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Aggelakis

By Aggelakis,
Posted on: 2010-06-19 15:30 in Player Questions

 

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Originally Posted by Dark Ether View Post
You forgot to leave a blank line between your paragraphs.
Very funny Ether.

 

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I am unrepentant. If people don't want to be corrected, they can just ignore me. But I suspect there are a lot of people out there who would actually appreciate being told they they were using a word incorrectly. I certainly don't mind if someone corrects me. I don't have my ego all tied up in being right.

 

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*comes back the next day*
Oh hi! o.o
Almost 3 pages because of a typo.

 

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I was trying to be all tongue and cheek but my worser nature got the better of me.

Bad Frostbiter! Bad!

 

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Originally Posted by Camper View Post
I am unrepentant. If people don't want to be corrected, they can just ignore me. But I suspect there are a lot of people out there who would actually appreciate being told they they were using a word incorrectly.
I would agree. Once upon a time, I was dating a woman from Puerto Rico. She spoke English quite well (better than a lot of Americans I know), but had some problems with verb tenses (English is notorious for this). The first time I corrected her, I immediately asked if that bothered her. She said it did not, and that she wanted me to always correct her, even if there were other people around.

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Originally Posted by Panzerwaffen View Post
Proper vocabulary, spelling and grammar are critical factors to success in life. Learn it, love it, live it!
They are important factors, but you are misusing the word critical.

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Originally Posted by Ironblade View Post
No.
This is a PUBLIC forum. When something is posted that is WRONG, it needs to be promptly corrected so that someone who is less knowledgeable does not come along and learn something wrong.
Typing words in all caps in the middles of a sentence is just as wrong as using arch instead of arc. Or worse really. Correcting you if case someone less knowledgeable does come along and learn something wrong.

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Thank you Devs & Community people for a great game.

So sad to be ending ):

 

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Originally Posted by tanstaafl View Post
They are important factors, but you are misusing the word critical.
Critical

7.of decisive importance with respect to the outcome; crucial: a critical moment.
8.of essential importance; indispensable

I see where you're coming from, but I'm not sure I'd consider my use of the word inappropriate.

 

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I'd put in my image of a Smiley eating popcorn again, but I still can't access www.freesmileys.org anymore. Did the site close? lol

 

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Originally Posted by Panzerwaffen View Post
Critical

7.of decisive importance with respect to the outcome; crucial: a critical moment.
8.of essential importance; indispensable

I see where you're coming from, but I'm not sure I'd consider my use of the word inappropriate.
Success is life is measured by a lot of things, and your definition might include requirements like proper spelling/typing.

Considering what a large population in the world isn't even functionally literate (able to read a newspaper) and there would be countless more who make grammar/spelling errors; to say that all those people are lacking a critical factor which will mean they are unable to achieve success in life isn't a statement I'd agree with.

You're saying that approx 14% of North American adults (low literacy skills) are lacking a critical factor for their success in life.

I'm sure many of these people consider their life to be successful by their definitions.

I do think the higher your literacy skills, the more success you will have with work, especially white collar work. But you can have a happy, healthy productive life that enriches others without ever getting the comma spacing right.

* https://www.cia.gov/library/publicat...elds/2103.html
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy

I don't suffer from altitis, I enjoy every minute of it.

Thank you Devs & Community people for a great game.

So sad to be ending ):

 

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Originally Posted by Garuta View Post
True enough, but there is a time and a place for everything. In your example, you personally knew the person you were correcting. In Camper's case, he felt the need to come in and correct a complete stranger's grammar after their question was answered and the thread was effectively concluded. Sounds a little crass, doesn't it?
The main point of the thread was concluded - and the pointing out of the terminology error was done simply and without rudeness, in my opinion.

Although, technically, he gave a common example, not a true definition. Arches are not only found on the top of stone archways
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Originally Posted by Decorum View Post
It's DP, isn't it?

I KNEW it!
She left that one out.

The full list is DP, DP, DP, or DP.

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Originally Posted by Dark Ether View Post
Wow - another thread derailed totally by the grammar squad. Imagine that!
It was already completed; it was not derailed but given a course change.
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Originally Posted by Dark Ether View Post
I try....someone has to have a sense of humor around here.
I hate to say this... you have a colony of periods in the middle of your sentence!

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Originally Posted by Master-Blade View Post
I'd put in my image of a Smiley eating popcorn again, but I still can't access www.freesmileys.org anymore. Did the site close? lol
Try and find it elsewhere, then host it yourself. I can get there; in fact, gimme a minute. EDIT : Master-Blade's Popcorn smiley :

Orc&Pie No.53230 There is an orc, and somehow, he got a pie. And you are hungry.
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Originally Posted by Master-Blade View Post
I'd put in my image of a Smiley eating popcorn again, but I still can't access www.freesmileys.org anymore. Did the site close? lol
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Originally Posted by Rajani Isa View Post
Try and find it elsewhere, then host it yourself. I can get there; in fact, gimme a minute.
You can access the site? Man, I have not been able to view it for weeks. I double checked that I didn't accidentally block the domain or something, but I still cannot visit the page. I use FireFox, but I even tested in IE as well with same result.

I'd simply save and host it myself, but there is a handful of smileys I used on a regular basis, as well as the random search for other funny ones.

 

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Originally Posted by Master-Blade View Post
You can access the site? Man, I have not been able to view it for weeks. I double checked that I didn't accidentally block the domain or something, but I still cannot visit the page. I use FireFox, but I even tested in IE as well with same result.

