ITT we correct minor nuances of the previous post without regard for context (273)

1 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5052 06:27

In actuality, >>0 should be a link to http://4-ch.net/dqn/kareha.pl/1182180250/64.

2 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5052 07:45

"In actuality" is a stupid phrase

3 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5052 08:50

Calling phrases stupid is so last millennium.

4 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5052 15:41

The 'that is so last X' phrase has jumped the shark long ago.

5 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5052 22:57

You should be using double quote marks there.

6 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5053 05:17

Although either the single or double style is generally accepted depending on regional preference, I believe you are referring to what are properly known as quotation marks, and not simply quote marks.

7 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5053 07:53

tl;dr

8 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5053 12:51

There's no reason to use texting shortcuts when a complete keyboard is available to type on.

9 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5053 15:08

You neglect to consider the possibility that the poster may not have a keyboard, and must use alternative methods to input data. Such as copy and paste from the character map.

10 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5053 15:39

That last sentence is a fragment.

11 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5054 19:58

A fragment is not really a sentence at all, then, is it?

12 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5061 00:01

>>11's poster used too many clauses to express an incorrrect opinion, thereby invalidating any further statements from said poster.

13 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5061 00:29

>>12's poster used too many r's in "incorrrect" therein.

14 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5061 00:43

>>13 copied >>12's sentence structure, thereby ensuring his reply would be grammatically incorrect. He also failed to put out the previous poster's Genetic Fallacy, and resorted instead to the easier path of pointing out a typo.

15 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5061 02:11

I do wish that posters would stop using abbreviations like typo for typographical error... We are not juvenile adolescents using cellular telephones.

16 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5061 03:12

"Juvenile adolescent" is redundant.

17 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5061 12:45

>>16
As one could be an average adolescent, or a particularly mature adolescent, surely one could be a particularly juvenile adolescent? An adolescent more adolescent than other adolescents, if you will.

18 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5061 12:56

"An adolescent more adolescent than other adolescents, if you will." is nothing more than a mere sentence fragment.

19 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5061 13:00

>>17 Used 6 times the word "adolescent". Try a synonyms dictionary for a more varied and elegant writing.

20 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5061 16:28

I do agree with >>19 but I fear that he writing for style. Better also use a dictionary while you're at it.

21 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5061 16:34

>>20 used zero of one mandatory "is" in his sentence. Could that possibly be an indicator of his lacking grasp of the English language?

22 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5061 16:35

>>21 poses a question to the readers which they will be quite unable to answer.

23 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5061 16:41

>>22 purports to know the readers' ability to answer such questions, when he really cannot be certain about it. Also, since the word "unable" describes a complete lack of ability, it is unnecessary to prefix it with "quite".

24 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5061 16:43

>Also, since

>>23 should use less redundant words.

25 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5061 17:04

"Redundant" sounds bombastic and pedant. Consider using more down-to-Earth words like verbose or wordy.

26 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5061 19:19

>>25 second sentence is noncommittal and wishy-washy, with the sickening word "consider" coming across as pedantic as the post he was criticizing.

27 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5061 19:21

>>26 forgot a 's after the >>25.

28 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5061 20:12

>>27 should try to understand Nanoha A's

29 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5061 20:44

>>28
Homer Simpson's "I tried and I failed" comes to mind.
"Try" is a recipe for failure. Just order >>27 to do it.

30 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5062 04:38

You could have summed that up and in a briefer and more witty fashion by paraphrasing Yoda's oft-quoted line.

31 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5062 09:05

"And" appears twice in >>30's post, without even so much as a comma separating the two. That's a big no-no.

32 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5062 10:09

">>30's post" is flawed, since >>30 refers to the post itself, not the person who posted it.

33 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5062 12:05

Mr >>32, please note that the advice from Mr >>31 may be flawed. In English you do not add commas unless /absolutely necessary/. If you said /">>30's post" is flawed since >>30 refers to the post itself not the person who posted it./ it would have been perfectly fine, and proper English.

34 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5062 12:11

I must add that the previous three posters may not realize it gets difficult to refer an individual as "⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃" for several reasons. The foremost being the wide majority of BU-N in here, and secondarily the unpronounceable nature of that series of Unicode characters.
Ergo, utilizing >>30 as a proper noun is justified in this informal atmosphere.

35 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5062 15:54

>>34's aa in his post is just plain distracting.

