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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 08:49 PM Original message |
Poll question: Are you offended when somebody posts a correction to your grammar, punctuation, or spelling? |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. Noe. |
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CurtEastPoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 08:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Only if its series and rilly a hugh misteak |
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Bobbieo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 08:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. I am so dyslexic and it is getting worse as I get older. I know I make the mistakes, |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. I come from Maine, and spell phonetically. |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
45. a'ya. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. Me kneether. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 11:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
62. Now, don't be casting asparagus at the OP... |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. No way, just embarrassed that I didn't catch it first! n/t |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 08:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Me too, |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 08:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Agree... |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I have bitten my tongue (finger?) many times for that exact reason. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. I no get offended cause I sometimes misspell intentionally, jus like dem freeper dudes |
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Lautremont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
7. I wouldn't mind it... |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
8. Not offended, just annoyed that the content isn't likely being replied to. (nt) |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
47. That is it. Ignore WHAT I am saying but focus on a minor error. eom |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
9. No. As a grad student, I should know better. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
10. Spell and grammar flames are at times the last recourse of the |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. "hep"? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
49. help |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
11. wHat a ass nine pole. |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. LOL. That was god. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. You sound two tents. |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
39. fUck off and dye |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 12:48 AM Response to Reply #39 |
73. No can happen, GI. I'm celibate and colorfast. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
12. Every since that crowd that killed JFK, staged a landing on the moon, |
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Sabriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
14. You're missing the spaces after your commas in the subject. |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:06 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Lol,correction accomplished! |
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TheDoorbellRang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
38. I do believe you meant "quotation mark" |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
15. I am dyslexic and was in the "dumb" classes in Elementary school |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
17. Actual English errors, no. |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
18. No, the only thing I find offensive about it is if it's the *only* rebuttal someone can |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
19. Whut du u meen? |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
20. It's all in how it's done. |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
21. I'm the son, nephew, cousin, brother and spouse of educators. |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
26. I believe it should be "grammar, punctuation or spelling?" |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:10 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. I don't know if you are correct on that point. |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 07:52 AM Response to Reply #30 |
81. The Harvard Comma |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
27. It depends on the context for me. |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
28. Only as long as the corrector doesn't mind a reverse reaming. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
31. I voted Other because I rarely have a punctuation error. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
32. You don't need a comma before the word 'or'. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
34. In order to avoid potentially embarrassing someone in public, I usually pm someone when I notice a |
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woodsprite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
35. I put "Other". It depends on how snarky the comment is. n/t |
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Possumpoint (937 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
36. Yes, |
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Possumpoint (937 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:17 PM Original message |
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Possumpoint (937 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
37. Deleted |
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kurth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
40. Life is too short to be anal about crap |
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Harper_is_Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
41. It depends in what spirit it's done. I had one today which was cross-thread and meant to be |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
42. Know. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
43. I appreciate it. (nt) |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
44. Yes I am |
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Kazak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
46. Typos and textspeak are one thing,... |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
48. It's kind of like letting your friend walk around with a buger hang'n out their nose. |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
50. I was corrected for the word" HUGH!!1!" |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
51. I see only two mistakes. |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
52. Hey, I trust spell check if it screws up |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
53. No, it doesn't bother me for someone to correct my errors, |
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Basileus Basileon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
54. Only if it's used in such a way as to imply my argument is invalid. nt |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
55. It depends. Some people point out grammar/typos |
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icymist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
56. I find it amusing. |
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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
57. Eye all ways yews spell Czech |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
58. it's offensive and it's intended to be |
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Gemini Cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
59. This is a message board and grammar and spelling mistakes happen. |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
60. It depends on the tone of the correction |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
61. No one likes a Grammarian!!!!! |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 01:37 AM Response to Reply #61 |
75. Not True! I love my Gramma |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
63. I am a crappy typist, but most people overlook my |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
64. If it's polite, no |
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JPZenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #64 |
121. Sometime the correction is needed for follow-up |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
65. I agree with you - especially if it is something that needs clarification |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
66. Offended? No. Amused? Yes. |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-04-07 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
67. other = no, if i am the foil by which they enable their anal/compulsive disorder... |
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ebayfool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
68. Yupper! |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
69. The Grammar Police, by executive order, is now under the Department of Homeland Security. |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
70. not worried about it. other n/t |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
71. It's impolite and rude. |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
72. People on a Message Board Should be able to Read Through Most Typos and Errors |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
74. Whatever you do, |
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adamuu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
76. relevant xkcd strip |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 07:28 AM Response to Reply #76 |
79. lol! |
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laylah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
77. I voted other. |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
78. People who criticize my grammar always die mysteriously. |
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JPZenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #78 |
122. That's a nice grammar book. Hate to see anything happen to it. |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
80. Yes, especially since most "grammar-police" haven't a clue |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
82. Doesn't bother me a bit, they can go fuck themselves and I won't mind. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
83. No. I'm embarrassed when |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
84. The less Freeperish our discourse, the better. |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
85. No, just annoyed. |
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deacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
86. Extremely petty. Ideas and passion are so much more important. |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
87. I don't mind, but they're not telling me anything I don't already know... |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
88. Only if they're a jerk about it. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 09:24 AM Response to Reply #88 |
92. "they're" A jerk? |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 10:57 AM Response to Reply #92 |
93. This is the thing. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #93 |
117. Couldn't agree more |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 11:09 AM Response to Reply #92 |
95. I think the quoted speech is figurative, and perfectly correct |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 02:23 PM Response to Reply #95 |
114. You are, of course, |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #114 |
118. Of course, your failure to explain isn't terribly convincing... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 04:16 PM Response to Reply #118 |
120. We are a nation of laws |
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MuseRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
89. huge/hugh |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
90. We need a DU "Whose Who" of worse grammaticle cereal offenders .. What? |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
91. It makes me feel like someone has overlooked the "whole" of what I wrote |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
94. It depends on how it's done |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
96. I don't find it offensive, I find it annoying and a sign they've lost the argument. |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
97. I'm not offended in the least. |
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stirlingsliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
98. I Could Care Less |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
99. I correct everyone's grammar and spelling to the best of my ability... |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
100. As a Texan |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 12:06 PM Response to Reply #100 |
101. Very interesting. |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #101 |
110. NO |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 12:43 PM Response to Reply #100 |
104. re the surgeons and the pilots, I buy it, too... |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 01:58 PM Response to Reply #104 |
111. Yes. |
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JPZenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 04:35 PM Response to Reply #100 |
123. The Doctor Who Refused to Be Corrected |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
102. Other - sometimes I'm amused, sometimes I'm glad to be told |
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CT_Progressive (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
103. its: '"grammar police" or some other derogatory phrase.' |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
105. I'm not offended, I think it's stupid. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
106. I just wish people would use the right word. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
107. My late mother was compulsive about it with me so I try really hard to not do this to people. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
108. Only if it's the first post, because it then detracts from the subject matter. nt |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
109. Y du U h8 Nglsh? |
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Rhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
112. It all depends on the context of the correction |
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windoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 02:09 PM Response to Reply #112 |
113. Have at it |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
115. It happens so rarely I take it as a sign someone actually read my post |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
116. only if they are obnoxious about it. Otherwise I'm okay with it. |
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Raejeanowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-05-07 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
119. It's Only Offensive When It's a Deliberate Snark |
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