Here is what I don't get. As you type, the browser (Google Chrome for me) shows the underline squiggly to show that a word is spelled wrong. Trust your browser. And for the record, I checked it in Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Firefox. Same feature in all three.
Does everyone know that when the squiggly underline appears, you can just right click on the word to get suggested corrections? It must be pure laziness then that posters don't check their posts.
And while I am at it, let's go over a few grammar rules. (For the record, I spelled grammar as grammer in my composition of this post. But I saw the squiggly, right clicked on it, and found the proper way to spell grammar.)
THEIR is used when you are referring to someone or yourself. THERE is used when referring to a place. Remember there is an I in THEIR for a PERSON. If you are saying "they are hot", you will want to say THEY'RE not THEIR or THERE.
The same holds true for YOUR and YOU'RE. If you are saying, "YOU ARE"
, you will say YOU'RE. Otherwise, it is YOUR. YOU'RE is a contraction while YOUR is possessive.
The last thing I'll talk about is ITS and IT'S. Anytime I use ITS, I replace it with IT IS just to see if it sounds right. If it doesn't sound right, then it should be ITS. IT'S is a contraction for IT IS.
Anyone else want to offer some suggestions? Grammar is not hard to learn. If you know you have a problem with grammar, use Word to construct your narratives. Then run the spelling and grammar checker before posting. It will make your posts more accurate and you more approachable.
Mav
Does everyone know that when the squiggly underline appears, you can just right click on the word to get suggested corrections? It must be pure laziness then that posters don't check their posts.
And while I am at it, let's go over a few grammar rules. (For the record, I spelled grammar as grammer in my composition of this post. But I saw the squiggly, right clicked on it, and found the proper way to spell grammar.)
THEIR is used when you are referring to someone or yourself. THERE is used when referring to a place. Remember there is an I in THEIR for a PERSON. If you are saying "they are hot", you will want to say THEY'RE not THEIR or THERE.
The same holds true for YOUR and YOU'RE. If you are saying, "YOU ARE"
, you will say YOU'RE. Otherwise, it is YOUR. YOU'RE is a contraction while YOUR is possessive. The last thing I'll talk about is ITS and IT'S. Anytime I use ITS, I replace it with IT IS just to see if it sounds right. If it doesn't sound right, then it should be ITS. IT'S is a contraction for IT IS.
Anyone else want to offer some suggestions? Grammar is not hard to learn. If you know you have a problem with grammar, use Word to construct your narratives. Then run the spelling and grammar checker before posting. It will make your posts more accurate and you more approachable.
Mav
I down no watt you're problem is. you or sum kind of English major are sum thing? Their or to thing I down like about peep hole like yew. I fog it watt they are butt I no their be too. O, bye the weigh, my spiel chocker fund nothing rung wit dish post. Sew buzz of, yew half two much thyme on you hands two bee comp-lane about these.
I thunk the skwigglies ment I waus uzing tha bast wurd pozzzible.
MAYBE IF YOU WERN'T SINGLE YOU WOULD HAVE OTHER THINGS TO WORRIE ABOUT
Funny thing about the word "its": it is actually an exception to the normal singular possessive form. For example: The guy's grammatical soap-box. You use an apostrophe normally for singular possessive form. If one were following 'basic' English grammar then "it's" makes perfect sense both for the possessive form and for the contraction.
KR2000: Maybe if you spelled words correctly, your opinion would matter.
Fun4 and IDCPL, thanks!!! Funny as hell........
Mav
Fun4 and IDCPL, thanks!!! Funny as hell........
Mav
at least you have a sweet ass....
One of the more fun things for the grammatically pedantic people of the world to do is poke fun at people who grandstand about proper grammar while making grammatical mistakes. For instance, neither THEIR, THERE, nor THEY'RE are ever used to indicate location. They're also not used as possessive forms, or contractions. You've indicated that each of those words are nouns via capitalization. Capitalizing to indicate emphasis isn't valid syntax in English grammar.
Something else to consider are statements that are grammatically correct, yet semantically confusing. The following is grammatically correct: Bob and Cindy live over There. Since "There" is capitalized it's parsed as a Proper Noun. My favorite ambiguous phrase is "Time flies like an arrow". Does this statement say that -figuratively speaking- time "flies" in the same manner that an arrow "flies"? Does it mean that a hypothetical species of "Time flies" would enjoy an arrow?
Proper utilization of English grammar is not as easy as it seems. Besides, it is far less important that a phrase conform precisely to abstract rules than it is important that your phrase effectively communicate the idea you're trying to espouse.
God.. that reads like a speech I gave at a NLP conference..
Something else to consider are statements that are grammatically correct, yet semantically confusing. The following is grammatically correct: Bob and Cindy live over There. Since "There" is capitalized it's parsed as a Proper Noun. My favorite ambiguous phrase is "Time flies like an arrow". Does this statement say that -figuratively speaking- time "flies" in the same manner that an arrow "flies"? Does it mean that a hypothetical species of "Time flies" would enjoy an arrow?