36 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5062 16:01

>>35,

>aa

That is not an English word, why did you say it

37 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5062 16:03

>>36 should avoid using so much white-space. This is not a Web 2.0 site.

38 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5062 16:09

>>37 uses horrible marketroidisms like "Web 2.0".

39 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5062 16:15

> marketroidisms

That is not a word at alll.

40 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5062 16:39

>alll

>>39's drawl is horribly affected

41 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5062 17:26

>>40 is unable to tell a drawl apart from a spelling error.

42 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5062 17:51

>>41 mentions drawls and spelling errors, making it clear that he doesn't understand at least one of the terms since drawls are spoken whereas spelling errors are written.

43 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5062 17:53

>apart from

could be shorter, like "seperate"

44 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5062 17:54

>>42

>doesn't

I believe "does not" would be a better choice of words.

45 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5062 18:25

Anyways, >>44, please listen to me. That it's really related to this thread.
I went to /Language/ a while ago; you know, /Language/?
Well anyways there was an insane number of people there, and I couldn't get in.
Then, I looked at the rules posted on the headboard, and it had "respect each other's language" written on it.
Oh, the stupidity. Those idiots.
You, don't come to /Language/ just because you want lingual respect, fool.
It's only respect, R-E-S-P-E-C-T for crying out loud.
There're even lengthy run-on sentences there. Sentences of 4 lines, all out for some nitpicking, huh? How fucking nice.
"fact remains: some languages are just easier than others" God I can't bear to watch.
You people, I'll give you respect if you just get out of those threads.
/Language/ should be a red ink place.
That tense atmosphere, where two guys on opposite sides of the monitor can start a debate at any time,
the lecture-or-be-lectured mentality, that's what's great about this place.
Illiterates and dyslexics should screw off and stay home.
Anyways, I was about to start correcting a typo, and then the bastard above me writes "That is not an english word why did you say it"
Who in the world writes a question without an eroteme nowadays, you moron?
I want to ask him, "do you REALLY want to end that without punctuation?"
I want to correct him. I want to correct him without regard for context.
Are you sure you don't just want to try writing "That word is not familiar to me. What is it's meaning?"
Coming from a Grammar Nazi such as myself, the latest trend among us nazis is this, extra sage.
That's right, extra sage. This is the nazi's way of reprimanding.
Extra sage means more time under the radar. But on the other hand the price is a tad higher. This is the key.
And then, it's obnoxious. This is unbearable.
However, if you follow this advice then there is danger that you'll be noticed by the posters from next sage on; it's a double-edged sword.
I can't recommend it to amateurs.
What this all really means, though, is that you, >>44, corrected the wrong post.

46 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5062 20:04

>>45 tl;dr

47 Name: combo breaker : 1993-09-5062 20:12

also >>45 legendary!

48 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5062 22:26

>>47 posted in the correcting minor nuances without regard for context thread rather than the compliment the poster above us thread. Regardless I am thankful for his praise.

49 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5063 01:20

>>48

  • The phrase needs quotes before and and after the italics in case the viewer is using an old monitor without italics capability.
  • there should be a comma after "Regardless" for emphasis.
  • "I am" should be abbreviated to "I'm".

50 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5063 01:29

>>45

Fulfilling your extra sage.

51 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5063 01:44

>>50 neglected to correct the minor nuances of >>49 without regard for context.

52 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5063 02:51

>>51 was inconsistent with his use of post links.

53 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5063 03:00

>>52: why "was"? If the post is inconsistent, it is likely to stay that way forever as the post cannot be edited.

54 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5063 03:17

>>53 used a colon when referring to >>52, which was distracting and unnecessary.

55 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5063 07:31

"was distracting and was unnecessary." would be a better paraphrase of >>54 with more punch.

56 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5063 11:42

The period within >>55's quotation is incorrect.

57 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5063 11:47

>>55 did not capitalise the first letter of his sentence.

58 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5063 14:14

>>57 used a system of spelling inferior to that in common use in Amerikkka.

59 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5063 15:51

>>58 spelled "America" with three k's. "America", in fact, has no k anywhere in it.

60 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5063 16:01

>>59 disregarded a foreign language spelling of America in which there is, in fact, a 'k'.

61 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5064 02:14

>>60 is implicitly factual; "in fact" is excessive.

62 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5064 03:41

>>61 forgots to include the commas: ", in fact," is excessive.

63 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5064 03:56

>>62 lacks appreciation of style over substance.

