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Posted by Redd on Jan-28-2005 08:29:

Grammar enlightenment

I've seen this word written the wrong way more times than I've seen it written correctly so I thought I'd get on my smartass-suit and tell everyone the right way.

DEFINITELY - DEFINITE

To make it easy to remember; think of it as 'infinite', but replace the first 'in' with 'de'. Genious?!

Now, repeat after me!

Definitely.
Definite.

And of course, let the flaming commence.

Posted by trancebrat on Jan-28-2005 08:33:

Re: Grammar enlightenment

It's a wonder no one has ever complained about this before.

This gets mentioned every couple of weeks on TA and the trend still persists.

Posted by bas on Jan-28-2005 10:53:

you guys are completley wrong

Posted by Renegade on Jan-28-2005 14:08:

You definately think too much about grammer dude.

Posted by UWM on Jan-28-2005 14:13:

Your definately rpesotnig.

Posted by Lira on Jan-28-2005 14:15:

Re: Grammar enlightenment

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Originally posted by Redd
Genious?!

Not really, there's no "o" in genius

Posted by astroboy on Jan-29-2005 01:18:

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Originally posted by Lira
Not really, there's no "o" in genius

Posted by trunks1022 on Jan-29-2005 01:20:

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Originally posted by Lira
Not really, there's no "o" in genius

Posted by UWM on Jan-29-2005 01:40:

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Originally posted by astroboy

I still can't decide which I like more, 'Stallowned' or 'Al Capowned'

Posted by Surreal JRS on Jan-29-2005 05:49:

Re: Grammar enlightenment

quote:
Originally posted by Redd
I've seen this word written the wrong way more times than I've seen it written correctly so I thought I'd get on my smartass-suit and tell everyone the right way.

DEFINITELY - DEFINITE

To make it easy to remember; think of it as 'infinite', but replace the first 'in' with 'de'. Genious?!

Now, repeat after me!

Definitely.
Definite.

And of course, let the flaming commence.

-1 flamebait. (kidding)

Let's get another one out of the way, shall we?

Your v.s. You're.

Your: The possessive form of you.
You're: Contraction of you are.

Posted by Flyboy217 on Jan-29-2005 05:51:

Re: Grammar enlightenment

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Originally posted by Redd
To make it easy to remember; think of it as 'infinite', but replace the first 'in' with 'de'.

That semicolon is incorrect there. A colon would work better.

quote:

Genious?!

To help you remember that this word is spelled "genius," recognize that virtually all words ending in "ous" are adjectives. Think about it. How many nouns can you think of that end in "ous" or "ious"?

Also, the correction you've pointed out is a spelling mistake, not a grammar mistake.

Boy, way to go.

Posted by astroboy on Jan-29-2005 05:59:

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Originally posted by Flyboy217
That semicolon is incorrect there. A colon would work better.

To help you remember that this word is spelled "genius," recognize that virtually all words ending in "ous" are adjectives. Think about it. How many nouns can you think of that end in "ous" or "ious"?

Also, the correction you've pointed out is a spelling mistake, not a grammar mistake.

Boy, way to go.

And yet again...

Posted by Perfect_Cheezit on Jan-29-2005 06:26:

Regardless of his own mistakes, at least he is fluent enough in English as a foreign language to be able to point it out to native speakers who are just plain dumbasses

Posted by astroboy on Jan-29-2005 06:30:

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Originally posted by Perfect_Cheezit
Regardless of his own mistakes, at least he is fluent enough in English as a foreign language to be able to point it out to native speakers who are just plain dumbasses

True. There is some REALLY shithouse grammar going on around these forums, not just typos or minor spelling mistakes either. Stuff like people saying "Another words" instead of "in other words"... it does shit me sometimes... but hey it's the internet.

Posted by Perfect_Cheezit on Jan-29-2005 06:31:

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Originally posted by astroboy
True. There is some REALLY shithouse grammar going on around these forums, not just typos or minor spelling mistakes either. Stuff like people saying "Another words" instead of "in other words"... it does shit me sometimes... but hey it's the internet.

your rite, its in fact the intarnet

Posted by Boomer187 on Jan-29-2005 06:42:

i think phonetic spelling should be allowed on forums. hell we use shortcuts like omg, or pics or stfu, or lol and so on and so forth.

plus I make all the rules about online shit, so I say phonetic spelling is legal. no bitching or you will get stallowned.

Posted by Zewad on Jan-29-2005 06:45:

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Originally posted by Boomer187
i think phonetic spelling should be allowed on forums. hell we use shortcuts like omg, or pics or stfu, or lol and so on and so forth.

plus I make all the rules about online shit, so I say phonetic spelling is legal. no bitching or you will get stallowned.

we made this idea... dont take credit.. we had a thorough discussion about this...

Posted by Boomer187 on Jan-29-2005 06:49:

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Originally posted by Zewad
we made this idea... dont take credit.. we had a thorough discussion about this...

Ricely. ''

Posted by Zewad on Jan-29-2005 06:49:

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Originally posted by Boomer187
Ricely. ''

ricley put concering teh ricely