Proper utilization of English grammar is not as easy as it seems. Besides, it is far less important that a phrase conform precisely to abstract rules than it is important that your phrase effectively communicate the idea you're trying to espouse.
God.. that reads like a speech I gave at a NLP conference..
all we have to say is ............ REALLY?????????
you kidding right your on a swingers site complaining about peoples grammer
you kidding right your on a swingers site complaining about peoples grammer
The worst are double negatives......minus plus minus.....we all need to use more words which rhyme with DUCK! Oops for you public schoolers that's "rimes wiff duk"!
lol, grammar bastards annoy the hell out of me. I mean, there's a certain point where you lose the ability to communicate, but language is fluid, for a REASON. I'm decent at it, but there's no need to be all that picky about it.
I do understand to a point, but you realize that half the time these spell checks can be WRONG? I've thrown in words such as texting and they get a weird squiggly line under it, just because it isn't in their freaking dictionary.
I do understand to a point, but you realize that half the time these spell checks can be WRONG? I've thrown in words such as texting and they get a weird squiggly line under it, just because it isn't in their freaking dictionary.
People are entitled to compose postings the way they wish and see fit. However, it does lend a bit towards the person's background and intellectual level, when you read misspelled words in a posting. I understand the possibility of misspelled words in the chat rooms because of the rush to type something. I was always taught to check anything that goes out in an email or to a client. It is common deciency and makes it easier for the reader. Just my two cents.
Just remember that 1+1=2, even though on many occasions we would rather it equal 3 or 4 but sometimes 1+1 is plenty.In fact 1+O often works well in pinch.
adn bye teh wya.....sceince hsa shonw htat lettres cna gte scrmabeld adn teh hmnua brani si pferectyl cpablea fo sroting thgsni uot.
adn bye teh wya.....sceince hsa shonw htat lettres cna gte scrmabeld adn teh hmnua brani si pferectyl cpablea fo sroting thgsni uot.
Quit trying to make me do English homework!
SEEHERFULL wrote:
you dont need to know how to use grammer to fuck
my thoughts exactly
ROCKYMTN2 wrote:
????? Perhaps the "Any" was meant to be And? Don't you just hate it when you're capping on other peoples crap and then you step in your own crap doing it? And yes I do know you're not supposed to start a sentence with 5 question marks!
I thought this was a swing site, People looking for others to play with i have never had a woman give me a gramar test while i was having sex with her.Their main goal was for me to be able to get it up and get it on..
[quote=NEWBIES41]
Some here have hinted at it. You end up associating with those you share similarities. Guess the grammar and spelling police use grammar and spelling as a filter (and I include myself in that.)
Mav
Mav
ROCKYMTN2: While I did make ONE mistake in my original posting, it was ONE mistake. ONE!! And as soon as you pointed it out, I went and corrected it.
The difference is two-fold. First, being able to admit the mistake and second, constructing sentences that actually have meaning. We all make mistakes but to not try the simplest forms of correcting them speaks volumes about the individual's attention to detail.
Just my two cents.
Mav
The difference is two-fold. First, being able to admit the mistake and second, constructing sentences that actually have meaning. We all make mistakes but to not try the simplest forms of correcting them speaks volumes about the individual's attention to detail.
Just my two cents.
Mav
Yeah, your write, me should liten up abitt. After all were talking abut Utah's education sistem. What was me thinkin.
lol...I have to agree, though maybe Mav may have come across a little harsh, how one composes a sentence does give a little insight as to their educational and intellectual background...or at least their level of "give a fuck"...true you don't have to spell to fuck but I like to be able to read a fairly intelligent sounding post and think, "hmmmm, he sounds like he knows what he's talking about, I might like to get to know him a little bit more"...If your paragraph has no punctuation or capitalization and sounds like you're a hill billy from the south or a gangster from the ghetto (no offense to anyone who may be), I probably won't think that and the clothes will stay on...kisses...Naugh-Ty
So, in order to get between a woman's legs, you first have to get between her ears?
NAWTYBRIT wrote:
So, in order to get between a woman's legs, you first have to get between her ears?
Unless you're Brad Pitt or some other gorgeous hunk standing in front of me naked with your mouth shut ready to fuck...you gotta catch our attention somehow...
MAVENX wrote:
Some here have hinted at it. You end up associating with those you share similarities. Guess the grammar and spelling police use grammar and spelling as a filter (and I include myself in that.)
Mav
Agreed.
Just as pics help us filter for physical attraction, words can help filter for mental attraction.
If you likely wouldn't fault someone for their (as perceived by you) negative physical appearance, then writing ability should really be treated no differently.
If someone exhibits poor writing skills, it could be the result of a poor education, laziness, apathy, etc.
Rather than attack the messenger, determine what it may say about the messenger. Then either investigate or move on.
If you likely wouldn't fault someone for their (as perceived by you) negative physical appearance, then writing ability should really be treated no differently.
If someone exhibits poor writing skills, it could be the result of a poor education, laziness, apathy, etc.
Rather than attack the messenger, determine what it may say about the messenger. Then either investigate or move on.
Omg !!!! Can't we all just have sex in peace .... seriously who cares how u spell ..... Can your penis spell WHO FUCKING CARES !!!! Omg the forums are going to shit in a hurry.
