• You're means "You are"


• Your means "Your", referring to something you possess, such as "Your character is a dirty Minmatar"


• They're means "They are"


• Their means "Their", referring to something somebody else (a group, entity, or unknown number of person(s)) posesses, as in "Their alliance isn't worth its weight in Veldspar"


• it's means "it is"


• its means "its", referring to a property or possession of something, for example "I stabbed its face with my fork"


• A character is NOT a "toon"


• "I could care less" is incorrect, the phrase is "I couldn't care less". Think about the meaning of the phrase.

Originally by: Alpha Agent

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"I could care less" is incorrect, the phrase is "I couldn't care less". Think about the meaning of the phrase.

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Originally by: Aioa

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'Toon' is a bit of an odd one out in your list. Its an exceptionally ghey word, but not a spelling or grammar error.

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Originally by: Keira Fordring

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The only thing I disagree with is that a "character" can, in fact, be a "toon".

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Originally by: Mithfindel

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While I do perfectly agree with the OP, I cannot resist noting that I haven't this far seen a single language where titles or headlines end with a period (".").

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Originally by: Mrmuttley

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Given that english isn't the first language of everyone who plays the game i think the "there their they're" issues are no big deal espeshally wen we get soo much ZOMG ROFLCOPTOR pwnzored haxzored and 1337 5p34k

Give me someone who speaks english as a second or third language fairly well over 1337 5p34k any day.

Just my 0.02 isk

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Originally by: Mrmuttley

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excessive ROLFCOPTOR!!!!!!!

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Originally by: D Jed

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i dont know what your talking about. its really not so big a deal when someone messes up on there grammar a little. maybe your a little too obsessed over toons and theyre write to speak however they want

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Originally by: Adonis 4174

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"I could care less" is sarcasm.

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Originally by: Diragi

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Grammer a little messed up? In those two sentences there are probably close to a dozen items that need correcting...

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Originally by: Alpha Agent

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Originally by: Mrmuttley

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excessive ROLFCOPTOR!!!!!!!

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Haha, how many ROFLCOPTORs is excessive?

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Originally by: Alpha Agent

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Originally by: Mrmuttley

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excessive ROLFCOPTOR!!!!!!!

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Haha, how many ROFLCOPTORs is excessive?

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Originally by: Alpha Agent

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So without further ado, some pointers for you.

• You're means "You are"


• Your means "Your", referring to something you possess, such as "Your character is a dirty Minmatar"


• They're means "They are"


• Their means "Their", referring to something somebody else (a group, entity, or unknown number of person(s)) posesses, as in "Their alliance isn't worth its weight in Veldspar"


• it's means "it is"


• its means "its", referring to a property or possession of something, for example "I stabbed its face with my fork"


• A character is NOT a "toon"


• "I could care less" is incorrect, the phrase is "I couldn't care less". Think about the meaning of the phrase.

~Alpha

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Originally by: Stoner Sid

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most of the mistakes are due to pure laziness or just quikness. tbh both are because people are at home and cudnt give a **** about grammer and just wanna laf

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Originally by: Adonis 4174

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Given that "I could care less" is an insult...

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Originally by: Alpha Agent

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Originally by: Adonis 4174

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Given that "I could care less" is an insult...

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No, it's not.

The correct phrase "I couldn't care less" is coined to mean "I don't care".

"I could care less" technically means "I do care a little", which simply makes no sense.

There is no form of sarcasm in either of these statements.

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Originally by: Adonis 4174

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The correct phrase "I could care less" is an insult implying through sarcasm that you could not care less. It is an insult.

I will be charitable and assume you don't understand sarcasm. Have a nice day.

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Originally by: Alpha Agent

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The only thing I can hope is that my original post might have persuaded one or two people to think more carefully before they post utter drivel on these forums.

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Originally by: Alpha Agent

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The only thing I can hope is that my original post might have persuaded one or two people to think more carefully before they post utter drivel on these forums.

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Originally by: Shar Tegral

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Stop projecting your out of game beliefs of what society should be upon the rest of us.

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Originally by: Sheriff Jones

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Some people might not "crasp" the finetunings of the english language, probably because they don't use it daily.

