Foo - My God, I've become a grumpy old man...

use commas, try a period or two. Use spell check. You didn't "seen" something, you saw it.

Forget it, I'm moving over to classic and vintage.

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Please use commas appropriately. Try a period or two. Use spell check. You didn't "seen" something; you saw it.

Forget it; I'm moving over to classic and vintage.

Thanks Matt. That's how things should work.

use commas, try a period or two.

"Now children, what should every sentence start with?"

hahah pwned

:)

hahah pwned

:)
tIMES oNE mILLION

edit: sorry.

Capitalization doesn't help distinguish the form of a sentence as much as punctuation does. I often leave out capital letters, but usually use my commas, semi-colons, periods, question marks, horizontal ellipses, exclamation points, etcetera.

I agree with what he is saying. At least trying to make posts in a decent gramatical structure would help.

But, its the internet. Your battle will never be won.

i write how i talk and i ain't talk like no book.

Please use commas appropriately. Try a period or two. Use spell check. You didn't "seen" something; you saw it.

Forget it; I'm moving over to classic and vintage.

I've fixed it for you! Please separate sentences with periods or semicolons instead of commas.

"Now children, what should every sentence start with?"

Good point. But I was continuing the "..." from my title.

I knew that would happen :) . I forgot to use the "read the sentence backwards trick".

I'm still grumpy though.

the bauhaus advocated the abolition of capitalization. those guys were genius.

i almost never use capitalization except for formal stuff at work. i have never once read anything where capitalization made a difference in how i understand the text. plus, i'm just to lazy to reach over and push the shift key. i have to use my pinky for that.

I am sorry, do you want a hug?

Retem, you are excused from the "idiots, write so I can read it!"

I mean, you have a disclaimer.

Hey, at least you're in the fixed forum where you don't have to hear about "breaks" that often...

I'll breaks my skull on the city bus before I put any breaks on my bike...

For the people who would seriously claim they're just typing how they would speak - that's exactly what bugs us grumpy old men.

you forgot: "GET OFF MY LAWN!"

^^^when i am old, i plan on saying that a lot. yelling at kids from the porch while drinking whiskey and/or iced tea.

"Now children, what should every sentence start with?"


Now adults, with what shall a sentence not end?;)

Capitalization doesn't help distinguish the form of a sentence as much as punctuation does. I often leave out capital letters, but usually use my commas, semi-colons, periods, question marks, horizontal ellipses, exclamation points, etcetera.

I agree with what he is saying. At least trying to make posts in a decent gramatical structure would help.

But, its the internet. Your battle will never be won.

Don't you mean to say: "it the internet, you battle will never be won"?

Don't you mean to say: "it the internet, you battle will never be won"?

Preposterous.

The Queen will set things straight with the mother tongue to be used.

The English language has been ruined, helped in part by Microsoft.

It took all of Prep (first year of school) to get me to say 'Zed' over 'Zee' thanks to Sesame Street. I thought the teacher was trying to trick me.

Sorry... grammar is too much like coasting! :D

"Now children, what should every sentence start with?"

That is something up with which I do not have to put!

i almost never use capitalization except for formal stuff at work. i have never once read anything where capitalization made a difference in how i understand the text. plus, i'm just to lazy to reach over and push the shift key. i have to use my pinky for that.

ok, so here's one of the few cases where capitalizing could change how you read/interpret a word: polish vs. Polish

anyone got any other cases of this?

I helped my uncle Jack off a horse.

^^ I helped my uncle, jack, off a horse.

Plea'se don't get me s'tarted on the abu'se of apos'trophe's.

My friends say "me, Jon, and Joe" rather than the right way just to spite me. And I regularly corrected my high school english teacher on preposition placement. It's a disease, but a fun one!

http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/081005/grammar-police-arrest-this-man.gif

use commas, try a period or two. Use spell check. You didn't "seen" something, you saw it.
Forget it, I'm moving over to classic and vintage.
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Please use commas appropriately. Try a period or two. Use spell check. You didn't "seen" something; you saw it.
Forget it; I'm moving over to classic and vintage.
Thanks Matt. That's how things should work.

Life: Get one.

Soon.

^^ Wow, that was a good one. Sweet burn.

^^ Wow, that was a good one. Sweet burn.

Well. Perhaps. And may be I was being to much of an assclown. Really, I don't see the point in getting overly hyped on people's grammar. If someone types to fast and is an idiot, so be it. If they want to reveal how poorly they communicate, OK. Really, why hide stupidity. Hiding stupidity makes people seem better than they are. Then they get elected. Then they are in posistions of power. Or you marry them. I'm all for open stupidity. And birth control for stupid people too.

