"Proofread" is one word.

It's always really easy to acquire targets in a grammar/diction/whatthefrakever thread.

Fixie. There,I said it.

Whoops,wrong forum.

Personally, I hate it when people don't Proofide.

A comma splice is where you put two independent clauses (full sentences) together with a comma.


I.E. "The cat's feet hung out of the bag, it was a big cat."

as opposed to the correct;

The cat's feet hung out of the bag; it was a big cat.

or

The cat's feet hung out of the bag. It was a big cat.

or

The cat's feet hung out of the bag, because it was a big cat.

etc.

The early Bob books are great, BTW, and I love them!

Haha, that's pretty funny, but my wife would never hang with a dweeb who cycles to work and posts on a bicycle forum...

Wait a minute. On second thought, where did you say you live?

Lol! ^^^

This is the greatest thread bikeforums has ever had. The OP should receive an award.

I hate myself for this. I have a brooks on my commuter, and I have some proofide for it that I can't find. I'm too cheap to buy another tin since I know the first tin will show up as a result. I'd rather buy another saddle.

I figure online forums are an informal venue where we can all let a few lazy sentences go without comment. I used to get all worked up when I saw they're in place of their. They're (sic) was a sign at work that had that mistake, and it used to annoy me to no end.

a colleague at work dislikes my usage of bullets but I find them so helpful because I dislike writing complete sentences and because I have a personal quest for speed and clarity

Signs at work annoy me too, but I let online errors pass unless they appear in grammar cop posts. Some people spell or construct sentences better than others, but the result doesn't correspond reliably with the value of a post's content.

Fo shizzle!

You dislike writing complete sentences? You've got at least two, possibly three sentences worth of words in that sentence.

Unless it's a Chabon sentence, in which case you've got a good fifty still to go.

The who / whom thing confuses many.

Whom is the Black Rhino of English. It'll be gone soon.

As will him, presumably.

Sorry, I'm always impressed with a good word smith. (Noteon)

I just get irritated when used to nitpick or condescend completely unrelated to the content to the post. (Note, These are two completely unrelated observations)

"What you are hearing is a fine example of 'frontier gibberish'" -Blazing Saddles.

Nerds

Not until someone drops an equation or two.

And doing a damn fine job of it.

The best badly worded sign at work:


I am not kidding. I really saw this sign at work.

And yes, this is a nerdy pedantic wordsmith's thread. If you don't feel comfortable here, that means it's not for you.

Bigot.