Out of Conference games

[Ack]

Jim, you probably have a good view of my sign every night from across the ice.  Do let me know when I print out something that's flawed.  Rather, do you have any suggestions?

[Jim Hyla]

[quote Ack]Jim, you probably have a good view of my sign every night from across the ice.  Do let me know when I print out something that's flawed.  Rather, do you have any suggestions?[/quote]I don't know what you mean? ::help::

[RatushnyFan]

I'm guessing there are a few Strunk & White fans on this board. ::banana::

I don't know how many of you readers are among the working class, but it's a pretty ugly grammatical world out there.  If you take offense at what you see on this board, it's going to be hard to interact with the masses.

[BCrespi]

Is it odd that I find this argument far more entertaining and enjoyable to read than the same repetative and simultaneous arguments with RichS in 8 threads at once?  Honestly, keep up the good work.  ::sits back and enjoys the show::

Brian Crespi '06

[Liz '05]

[quote RatushnyFan]I'm guessing there are a few Strunk & White fans on this board. ::banana::

I don't know how many of you readers are among the working class, but it's a pretty ugly grammatical world out there.  If you take offense at what you see on this board, it's going to be hard to interact with the masses.[/quote]

I'm a big fan.  Grammatical (and sometimes spelling) mistakes distract me from the content of whatever I'm reading, to the point where I can't critique the content.  I've had to copy something grammatically hideous so I can play English teacher, get all my grammar nazi tendencies out of the way, toss it, then figure out all the underlying problems with the essay/report/whatever.

[Trotsky]

Yeah, but who's such a fan of S&W that they have a favorite edition?  Personally, I like the earlier editions.  The later editions have become so fat that they violate the rules of brevity they propound.

Also: everyone involved in the production of that "illustrated elements of style" coffee table book, which is the darling of the New York Review of Books and the NPR social x-rays, should be set adrift on an ice flow.

[Ken \'70]

My own fair-minded and temperate take on the grammer and spelling transgressions is as follows:

In general, if the writer has made an obvious good faith attempt to communicate his ideas clearly and literately then I let him skate on a few oversights or mistakes, however...if he disagrees with me or is the fan of a team ahead of Cornell in the PWR then no scrutiny is too strict nor criticism too strong.

Makes sense, no?

[Rosey]

[quote Liz '05]Grammatical (and sometimes spelling) mistakes distract me from the content of whatever I'm reading, to the point where I can't critique the content.[/quote]
They make drugs like Luvox specifically to address this kind of problem.

Kyle

[Beeeej]

[quote Trotsky]Also: everyone involved in the production of that "illustrated elements of style" coffee table book, which is the darling of the New York Review of Books and the NPR social x-rays, should be set adrift on an ice flow.[/quote]

That's "ice floe," and you use the passive voice too much.

Happy to help,

Beeeej

[KeithK]

[q]If you take offense at what you see on this board, it's going to be hard to interact with the masses.[/q]The world is full of stupid people and I take great joy in laughing at their stupidity.

[Liz '05]

[quote krose][quote Liz '05]Grammatical (and sometimes spelling) mistakes distract me from the content of whatever I'm reading, to the point where I can't critique the content.[/quote]
They make drugs like Luvox specifically to address this kind of problem.

Kyle[/quote]

I just had to google Luvox to figure out what you meant

[Trotsky]

[quote Beeeej]
That's "ice floe"
[/quote]
According to the plate tectonics article I googled to make sure, either is correct.

The passive voice is correctly used when "the stinger's in tail," i.e., when an overly elaborate sentence structure conceals, until the final moment, a vicious thurst into the throat of an officious prick like you.  Hypothetically.

[canuck89]

And yes, I would also like to agree with that sentiment.  Very petty indeed.

[CowbellGuy]

Bad grammar and spelling drive me batty, but I try not to police it too much. Let me put it into perspective. There's this guy in my online racing league who, before reading his forum posts, I thought of a competent driver and reasonable chap. Now, I have a hard time accepting him for anything but a dolt. He's probably a perfectly nice and reasonable guy, but his typing habits have permanently sullied my impression of him to the point where I don't even like racing him. Now, before you label me an uber-snob (or re-label me as such), I need to provide you with a sample. All of his posts are like this. ALL of them.

[q]so imagine this u gotta ask yourself is it better to not have the possibilty at all for a caution and u were one of the guys that just got caught in big pile up that under all other circumstances irl whud have deserved a caution. but ingame u wont get that chance .

other hand your in this big pile up and a real caution isnt thrown but a few mins later one of our .realistic not so realistic yellows are thrown?

dunno i understand your thoughts tho and sorta agree. were all gonna feel a little differnt about this probley.[/q]

So really, if we could just get jy3 to write out his words, we'd be doing pretty well here.

[Chris \'03]

[quote Beeeej]

Amen.  I suspect the average "grammar or spelling correction" post drives away twice as many people as your average "death of a middle-aged actor" post.

Beeeej[/quote]

I hope you'll pardon me for chuckling. ::rolleyes::