WORR's ACM of BBS Posting

[jonnyb]

From section 7 of worr's original post:

7) Target hand off. During the course of a thread suddenly switches targets to avoid a loosing argument. He uses substitute arguments that don’t address the original question, which he is loosing, and seeks to lure off some other kills before the other winning argument can finish him off.

Quoting section 9:

9) P-51 runstang. Generally finds an exit at the very point of loosing the advantage in the thread and will not return. The exit will usually be affected with some claim to victory like “you don’t know what you are talking about” or “I’m wasting my time with the likes of you” but generally looses credibility when the same exits are sought in various threads.

All four instances in bold above are incorrect.  Each of them should be a variety of "lose".

From beet1e's reply:

My alt advantage, also enjoyed by Worr in this post, is the ability to write grammatically correct English with proper syntax...I can tell Worr is a guy who understands the difference between "loose" and "lose", and the difference between "affect" and "effect".

From worr's post I concluded that indeed he did not understand the difference between "loose" and "lose" because each use is incorrect.  In your reply, you equate yourself to worr in regards to English grammar and syntax.  I then argued that since worr had misused the words, and you had complimented him on his usage of those words, that you as well were mistaken in the difference between "loose" and "lose".

The evidence presented, and the conclusion drawn from it led me to post my reply defining the words "loose" and "lose".

[beet1e]

JohnnyB - you are quite correct, and now I feel a bit of a prat for not spotting that. I didn't even spot the word "loosing", but used the loose/lose as a throwaway example because so many people (including, as it turns out, Worr) get it wrong.

My own example to my Dutch squad, who struggle with English sometimes, was: "You will find many loose women in Amsterdam, but you will lose a lot of money if you visit them".

My other example (affect/effect) was, upon closer inspection, another bad choice!

The exit will usually be affected with some claim to victory like “you don’t know what you are talking about” or “I’m wasting my time with the likes of you” but generally looses credibility when the same exits are sought in various threads.

Wrong! Should have been effected. I was clearly having a bad day! I blame the Explorer search facility. I will edit what I said.

[jonnyb]

This is a tough one, and can be argued both ways.  One possible definition of the word "affected" is to put on a false show, or to simulate.  As an example:

Kevin Costner did a poor job when he affected a British accent in the movie "Robin Hood".

The basic difference between "affect" and "effect" is that when one "affects" something, one is "influencing" that thing in some way.  To "effect" something is to execute or bring about a change.

So, an example of both:

Smoking can adversely affect your health.
To effect savings, the company laid off one third of its workforce.

In this case, though, I lean towards the usage of "effected" as you pointed out.

I think we have effectively (no pun intended) hijacked this thread

[worr]

Offending words corrected.

Bettle1 down in flames by FW attack...for loitering ove the target too long.

Worr, out

[worr]

Originally posted by jonnyb
The basic difference between "affect" and "effect" is that when one "affects" something, one is "influencing" that thing in some way.  To "effect" something is to execute or bring about a change.

I distinguish them also between passive and active. Affected is more passive than effected...hence the implication that one is rather trying to slither away instead of bolt to avoid ridicule.

Worr, out

[beet1e]

Kevin Costner did a poor job when he affected a British accent in the movie "Robin Hood".

LOL - I always remember how he pronounced Nottingham "Nadding-hee-amm". It was so funny, they left it in!

Worr - yes, I loitered too long, and the acks came up and bit me. I never knew you were from Fargo.

[worr]

Originally posted by beet1e
Worr - yes, I loitered too long, and the acks came up and bit me. I never knew you were from Fargo.

Is that bad?

Worr, out