Badboy8p
Badboy8p
people worry about spelling everyday at work and other places this site and forums are for fun and relaxation and play time what does it matter if we mis-spell a word or not .. OMG people get a grip GEEZ
It's to bad some people are so "DAMN" picky as to wanting everything done right instead of just being happy someone cares enough to contact them. We have one friend who can't spell "cat" right but then we still like hearing from them
TATERTOT1982 wrote:
at least you have a sweet ass....
Speaking of sweet asses, TaterTot, yours looks amazing.
Another Single guy given all the rest a bad Rap.
Are you looking for an English Teacher or a Fuck partner?
I would say there's some baggage here.
Are you looking for an English Teacher or a Fuck partner?
I would say there's some baggage here.
Can I get an "AMEN" from the choir?
MASSMN wrote:
Another Single guy given all the rest a bad Rap.
Are you looking for an English Teacher or a Fuck partner?
I would say there's some baggage here.
Really? Pot kettle black.
BLUEEYESINUTAH wrote:MASSMN wrote:
Another Single guy given all the rest a bad Rap.
Are you looking for an English Teacher or a Fuck partner?
I would say there's some baggage here.
Really? Pot kettle black.
Get 'em Blue, Get em!!!!
[/quote]Really? Pot kettle black.[/quote]
Get 'em Blue, Get em!!!![/quote]
I need a pineapple and a lighter. At least his cock has company. Two pricks in a pod.
blech. I'm so freakin tired. Damn jagger bombs at Habits last night have me draggin. But it was fun. Did you go?
Get 'em Blue, Get em!!!!
[/quote]I need a pineapple and a lighter. At least his cock has company. Two pricks in a pod.
blech. I'm so freakin tired. Damn jagger bombs at Habits last night have me draggin. But it was fun. Did you go?
BLUEEYESINUTAH wrote:Really? Pot kettle black.[/quote]
Get 'em Blue, Get em!!!!
[/quote]I need a pineapple and a lighter. At least his cock has company. Two pricks in a pod.
blech. I'm so freakin tired. Damn jagger bombs at Habits last night have me draggin. But it was fun. Did you go? [/quote]
No ... I've had a heck of a time breakin' free from the two young ones at home. I think I've got everything planned out and it just doesn't seem to come together. Tough to keep late hours with kids in the house.
(Gotta love 'em though!)I hear ya. I got 4 of them. 4yr to 15 yrs. All boys. Thank god the oldest one babysits and their father is really cool about taking them when needed. But I don't bring people home either. That's all I need. My youngest having a 'mommy moment' in the middle of the night and jumping in bed with me after a nightmare and pushing god knows who out. Or worst...the little fingers waving under the door crack and his sweet voice asking "watcha doin mommy? are you hurt? you're making funny sounds."
not evereeeeeeeeeeeeeone is ass smart assss u! give me a breeeaak with this spell check shit u are on a swingur siiiittee lmao
i dont really give a dam how you spell fuck i did not no i was in Jh. SO some people can spell better than others fuck i guess swing should get us a teacher. WHAT A DICK LIKE NO ONE IN THIS WORLD HAS ANY FALTS OTHER THAN SPELLING WOW WOW GET A LIFE.
I think somebody needs to adopt (another) nine cats to fill some time.
Damn, It is bad enough that I have to worry that others may not be interested in an older, balding, chubby guy, now I have to worry about my spelling. Guess I better keep the lotion handy.
Some of those on the site know me. They have met me and know I am extremely respectful. I posted this topic as a way to "help" others learn the English language. First impressions are everything. Those of you who want to attack, Wow, move on and read another forum post. No one is twisting your arm to reply.
I'm good with being attacked through the forums. After all, everyone has a right to their opinion. But damn, attacking me personally in e-mail? It just gives me more belief in Darwinism. Here are two e-mails I received from the same member:
"Hay smart man after your spelling b you can kiss are ass you think you are so smart you ever think some people have not had it as good as you and we had to get on with life in other ways go join obama you fuck spell for him ...."
And my personal favorite: "O and fyi lose some weight you fat fuck..." hahahahahah, anyone that has met me knows I'm not a fat fuck. But if that makes them feel better, more power to them.
Cheers
Mav
I'm good with being attacked through the forums. After all, everyone has a right to their opinion. But damn, attacking me personally in e-mail? It just gives me more belief in Darwinism. Here are two e-mails I received from the same member:
"Hay smart man after your spelling b you can kiss are ass you think you are so smart you ever think some people have not had it as good as you and we had to get on with life in other ways go join obama you fuck spell for him ...."
And my personal favorite: "O and fyi lose some weight you fat fuck..." hahahahahah, anyone that has met me knows I'm not a fat fuck. But if that makes them feel better, more power to them.
Cheers
Mav
MAVENX wrote:
Some of those on the site know me. They have met me and know I am extremely respectful. I posted this topic as a way to "help" others learn the English language. First impressions are everything. Those of you who want to attack, Wow, move on and read another forum post. No one is twisting your arm to reply.