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Originally by: Alpha Agent

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Originally by: Sheriff Jones

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Some people might not "crasp" the finetunings of the english language, probably because they don't use it daily.

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Please, do me the simple courtesy of reading my original post before you reply.

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Originally by: Sheriff Jones

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You can't say "Some people type badly" and then say "Ofcourse this is only aimed at english types." when you can't tell which person is or isn't one.

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Originally by: Stoner Sid

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most of the mistakes are due to pure laziness or just quikness. tbh both are because people are at home and cudnt give a **** about grammer and just wanna laf

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Originally by: Montague Zooma

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I could care less about the point you're making if you continue to complain about it.

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Originally by: Montague Zooma

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I could care less about the point you're making if you continue to complain about it.

The above sentence is grammatically correct. In other words, if you keep complaining, you risk making me care less about your cause.

A shorthand version would be, "I could care less....", where the rest of the sentence is implied.

Someone who couldn't care less doesn't care at all.

Someone who could care less is losing patience with you (and is probably being sarcastic or sardonic about it).

Automatically assume "I could care less" is simply sloppy grammar and you risk missing the point.

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Originally by: Alpha Agent

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Originally by: Adonis 4174

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The correct phrase "I could care less" is an insult implying through sarcasm that you could not care less. It is an insult.

I will be charitable and assume you don't understand sarcasm. Have a nice day.

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You have indirectly answered my original post.

Through your "interesting" thoughts on sarcasm, I now understand that there are some who will never grasp simple concepts of language or dialect.

The only thing I can hope is that my original post might have persuaded one or two people to think more carefully before they post utter drivel on these forums.

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Originally by: Alpha Agent

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Edited by: Alpha Agent on 14/06/2007 18:08:56

Originally by: Keira Fordring

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The only thing I disagree with is that a "character" can, in fact, be a "toon".

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I understand from where your disagreement stems, however in the English language, "toon" is a colloquial shortening of "cartoon", the definition of which is universally accepted as an animation.

In American-adapted English, "toon" may refer to any number of animated characters in such an animation. Under no definition does "toon" apply to a non-animated character.

I can see why "toon" might be applicable in a game such as World of Warcraft, where your character could be defined as a "toon" under lax American English, however this terminology is not relevant to this game since your character is not animated (yet).

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Originally by: Alpha Agent

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Edited by: Alpha Agent on 14/06/2007 18:08:56

Originally by: Keira Fordring

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The only thing I disagree with is that a "character" can, in fact, be a "toon".

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I understand from where your disagreement stems, however in the English language, "toon" is a colloquial shortening of "cartoon", the definition of which is universally accepted as an animation.

In American-adapted English, "toon" may refer to any number of animated characters in such an animation. Under no definition does "toon" apply to a non-animated character.

I can see why "toon" might be applicable in a game such as World of Warcraft, where your character could be defined as a "toon" under lax American English, however this terminology is not relevant to this game since your character is not animated (yet).

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Originally by: Alpha Agent

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Your means "Your", referring to something you possess, such as "Your character is a dirty Minmatar"

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Originally by: Malcanis

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I'd like to add that the plural of 'bonus' is 'bonuses', NOT "boni".

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Originally by: DB Preacher

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(...) Ignore what the coalition muppets are saying on their forums (...)

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Originally by: Laxon

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Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

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Originally by: Alpha Agent

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Edited by: Alpha Agent on 14/06/2007 18:08:56

Originally by: Keira Fordring

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The only thing I disagree with is that a "character" can, in fact, be a "toon".

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I understand from where your disagreement stems, however in the English language, "toon" is a colloquial shortening of "cartoon", the definition of which is universally accepted as an animation.

In American-adapted English, "toon" may refer to any number of animated characters in such an animation. Under no definition does "toon" apply to a non-animated character.

I can see why "toon" might be applicable in a game such as World of Warcraft, where your character could be defined as a "toon" under lax American English, however this terminology is not relevant to this game since your character is not animated (yet).

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Originally by: Adonis 4174

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Toon makes me think of furry fetishism and that upsets me.

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Originally by: Mari Onette

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Olny srmat poelpe can do tihs.

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!


/If you can't figure out someone ment you're instead of your by the context they use the word in, there is something wrong with your brain.

