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Internet slang, slowly, yet strongly affecting mordern english? (pg. 4)
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| drizzt81 |
| quote: | Originally posted by caddyshack
ROFL, GG, LMAO, LEET, HAXOR, PWN, TEH ROXOR, OMGHI2U
what the hell do these mean? there should be a users manual to this site!! |
welcome to teh intarweb!!1 |
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| drizzt81 |
| quote: | Originally posted by daffodil
QUOTATION MARKS ARE FOR QUOTATIONS!!!!!!!!! THEY DO NOT ADD EMPHASIS
i think this has been hijacked into the grammar rant thread. |
agreed. If you need to _emphasize_ something on the web, I am sure you can find OTHER methods to >>do<< it ;)
In other writing, I think underlining stuff has been used for ages and is widely understood. |
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| drizzt81 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Essential1
There's a house on my street that says "kitten's for sale". I thought I was wierd for wanting to tear it down every time I drive by. It's nice to know that I'm not a wierdo. |
shouldn't it be "kittens for sale"? I am not a native speaker.. so don't mind me being wrong. |
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| Essential1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by drizzt81
shouldn't it be "kittens for sale"? I am not a native speaker.. so don't mind me being wrong. |
Yes, you are correct. That's exactly the point I was trying to make. Thank you. |
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| UWM |
| If I ever witnessed someone using any one of these internet slang terms in everyday conversation I'd probably punch them. |
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| netw3rkd |
this reminds me...this one kid at school...says j/k...
its gay
he'll go
j slash k
meh |
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| whiskers |
| like, so totally not true. but i'm too lazy to read thtrought the whole theread and tooa lazy to correct mey typeos> |
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| Nosmo |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orbax
Internet slang has AFFECTED modern language.
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Internet slang has EFFECTED a change in modern language. |
I'm pretty sure both of these sentences require "Affected". The difference between the two words is that Effect is a noun and Affect is a verb. In both of the above examples, the word in question is used as part of a compound verb. Ergo, both are used as verbs so both require Affected. |
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| Echo of Silence |
| quote: | Originally posted by Nosmo
I'm pretty sure both of these sentences require "Affected". The difference between the two words is that Effect is a noun and Affect is a verb. In both of the above examples, the word in question is used as part of a compound verb. Ergo, both are used as verbs so both require Affected. |
Could he have said, "Internet slang has effectuated a change in modern language?" |
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| Nosmo |
| quote: | Originally posted by Echo of Silence
Could he have said, "Internet slang has effectuated a change in modern language?" |
Yes, I think "effectuated" is a transitive verb and would work in the above sentence.
I'm sure someone will let us know if I'm wrong. |
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| Aya Brea |
| it is. there are people in my english class who use internet slang in their essays. and they're in college. |
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| UWM |
| quote: | Originally posted by Aya Brea
it is. there are people in my english class who use internet slang in their essays. and they're in college. |
I can only imagine what one of my professors would say to me if I put 'LOL' or something of the sort in a paper.
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