I'm good with being attacked through the forums. After all, everyone has a right to their opinion. But damn, attacking me personally in e-mail? It just gives me more belief in Darwinism. Here are two e-mails I received from the same member:
"Hay smart man after your spelling b you can kiss are ass you think you are so smart you ever think some people have not had it as good as you and we had to get on with life in other ways go join obama you fuck spell for him ...."
And my personal favorite: "O and fyi lose some weight you fat fuck..." hahahahahah, anyone that has met me knows I'm not a fat fuck. But if that makes them feel better, more power to them.
Cheers
Mav
Oh, crap, did I accidentally send those emails to you, Mav? Crud, I thought I had them properly addressed to my mother-in-law. Well at least she won't be as mad at me as I thought she was going to be.
FUN: Thanks for the laugh! You single handedly turned those e-mails around for me. Thanks!!!
Mav
Thanks!!!Mav
MAVENX wrote:
I posted this topic as a way to "help" others learn the English language.
I don't think many of us come here to learn better grammar. I hope this site never appears in my kids links to 'learning resources'!
Goodbye, cruel words: English. It's dead to me.
By Gene Weingarten
Sunday, September 19, 2010
The English language, which arose from humble Anglo-Saxon roots to become the lingua franca of 600 million people worldwide and the dominant lexicon of international discourse, is dead. It succumbed last month at the age of 1,617 after a long illness. It is survived by an ignominiously diminished form of itself.
The end came quietly on Aug. 21 on the letters page of The Washington Post. A reader castigated the newspaper for having written that Sasha Obama was the "youngest" daughter of the president and first lady, rather than their "younger" daughter. In so doing, however, the letter writer called the first couple the "Obama's." This, too, was published, constituting an illiterate proofreading of an illiterate criticism of an illiteracy. Moments later, already severely weakened, English died of shame.
The language's demise took few by surprise. Signs of its failing health had been evident for some time on the pages of America's daily newspapers, the flexible yet linguistically authoritative forums through which the day-to-day state of the language has traditionally been measured. Beset by the need to cut costs, and influenced by decreased public attention to grammar, punctuation and syntax in an era of unedited blogs and abbreviated instant communication, newspaper publishers have been cutting back on the use of copy editing, sometimes eliminating it entirely.
In the past year alone, as the language lay imperiled, the ironically clueless misspelling "pronounciation" has been seen in the Boston Globe, the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the Deseret Morning News, Washington Jewish Week and the Contra Costa (Calif.) Times, where it appeared in a correction that apologized for a previous mispronunciation.
On Aug. 6, the very first word of an article in the Winston-Salem (N.C.) Journal was "Alot," which the newspaper employed to estimate the number of Winston-Salemites who would be vacationing that month.
The Lewiston (Maine) Sun-Journal has written of "spading and neutering." The Miami Herald reported on someone who "eeks out a living" -- alas, not by running an amusement-park haunted house. The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star described professional football as a "doggy dog world." The Vallejo (Calif.) Times-Herald and the South Bend (Ind.) Tribune were the two most recent papers, out of dozens, to report on the treatment of "prostrate cancer."
Observers say, however, that no development contributed more dramatically to the death of the language than the sudden and startling ubiquity of the vomitous verbal construction "reach out to" as a synonym for "call on the phone," or "attempt to contact." A jargony phrase bloated with bogus compassion -- once the province only of 12-step programs and sensitivity training seminars -- "reach out to" is now commonplace in newspapers. In the last half-year, the New York Times alone has used it more than 20 times in a number of contextually indefensible ways, including to report that the Blagojevich jury had asked the judge a question.
It was not immediately clear to what degree the English language will be mourned, or if it will be mourned at all. In the United States, English has become increasingly irrelevant, particularly among young adults. Once the most popular major at the nation's leading colleges and universities, it now often trails more pragmatic disciplines, such as economics, politics, government, and, ironically, "communications," which increasingly involves learning to write mobile-device-friendly ads for products like Cheez Doodles.
Many people interviewed for this obituary appeared unmoved by the news, including Anthony Incognito of Crystal City, a typical man in the street.
"Between you and I," he said, "I could care less."
By Gene Weingarten
Sunday, September 19, 2010
The English language, which arose from humble Anglo-Saxon roots to become the lingua franca of 600 million people worldwide and the dominant lexicon of international discourse, is dead. It succumbed last month at the age of 1,617 after a long illness. It is survived by an ignominiously diminished form of itself.
The end came quietly on Aug. 21 on the letters page of The Washington Post. A reader castigated the newspaper for having written that Sasha Obama was the "youngest" daughter of the president and first lady, rather than their "younger" daughter. In so doing, however, the letter writer called the first couple the "Obama's." This, too, was published, constituting an illiterate proofreading of an illiterate criticism of an illiteracy. Moments later, already severely weakened, English died of shame.
The language's demise took few by surprise. Signs of its failing health had been evident for some time on the pages of America's daily newspapers, the flexible yet linguistically authoritative forums through which the day-to-day state of the language has traditionally been measured. Beset by the need to cut costs, and influenced by decreased public attention to grammar, punctuation and syntax in an era of unedited blogs and abbreviated instant communication, newspaper publishers have been cutting back on the use of copy editing, sometimes eliminating it entirely.
