The Campaign for Correct Grammar

woddfellow2 · **Posted:** Tue Feb 15, 2005 11:04 pm

T-Smash wrote:

Hows this: I want in. Please.

It's still grammatically incorrect — one of those sentences ends with a preposition and another one is only one word.

TOTPD! :eekdance:

Waffle_on_One · **Posted:** Tue Feb 15, 2005 11:41 pm

I have a feeling that this could get quite nasty, lol.

*checks the grammar of this post to make sure it isn't critiqued*

doodyman500 · **Joined:** Wed Dec 15, 2004 7:55 am **Posts:** 22

Sign me up!! You wo'nt be able, to count on my punctuation:; though?

Mr. Sparkle · **Posted:** Thu Feb 17, 2005 12:29 pm

Could everyone just shut up about correcting our own grammar. We're trying to correct non-members, not each other. I really think that we should get JumbleCaper to create a banner because that would be the only thing that I'd use to replace my banner.

ed 'lim' smilde · **Posted:** Mon Feb 21, 2005 10:36 pm

woddfellow2 wrote:

T-Smash wrote:

Hows this: I want in. Please.

It's still grammatically incorrect — one of those sentences ends with a preposition and another one is only one word.

TOTPD! :eekdance:

It's not a preposition if it doesn't have an object.

Evin290 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 21, 2005 10:46 pm

woddfellow2 wrote:

one of those sentences ... is only one word.

Technically "please" can be a sentence if you are using it in the imperitive. It's just like how you can say "GO!" as one sentence. You can say "PLEASE!" as in "Please the king and you shall find riches." or whatever.

Oh, and... sign me up...

Ricksea · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2005 1:35 am

T-Smash wrote:

Hows this: I want in. Please.

Also note: "Hows" should have an apostrophe (How's).

T-Smash · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2005 2:26 am

Could we stop nitpicking my grammar skills? Take me out of this Campaign for Correct Grammar (if i was ever in it). It's too nitpickish for my liking. (and don't even try to tell me nitpickish isn't a word)

Lunar Jesty · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2005 2:30 am

'm reading Eats, Shoots & Leaves. It's a sleeping pill to read as a book, but it works wonderfully as an encyclopedia.

Is there anyone who doesn't know about Engrish? WARNING: MAY CONTAIN VULGAR LAUGUAGE

For more bad-grammar fun, check out Lost in Translation.

doodyman500 · **Joined:** Wed Dec 15, 2004 7:55 am **Posts:** 22

Hey, how about the campaign for the correct definition of words? That would be so cool if people would actually start using gay to mean "happy" (i.e. "I'm not very gay right now, but this morning I was!") Or if people used (that word we can't use on here) to mean "donkey." I'm sure this is far from happening, but it would be so cool if it did.

fahooglewitz1077 · **Posted:** Fri Feb 25, 2005 11:54 am

T-Smash wrote:

Could we stop nitpicking my grammar skills? Take me out of this Campaign for Correct Grammar (if i was ever in it). It's too nitpickish for my liking. (and don't even try to tell me nitpickish isn't a word)

Fine then.

Tidus · **Posted:** Sat Feb 26, 2005 3:59 am

Sign me up!

Overused&Underappreci · **Posted:** Sat Feb 26, 2005 8:06 pm

I don't really know if I want to join. I do get irritated when people use improper wording and punctuation, but I try to be nice to pretty much everybody about it except for my younger siblings ( :sad:

Yeah, you cannot get around it).

I guess what I'm really trying to say is, "May I think a while before I join?"

Waffle_on_One · **Posted:** Sun Feb 27, 2005 5:49 am

^Yes you may. And thanks for using "may" instead of "can", lol

fahooglewitz1077 · **Posted:** Sun Feb 27, 2005 3:27 pm

Waffle_on_One wrote:

And thanks for using "may" instead of "can", lol

Yeah, because whether you can or cannot is up to you.
I have teachers like that
Student: CANIPLEASEGOTOTHEBATHROOMPLEASEPLEASEPLEASE?

Teacher: I dunno, can you!

Student: AAAARRRRRGGGGLLLBLBLLBLBL!!!

fahooglewitz1077 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 07, 2005 11:33 pm

TOASTBUMPEDPAINT'D!

There are two things about men (and I can say this, being one):

1. The whole range of a man's emotions can be expressed in one word: Dude.

2. "Dude" is a one-word sentence, making it improper grammar.

