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the level of concern this discovery should arouse in an average human being should be zero
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Likewise, when I see a glaring error such as this, it makes me wonder what more significant errors have been made. I would feel quite silly after spending thousands of dollars on a product only to find it had been created by unprofessional people too lazy to proofread. Microsoft notwithstanding. |
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I make small errors all the time and have to correct them. Working in a law office, it is important that the work and letters be submitted correctly. Small errors can be overlooked or not easily seen.
How many errors can be made before the code that teams write won't work? I'm honestly asking this question because I don't know. |
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If so, then you should have added a letter N to make it "an" as well. :rolleyes: I hate the Your vs You're mix up. It's found like that everywhere I look nowadays it seems. :( Then again, I'm sometimes stumped with the many forms of There, Their, and They're occasionally. Mostly There & Their. I know There is "over there" (ie: place) & Their is used in "their dog" (ie: Posession) & They're is They Are (ie: intends to come before an action) but I still question myself with some sentences that use them. Eh.. English is the language that combines every other language & butchers them & itself, and violates its own rules all the time anyways, so whatever! :p Quote:
English language on the other hand is not like code, because if you type a sentence like "Look at that dog over their" (instead of there) - Then people have the common sense to know what you are talking about, but it just looks bad. It performs its duty, but is frowned upon as opposed to the code which won't work correctly if there is an error. |
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[quote=JudyVandy;655400]Ah...I think it's as follows: "...over which to call someone ingnorant." Don't end a sentence with a preposition.]/QUOTE]
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lol...ive never seen anyone carry around a palm in their front pocket (because this is kind of a grammer thread, notice i used the right 'their')
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I count six grammatical/spelling errors in this entry, not counting duplicates. Anybody top that? /::rolls eyes:: |
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i dunno. if it'd were up too me, da whole enlgish languge wud be definatly diff'rent.
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The error that bothers me the most in people's writing AND speech is not a grammatical error, but one of a mis-write/speak of a common expression. Often, I see people talk/write about something then say/write something along the lines of "Of course, it doesn't really matter to me, I could care less what happens." Well, if you think about it, that implies that they both don't care ('doesn't matter to me') and do care because to be able to care less one must care in the first place. So, what they are really saying/writing is "Of course, it doesn't really matter to me, I really do care some," which is 1) a contradiction and 2) not what the speaker/writer meant to say/write. It really should be "I couldn't care less," which implies that the the speaker/writer doesn't care at all because it is impossible for him/her to care less. (Of course, this assumes that there is no such thing as negative caring. I guess one could say that if how much you care must me a positive number or absolute value of a negative one. If you think about it, caring in a negative way is still caring just caring in a mean way, which is still caring. So, how much you care is not a vector quantity, as it only has magnitude, but not direction.... can you tell I'm a math/science person?)
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On the subject of grammar nazis i will actively defy anyone who corrects my grammar ESPECIALLY if my sentence made sense If you can understand my sentence then i dont care if their are grammar mistakes there have fun with that one... I will happily go where no man has gone before when it comes to bad grammar. :D Alex |
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I think about a couple of things when reading posts in Chief Delphi - 1. There are so many excellent opportunities to participate in discussions regarding just about any topic involving FIRST. If a post is badly worded or contains typos and errors, it can break down the flow of communication. That could impact the opportunity for the poster to present his or her thoughts clearly to a valuable and respected audience. (When posting in CD, it is always wise to remember who our readers are.) 2. Many students begin posting on CD as freshmen and sophomores on FIRST teams. When the times comes for applying to colleges and universities as seniors, the students have had the opportunity to participate in these fora, developing their skills in areas of communication, persuasion, and in the written language, itself. How cool is that?! |
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