In the past year alone, as the language lay imperiled, the ironically clueless misspelling "pronounciation" has been seen in the Boston Globe, the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the Deseret Morning News, Washington Jewish Week and the Contra Costa (Calif.) Times, where it appeared in a correction that apologized for a previous mispronunciation.
On Aug. 6, the very first word of an article in the Winston-Salem (N.C.) Journal was "Alot," which the newspaper employed to estimate the number of Winston-Salemites who would be vacationing that month.
The Lewiston (Maine) Sun-Journal has written of "spading and neutering." The Miami Herald reported on someone who "eeks out a living" -- alas, not by running an amusement-park haunted house. The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star described professional football as a "doggy dog world." The Vallejo (Calif.) Times-Herald and the South Bend (Ind.) Tribune were the two most recent papers, out of dozens, to report on the treatment of "prostrate cancer."
Observers say, however, that no development contributed more dramatically to the death of the language than the sudden and startling ubiquity of the vomitous verbal construction "reach out to" as a synonym for "call on the phone," or "attempt to contact." A jargony phrase bloated with bogus compassion -- once the province only of 12-step programs and sensitivity training seminars -- "reach out to" is now commonplace in newspapers. In the last half-year, the New York Times alone has used it more than 20 times in a number of contextually indefensible ways, including to report that the Blagojevich jury had asked the judge a question.
It was not immediately clear to what degree the English language will be mourned, or if it will be mourned at all. In the United States, English has become increasingly irrelevant, particularly among young adults. Once the most popular major at the nation's leading colleges and universities, it now often trails more pragmatic disciplines, such as economics, politics, government, and, ironically, "communications," which increasingly involves learning to write mobile-device-friendly ads for products like Cheez Doodles.
Many people interviewed for this obituary appeared unmoved by the news, including Anthony Incognito of Crystal City, a typical man in the street.
"Between you and I," he said, "I could care less."
haha yeah what she said
MAV,
I could not agree more. When I am reading an email from friends or potential friends, I unfortunately notice the spelling mistakes first off, then I notice whatever pictures they may have posted. But by then an opinion is formed based on what "you" had to say. Believe me try at 40 to go back to college, and have to take an English Course, and damn I realize that I have forgotten so much since High School. Spelling and Grammar are important in so many ways.
As for great sex, it starts in the mind, long before you make it the the bedroom (or wherever). Intimacy is a wonderful thing and makes the "SEX" so much better!
Regards,
SHA
I could not agree more. When I am reading an email from friends or potential friends, I unfortunately notice the spelling mistakes first off, then I notice whatever pictures they may have posted. But by then an opinion is formed based on what "you" had to say. Believe me try at 40 to go back to college, and have to take an English Course, and damn I realize that I have forgotten so much since High School. Spelling and Grammar are important in so many ways.
As for great sex, it starts in the mind, long before you make it the the bedroom (or wherever). Intimacy is a wonderful thing and makes the "SEX" so much better!
Regards,
SHA
WOW! I never realized that spelling and grammar are such hot-button topics.
The topic is really communication.
I'm guessing everyone uses communication to 'hook up'? Wouldn't it follow that - the better the quality of the communication, the better the quality of the hook-up?
You get out of it what you put into it, I'm thinking. If a written communication appears as though it may have been written by a third-grader, it may have been.
The topic is really communication.
I'm guessing everyone uses communication to 'hook up'? Wouldn't it follow that - the better the quality of the communication, the better the quality of the hook-up?
You get out of it what you put into it, I'm thinking. If a written communication appears as though it may have been written by a third-grader, it may have been.
SECRETSINBED wrote:
[FUN4MWF cut out the middle of this, the full text is in the post above!!] ...
If the communication is overtly or covertly negative, abusive or manipulative I tend to turn it off maybe before I should...
HOLY FREAKIN' POOP! [I'm demonstrating a poor use of the English Language, I suspect] SecretsInBed, I used to think that some of my posts where a bit long. I no longer think that! I thank you for relieving me of that worry.
I think I agree with you. However, there is a line from a movie that I liked, I think called ... Jerry McGuire or something like that. Anyway, he bursts into the room, greets his love-interest, and then goes into a long drawn-out explanation as to why he needs her and loves her. She essentially responds with, "You had me at Hello." That's truly the case here: You had me at, "If the communication is overtly or covertly negative, abusive or manipulative I tend to turn it off..."
The spelling and grammar and all that is not nearly so important. However, if it's totally careless, I've got to wonder a bit. But yeah, the main tone of the communication is THE most important component.
SECRETSINBED wrote:
FUN4MWF
Few things leave me next to speechless with your public profile pictures being part of that list.
Aww, cut it out. Yer gonna make my head swell up and explode like an overfilled water balloon. I know the real reason you just typed that line ... you were so tired of typing the epistle that you typed a couple of posts up, that you just didn't have it in you to type anything longer!!!!