Evin290 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 07, 2005 11:51 pm

fahooglewitz1077 wrote:

TOASTBUMPEDPAINT'D!

There are two things about men (and I can say this, being one):

1. The whole range of a man's emotions can be expressed in one word: Dude.

2. "Dude" is a one-word sentence, making it improper grammar.

There can be one word sentences. The shortest sentence possible is "Go." But, I guess that doesn't really work unless the one word is an imperitive verb. Oh, and #1 is wrong. What about: "Both of my parents were just stabbed to death and my nearest relative is a cannibal." "Dude" somehow doesn't fit there... :eek:

Mr. Sparkle · **Posted:** Tue Mar 08, 2005 12:45 pm

evin290 wrote:

fahooglewitz1077 wrote:

TOASTBUMPEDPAINT'D!

There are two things about men (and I can say this, being one):

1. The whole range of a man's emotions can be expressed in one word: Dude.

2. "Dude" is a one-word sentence, making it improper grammar.

There can be one word sentences. The shortest sentence possible is "Go." But, I guess that doesn't really work unless the one word is an imperitive verb. Oh, and #1 is wrong. What about: "Both of my parents were just stabbed to death and my nearest relative is a cannibal." "Dude" somehow doesn't fit there... :eek:

Maybe, dude this sucks.

Rob · **Posted:** Thu Mar 31, 2005 1:25 pm

I'll join. How about this for a banner:

Is it a bit too tall/wide/big?

ramrod · **Posted:** Thu Mar 31, 2005 2:00 pm

It's a nice banner Rainer. Talk to fahooglewitz about it though.

fahooglewitz1077 · **Posted:** Thu Mar 31, 2005 4:42 pm

Interesting. We now have two choices for banners:

- or -

Choose whichever or none.

ramrod · **Posted:** Thu Mar 31, 2005 5:08 pm

The thing is though that the first one seems a little too long. We don't want it so long that it causes the screen to be side scrolling. Maybe if you crop out a little of the white it'll look great.

Beyond the Grave · **Posted:** Thu Mar 31, 2005 5:56 pm

I'll take the current banner.

ed 'lim' smilde · **Posted:** Thu Mar 31, 2005 6:06 pm

Oh, crap!

I accidentally ad-blocked the banner and I was like,
"AAARRRGGGBBLLBLBL!!! I'm the only one left!"

Rob · **Posted:** Fri Apr 01, 2005 6:10 am

ramrod wrote:

The thing is though that the first one seems a little too long. We don't want it so long that it causes the screen to be side scrolling. Maybe if you crop out a little of the white it'll look great.

It originally was too small, with the word "Grammar" on a new line, but then it was way too tall for some sigs. So I had to put the title all on one line. Oh, and, there should be no white in the picture if you are using a good browser (the white is transparent in Firefox, which makes it look pretty good).

Mr. Sparkle · **Posted:** Fri Apr 01, 2005 6:13 am

I'd rather keep my "Deadlocked" banner.

Rob · **Posted:** Fri Apr 01, 2005 6:24 am

OK, because it doesn't work in some browsers, here is another version (it's a gif) that should work in Internet Explorer and other browsers:

If you're going to use my banner, it's probably better to use this one (not my earlier png picture) (http://www.spongebob.gamerzworld.org/co ... mpaign.gif).

EDIT: Both are a bit smaller.

woddfellow2 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:54 pm

In accordance with the new sig rules, I have introduced a lite banner:

Here is the code:

Code:

[url=http://forum.hrwiki.org/viewtopic.php?t=1959][img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/woddfellow2/cglite.png[/img][/url]

Dark Grapefruit · **Posted:** Mon Apr 11, 2005 8:54 pm

fahooglewitz1077 wrote:

I have teachers like that
Student: CANIPLEASEGOTOTHEBATHROOMPLEASEPLEASEPLEASE?

Teacher: I dunno, can you!

Student: AAAARRRRRGGGGLLLBLBLLBLBL!!!

Oh man, I used to have teachers like that all the time. It was the most annoying thing. This should only be acceptable you are teaching English.

Simon Zeno · **Posted:** Mon Apr 11, 2005 9:11 pm

I am most interested in joining this campaign, as the poor grammar skills of some of the patrons of this forum have been wearing on my nerves. However, in accordance with the new sig rule, I wouldn't have room to place the banner. C'est la vie.

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