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« Reply #15 on: September 17, 2007, 12:58:21 PM »
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You mean , "Where's Hitech?"  what's the purpose of adding the at?


Hey look! Our gammarian of this thread has arisen! :D
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« Reply #16 on: September 17, 2007, 01:03:22 PM »
That's not grammar, that's just a superfluous word :) and you misspelled grammarian.
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« Reply #17 on: September 17, 2007, 01:05:52 PM »
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The preferance fo` gangsta language usage is obvious:

If Einstein spoke like he were frizzay deep woods Mississippi n said,

    quote:As yall get on up ta close to the speed of lat I meen faster than even Richard Petty, time a sloes down like a Alabama mule stuck in the briar. Things a git all strecht out, and yer clock'll tick as slow as molasses on a frosty January mornin. But den if you was ta look out and see the dagonn peeple a watchin ya back they will look like they was growin as ole as ole Muddy faster than ya could even bleeve.



Nobody would hizzy paid attention ta relativity fo yo ***** ass.


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« Reply #18 on: September 17, 2007, 01:17:50 PM »
IMO The ability to spell usually correlates to the intelligence of the person in question. Those who can't spell their mother language aren't usually the brightest bulbs on the ceiling, in my experience. English is probably the easiest language to spell anyway.
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« Reply #19 on: September 17, 2007, 01:28:04 PM »
I'm not sure spelling is a reliable measure of intelligence.  It might, however, be a measure of how much or little regard someone has for their audience.  If the deficit is in education (it's someone who hasn't gotten the schooling yet, or dropped out before), that again is not a measure of intelligence, just a measure of...  well, education.
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« Reply #20 on: September 17, 2007, 01:38:44 PM »
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O.k. where's HiTech at? We need his input on this topic...

Didn't you really mean to say...

O HiTech, HiTech! Wherefore art thou, HiTech?
Your sage gaze upon this cumbrous topic, I beseech.

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« Reply #21 on: September 17, 2007, 01:50:04 PM »
Thats a handy reference. Im alway's making that mistake. Which is ridiculous really a's Im currently studying for a diploma in technical writing.

Have to go now, my dinner, its i's ready. It looks delicious'. Now if only someone would provide an ea'sy explanation for when you put an apostrophe after a word.:huh
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« Reply #22 on: September 17, 2007, 02:40:37 PM »
One puts an apostrophe anywhere letters are missing.  So if you abbreviate spelling to spellin (for flavor) it should be written as spellin'.  Hope that helps with your writin'.
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« Reply #23 on: September 17, 2007, 03:13:06 PM »
I kin read readin', but I can't read writin' 'specially when its wrote rotten.
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« Reply #24 on: September 17, 2007, 03:43:40 PM »
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Now to find an equivalent for "loose vs. lose"


Can you find one for "then" and "than"? It really bugs me to see people using "then" when they mean "than", and it seems to be happening more and more often. Never see "than" used instead of "then", though.
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« Reply #25 on: September 17, 2007, 04:04:25 PM »


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« Reply #26 on: September 17, 2007, 04:23:35 PM »
Just think with each extra ' that you type a little more energy is wasted.

 Did that little ' really add anything to your understanding of the sentence or are we all intelligent enough to work out whats being said wether it is 'it's' or just its, did you notice a missing ' in what's? or did your brain melt at that point?

When we use its instead of it's when we mean 'it is' we save a whole ' and an i and over time the energy saving on the AH BBS alone could power a small town.

think about that next time you want to add a little  '

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« Reply #27 on: September 17, 2007, 06:12:51 PM »
Evar sense I tuk the Evlyn Woodhed sped redding course my redding has improved one hunderd purcent.







Get a friggin life.
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« Reply #28 on: September 17, 2007, 06:29:50 PM »
Boom, good spelling nazi? :confused:

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« Reply #29 on: September 17, 2007, 06:46:33 PM »
LMAO. :)
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