Thanks though, that's very sweet...ummm....that's the kind of "tone" of communication that I really like!!
I found this on KSL. in the auto adds, i got a laugh out of the wording.
WAS GOOD CAR CAME HOME FROM WORK TURNED OFF WENT TO GO NEXT DAY NO START HAVE FUEL,SPARK,COMPRESSION,BELIEVE TIMEING BELT IS NEEDED HAS GREAT WHEELS AND TIRES TRANSMISSION WORKED GREAT SHOULD BE SAME IF GOT RUNNING SAFETY GOOD NO BROKEN GLASS,LENS GOOD STEREO INTERIOR CLEAN NO RIPS TEARS BEST OFFER PROBABLY FIRST HAVE TO MANY VECHICLES IN YARD THANKS JOHN
kev.
WAS GOOD CAR CAME HOME FROM WORK TURNED OFF WENT TO GO NEXT DAY NO START HAVE FUEL,SPARK,COMPRESSION,BELIEVE TIMEING BELT IS NEEDED HAS GREAT WHEELS AND TIRES TRANSMISSION WORKED GREAT SHOULD BE SAME IF GOT RUNNING SAFETY GOOD NO BROKEN GLASS,LENS GOOD STEREO INTERIOR CLEAN NO RIPS TEARS BEST OFFER PROBABLY FIRST HAVE TO MANY VECHICLES IN YARD THANKS JOHN
kev.
WERSHI wrote:
I found this on KSL. in the auto adds, i got a laugh out of the wording.
WAS GOOD CAR CAME HOME FROM WORK TURNED OFF WENT TO GO NEXT DAY NO START HAVE FUEL,SPARK,COMPRESSION,BELIEVE TIMEING BELT IS NEEDED HAS GREAT WHEELS AND TIRES TRANSMISSION WORKED GREAT SHOULD BE SAME IF GOT RUNNING SAFETY GOOD NO BROKEN GLASS,LENS GOOD STEREO INTERIOR CLEAN NO RIPS TEARS BEST OFFER PROBABLY FIRST HAVE TO MANY VECHICLES IN YARD THANKS JOHN
kev.
roflmfao...exactly!!
SECRETSINBED wrote:
... If what academia considers correct is the standard we are discussing then we need to consider a few variables. People who have studied English in a formal setting tend to write more formally than they speak. That is certainly true with me ...
In what I remember of my studies on linguistics, spoken English has never been formalized.
As there is no formal grammar, the correctness of any given language production can't be deterministically evaluated. It becomes a matter of the recipient's ability to perceive the intended message. Due to the rise of technology in the role of communication, much of the domain of spoken English has been morphed into written expression. A key example is the invention and use of emoticons in conversational text. Another is the use of all capitals to emphasize words, or regions of words.
Many in the linguistic community argue that e-English (as it is often termed) can't be classified under the standard model of formal grammars. This is a highly active research area for natural language processing.
With that in mind, so long as e-English is the lingua-franca for communication, none of us could be correct in an assertion that a given production is incorrect.
So lets convert this argumentative energy into sexual energy and let the fucking begin. ;-)
Poeple, people, people. We are not asking for others to be perfect. Far from it. All this highly intellectual speak is great as far as I am concerned. But there is a misunderstanding as to what was initially portrayed.
English is English. End of story. Use it. There have been two inspirational posts that I have seen. Secretsinbed wrote that they had poor upbringing. Well, from the post, it sure didn't show. Kudos for rising above what you were dealt. Your post was one of the most astute I have read.
Then there is the lovely Sha. Communication is a mind game. Sex is a mind game. Thanks babe!
So people, just do a little more to seduce your partners. Do a little more to advance your personal life. The lifestyle is about more than sex. Yes it is.
Mav
English is English. End of story. Use it. There have been two inspirational posts that I have seen. Secretsinbed wrote that they had poor upbringing. Well, from the post, it sure didn't show. Kudos for rising above what you were dealt. Your post was one of the most astute I have read.
Then there is the lovely Sha. Communication is a mind game. Sex is a mind game. Thanks babe!
So people, just do a little more to seduce your partners. Do a little more to advance your personal life. The lifestyle is about more than sex. Yes it is.
Mav
I MUST jump in on this one. Sorry, I used all caps on MUST just because I was trying to really emphasize the word. Not to digress... For me and the wife, a well written profile is like the beginning of great foreplay. Not that a couple or a single have to be English majors, but at least know the basics of written communication. Misspelled words don't bother me as much as poorly written syntax. Writing is an art form. To me, someone who expresses themselves well puts together thoughts well and is usually very intelligent, witty and fun to talk to. When people can't spell or write, I'd put money up that they are bad lays too. HAHA. Again, we all make mistakes and I make my biggest ones when I am in a hurry. You'll go back and read something you've already sent and think "Shit, I can't believe I just sent that".. But, most of the time I can tell just by how a profile is written, or a post here, whether or not a couple has enough brains to grab our attention. A witty, intelligent, well put together sentence gets us hot! Show us your mind, your ability and your intelligence and we'll show you a good time.