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Originally by: Mari Onette

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If you can't figure out someone ment you're instead of your by the context they use the word in, there is something wrong with your brain.

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Originally by: Manus Stuprare

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Originally by: Mari Onette

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If you can't figure out someone ment you're instead of your by the context they use the word in, there is something wrong with your brain.

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See, it's not a question of whether or not you *can* figure out what's meant, it's a question of whether you should have to.

Forums like this are an instance of one-to-many communication. If the (one) writer doesn't put in the effort to make his post easy to understand, then the (many) readers have to put in more effort to understand it. That adds up to much more work overall.

In my opinion (which seems to be shared by lots of people in this thread) it's just horribly bad manners to write in a way that's slack, lazy and hard to read. People who do so are effectively saying "my time is worth more than that of everyone else added up", which is *vastly* more arrogant than anything said by the OP.

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Originally by: Angellyne

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Originally by: Alpha Agent

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Originally by: Adonis 4174

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The correct phrase "I could care less" is an insult implying through sarcasm that you could not care less. It is an insult.

I will be charitable and assume you don't understand sarcasm. Have a nice day.

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You have indirectly answered my original post.

Through your "interesting" thoughts on sarcasm, I now understand that there are some who will never grasp simple concepts of language or dialect.

The only thing I can hope is that my original post might have persuaded one or two people to think more carefully before they post utter drivel on these forums.

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"I could care less!"
"I should be so lucky!"
"Tell me about it!"

All valid. As their actual meanings are the opposite of their literal meanings, they are sarcastic. Do some research, find out the origins of these and other slang phrases, and your mind may open.

By the way, your arrogance is irritating. If you want to help people write and speak correctly, good for you. However, appointing yourself the champion of correctness, particularly when arguing over slang phrases, makes the very people you might help more likely to ignore whatever lessons you have to offer.

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Originally by: Cowboy Nuggets

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Um, no. The things mentioned by the OP were nitpicky little bull****, NOT anything that would take any sort of effort whatsoever to decode what they were trying to say. If it does take you any *effort* to understand, then you my friend have some problems beyond the help we are able to offer in this forum.

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Originally by: Manus Stuprare

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Originally by: Cowboy Nuggets

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Um, no. The things mentioned by the OP were nitpicky little bull****, NOT anything that would take any sort of effort whatsoever to decode what they were trying to say. If it does take you any *effort* to understand, then you my friend have some problems beyond the help we are able to offer in this forum.

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Not sure why you felt the need to resort to a personal attack, perhaps you'd care to comment on that?

Looking back at the OP some of it is a bit picky maybe, but I think my point is still valid. Reading always takes some effort, reading misspelled or badly composed sentences obviously takes more. For instance, when I read "ur" the first thing my brain comes up with sounds like "oor", there's a bit of a double take before I decipher it into "you are".

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Originally by: Cowboy Nuggets

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I didn't mean to personally attack anyone, what part was the attack?

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Originally by: Cowboy Nuggets

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If it does take you any *effort* to understand, then you my friend have some problems beyond the help we are able to offer in this forum.

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Originally by: Cowboy Nuggets

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Also, I agree about badly composed sentences that are virtually unreadable. However, that was not the the subject of this thread. The subject of this thread was people forgetting to put apostrophes in conjunctions I believe.

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Originally by: Redbad

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Honour or honor?

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Originally by: Cowboy Nuggets

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It was NOT an attack, I want to help you, but it's beyond my ability. Try going here, they can help: http://www.ocfoundation.org/

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Originally by: Alpha Agent

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Edited by: Alpha Agent on 14/06/2007 18:34:59
As a dedicated EVE player and as an Englishman, I am truly disappointed by the level of sophistication this community shows in their manner and in their forum postings. This community is (or at least, was) alleged to be a community of well educated players, and it is simply not showing these days.

This is NOT aimed at those of you who don't speak English natively; rather it is aimed at those who claim to be native English speakers (and usually show a poorer understanding of basic grammar and spelling than those who aren't).

So without further ado, some pointers for you.

