What Kinds of Girls do you Like?
Pages
| Author | Topic: What Kinds of Girls do you Like? |
|---|---|
|
Shock Trooper
Member # 2300
|
written Saturday, February 28 2004 15:40
Profile
Well, one's own mistakes are the hardest to spot. Where have I slipped up? Actually I will probably be changing my sig soon anyhow so I suppose it dosn't really matter. -------------------- Beware of pretty girls in dance halls and parks who may be spies, as well as bicycles, revolvers, uniforms, arms, dead horses, and men lying on roads -- they are not there accidentally." - Soviet infantry manual, 1930's Posts: 267 | Registered: Wednesday, November 27 2002 08:00 |
|
Guardian
Member # 3521
|
written Saturday, February 28 2004 15:51
Profile
Hmm. Well, the obvious mistake is that you've spelled "maybe" as "mabye." Other than that. there's a grammatical mistake in the first sentence. As "population" is a collective singular term, the correct way to phrase the second part of sentence would have been, "half of the world's population is below average intelligence." -------------------- "Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with a chain- at least in a poor country like Russia- and his vanity begins to swell out like his tires. In America it takes an automobile to produce this effect."- Leon Trotsky Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
|
Lifecrafter
Member # 585
|
written Sunday, February 29 2004 17:56
Profile
Homepage
Painfully ironic, actually. -------------------- The many faces of Logalot -------------------- Polaris Roleplaying and Debating Board- 'Nuf said -------------------- Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. George Bernard Shaw Posts: 780 | Registered: Friday, February 1 2002 08:00 |
|
Infiltrator
Member # 3040
|
written Monday, March 1 2004 13:49
Profile
One could argue that the "Therefore" in the second sentence deserves a comma. Also, saying someone is below average intelligence isn't really correct subject-subject complement agreement: maybe people have below average intelligence, or their intelligence is below average... but you can't really define someone as being below average intelligence. -------------------- who? Posts: 508 | Registered: Thursday, May 29 2003 07:00 |
|
Warrior
Member # 3117
|
written Monday, March 1 2004 17:22
Profile
wow, will this topic ever close? -------------------- If your buddy is trying to hook up with a girl, you may sabotage him only in a manner that gives you no chances of getting any either. -The Code Pahk ya cah in hahvad yahd?? What ah ya? retahded?! Can't figure out the other sex? Check out ladder theory! [URL=http://www.laddertheory.com[/URL] Posts: 114 | Registered: Wednesday, June 18 2003 07:00 |
|
Shake Before Using
Member # 75
|
written Monday, March 1 2004 18:52
Profile
Probably not. While it's gotten sidetracked, it's not actively bad, so it's more likely to die from lack of interest rather than having a moderator cut it down. Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
|
DELETED Member # 21
|
written Monday, March 1 2004 23:41
Profile
Aye, hooray for moderator fatigue! -------------------- KazeArctica: Oh yes. KazeArctica: Oh YES Posts: 93 | Registered: Sunday, September 30 2001 22:00 |
|
Shock Trooper
Member # 2300
|
written Tuesday, March 2 2004 03:18
Profile
Good grammar is not necessarily a function of intelligence. -------------------- Beware of pretty girls in dance halls and parks who may be spies, as well as bicycles, revolvers, uniforms, arms, dead horses, and men lying on roads -- they are not there accidentally." - Soviet infantry manual, 1930's Posts: 267 | Registered: Wednesday, November 27 2002 08:00 |
|
Law Bringer
Member # 335
|
written Tuesday, March 2 2004 13:48
Profile
Homepage
I snipe and I snipe, but nothing happens! Why won't this topic die!? —Alorael, who contributes this utterly worthless post on behalf of nobody in particular. Time for him to saunter back off to the mod board or something! Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
|
DELETED Member # 21
|
written Thursday, March 4 2004 05:52
Profile
*awaits Alorael in the mod board, cookies at the ready* -------------------- KazeArctica: Oh yes. KazeArctica: Oh YES Posts: 93 | Registered: Sunday, September 30 2001 22:00 |
|
Shock Trooper
Member # 3801
|
written Thursday, March 4 2004 11:54
Profile
Homepage
quote:Exactly! And the same thing for book smarts. You don't need to know every line of every book to be happy in life. Everyone's happiness is achieved in a different way, some people don't even go to college. (Hooray for my new Adept Title!!!) -------------------- There is no knowledge that is not power. Take a chance at the Chance Forums! Posts: 323 | Registered: Thursday, December 18 2003 08:00 |
|
Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!
Member # 919
|
written Thursday, March 4 2004 12:18
Profile
Tis true, tis true, but it certainly helps. And it's far more enjoyable to read. Relatively speaking, of course. -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon TEH CONSPIRACY IZ ALL Les forum de la chance. Incaseofemergency,breakglass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
|
Apprentice
Member # 4025
|
written Thursday, March 4 2004 15:48
Profile
Homepage
Grammar ain't no proof of intellegent! This topic shall never end!! -------------------- All hail to me, for my best time in MineSweeper is 150 :) The Supreme Rule Posts: 46 | Registered: Monday, February 23 2004 08:00 |
|
Senile Reptile
Member # 547
|
written Thursday, March 4 2004 18:30
Profile
If you have the ability to use proper grammar, there should be no reason not to use it. Those who aren't educated and thus aren't able to employ their native tongue with much skill are most certainly not stupid for it (might be stupid for other reasons, but you can't know what you haven't learned). What I find really annoying is when people who've had a fine education and know how to use their own language eloquently make grammatical errors out of sheer lazyness. AOLspeak is a rather fine example of this. On a slight tangent, I do my best to use perfect grammar and spelling on instant messenger, and use abbreviations rarely. When one gets used to sticking a period after a sentence, or typing "you" instead of "u," one finds that they type at the same speed as anyone else. Punctuation especially grates on my nerves, beacuse many people who would otherwise be rather fine typers of the English language find it somehow awfully inconvenient to use those three extra ATP molecules required to press down the <shift> key while sending messages around. _files/smile.gif) -------------------- Polaris Posts: 1614 | Registered: Wednesday, January 23 2002 08:00 |