UtHot
Show us your mind, your ability and your intelligence and we'll show you a good time. UtHot
Case in point: I just put down neologize and Firefox's dictionary refused to think of it as a real word. Thinks neologize is misspelled. And yet: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/neologize
I may as well add a little to.
I myself, the Mrs. am not good with grammar, although I did take a (Professional Secretary) course in college. I have to agree with some people on the post. There is a time when we need to use proper grammar, and a time when we don't. Some of us may be lazy and don't want to spell out a word, or look things up in a grammar book. We all have to take time to just let it go. It gets boring to do the same thing every day when you work at a office, or any job that you have to use grammar.
I also agree that this is a site where we can go and be ourselves.
To a point, it is a turn off when sometimes you read a profile and it makes no sense what-so-ever.
Mrs. Soft
I myself, the Mrs. am not good with grammar, although I did take a (Professional Secretary) course in college. I have to agree with some people on the post. There is a time when we need to use proper grammar, and a time when we don't. Some of us may be lazy and don't want to spell out a word, or look things up in a grammar book. We all have to take time to just let it go. It gets boring to do the same thing every day when you work at a office, or any job that you have to use grammar.
I also agree that this is a site where we can go and be ourselves.
To a point, it is a turn off when sometimes you read a profile and it makes no sense what-so-ever.
Mrs. Soft
We could all benefit from attending the "Zoolander School For Kids What Don't Read Good."
I did and now my talking is more gooder!
In all seriousness I don't think grammar and spelling are the end all qualifiers to how good one is going to be in bed; but it's not a bad idea to try to put your best foot forward when communicating. If the browser you use doesn't spell check copy your text and paste it in a word document. That way you can spell check before you post your message. Frankly if someone didn't want to get to know us because we used a dangling participle in our message they are probably doing us a huge favor!
I did and now my talking is more gooder!
In all seriousness I don't think grammar and spelling are the end all qualifiers to how good one is going to be in bed; but it's not a bad idea to try to put your best foot forward when communicating. If the browser you use doesn't spell check copy your text and paste it in a word document. That way you can spell check before you post your message. Frankly if someone didn't want to get to know us because we used a dangling participle in our message they are probably doing us a huge favor!
FUNUTCOUPLE1970 wrote:
We could all benefit from attending the "Zoolander School For Kids What Don't Read Good."
I did and now my talking is more gooder!
In all seriousness I don't think grammar and spelling are the end all qualifiers to how good one is going to be in bed; but it's not a bad idea to try to put your best foot forward when communicating. If the browser you use doesn't spell check copy your text and paste it in a word document. That way you can spell check before you post your message. Frankly if someone didn't want to get to know us because we used a dangling participle in our message they are probably doing us a huge favor!
OMG, I LOVE people with dangling participles!!!!! I'm the kind of girl who just can not get enough dangling participles, although I'm fairly proud of my ability to cause those dangling participles to stiffen up into more usable sentence constructs. Ummm...or something like that.
Using the icdeeblire pweor of the hmuaan mnid, it dseno't mtter in waht oderr the lterets in a wrod are, the olny irpoamtnt tihng is tath the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rhgit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it rihgt? So rlaex, it's all jstu for fun on hree. To be so cirtcial on lttile tihnsg sohws a need to be cnalced. Tinhk hppay toutghs insated of gttennig agnree.
KISSABLE wrote:
OMG Let this threat DIE!!!!
I can't help but come back to this thing out of morbid curiosity. Kissable, would you PLEASE start a new thread, dripping with sexuality and suggestiveness that will simply place this thread out of commission due to the fact that it gets pushed off the home (introductory) page?
FUN4MWF wrote:KISSABLE wrote:
OMG Let this threat DIE!!!!
I can't help but come back to this thing out of morbid curiosity. Kissable, would you PLEASE start a new thread, dripping with sexuality and suggestiveness that will simply place this thread out of commission due to the fact that it gets pushed off the home (introductory) page?
Girl, you owe me a new keyboard. I just sprayed iced coffee all over and now I've got the giggles and I'm doing the potty dance in my chair.
Dis dread won't die cuz too many peoble find it innerestigg. I habe said it bef'e 'n I'll say it again, if you don't like what you are readigg here, uh uh uh, MOBE ON 'n don't read it. Sheesh. Now back t' our dread...
Eyes may be the window unto the soul, but words are the door to relationships.
We don't have to be perfect English grammarian's, but at least try. The world now operates around text communication rather than voice communication. That is a fact.
BISEXMOJO: While that is an amazing feat of the mind, unfortunately, the mind can not process information like that when the words are gibberish. When reading, the mind relies on sentence structure as well. There is an anticipatory aspect to the words to come in a sentence. For example, "The _____ brown fox _____ over the ____ dog." I'm willing to bet everyone was able to fill in the blanks for that sentence.
OK, so back to those who think this thread should die (I know, I can't give shit up!) This thread was posted under General Just Talk. It is not posted under sexual fun. There is more to the site than hooking up with others. There is also a community. Part of that community is general talk. Give us a treat and join our discussion.
Mav
Eyes may be the window unto the soul, but words are the door to relationships.
