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Post by Phantom Engineer on Jan 5, 2010 21:13:16 GMT -5
Uh...what about those who only type in lower case?
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Post by Bix Dugan on Jan 8, 2010 13:21:30 GMT -5
Yeah. Those people that don't feel that it's necessary to capitalize "i", when used as a pronoun. They are the lowest...
Back to the whole "its-it's" thing.
The reason that "it's" is sometimes used (mistakenly, by me) instead of "its" is because "it's" seems correct in the sense that you're trying to establish possession, and you use ('s) to show possession, usually. But not in this case. Right?
What about
its'
?
Is it ever proper to use "its'"?
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Post by spackle on Jan 8, 2010 19:45:14 GMT -5
I suppose if your name was Its... would something of yours be Its' or Its's (pronounced itsuzuzzssszs)?
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Post by mummifiedstalin on Jan 8, 2010 20:57:00 GMT -5
Yeah. Those people that don't feel that it's necessary to capitalize "i", when used as a pronoun. They are the lowest... Back to the whole "its-it's" thing. The reason that "it's" is sometimes used (mistakenly, by me) instead of "its" is because "it's" seems correct in the sense that you're trying to establish possession, and you use ('s) to show possession, usually. But not in this case. Right? What about its' ? Is it ever proper to use "its'"? The correct usage for plural would be them's or 'em's. As in: 'At un o'er 'ere yonder 's 'em's.
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Post by reaperg on Jan 12, 2010 12:05:58 GMT -5
I can overlook spelling mistakes. I can get past its/it's.
But the overuse of unecessary apostrophe's (see what I did there?) is quite aggravating. And anyone who uses "of" instead of "'ve" should be immediately sent to remedial class.
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Post by Bix Dugan on Jan 12, 2010 12:50:24 GMT -5
I half to agree with you.
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Post by mylungswereaching on Jan 19, 2010 21:42:19 GMT -5
I don't have any problem with the occasional typo. Everyone makes some typos and if you have to spend 10 minutes proofreading for every minute spent typing, it's usually not worth typing it in the first place.
When the spelling errors get to the point that there are almost as many errors as correctly spelled words, I have a problem. It is very difficult to read and it makes the person writing it look like an idiot.
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Post by pyrozombie on Jan 20, 2010 0:48:18 GMT -5
As people have noticed, I have a large vocabulary, but i tend not to care about spelling, or grammar,usually because I'm procrastinating and want to get something out quick before I go next door and kill the neighbor's cat with a sock full of post-its out of frustration.
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Post by Mighty Jack on Jan 20, 2010 5:26:14 GMT -5
It depends on where your writing. On this board I'm trying to make a quick point so I'll let some typos pass. On my review sites I'll ask for help with errors because I don't want the world at large thinking I'm a tool, plus I'd like readers to be able to enjoy and understand what I'm saying.
But I think I might have some kind of block, I can't remember formulas etc. I get through life by repetition, even at something like learning my job or even writing a song. I don't know what the hell I'm really doing, I've just done it so often I can do it in my sleep.
As for Lose - Loose? I don't why lose can't be loose, I just know that Mr. Atari said that lose is lose and that's good enough for me.
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Post by Bix Dugan on Jan 20, 2010 12:39:53 GMT -5
As in
"Let lose the dogs of war!"
Kind of loses something that way, doesn't it?
Just remember "loose" rhymes with "noose", and you'll be alright.
And MJ- I was bored recently and read through every one of your Season 1 through Season 10 Episode Reviews. Fantastic Work! It seems like you've been updating some of the trivia and "riffs explained", too. But I did find more than a handful of typos. I'd be happy to read them again and point them out to you...
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Post by inlovewithcrow on Jan 20, 2010 14:14:21 GMT -5
Excess quotations. Like the sign I saw on a convenience store once:
"Cold" Beer"
I assume that means warm beer.
Coulda been worse, I suppose, it could have been:
"Cold" "Beer"
Heavens only knows what you'd be drinking then!
Another usage gripe: when people say "literally" and don't mean that. As in "I literally hit the ceiling." I'm sorry, but I've never seen anyone literally hit a ceiling. In some homes, it would be impossible. But if that's your wont, hey, punch away. If you mean "I was angry," then you figuratively hit the ceiling.
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Post by Mighty Jack on Jan 21, 2010 3:15:02 GMT -5
Eh, that's just artistic license. When a songwriter tells you he flew to the moon when he saw a pretty girl... he didn't actually do it. I know literally is overused, but it has become a colorful/exaggerated way to make a point.
And Bix, next time your bored, go for it. I ran them ALL through spellcheck during the recent move, but have since gone back and STILL found typos I had to fix. Stupid ineffectual spellcheck.
And yeah I changed some things during the re-grading project. Even softened some of those reviews where I came off like a crazed zealot. ;D
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Post by mummifiedstalin on Jan 21, 2010 8:46:30 GMT -5
Another usage gripe: when people say "literally" and don't mean that. As in "I literally hit the ceiling." I'm sorry, but I've never seen anyone literally hit a ceiling. In some homes, it would be impossible. But if that's your wont, hey, punch away. If you mean "I was angry," then you figuratively hit the ceiling. That one bothers me, too, because it seems to blatantly wrong. It works, of course, when someone is saying that a figurative expression came true. As in: "I was literally red with fury" (i.e., they were so emotional that they got flushed) or "We partied with farmer Dan until the cows literally came home from the milk factor" (?) or whatever. I know it's become a way for people to express intensity or extremity. But it actually seems backfire if you think about it because it logically exchanges rather than intensifies meanings, which isn't at all what people want to express.
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Post by Ratso on Jan 21, 2010 13:19:47 GMT -5
I hate when people use words.
Why can't people growl and throw poop at each other like the chimps?
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Post by callipygias on Jan 21, 2010 13:51:19 GMT -5
I think we're capable of both.
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