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Offline Holden McGroin

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Just for the Anglophones:
« on: May 13, 2003, 11:07:11 PM »
Word use Central:
 
1.  “Are” and “Our” are different
2.  “Your” and “You’re” are different
3.  “You’ve got mail” is wrong. It should be “You have mail”
4.  “You’ve got to get this” should be “You must get this”
5.  The word ‘Utilize” is over used. Use ‘Use’ instead.
6.  When one stands firm and declares “That is absolutely untrue”, the non-Orwellian-newspeak word ‘False’ would be a far better word than untrue.

Department of Redundancy Department

7.   As there is no such thing as future history, one does not need to refer to “Past History”
8.   You do not need to refer ‘back’.  You need only to refer.
9.   You do not need to remember ‘back’.  You need only to remember.
10.  You do not need to report ‘back’.  You need only to report.
11.  You do not need to rise ‘up’ or lower ‘down’.
12.  You do not need to ‘pre’ plan.  You need only to plan.  Post planning is called explaining, or making excuses.

Sorry about that, it was grindin' on me like a burr under the saddle and had to get it off my chest.  Ain’t you never had nothin’ to grind ya?  Why I'm wearin' a saddle on my chest I don't rightly know.
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Offline john9001

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Just for the Anglophones:
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2003, 12:49:36 AM »
and now for something compleatly different.
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Offline Saintaw

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Just for the Anglophones:
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2003, 02:26:33 AM »
This is simply redikikulous :D
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Just for the Anglophones:
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2003, 02:37:01 AM »
vhat iz ze purpose of zis post ?
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Offline LLv34_Snefens

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Just for the Anglophones:
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2003, 04:16:23 AM »
Yeah, nitpicking time, I love these.

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One that I've seen on these boards MANY times is "hanger". I've even seen a guy use it wrong in his homepage address:

A building you put your plane in is called a hangAr.
On a hangEr you only put your coat.

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When you second someones statement, by shouting "here, here", it should be "hear, hear".

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The oldies about their and there, were and where and site and sight

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I really think it's an advantage having english only as second language in such cases. One can just make the sentence in his own language, where the two, in english, similar sounding words often are completely different.
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Offline Holden McGroin

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Just for the Anglophones:
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2003, 05:04:58 AM »
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Originally posted by LLv34_Snefens
The oldies about their and there, were and where and site and sight.


:mad: You mean wear and where dont you? :mad:

Gawd dammit this really pisses me off! :mad:



okay, I'm much better now. :)
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Offline Batz

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Just for the Anglophones:
« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2003, 06:14:02 AM »
Sweat Jesious
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Offline stegor

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Just for the Anglophones:
« Reply #7 on: May 14, 2003, 07:42:44 AM »
I was thinking to improve my English, here......:rolleyes: ....nahhhh
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Offline AWMac

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« Reply #8 on: May 14, 2003, 08:06:05 AM »
Aight, aight.....

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Offline vorticon

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Just for the Anglophones:
« Reply #9 on: May 14, 2003, 08:25:38 AM »
its elite not 1337
its hacker not haxor
dont say i seen him say i SAW him
DONT REFER TO YOUR COMPUTER AS a HARDDRIVE CPU or Peice of ****...there completely different things..you only make yourself look stupid
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Offline Syzygyone

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« Reply #10 on: May 14, 2003, 08:30:00 AM »
No blood for grammer!
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Offline vorticon

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« Reply #11 on: May 14, 2003, 08:32:11 AM »
you dont run off you just run...


though 1 i do love is " they deserted there dessert in the desert" (sp)
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Offline Syzygyone

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Well...
« Reply #12 on: May 14, 2003, 08:34:29 AM »
Bad grammer is no threat to the U.S.  It's just redikulus!
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Offline Nash

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Just for the Anglophones:
« Reply #13 on: May 14, 2003, 09:33:49 AM »
Holy smokes YEAH! I hate it too when non-native-english-speakin' people say "utilize" instead of "use"... and *especially* when they say "That is absolutely untrue” instead of like, DUH, just saying "false". Like, wtf? Drives me nuts and I totally loose it almost everytime I see that kind of thing although I'm probably going to get flamed for saying this but you can bite me cuz last time I checked theirs a thing called free speech buddy. 'Nuff said!
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Offline midnight Target

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« Reply #14 on: May 14, 2003, 09:36:52 AM »
It is a silly post, irregardless of what past history might rise up to tell you.

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