I'd simply save and host it myself, but there is a handful of smileys I used on a regular basis, as well as the random search for other funny ones.
Save the ones you use a lot; inability to access that site seems to happen frequently for you.

Orc&Pie No.53230 There is an orc, and somehow, he got a pie. And you are hungry.
www.repeat-offenders.net

Negaduck: I see you found the crumb. I knew you'd never notice the huge flag.

 

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Originally Posted by Master-Blade View Post
It's recommended you don't use the old site you linked to. Besides not being largely accurate, It's apparently overrun with advertisements and "RMT gold sellers" that may try to steal your account. I wish there was a way to get it taken down or auto-link to the new site. I feel bad for anybody who does a Google search for help and ends up there.
Also, the advertisements wikia uses seem to frequently get poisoned with virus and such.

Orc&Pie No.53230 There is an orc, and somehow, he got a pie. And you are hungry.
www.repeat-offenders.net

Negaduck: I see you found the crumb. I knew you'd never notice the huge flag.

 

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Originally Posted by Rajani Isa View Post
Save the ones you use a lot; inability to access that site seems to happen frequently for you.
It doesn't happen frequently.. I lost access a few weeks ago and have not been able to pull it up since. It's been one long span of time.

First I thought the site was down for maintenance. Then I thought they closed. If I can ever pull it up, I'll save a few, but I even deleted my bookmarks for the site last week.

But since you guys seem to be able to visit the site just fine, I have no clue what the problem could be now. I've tried both my browsers on both my computers. I've tried different times of day. Still nothing at all. It's as if the site does not exist. I even tried to pull up an archive on the "Wayback Machine", and got a "Data Retrieval Failure." I just don't get it. lol

 

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Originally Posted by Fire Lilly View Post
Great... Now I have to comment.

Commas help to act as a substitute for the words 'and/or,' and it's now being taught to ignore that last comma when writing a list. Otherwise he would be saying, "Proper vocabulary and spelling and and grammar..."

Might I add, the rules of grammar change every other day... Every generation is either learning a new rule, or is dealing with the absense of a rule in the ever shifting battle to find the 'perfect sentence.'
My dad was an English teacher with a masters degree and Fire Lilly is correct. At least that is/was the accepted ruling as of 10-20 years ago.

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You know, I saw the 'nerdrage' tag, so naturally it piqued (note, not 'peaked') my curiosity.

"This thread seems innocent enough. Where's the ... Oh, wait, here we go."

For those who rage against being corrected, I would only say this. Someday, spelling and grammar might make the difference between getting a job, promotion, or other reward, and not getting it. And spelling and grammar are both learned skills. It's not something you just turn on and 'do it right' when you know it counts.

For those who live to correct, and who rage against being forced to read post after post of horribly-constructed grammar, lolspeak, 7334speak and skipped Oxford commas?

Lighten up, Francis.

 

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Originally Posted by CryptDweller View Post
My dad was an English teacher with a masters degree and Fire Lilly is correct. At least that is/was the accepted ruling as of 10-20 years ago.
o_o

I'm old...

 

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This is still going?

I fully understand the importance of good grammar, but all this started over a single letter and a typo no less according to the OP. I am SO sorry I decided to call out Camper for what I felt was a little extreme.

Oh, and thanks for posting your global in your signature, Aggelakis.

 

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Originally Posted by Garuta View Post
This is still going?

I fully understand the importance of good grammar, but all this started over a single letter and a typo no less according to the OP. I am SO sorry I decided to call out Camper for what I felt was a little extreme.

Oh, and thanks for posting your global in your signature, Aggelakis.
Actually, we were just having a little bit of fun with the nosediving topic derailment, now that the OP's question was successfully answered.

I must say though, your comment against Camper wasn't extreme, just oppositional. Fact is, our comments against yours were not meant to attack you (Not in the least!), our follow-up posts were more of an attempt to summerize the intentions of the poster in question. Y'know, to clarify that nothing was meant by his post, he just saw it as an opporatunity to lend his assistance.

That LAST comment, although I'm not entirely sure what you were insinuating, was a little extreme.

 

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Originally Posted by tanstaafl View Post
Typing words in all caps in the middles of a sentence is just as wrong as using arch instead of arc. Or worse really. Correcting you if case someone less knowledgeable does come along and learn something wrong.
Now you're wrong. Using all caps for emphasis is a style choice. Using arch instead of arc is simply wrong.

Just pointing this out in case someone less knowledgeable about trolling comes along and your post slips past them.

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Originally Posted by Ironblade View Post
Now you're wrong. Using all caps for emphasis is a style choice. Using arch instead of arc is simply wrong.

Just pointing this out in case someone less knowledgeable about trolling comes along and your post slips past them.
You're using style choice as an excuse for incorrect capitalisation? That's wrong.
The same rationale would work for leet speak, and for people WhO TYpe LiKE THIs TOO wHIcH is FOr STyLE.

Don't understand your line about trolling, can you clarify why you think my post is trolling but your correcting post wasn't?

Oh token passive aggressive smiley

I don't suffer from altitis, I enjoy every minute of it.

Thank you Devs & Community people for a great game.

So sad to be ending ):

 

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Originally Posted by Garuta View Post
I am SO sorry I decided to call out Camper for what I felt was a little extreme.
I believe this is an example of what I like to call the non-apology apology. It's all the rage these days.