Just my two cents.

Take it for what it is worth.

ok, so here's one of the few cases where capitalizing could change how you read/interpret a word: polish vs. Polish

anyone got any other cases of this?

My mum used to tell me about a trick the students at her college played once. One of the porters had put up a sign saying "Polish on the floor", to which was added "Czechoslovakians* on the ceiling". You would think the intellectual elite at Oxford would have better things to do with their time, but apparently they're just as bored as the rest of us

*Pre 1993, before you Eastern Bloc knowitalls start...

"Your social security check is late! Things cost more than they used to! Young people use profanity!"

I helped my uncle Jack off a horse.


If you are actually interested in this, there is a great book entitled "Eats, Shoots and Leaves" The title comes from a picture that appeared in a magazine featuring a pando bear whose caption read "eats, shoots and leaves." The jacket of the book has a drawing of a panda eating, followed by another one of the panda holding a gun and walking away

If you are actually interested in this, there is a great book entitled "Eats, Shoots and Leaves" The title comes from a picture that appeared in a magazine featuring a pando bear whose caption read "eats, shoots and leaves." The jacket of the book has a drawing of a panda eating, followed by another one of the panda holding a gun and walking away

Has anyone read this. I had a copy that I found the other day and it seemed sorta' interesting. I ended up giving it away thinking I would never actually read it.

"Your social security check is late! Things cost more than they used to! Young people use profanity!"


That made me sad...:(

Use the search function ;)

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=157870

It took all of Prep (first year of school) to get me to say 'Zed' over 'Zee' thanks to Sesame Street.

I thought Zed was as a character in the movie Pulp Fiction? ;-)

i write how i talk and i ain't talk like no book.


thank you i dont much lik how porpeate peple talk.. imma go eat me a sammich..

Oh Christ, I don't think I can allow myself to even get started here.....

As for capitalising, it's just another rule of correctly writing English, why choose to just randomly drop some rules.

Oh and the love of putting 'ization' after everything is another one that gets my goat.

Ahh well, I got started....

You’re great at using correct punctuation and semicolons.

Incorrect:
"Forget it, I'm moving over to classic and vintage."

Correct:
Forget it; I'm moving over to classic and vintage.

Now shut up and stop being grumpy.

Kids, kids, don't make me change my tone of voice. If you keep touching eachother, I'm pulling this car over and giving you a whipping! I mean it now! Hear me?

Really, I don't see the point in getting overly hyped on people's grammar. If someone types to fast and is an idiot, so be it. If they want to reveal how poorly they communicate, OK. Really, why hide stupidity. Hiding stupidity makes people seem better than they are. Then they get elected. Then they are in posistions of power. Or you marry them. I'm all for open stupidity. And birth control for stupid people too.

Just my two cents.

Take it for what it is worth.
http://www.worth1000.com/entries/85500/85727qwYV_w.jpg

Hahaha.... polish it in the corner.

Now shut up and stop being grumpy.

It's too late. I've crossed the threshold. There's no turning back now.

By the way. Sesame Street screwed me. When I was kid, I spoke with a NY accent for the longest time.

It's too late. I've crossed the threshold. There's no turning back now.

By the way. Sesame Street screwed me. When I was kid, I spoke with a NY accent for the longest time.
I grew up so close to the border, that I watched the Canadian version.

The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.




The alphabet pwns you.

the bauhaus advocated the abolition of capitalization. those guys were genius.

agree. YET SOME PEOPLE INSIST UPON USING ALL CAPS IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET THEIR POINT ACCROSS. imbiciles.

technolgy is killing the english language as we know it. degradation of language is the first sign of a decling society. s*** - i guess i'll go out and ride my bike.

Use the search function ;)

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=157870

It irks me when people say use search. Why do they have to use the search? Because you feel you've answered it enough? Then don't answer.

. . . and what's with the alphabet? Is it that way because of the song?

He pulled out of a comma.

I can usually kill threads like this by threatening to bring out my wife who is an editor... You just think you write well. English is so illogical (it is my native language) that almost no one gets it right all the time. To complain that people don't write on a medium like the Internet correctly at all times shows a lack of understanding of the nature of the media.

For example, for someone to speak in totally correct English generally makes me want to take something to their head out of impatience. Save your perfection for your papers - it is a waste of effort in a conversation - which a forum is.

As long as the posting communicates, I don't care.

just my dos colones