The state of grammar on FFR...

**Moogy** · 03-20-2004, 12:32 AM

I'll put it bluntly : The average user of FFR has atrocious grammar and spelling. I seriously don't know why only about 100 out of the ~30000 registered users consistently post with correct/grammar and spelling (minus sarcasm/jokes and the occasional typo, of course). Anyway, I've devised a few ways to help improve the grammar of you dropouts.

1. Coherency is a must. This means, basically, to post like English is your first language if English is your first language.

2. Line breaks and tabs are your friends. Paragraphs increase legibility, whereas GIGANTIC BLOCKS OF TEXT (see : Specforce's posts) decrease it. (This means Jello and Nima, especially, too.)

3. AOL slang/internet abbreviations are retarded. This includes using the letter "u" in place of the word "you", "y" in place of "why", "gr8" instead of "great", etc. No one wants to read that crap. Don't type like that; that's not how you speak in real life, so why speak like that online?

4. Punctuation exists for a reason. Capitalization exists for the same reason. Properly punctuating and capitalizing your posts goes a long way towards making them more legible and intelligent-appearing. And no, this doesn't mean Typing Like This.

5. Overuse of emoticons is stupid. Don't do it. Or at least disable smilies, those things look homoerotic.

That's pretty much all I can think of. If anyone has any addendums to this, please feel free to post them.

Varia · 03-20-2004, 12:41 AM

Yes, grammar and spelling are your friends.

At least make a half-assed attempt to capitalize the letter at the beginning of a sentence and put a period at the end.

Feuergeist · 03-20-2004, 12:42 AM

Word.

edited for Varia

**Kilgamayan** · 03-20-2004, 12:58 AM

For some reason I pride myself on being one of the about 5 people on the planet that uses proper capitalization and punctuation over AIM.

Recently I've gotten into a bad habit of dropping periods. I gotta fix that. =/

Arch0wl · 03-20-2004, 01:20 AM

STICKIED

More people should follow these guidelines. =(

**Jello** · 03-20-2004, 01:51 AM

NEEEEVVAAARRR!!!!!!! rofl

IAMTHEEVILBEAN · 03-20-2004, 06:50 AM

Jello you are one of those people....

altairian · 03-20-2004, 08:03 AM

until recently I was too lazy to capitalize "I", but yeah punctuation is good. heh

aleco · 03-20-2004, 08:05 AM

Do we really need another sticky? It's so cluttered already, and it's not like many people will change their ways or anything like that.

Privateer · 03-20-2004, 08:43 AM

Agreed.

QreepyBORIS · 03-20-2004, 12:11 PM

Thank god this doesnt affect me.

That brings up another triad of points:

1) Nobody cares whether "god" is capitalized or not. Thats only for use in the Critical thinking section though. And nobody cares, so it doesnt matter.

2) Do we need to use apostrophes? I personally dont, so long as you are coherent (wrong: ur).

3) Learn to use the difference of Affect and Effect. It makes you sound like a dumbfuck when you use it incorrectly.

4) This is more than a triad now, but whatever. SPELL THINGS CORRECTLY. Moogy might have said this, I don't remember, but Jesus fuck. Otherwise, once again, you sound like a dumbfuck.

**aperson** · 03-20-2004, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Moogy

1. Coherency is a must. This means, basically, to post like English is your first language if English is your first language.

Strunk & White's Elements of Style says to omit useless words. That means, therefore, that saying things such as "basically" and other pausing elements set inside commas are worthless.

PS: The therefore is irony fuckhats.

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2. Line breaks and tabs are your friends. Paragraphs increase legibility, whereas GIGANTIC BLOCKS OF TEXT (see : Specforce's posts) decrease it. (This means Jello and Nima, especially, too.)

Tab does nothing on an HTML parsed forum such as this. It had to be hardcoded to even accept a carriage return instead of a

Oh, and they're called TEXTBRICKS.

