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Re: I am quite the grammar nazi
« Reply #20 on: June 03, 2009, 03:22:10 AM »
Your grammar is not so excellent for a self-proclaimed Grammar Nazi. :P

Normally I don't care, but the thing I see most on the Internet is misusing the misuse of "your" and "you're".

You probably don't care.

I am just forewarning you in case I smite thee with the mouse of an angry forum crawler because you can't tell the difference.

And as An impromptu lesson:

"You're" is a contraction of "you are."

EX: You are going to the store.
      You're going to the store.

"Your" is used to denote possession of something.

EX: Is this your hat?
      I took off my shoes and put yours on.

Thanks for the time.

None of that was grammar it was word usage.

I don't have to put the I am in front of forewarned because nobody else could be forewarning you from my post.

And the contraction you're is a combination of the words you and are

And using of instead of off was merely a typing error

The and as isn't necessarily bad grammar just poor sentence construction
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Re: I am quite the grammar nazi
« Reply #21 on: June 03, 2009, 03:48:49 AM »
Wow. What a great thread.

My friend and I were just being grammar Nazis on Facebook, as well.


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Re: I am quite the grammar nazi
« Reply #22 on: June 03, 2009, 06:26:11 AM »
Wow. What a great thread.

My friend and I were just being grammar Nazis on Facebook, as well.


BAKABAKASHI! Ich denke, dass wir sollten nur DEUTSCH sprechen, weil Deutsche Grammatik sooooo schwer ist :).

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Re: I am quite the grammar nazi
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Re: I am quite the grammar nazi
« Reply #24 on: June 03, 2009, 06:51:30 AM »
Congats to Cloud for turning this thread into /b/.

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Re: I am quite the grammar nazi
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Re: I am quite the grammar nazi
« Reply #26 on: June 03, 2009, 09:44:51 AM »
Your grammar is not so excellent for a self-proclaimed Grammar Nazi. :P

Normally I don't care, but the thing I see most on the Internet is misusing the misuse of "your" and "you're".

You probably don't care.

I am just forewarning you in case I smite thee with the mouse of an angry forum crawler because you can't tell the difference.

And as An impromptu lesson:

"You're" is a contraction of "you are."

EX: You are going to the store.
      You're going to the store.

"Your" is used to denote possession of something.

EX: Is this your hat?
      I took off my shoes and put yours on.

Thanks for the time.

None of that was grammar it was word usage.

I don't have to put the I am in front of forewarned because nobody else could be forewarning you from my post.

And the contraction you're is a combination of the words you and are

And using of instead of off was merely a typing error

The and as isn't necessarily bad grammar just poor sentence construction

1: Yes, it was.
2: You DO have to put the "I am" in front of "forewarned;" otherwise it is a sentence fragment.
3: The contraction "you're" (notice how there are quotation marks around the word) is NOT a contraction of the words "you" and "are." It is a contraction of the phrase "you are."
4: That's understandable, but if you want to be a grammar Nazi (Nazi is a proper noun, therefore it is capitalized), then typos are unforgivable.
5: Your usage of "and as" is not okay because A) it establishes the caption as an attempted sentence, and therefore as a fragment, B) "and" is never used at the beginning of a sentence, and C) removing "and as" is the simplest way of turning what was a fragment, into a title, which does not necessarily have to be an independent clause.

All WERE grammar issues. Word usage is likely the most ubiquitous example of grammatical error in native speakers of English. The incorrect usage of the words "who" and "whom" is an example of a common, grammatical error that is also an error of word usage.

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Re: I am quite the grammar nazi
« Reply #27 on: June 03, 2009, 09:52:05 AM »
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yeah, im sure you all feel like dying now

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Re: I am quite the grammar nazi
« Reply #28 on: June 03, 2009, 11:43:17 AM »


Very win indeed.
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Re: I am quite the grammar nazi
« Reply #29 on: June 03, 2009, 05:30:48 PM »
Click here to Win

Like the safety glasses in the corner would even do anything...

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Re: I am quite the grammar nazi
« Reply #30 on: June 03, 2009, 05:44:06 PM »
I think it would be acceptable to say
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Re: I am quite the grammar nazi
« Reply #31 on: June 03, 2009, 06:25:58 PM »
just wanted you all to know this:

i am reading the Divine Comedy and it uses the word "spake"
its the past-tense of speak

and you shall now use it in place of spoke

"i have now spaken"

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Re: I am quite the grammar nazi
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Re: I am quite the grammar nazi
« Reply #33 on: June 03, 2009, 06:53:33 PM »
LOZ LOLZ LOLZ, funnyest thred iv'e scene yet!!!!!!
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Re: I am quite the grammar nazi
« Reply #34 on: June 03, 2009, 07:33:26 PM »
iz wei slooly tring tu speel worsh an worsh cuz if sos ten tri an tup tis.

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Re: I am quite the grammar nazi
« Reply #35 on: June 03, 2009, 07:43:45 PM »
iz wei slooly tring tu speel worsh an worsh cuz if sos ten tri an tup tis.

 ;D


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Re: I am quite the grammar nazi
« Reply #36 on: June 03, 2009, 10:02:23 PM »
wow...

and by wow, I mean, holy crap, I can't believe this thread has gone this far... I just forgot how to spell that so I put simply wow...

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Re: I am quite the grammar nazi
« Reply #37 on: June 04, 2009, 06:13:04 AM »
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Re: I am quite the grammar nazi
« Reply #38 on: June 04, 2009, 06:32:40 AM »
wow...

and by wow, I mean, holy crap, I can't believe this thread has gone this far... I just forgot how to spell that so I put simply wow...

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Re: I am quite the grammar nazi
« Reply #39 on: June 04, 2009, 09:26:55 AM »
hahaha this is the most ridiculous thread I have ever seen...

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