sentence is lower-case, but the rest of the letter is in all caps; which is preferred? Only three periods separated by thin spaces are allowed in an ellipsis.
YOU CAN"T SPELL WORTH SHIT, ASSHOLE! “Asshole” should be closed up and set off with a comma.
YOU WANNA GO HEAD TO HEAD WITH A REAL LIVE COPY EDITOR? I’d query the usage here. “Wanna” is not standard English. I also deleted the superfluous punctuation marks.
BRING IT ON! I inserted a line space here to maintain format consistency.
YOU SUCK DICK!
SINCERELY,
A closing should be set off with a comma.
your momma Shouldn’t “your momma” be in all caps to maintain consistency?
Touché, gobear! Thanks for putting me in my place.
FYI:
That post was written after getting home from the N.Va. AAA Doper gathering (alcohol and appetizers appreciation) so I was a little intoxicated at the time I wrote that, which surely explains the errors you point out
I’m not a copy editor anymore (thank god–shitty job!) and haven’t been for 6 months now. I guess my mind is trying to get rid of all the bad memories and my copy editing skills went with them…
My writing style is much more relaxed here on the board.
But what I am REALLY trying to say is none of what I just said really matters, because what I was really trying to say in that drunken post is that Walloon should pay more attention to his/her own spelling.
In a recent post he/she mention being “desparate.”
It’s desperate, Walloon.
(At least my spelling ability is partially intact!)
Look at your posts. . . A salutation should be set off with a comma in informal correspondence or with a colon for business letters. The typeface in the first sentence is lower-case, but the rest of the letter is in all caps; which is preferred? Only three periods separated by thin spaces are allowed in an ellipsis.
YOU CAN"T SPELL WORTH SHIT, ASSHOLE! “Asshole” should be closed up and set off with a comma.
YOU WANNA GO HEAD TO HEAD WITH A REAL LIVE COPY EDITOR? I’d query the usage here. “Wanna” is not standard English. I also deleted the superfluous punctuation marks.
BRING IT ON! I inserted a line space here to maintain format consistency.
YOU SUCK DICK!
SINCERELY,
A closing should be set off with a comma.
your momma Shouldn’t “your momma” be in all caps to maintain consistency?
Touché, gobear! Thanks for putting me in my place.
FYI:
That post was written after getting home from the N.Va. AAA Doper gathering (alcohol and appetizers appreciation) so I was a little intoxicated at the time I wrote that, which surely explains the errors you point out
I’m not a copy editor anymore (thank god–shitty job!) and haven’t been for 6 months now. I guess my mind is trying to get rid of all the bad memories and my copy editing skills went with them…
My writing style is much more relaxed here on the board.
But what I am REALLY trying to say is none of what I just said really matters, because what I was really trying to say in that drunken post is that Walloon should pay more attention to his/her own spelling.
In a recent post he/she mentioned being “desparate.”
It’s desperate, Walloon.
(At least my spelling ability is partially intact!)
Walloon, if you’re having troubles in your life, I’m genuinely sorry, and I don’t mean to kick you when you’re down. I betcha if you come in here and say, “Sorry, guys – I’ll knock it off with the grammar corrections,” you’ll get lots of lovin.
There are few things more annoying than living grammar/spelling checkers.
“Whatever point you are trying to make doesn’t matter to me, because I get a thrill out of correcting some trivial error in the way that you attempt to present your ideas! NYAH NYAH!”