We don't have to be perfect English grammarian's, but at least try. The world now operates around text communication rather than voice communication. That is a fact.
BISEXMOJO: While that is an amazing feat of the mind, unfortunately, the mind can not process information like that when the words are gibberish. When reading, the mind relies on sentence structure as well. There is an anticipatory aspect to the words to come in a sentence. For example, "The _____ brown fox _____ over the ____ dog." I'm willing to bet everyone was able to fill in the blanks for that sentence.
OK, so back to those who think this thread should die (I know, I can't give shit up!) This thread was posted under General Just Talk. It is not posted under sexual fun. There is more to the site than hooking up with others. There is also a community. Part of that community is general talk. Give us a treat and join our discussion.
Mav
Thanks for the straight talk but nope, not the case at all. I am very good with the delete key. And if we all look back at this post, you will see that it didn't bring into question any specific user.
Self-inflated? Nope, not at all. Ask anyone that has met me from here.
I think what is happening here is that, when advice is offered to those who need it, they or others get offended. If that is the case, THEY need examine their true selves. I know my weaknesses. One being I call it like I see it. I'm a New Yorker and don't believe in pulling punches. Oh well.
But again, NONE of my comments on this post were directed at specific users (you won't find anything where I called anyone out. Even the hateful e-mail I received was not attributed to a specific user.) It has nothing to do with my standards. It has everything to do with placing a post on a comment board. I get what I ask for: comments.
Mav
Self-inflated? Nope, not at all. Ask anyone that has met me from here.
I think what is happening here is that, when advice is offered to those who need it, they or others get offended. If that is the case, THEY need examine their true selves. I know my weaknesses. One being I call it like I see it. I'm a New Yorker and don't believe in pulling punches. Oh well.
But again, NONE of my comments on this post were directed at specific users (you won't find anything where I called anyone out. Even the hateful e-mail I received was not attributed to a specific user.) It has nothing to do with my standards. It has everything to do with placing a post on a comment board. I get what I ask for: comments.
Mav
Git'em hammer!
Mav, I wish I could say I was the genius behind this sweet picture... :-(
I was cracking up when I saw it. VERY funny and timely. I'm going to try and post one I found...
Mav
Sorry, it won't upload.
Mav
Sorry, it won't upload.
And they say that there is no drama on this site. LOL
Who says there is no drama on this site? I need to meet them and then smack them upside the head!
Mav
Mav
You make fun of anybody that cant spell, you are cruel! I personally (Wolf) will compete in ANY spelling bee,and I will win, but to degrade someone because they havn't mastered it, you suck! My wife has a tough time spelling, and you want to mock her that her spelling isn't correct? Just keep misspelling words as to downgrade those that have a difficult time, though most of your spelling, punctuating , grammar are mistake free....NOT!
Wolf
Wolf
Ahhh...well..here's the thing. I LIKE to write the way I speak. Do I speak perfectly, using correct grammer? Sorry...I don't. Would bet that few do. Does it need to to intelligable? (is that a word?) Absolutely. Perfect? Nope. I like my posts to sound like...ME! I try to let my personality show in them.
Does that make me sound ignorant to some? Probably...but..guess they might find me that way in person, too.
Oh well....
And for the record....I use Internet Expolrer here...and don't see ANY squiggly lines! Think I been cheated?
Does that make me sound ignorant to some? Probably...but..guess they might find me that way in person, too.
Oh well....
And for the record....I use Internet Expolrer here...and don't see ANY squiggly lines! Think I been cheated?
its to early for this shit
ok FUCK YOU
hehehehe, I just can't help myself! hehehehehhe
DOH!
Mav
DOH!
Mav
DEVAL-X wrote:
One of the more fun things for the grammatically pedantic people of the world to do is poke fun at people who grandstand about proper grammar while making grammatical mistakes. For instance, neither THEIR, THERE, nor THEY'RE are ever used to indicate location. They're also not used as possessive forms, or contractions. You've indicated that each of those words are nouns via capitalization. Capitalizing to indicate emphasis isn't valid syntax in English grammar. Something else to consider are statements that are grammatically correct, yet semantically confusing. The following is grammatically correct: Bob and Cindy live over There. Since "There" is capitalized it's parsed as a Proper Noun. My favorite ambiguous phrase is "Time flies like an arrow". Does this statement say that -figuratively speaking- time "flies" in the same manner that an arrow "flies"? Does it mean that a hypothetical species of "Time flies" would enjoy an arrow? Proper utilization of English grammar is not as easy as it seems. Besides, it is far less important that a phrase conform precisely to abstract rules than it is important that your phrase effectively communicate the idea you're trying to espouse. God.. that reads like a speech I gave at a NLP conference..
Very impressive! However, I believe that the phrase "Time flies like an arrow" was meant more as an analogy to how time moves rapidly as does an does an arrow when shot from a bow.
But seriously people, how much does it really matter if a person uses perfect grammer and spelling? If someone thinks it's that important, maybe they should join a literature club or something.
DUDE IF SPELL CHECK IS YOUR ONLY ISSUE IN LIFE
BE HAPPY!
BE HAPPY!