People that can't spell

[magma]

I fought in two world wars for your right to speak English, you illiterate thugs. Your mothers would be ashamed of you.

Assuming that most of our mothers are still alive and the fact that Bill isn't a mind reader, I think "should" is probably the best judgement he can make. "Would" implies a logical certainty.

This thread is very silly indeed. Personally, I'm an arch-proof reader and post-editor to try and iron out my mistakes, but everyone makes them and I think that's probably just be me being a bit neurotic about things. As long as you get your point across, I can't really see the problem.

Bad grammar is a lot more annoying than bad spelling because it more often ruins the message of the post.

As an aside, Lynn Truss is a tnuc. I bought "Eats, Shoots and Leaves" in a charity shop on audiobook so that I could chop her voice up and ended up listening to most of it one way or another. It's rubbish.

[metalboxproducts]

I thought he was playing the roll of an old fart from a bygone era though. And i was being a bare pedant.

[bagelator]

I thought he was playing the roll of an old fart from a bygone era though. And i was being a bare pedant.

would you let this man near your grammar?


http://www.dubstepforum.com/would-you-l ... en?%20nsfw

[metalboxproducts]

I thought he was playing the roll of an old fart from a bygone era though. And i was being a bare pedant.

would you let this man near your grammar?


http://www.dubstepforum.com/would-you-l ... en?%20nsfw

I've not even clicked the link but, i can guess what it is. LOL

[bagelator]

I thought he was playing the roll of an old fart from a bygone era though. And i was being a bare pedant.

would you let this man near your grammar?


http://www.dubstepforum.com/would-you-l ... en?%20nsfw

I've not even clicked the link but, i can guess what it is. LOL

hi tim

[badger]

haha i'm not opening that at work if it's what i think it is

[uncle bill]

A confession: I sometimes have to look up internet shorthand terms like "afaik" because I forget what they stand for. Yep, abbreviations take me longer to read than actual words do.

I'd never seen the internet or used a mobile phone until I was twenty so I've never got out of the habit of writing everything long hand. I understand why people like to write short text messages but if you've got a full size keyboard there's no excuse. Does it really take that much extra time to use capitals and punctuation marks? I don't get it.

I fought in two world wars for your right to speak English, you illiterate thugs. Your mothers should be ashamed of you.

for the most part i agree, some abbreviations just don't seem necessary, but some are pretty useful for getting a point across on the internet: tbh, lol etc (case in point there actually - why is etc any more valid an abbreviation just because it's got some history behind it?). i've certainly had to look up a few of the more abstract ones. noone even knew what smh meant when von started saying it on here but it's somehow become part of the ninja dictionary

now back to your pipe and slippers grandad

What does smh mean?

[badger]

shaking my head.... possibly at you :P

[metalboxproducts]

You ok man? How's Lisbon treating you? I hope all is well.

[Ham]

Dyslexic, fuck off.


I do try to spell shit right though

[Bazzle09]

[USTD]

Legos.

[kay]

What does smh mean?

I'm glad you asked that lol

[collige]

What does smh mean?

I'm glad you asked that lol

"Secret Minger Hideout"?