• You're means "You are"


• Your means "Your", referring to something you possess, such as "Your character is a dirty Minmatar"


• They're means "They are"


• Their means "Their", referring to something somebody else (a group, entity, or unknown number of person(s)) posesses, as in "Their alliance isn't worth its weight in Veldspar"


• it's means "it is"


• its means "its", referring to a property or possession of something, for example "I stabbed its face with my fork"


• A character is NOT a "toon"


• "I could care less" is incorrect, the phrase is "I couldn't care less". Think about the meaning of the phrase.

I don't claim to be a perfect English speaker, however it really does upset me when folks use one of the above terms incorrectly whilst trying to "one-up" their enemies on these forums. It is often apparent which side is giving the more educated responses by the way that they portray their thoughts.

~Alpha

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Originally by: Manus Stuprare

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Edited by: Manus Stuprare on 15/06/2007 00:31:14

Originally by: Cowboy Nuggets

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It was NOT an attack, I want to help you, but it's beyond my ability. Try going here, they can help: http://www.ocfoundation.org/

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LOL!

I've been on and around the 'net waaaay too long to be either obsessive or compulsive about this stuff :) I rarely bother to post in threads like this, must've seen a hundred of them, and none made the slightest bit of difference. The only reason I posted in this one is that (the lack of) manners has been a bit of a recurring theme in my life this week, and suppose I felt the need to vent a bit.

Thanks for your concern though!

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Originally by: Wyehr

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Originally by: Montague Zooma

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I could care less about the point you're making if you continue to complain about it.

The above sentence is grammatically correct. In other words, if you keep complaining, you risk making me care less about your cause.

A shorthand version would be, "I could care less....", where the rest of the sentence is implied.

Someone who couldn't care less doesn't care at all.

Someone who could care less is losing patience with you (and is probably being sarcastic or sardonic about it).

Automatically assume "I could care less" is simply sloppy grammar and you risk missing the point.

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Sorry. You can try to justify it all you want, but no one has ever since the dawn of time used the phrase "I could care less" in the way that you are suggesting.

(Look up hyperbole before you reply)

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Originally by: Banana Torres

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Originally by: Malcanis

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I'd like to add that the plural of 'bonus' is 'bonuses', NOT "boni".

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It is in my house, anyone using bonuses or buses or crocuses has to sleep in the cold damp coal celler.

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Originally by: Snake Jankins

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Edited by: Snake Jankins on 15/06/2007 00:29:42

Originally by: Redbad

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Honour or honor?

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First is UK, 2nd is American English, at least that was what I was taught in school. But don't ask me, I'm German. I thought it's that way for all those words like colour vs. color.

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Originally by: Mnengli Noiliffe

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A small addition to the OP.
1. "There" is also used in place of "their", "they're"
2. What I hate most of all, is when someone says "of" instead of "have". f.ex. "of been" instead of "have been", "of done" instead of "have done".

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Originally by: Malcanis

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I'd like to add that the plural of 'bonus' is 'bonuses', NOT "boni".

Unless you've lost some kind of bet and are obliged to make yourself seem simultaneously ignorant and pretentious on the internet or something. In which case, it's perfect.

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Originally by: Adonis 4174

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So correctly we should replace the word Bonus with Bonum and let the plural be Bona

Or we can keep abusing the words we adopt into our own language and keep it as is.

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Originally by: DarkFenix

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To be honest I agree somewhat with the OP. [...] American English does bug me a fair bit, not in it's existance [...] I take pride in my country and things associated with it, one of which is our language).

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Originally by: Pan Crastus

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the extremely bad quality of written English in this forum (esp. by more active posters) causes a lot of harm.

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Originally by: D Jed

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i dont know what your talking about. its really not so big a deal when someone messes up on there grammar a little. maybe your a little too obsessed over toons and theyre write to speak however they want

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Originally by: Alpha Agent

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"I could care less" is incorrect, the phrase is "I couldn't care less". Think about the meaning of the phrase.

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Quote:

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"I could care less" is incorrect, the phrase is "I couldn't care less". Think about the meaning of the phrase.

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Originally by: Stoner Sid

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Originally by: Alpha Agent

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So without further ado, some pointers for you.

