Originally posted by Beat Blog
Just another example of America changing the rules of the English language to suit themselves. :rolleyes:
you realize there are more than one form of English out there?
:rolleyes:
chach
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Originally posted by Omega_Blue
Anyone else here see the problem with this?
:conf:
Is this still cool in this thread??
Lira
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Originally posted by verndogs
you realize there are more than one form of English out there?
:rolleyes:
The idea that language is a unified entity seems to delude some people, so Americans can have a different accent, but they can't spell words their way.
See the logic behind that? I don't :p
RJT
So this thread went from off-topic-suck-fest to serious-grammar-discussion-suck-fest pretty quick, huh?
echosystm
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Originally posted by verndogs
you realize there IS more than one form of English out there?
:rolleyes:
Fixed.
Yes. There is good english (GB), and there is bad english (US).
Omega_M
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Originally posted by echosystm
Fixed.
Yes. There is good english (GB), and there is bad english (US).
* Chinglish
* Engrish
* Franglais
* Indian English
* Poglish
* Singlish
* Spanglish
* Sri Lankan English
* Taglish
Lira
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Originally posted by echosystm
Fixed.
Yes. There is good english (GB), and there is bad english (US).
:D
noikeee
the bad is always more common than the good, nothing new here.
Lira
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Originally posted by noikeee
the bad is always more common than the good, nothing new here.
Tu tá dizeno que o portugueis do Brasiu tamém é ruim!?
Tu tá dizeno isso!? Voceis que começaro a falar as coisa errada!!!1
:D
inconspicuous
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Originally posted by Beat Blog
I propose that we take away contractions from those who do not have the necessary mental power to use them, just like we take away cars from bad drivers.
:stongue:
fukken signed.
inconspicuous
quote:
Originally posted by verndogs
you realize there are more than one form of English out there?
:rolleyes:
'form' is singular :o
edit: bah, somebody already got it
inconspicuous
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Originally posted by chimera66
people on their way to degrees from top 10 undergraduate programs and their writing was full of simple mistakes...if you ask me, that's ridiculous and unacceptable.
fit to my own experiences [not fixed]
I still remember the first time I actually had to do a peer edit in college. The first sentence was, "I sometimes think its a good idea to use math to help me with opinions." I couldn't believe what I was reading. I filled the entire first half of the page with ink, then just fixed the grammatical mistakes in the second paragraph and added brackets and "rephrase" to all the text.
anyway, going back to the 'judging people on the basis of grammar' discussion, the environment matters a hell of a lot more than anything. I rarely pay attention to grammar people use online, unless the mistakes are so blatantly obvious that it's clear that the result isn't one of laziness or a lack of the usual attention (e.g. placement of adverbs or ambiguous pronouns, as opposed to butchered contractions or use of incorrect homophones).
If someone starts a paper with the word 'I,' or says in conversation, "Me and Mary want to the store," yes, I'll assume the person to be either ignorant, dumb, or anti-intellectual to a point at which it actually affects his knowledge. In other words, I won't take him seriously.