64 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5064 04:21

>>63 lacks appreciation of nuances over style and substance.

65 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5064 14:10

>>64 stoled the sentence structure of >>63 without crediting him for it

66 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5064 15:38

>>65 acts like the RIAA confronting a remixer.

67 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5064 16:51

>>66 doesn't realize that the RIAA is just an organization, and doesn't act at all, but rather its members do.

68 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5064 19:47

You're overly liberal with commas; A semicolon is always a good way to join two related sentences together.

69 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5064 20:01

>>68
uhm. Please don't start with a capital letter after a semi-colon.

70 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5064 20:29

"Semicolon" is not hyphenated.

71 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5064 20:53

You missed out on the opportunity to inform the previous poster that uhm is not an English word.

72 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5064 21:59

>>71 Agglutinative languages or synthetic languages flexibly integrate onomatopoetic words into their structure. This may evolve into a new word, up to the point that it is no longer recognized as such.

73 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5064 22:01

>>72

>Agglutinative

..why did you say it

74 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5065 07:29

Because you touch yourself at night. Also, while the lack of initial capitalisation may be forgiven thanks to your attempted ellipsis (which, incidentally, is missing a dot), your sentece is missing a question mark.

75 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5065 07:36

>>74

>sentece

This is not a correctly spelled word, why did you type it?

76 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5065 11:14

>>75

The question should not be "why", but rather "how".

77 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5065 12:09

>>76
When a preschooler enters his annoying "why?" stage, it's good to redirect the child by asking him other "w" questions - who, where, when? - to make him diversify his choices, not just "how".

78 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5065 17:34

>>77
Not all preschoolers are male.

79 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5065 19:43

That oversight can be forgiven due to an unfortunate lack of English language gender-neutral pronouns.

80 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5065 20:27

>>79

>e to a

That word obviously is not listed in any recent English dictionary. The reason of dispensing such nonsense to our peaceful forum users is not immediately familiar with me, and I question the reason behind uttering such gibberish

81 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5065 20:38

>>79 is too soft about it. It would be irresponsible to be complacent about this gender inequity. Please think of the robots' feelings.

82 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5065 21:04

>robots'

I don't even know where to start about that.

83 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5065 23:23

>>82
robots's?

84 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5065 23:30


85 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5065 23:50

>>84
In complete honesty I find nothing wrong with your post. Keep up the good work.

86 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5066 01:06

>>85 failed to correct minor nuances of the previous post without regard for context.

87 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5067 20:34

Staying up so late makes you construct such posts like >>86. What are you doing up at 1 in the morning?

88 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5067 20:48

>>87 means 1 A.M.

89 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5067 21:18

>>88
0100 hours in Military Time. Not every one is a civil.

90 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5067 23:00

>>89 certainly hasn't the civility and decency to refrain from stopping in mid-word. He should have said "civilian".

91 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5068 00:45

>>90, "in mid-word" is excessive; "stopping mid-word" would have sufficed.

92 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5068 01:17

>>91 made poor use of the post reference, leaving his sentence awkward from the start.

93 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5068 01:27

>>92
There are two grammatical units in >>91, separated by a semicolon. Therefore "sentence" should have been pluralized.

94 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5068 01:47

As those two grammatical units are not independent clauses, a semicolon should not have been used at all. This makes pluralization questionable.

95 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5068 04:41

>>94
"This" is for a close object, but >>91 is now several posts behind. Use "That" instead.

96 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5068 04:59

>>95

It is questionable whether these pronouns "this" and "that" require capitalization.

97 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5068 08:52

>>96's use of "it is" to introduce a dependent clause that later refers to the antecedent is clumsy, and would be better reworded. For example,

> Whether these pronouns "this" and "that" require capitalization is questionable.

98 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5068 09:47

>>97 thinks language should stick to arbitrary standards, but it is actually the result of a long evolution going back to centuries evolving from something that sounded very different from what we use right now. In 500 years if this is archived and someone read this they will laugh at you for thinking it was correct usage.

99 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5068 10:57

>>98

>In 500 years if this is archived and someone read this

If someone "READS" this, please. Also, according to your evolution argument, in 500 years only specialists in Ancient English will be able to read this.

100 Name: ⊂二二二( ^ω^)二二二⊃ : 1993-09-5068 12:26

There is no need to quote part of the post and include a link to the post. One or the other is sufficient.

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