• You're means "You are"


• Your means "Your", referring to something you possess, such as "Your character is a dirty Minmatar"


• They're means "They are"


• Their means "Their", referring to something somebody else (a group, entity, or unknown number of person(s)) posesses, as in "Their alliance isn't worth its weight in Veldspar"


• it's means "it is"


• its means "its", referring to a property or possession of something, for example "I stabbed its face with my fork"


• A character is NOT a "toon"


• "I could care less" is incorrect, the phrase is "I couldn't care less". Think about the meaning of the phrase.

~Alpha

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some pointers for you....

ur = you're
ur = your
theyre = they're
their = their
its = it's
a toon can be refered to as a char
i cudnt give a flying **** is a correct way of saying that phrase
you also need to get a life and maybe stop being an english teacher

most of the mistakes are due to pure laziness or just quikness. tbh both are because people are at home and cudnt give a **** about grammer and just wanna laf

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Originally by: Xtreem

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i would like to add to this excellent thread.

my spelling is very bad, my grammar is also very bad

i am English Born and bread

This is a game, making quick posts on a forum about a game is not going to rank highly on things to "get perfect" as i am dislexia and the above mentioned traits are heavily effected.

Just becuase i am bad at these things does not make me stupid or un-educated, i have a family, a daughter, a long term gf, a degree and hold a very well paid job and speak excellently.

please do not judge people on somthing as low as spelling. It just, well rude!

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Originally by: ry ry

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Edited by: ry ry on 15/06/2007 14:51:26

Originally by: Pan Crastus

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the extremely bad quality of written English in this forum (esp. by more active posters) causes a lot of harm.

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i'd take a well considered point spelled rong over empty, but gramatically correct, words any day of the week.

then again, most of the posters on here shouldn't be allowed to form opinions in the first place, let alone share them with other people.

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Originally by: Montague Zooma

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Originally by: Wyehr

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Sorry. You can try to justify it all you want, but no one has ever since the dawn of time used the phrase "I could care less" in the way that you are suggesting.

(Look up hyperbole before you reply)

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You're assuming that since you know of no one who uses "I could care less" correctly (and apparently can't imagine yourself being capable of doing so), then no one uses it correctly.

Look up "hasty generalization".

I'm not claiming every use of the phrase is proper, just pointing out that it's foolish to assume everyone who says it is misusing it.

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Originally by: T'Laar Bok

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Wes don't need none of your fancy big city book lernin talk round ere.

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Originally by: Woddawick

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Yah. I think I read somewhere that some of the differences in spelling are deliberate and date back to shortly after the War of Indepedance. The idea was to reinforce the sense of independance by being different.

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Originally by: defiler

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Originally by: Alpha Agent

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Originally by: Mrmuttley

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excessive ROLFCOPTOR!!!!!!!

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Haha, how many ROFLCOPTORs is excessive?

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Duh, 11 of course.

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Originally by: Duck Andcover

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As for use of language, I personally tend to simply ignore the more unreadable posts. Hardly fair, but I'll be judge of what I subject my eyes to. It is, after all, my internet!

Leet-speakers, drunk-typers and the intentionally 'careless' can write however they want, as long as they don't expect me to take them seriously. In an online community your eloquence is indeed your face, as someone pointed out.

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Originally by: Trovax

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Edited by: Trovax on 15/06/2007 16:05:18
Edited by: Trovax on 15/06/2007 16:05:04

Originally by: Xtreem

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i would like to add to this excellent thread.

my spelling is very bad, my grammar is also very bad

i am English Born and bread

This is a game, making quick posts on a forum about a game is not going to rank highly on things to "get perfect" as i am dislexia and the above mentioned traits are heavily effected.

Just becuase i am bad at these things does not make me stupid or un-educated, i have a family, a daughter, a long term gf, a degree and hold a very well paid job and speak excellently.

please do not judge people on somthing as low as spelling. It just, well rude!

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I do not believe this was a rant about dislexic people. In fact it dosent read like that at all. Its about lazyness me thinks.

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Originally by: Gorefacer

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Tonight it took me repeating my order of a "Sirloin Cheeseburger with bacon" at Jack in the Box no less than 15 times before someone that could communicate in English took over.

Wait..... that's not what this is about is it?

As long as I'm here, don't hire people that can't communicate in English for a customer service position in an English speaking nation, no matter how low they are willing to be payed, it ****es me off, stick them on the damn fryer. Stupid managers should be shot, the job is NOT hard.

