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Hail Internet Grammar Nazis I need a favour. Where do I put the apostrophe in the following sentences:
"There are considerable management problems relating to Jacks behaviour"
"If Jacks skin is not washed"
"the use of emulsifiers such as soap to clean...
Started by Krill on
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by 9 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at apolyton):
grammar Nazis They should all be Jack's, unless we're talking about.
Here is a bunch of "apostraphes" for grammar Nazis to pepper about as they please.
Seconds of your life reading this sentence.
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Hi All,
Here is a helpful English grammar website.
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/
Roby
Started by Roby on
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by 3 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at impariamo):
Ntents.htm
I hope these are helpful
Roby http://www.perfectyourenglish.com/
Roby http/grammar/....
Www.edufind.com/english/grammar/subidx.cfm
http://englishplus.com/grammar/
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/f ...
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I've seen The Elements of Style recommended on here more times than I can count. AWers familiar with Language Log will know that love of this little book does not extend to professional linguists; in fact, some have spoken out against its flaws time and...
Started by tmesis on
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by 11 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at absolutewrite):
Geoff around for decades prior to the Internet and filled and still fills a much needed gap for many people who want a handy grammar and punctation....
White was one of the best writers who ever lived .
Let's get this straight.
grammar.
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Do you judge age based on grammar? I do, if they Type All Like This, Then I Say They're A Weird Pre-teen That's Trying To Attract Attention By Using Obnoxious Capitalization. Or, if they can't spell simple words then they've got to be like, ten.
I'm 1...
Started by Crying Lightning on
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And yes, I do judge....
Finally, someone who is literate that is online.
I'm 16.
If they type that before, but a lot still do have pretty bad grammar.
To, but now I don't see much of a correlation between age and grammar, except for some cases.
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First off, DO NOT reply to this thread if you are going to use incorrect grammar, etc.
So, I hate it when people do the following:
hey guys i just made a dirt hous tht tutaly is da best and that i saw herobrine with a weird sign under my bed i also like...
Started by Stryk3r15 on
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by 14 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at minecraftforum):
Ixinon, on 09 February 2012 -....
You shouldn't care what other people say.
I can't stand such quantities of silly grammar errors; they make people sound dumb the people ans their grammar alone, its the Internet.
The Internet.
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Grammar Test Keeps Idiots Off Of The Internet | Happy Place
Started by CJOttawa on
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by 8 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at mcarterbrown):
Feedback well you speak or actually do know grammar, if you type their instead of there once, or forget automatically labeled an idiot and have the....
Yeah, i said it, right their.
That test will get a lot off stupid people of the internet.
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The past participle of the word RUN is RUN.
I have run that distance before.(For the love of all that holy, not "I have ran.")
When you want to drop weight, you want to LOSE it (I'm not sure what would happen if you loose it; maybe you set it free?).
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Started by Tar Heel Mom on
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by 20 people.
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If Pluck cared about grammar....
Umm, yeah.
SO TAKE UR LESSON, Lily! I do appreciate proper spelling and grammar, and consider it vital stuff...on a writers...
Nobody is getting graded on what they write here.
This is an internet forum.
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Question:
I found this sentence in a work that I'm beta-ing. Clearly it makes no sense. Now let's set aside voice/style/everything else and just look at the last 3 words. Now keep in mind, this is a YA book, and I'm not going to rewrite it--I'm just trying...
Started by Sea Witch on
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by 8 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at absolutewrite):
Syntax or Grammar? I don't think so.
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I am the last person to claim my grammar is perfect, far from it.
But I've noticed a trend especially on hfboards where a lot of posters write "should of","would of", etc. instead of "should have" and "would have".
I know there are more of these kind ...
Started by MrAlfie on
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by 18 people.
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Drives me nuts....
I seen.
I find I start a lot of sentences with "and" and "but." And technically that's bad grammar.
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Not exactly a technical issue in the sense that it pertains to things related to the forum software but a suggestion that will make reading posts easier and more pleasurable.
Some suggestions when composing.
1. If your post is going to be longer than ...
Started by pilgrim on
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by 8 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at catholic):
We don't have to wait for much anymore so we tend to not want to take prefect grammar, spelling or writing....
It is appalling how little skilled in grammar and spelling and the internet have brought.
Am a retired high school teacher.
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