Teach me English

[nikimoto]

Originally Posted by Athena

(referring to 'irregardless') This is a pet peave of mine... Drives me crazy.

I often leave small words off and don't write in complete sentences in forums as well. It's not that I am unable, but rather that I am lazy. Hopefully I am still understandable.

Illegal use of 'Hopefully'. 10 karma penalty!

[dougsmit]

Originally Posted by aam1234

One more inquiry (FF spell checker still suks).

If you ask a question here, then you end it with a "thanks". Do you put a full stop after it (a "period" to our American friends).

Like...

Thanks

I would not. If you feel the need for punctuation, a comma might be best. This would make 'Thanks' into a closing for the letter and should be followed by your signature as follows:

Thanks,
Doug

[00silvergt]

The issue of paragraphs. A rule doesn't really exist as to how many sentences should be included before a new paragraph is started. The key is that a paragraph has sentences that share the same idea. So somewhere in the paragraph lies a main idea. Which are followed or preceded by supporting sentences.

When the idea is changed then a new paragraph is needed. Not unlike that of an outline. The first Roman numeral represents a paragraph. Capital letter A will be your first sentence and lowercase a would start the ideas of words in that sentence.

I hope that helps.

[Athena]

Originally Posted by nikimoto

Illegal use of 'Hopefully'. 10 karma penalty!

lol - if I had penalties for all my typos or incomplete sentences or my lack of capitalization I'd have negative karma by now!

[00silvergt]

Originally Posted by Athena

lol - if I had penalties for all my typos or incomplete sentences or my lack of capitalization I'd have negative karma by now!

LOL- same here, BTW, I found your pic in the sun room, I can't believe I missed that.

[Athena]

- it's a funny one, heh?

[jfrancho]

Manners and decency would be a better class. Goodness knows, I could use a refresher.

[aam1234]

Originally Posted by 00silvergt

The issue of paragraphs. A rule doesn't really exist as to how many sentences should be included before a new paragraph is started. The key is that a paragraph has sentences that share the same idea. So somewhere in the paragraph lies a main idea. Which are followed or preceded by supporting sentences.

Tell that to John. He used to write in bricks, I mean blocks, regardless of the ideas he is trying to convey.

He has gotten better since

[aam1234]

Originally Posted by dougsmit

I would not. If you feel the need for punctuation, a comma might be best. This would make 'Thanks' into a closing for the letter and should be followed by your signature as follows:

Thanks,
Doug

That's what I thought too, Doug. It gave me a little stress, but glad you clarified it.

Thanks

[00silvergt]

Originally Posted by Athena

- it's a funny one, heh?

Funny, cunning, deceptive, disappointing...LOL

[aam1234]

One more question. It's the word "damn".

I really like to use that word. I find it fun and cool to stress something positive (e.g. damn, that's a beautiful photo). But I got the impression that some people don't feel comfortable about that word. Maybe because it has a negative religious connotation of some sort. I don't know.

What do you think.

Cheers

[00silvergt]

Originally Posted by aam1234

One more question. It's the word "damn".

I really like to use that word. I find it fun and cool to stress something positive (e.g. damn, that's a beautiful photo). But I got the impression that some people don't feel comfortable about that word. Maybe because it has a negative religious connotation of some sort. I don't know.

What do you think.

Cheers

I use the euphemistic version of dang...it just reads with less offense or vulgarity. Just like "WTF", I would rarely use, I prefer "WTH", as in: "What The Heck?"

[aam1234]

Cheers, Garret

I find "darn" and "dang" a little ...umm, well, not so cool. Too nice, in a way

On the other hand, I take offense to the use of "WTF". Really impolite. Hate it.

[aam1234]

An FYI rather than a question.

I read an article not long ago that says that the hyphen is dying. Reading here and there, especially online, it seems it's true. I even noticed it on myself.

If memory serves, that article was written by Oxford dictionary editors in late 2008.

[brian.austin]

Originally Posted by aam1234

Cheers, Garret

I find "darn" and "dang" a little ...umm, well, not so cool. Too nice, in a way

On the other hand, I take offense to the use of "WTF". Really impolite. Hate it.

"Darn" and "dang" are religious redneck politically correct versions of "damn".

I find it ironic that people take offense to the "F" word but have no problems with a curse that condemns the target to eternal torment in the "bad" area of the religion of your choice.

Personally, I'd rather be f-ed than damned.

[aam1234]

Good info there, Brian.

Cheers

[00silvergt]

Originally Posted by brian.austin

"Darn" and "dang" are religious redneck politically correct versions of "damn".

I find it ironic that people take offense to the "F" word but have no problems with a curse that condemns the target to eternal torment in the "bad" area of the religion of your choice.

Personally, I'd rather be f-ed than damned.

any day of the week and twice on Sunday, Brian!

[aam1234]

Allow me to disagree with you, gents.

I'd rather be sent to H land than be F'ed

Originally Posted by brian.austin

Personally, I'd rather be f-ed than damned.

[aam1234]

Btw, you two need to get a room

[Bay Bridge Sue]

The first timeI heard the politically corrected form of the "f" work on Galactica I had no idea what they were even talking about. But in the past few years it's become kind of a semi-soft replacement for the F word... still gets looks, but is more commonly acceptable (it seems), esp. on the web (I've even caught myself using it) than that word in company, semi-polite or otherwise...

Germain-ities...
(1) Scott Adam's Dilbert, the character from "Heck" who carries a Pitchspork... I think Gary Larsen did something similar in the Far Side once.

(2) Of course y'all know the difference 'tween cursing and swearing, don't'cha?