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3. AOL slang/internet abbreviations are retarded. This includes using the letter "u" in place of the word "you", "y" in place of "why", "gr8" instead of "great", etc. No one wants to read that crap. Don't type like that; that's not how you speak in real life, so why speak like that online?

I <3 you.

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4. Punctuation exists for a reason. Capitalization exists for the same reason. Properly punctuating and capitalizing your posts goes a long way towards making them more legible and intelligent-appearing. And no, this doesn't mean Typing Like This.

You mean punctuation and capitalization both exist to denote the start of a new sentence or a promer noun, interesting!

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5. Overuse of emoticons is stupid. Don't do it. Or at least disable smilies, those things look homoerotic. Or something.

Nice incorrect use of or and sentence fragments, grammar queen.

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That's pretty much all I can think of. If anyone has any addendums to this, please feel free to post them.

Don't post.

makaveli121212 · 03-20-2004, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Moogy

tl;dr

**Moogy** · 03-20-2004, 01:19 PM

Er, yeah... I probably shouldn't have used a sentence fragment there. Thanks for pointing that out.

**aperson** · 03-20-2004, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by makaveli121212

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Originally Posted by Moogy

tl;dr

omg b&

makaveli121212 · 03-20-2004, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by aperson

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Originally Posted by makaveli121212

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Originally Posted by Moogy

tl;dr

omg b&

maybe because i dont capitalize letters, or use apostraphes, and when i use periods i use them like this...

really who cares, why make such a big deal out of something so ridiculous...even if someone butchers words or doesnt use periods and capital letters you can still easily infer what they are saying...if anything this thread will only make people do it more to piss you off, that much can be reasonably inferred

plasmix · 03-20-2004, 01:57 PM

Save your crappy grammar for the chat.

Darkmage136 · 03-20-2004, 02:26 PM

What about creating a correct grammar board where if anyone hates people on forums butchering the English language, they can go over there and have as much fun as they want.

plasmix · 03-20-2004, 02:57 PM

That wouldn't do anything.

VxDx · 03-20-2004, 05:06 PM

Dearest Moogy (stop) you're an idiot (stop) *heart* VxDx (stop)

03-20-2004, 12:32 AM	#1
Moogy 嗚呼 Join Date: Aug 2003 Age: 34 Posts: 10,303	The state of grammar on FFR... I'll put it bluntly : The average user of FFR has atrocious grammar and spelling. I seriously don't know why only about 100 out of the ~30000 registered users consistently post with correct/grammar and spelling (minus sarcasm/jokes and the occasional typo, of course). Anyway, I've devised a few ways to help improve the grammar of you dropouts. 1. Coherency is a must. This means, basically, to post like English is your first language if English is your first language. 2. Line breaks and tabs are your friends. Paragraphs increase legibility, whereas GIGANTIC BLOCKS OF TEXT (see : Specforce's posts) decrease it. (This means Jello and Nima, especially, too.) 3. AOL slang/internet abbreviations are retarded. This includes using the letter "u" in place of the word "you", "y" in place of "why", "gr8" instead of "great", etc. No one wants to read that crap. Don't type like that; that's not how you speak in real life, so why speak like that online? 4. Punctuation exists for a reason. Capitalization exists for the same reason. Properly punctuating and capitalizing your posts goes a long way towards making them more legible and intelligent-appearing. And no, this doesn't mean Typing Like This. 5. Overuse of emoticons is stupid. Don't do it. Or at least disable smilies, those things look homoerotic. That's pretty much all I can think of. If anyone has any addendums to this, please feel free to post them. __________________ Plz visit my blog ^^^ vintage signature from like 2006 preserved

03-20-2004, 12:41 AM	#2
Varia FFR Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: San Diego, bitches Age: 37 Posts: 1,713	Yes, grammar and spelling are your friends. At least make a half-assed attempt to capitalize the letter at the beginning of a sentence and put a period at the end. __________________ GB CHALLENGE IS HOMOSEXUAL ARE YOU HOMOSEXUAL? I THINK SO