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Originally by: Alpha Agent

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Edited by: Alpha Agent on 14/06/2007 18:34:59
As a dedicated EVE player and as an Englishman, I am truly disappointed by the level of sophistication *blah blah blah*

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Originally by: Omeega

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diplomacy is f1, f2, f3, really...

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Originally by: Alpha Agent

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Edited by: Alpha Agent on 14/06/2007 18:34:59
As a dedicated EVE player and as an Englishman, I am truly disappointed by the level of ~Alpha

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Originally by: Gorefacer

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Tonight it took me repeating my order of a "Sirloin Cheeseburger with bacon" at Jack in the Box no less than 15 times before someone that could communicate in English took over.

Wait..... that's not what this is about is it?

As long as I'm here, don't hire people that can't communicate in English for a customer service position in an English speaking nation, no matter how low they are willing to be payed, it ****es me off, stick them on the damn fryer. Stupid managers should be shot, the job is NOT hard.

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Originally by: Aaron

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thats all i can think of at the moment, why bother taking a few extra nanoseconds to type the words properly, im very lazy

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Originally by: Shameless Avenger

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As long as I'm here, don't hire people that can't communicate in English for a customer service position in an English speaking nation, no matter how low they are willing to be payed, it ****es me off

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Originally by: Cheyenne Shadowborn

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Originally by: Shameless Avenger

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As long as I'm here, don't hire people that can't communicate in English for a customer service position in an English speaking nation, no matter how low they are willing to be payed, it ****es me off

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Oh the irony

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Originally by: Gee Lok

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Anyhoo, there are two types of grammar iirc: prescriptive grammar and descriptive grammar.

Prescriptive grammar is taught by English teachers etc and contains a number of arbitrary rules. Things like don't split infinitives, use whom not who in prepositional phrases etc, or use double negatives. Basically it is a whole lot of rules that people flaunt at will.

Descriptive grammar is the type that linguists study. It is about how people actually speak, or write. It turns out that 99% of people have excellent grammar from a descriptive point of view. Real grammar is a subconcious thing, so subconcious that people are completely unaware of it.

Deviations from Standard English are not a result of lack of intelligence etc, it is a result of communities innovating with the language in different environments so that it evolves. When people make prescriptive mistakes in English they tend to make the same mistakes every time, they are not making mistakes they are just using a slightly different set of grammatical rules.

Descriptive grammar is all about conveying an idea as effectively and efficiently as possible. The internet being a new communication medium requires a new style of English to maximize peoples efficiency.

The whole point that I have been trying to get to is that the point of language is to communicate to people. If they understand what you are saying then you have succeeded.

Having said that, my pet hate on the forums is people not leaving white space in their rants. A 1000 word rant with no paragraph spacing is so bloody difficult to read.

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Originally by: Wyehr

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Originally by: Montague Zooma

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Originally by: Wyehr

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Sorry. You can try to justify it all you want, but no one has ever since the dawn of time used the phrase "I could care less" in the way that you are suggesting.

(Look up hyperbole before you reply)

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You're assuming that since you know of no one who uses "I could care less" correctly (and apparently can't imagine yourself being capable of doing so), then no one uses it correctly.

Look up "hasty generalization".

I'm not claiming every use of the phrase is proper, just pointing out that it's foolish to assume everyone who says it is misusing it.

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I can see that you read the line that I bolded because you tried to throw it back at me, but you don't appear to have actually looked it up.

Be honest now, have you ever heard of anyone using that phrase in that way?

Two more terms for you to look up: eggcorn and folk etymology. And a wonderful website: Language Log

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Originally by: "Orestes Umnon"

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An easy way to spot when isk farmers are mad: they stop using broken english and just start spamming boxes at you, with random punctuation sprinked here and there

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Originally by: Calisto Cody

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my grammar and typing sucks, as long as people understand me that's what is important.

And, diversion from the norm is what causes corruption is words and terms that is the evolution of language, so i am doing my part.

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Originally by: Calisto Codymy grammar and typing sucks, as long as people understand me that's what is important.

And, diversion from the norm is what causes corruption is words and terms that is the evolution of language, so i am doing my part.



I'm afraid you failed. You lost me in the second paragraph.

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Wow immy scored - Xorus