03-20-2004, 12:42 AM	#3
Feuergeist FFR Player Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Salem, Oregon Posts: 869	Word. edited for Varia __________________ Wer noch nie einen Fehler gemacht hat, hat sich noch nie an etwas Neuem versucht. Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)

03-20-2004, 12:58 AM	#4
Kilgamayan Super Scooter Happy Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Location, Location. Age: 39 Posts: 6,583	For some reason I pride myself on being one of the about 5 people on the planet that uses proper capitalization and punctuation over AIM. Recently I've gotten into a bad habit of dropping periods. I gotta fix that. =/ __________________ I watched clouds awobbly from the floor o' that kayak. Souls cross ages like clouds cross skies, an' tho' a cloud's shape nor hue nor size don't stay the same, it's still a cloud an' so is a soul. Who can say where the cloud's blowed from or who the soul'll be 'morrow? Only Sonmi the east an' the west an' the compass an' the atlas, yay, only the atlas o' clouds.

03-20-2004, 08:03 AM	#8
altairian FFR Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Potsdam, NY Posts: 2,055	until recently I was too lazy to capitalize "I", but yeah punctuation is good. heh __________________ Reach: there was this bee. i hate bee\'s...i tryed to kill it, but then it didn\'t die and it started making weird noises so i was like oh (#$% hes gonna sting me. i started running but i triped over some rock and rolled down a hill into the river.

03-20-2004, 01:20 AM	#5
Arch0wl Banned Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: fb.com/a.macdonald.iv Age: 35 Posts: 6,344	STICKIED More people should follow these guidelines. =(

03-20-2004, 01:51 AM	#6
Jello FFR Simfile Author Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 612	NEEEEVVAAARRR!!!!!!! rofl

03-20-2004, 06:50 AM	#7
IAMTHEEVILBEAN FFR Player Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Michigan Posts: 3,078	Jello you are one of those people....

03-20-2004, 08:05 AM	#9
aleco FFR Player Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: I am where I am Posts: 1,054	Do we really need another sticky? It's so cluttered already, and it's not like many people will change their ways or anything like that. __________________ I still exist...

03-20-2004, 08:43 AM	#10
Privateer FFR Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 2,962	Agreed. __________________

03-20-2004, 12:11 PM	#11
QreepyBORIS FFR Player Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: It is a mystery. Age: 33 Posts: 7,454	Thank god this doesnt affect me. That brings up another triad of points: 1) Nobody cares whether "god" is capitalized or not. Thats only for use in the Critical thinking section though. And nobody cares, so it doesnt matter. 2) Do we need to use apostrophes? I personally dont, so long as you are coherent (wrong: ur). 3) Learn to use the difference of Affect and Effect. It makes you sound like a dumbfuck when you use it incorrectly. 4) This is more than a triad now, but whatever. SPELL THINGS CORRECTLY. Moogy might have said this, I don't remember, but Jesus fuck. Otherwise, once again, you sound like a dumbfuck. __________________ Signature subject to change. THE ZERRRRRG.

03-20-2004, 01:19 PM	#14
Moogy 嗚呼 Join Date: Aug 2003 Age: 34 Posts: 10,303	Er, yeah... I probably shouldn't have used a sentence fragment there. Thanks for pointing that out. __________________ Plz visit my blog ^^^ vintage signature from like 2006 preserved

03-20-2004, 01:57 PM	#17
plasmix FFR Player Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: TX Posts: 3,639	Save your crappy grammar for the chat.

03-20-2004, 02:26 PM	#18
Darkmage136 FFR Player Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 42	What about creating a correct grammar board where if anyone hates people on forums butchering the English language, they can go over there and have as much fun as they want. __________________ Did you know that slap backwards is pals? ~\|) /-\\ P\\ \|< \|v\| /-\\ 6 E \| 3 6

03-20-2004, 02:57 PM	#19
plasmix FFR Player Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: TX Posts: 3,639	That wouldn't do anything.

03-20-2004, 05:06 PM	#20
VxDx FFR Player Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 1,871	Re: The state of grammar on FFR... Dearest Moogy (stop) you're an idiot (stop) heart VxDx (stop)

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