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Ziryab
chess_gg wrote:

Topics, such as this thread, make a pleasant departure from the "too much chess" syndrome that some of us are plagued with (see, the nuns would have karate chopped me on the knuckles with a heavy wooden ruler had I ended a sentence with a fookin' preposition like that "back in the day"). 

Nonetheless...

I play and study chess at numerous web sites. This happens to be the only one where I say Jack Diddly on a forum. Why, I'm not quite sure.

But (hah!...the nuns taught me not to do that with frickin' conjunctions, either!...but, they are now all up in the sky with their Husband) I keep pledging to myself: "Frock talking on forums! It's a waste of chess play time...hello!"

There you have it.

The nuns at my school were lesbian hippie types. The only ruler on a knuckle that I ever experienced came from Mr. O'Leary, the science teacher.

HessianWarrior
Ziryab wrote:
richie_and_oprah wrote:
Ziryab wrote:
richie_and_oprah wrote:
Ziryab wrote:
waffllemaster wrote:
Ziryab wrote:

We need a grammar police trophy so that I can give one to [pseudonym removed by mod] for correcting another's terrible use of an adverb in place of a possessive pronoun.

Most of you need to reread (notice that I assumed you read it the first time in full knowledge that most of you did not) the initial post, else you be labeled trolls.

If it wasn't for the labeled Trolls your Thread would have died around post #9.

Ziryab
HessianWarrior wrote:
Ziryab wrote:
richie_and_oprah wrote:
Ziryab wrote:
richie_and_oprah wrote:
Ziryab wrote:
waffllemaster wrote:
Ziryab wrote:

We need a grammar police trophy so that I can give one to [pseudonym removed by mod] for correcting another's terrible use of an adverb in place of a possessive pronoun.

Most of you need to reread (notice that I assumed you read it the first time in full knowledge that most of you did not) the initial post, else you be labeled trolls.

If it wasn't for the labeled Trolls your Thread would have died around post #9.

You're not up-to-date on marketing are you.

 

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/community/nominations-for-chesscom-troll-of-the-month---oct-2013

Ziryab

When I play blitz online, I drink before, during, and after.

 

(Note the Oxford comma.)

pelly13

@chess_gg:

I thought it to be more economical to just quote the "Nonetheless.." part. Why agree to agree ?

pelly13

"The history of the future is still a puzzling thing to me. How can we know all that stuff ? The future of history is clear to me. "

Do any of you know the joker who is going to write this in a few moments ?

pelly13
chess_gg schreef:

OK. BTW, I meant to say "as you improve, you may wish to play more." Sorry, it just didn't come out right. Was going to edit...but, why not. I shall edit.

I'm still a bit of a novice on this site and I've played only a handfull of correspondence games sofar. At his very moment I've reached a critical position in my one ongoing game.I've been looking at it for hours and analysing it in between keeping up with this thread to relax and clear my mind.

No need to apologise or edit here , it did come out right in the first place.

pelly13
chess_gg schreef:

Good, then. Have a nice evening. 

Tomorrow highnoon here and always yesterday night overthere.Time is a local measure , a relativity thing. It has no meaning on this worldwide site.

Ziryab
richie_and_oprah wrote:

i  enjoy pithing on threads

Kind of ironic that the life of threads on this site is thus maintained.

chesshole
Ziryab wrote:
richie_and_oprah wrote:

i  enjoy pithing on threads

Kind of ironic that the life of threads on this site is thus maintained.

I believe you meant to say: It is kind of ironic that the life of threads on this site is thus maintained.  

 

Please refrain from omitting subject pronouns from your sentences. You should make an effort to show that English is your native language.

Ziryab
chesshole wrote:
Ziryab wrote:
richie_and_oprah wrote:

i  enjoy pithing on threads

Kind of ironic that the life of threads on this site is thus maintained.

I believe you meant to say: It is kind of ironic that the life of threads on this site is thus maintained.  

 

Please refrain from omitting subject pronouns from your sentences. You should make an effort to show that English is your native language.

That's why this thread exists. I want a trophy that I can give you for noticing such things, and for caring. It is soo nice that you care.

pelly13

Not so long ago I played a real life game against a German named Siegfried. He was a strong player and beat the crap out of me. Then we sat down and played the game which I won.

Afterwards I sat with him at the bar. I ordered a drink,then he ordered two drinks and I ordered two drinks.Then we sat down and had a drink. He told me he was a gynecologist.  Being of natural curiosity I asked him what the oddest thing was he ever experienced. He told me he once held practise in a old and classic styled building. The ones with the high seiling,tall window panels and venting windows on the top.

One a warm day he says, a woman comes in  he says, she undresses and takes position on the stretcher and spreads her legs. At that same moment he was picking up a 12 foot long stick with an iron hook on top. The worried lady started screeming "Doctor , Doctor what are you going to do with that 12 foot long stick with an iron hook at the top ? " and he answered "Just opening some top windows to get a bit of fresh air in."

chesshole
Ziryab wrote:
chesshole wrote:
Ziryab wrote:
richie_and_oprah wrote:

i  enjoy pithing on threads

Kind of ironic that the life of threads on this site is thus maintained.

I believe you meant to say: It is kind of ironic that the life of threads on this site is thus maintained.  

 

Please refrain from omitting subject pronouns from your sentences. You should make an effort to show that English is your native language.

That's why this thread exists. I want a trophy that I can give you for noticing such things, and for caring. It is soo nice that you care.

You are welcome to send me a trophy.  I believe there are over a hundred different trophies available on chess.com that you could send me. However, before you send me this trophy I would like to point out that you misspelt the simple word 'so.'  Please revise your post before you send me the trophy.

Ziryab
chesshole wrote:
Ziryab wrote:
chesshole wrote:
Ziryab wrote:
richie_and_oprah wrote:

i  enjoy pithing on threads

Kind of ironic that the life of threads on this site is thus maintained.

I believe you meant to say: It is kind of ironic that the life of threads on this site is thus maintained.  

 

Please refrain from omitting subject pronouns from your sentences. You should make an effort to show that English is your native language.

That's why this thread exists. I want a trophy that I can give you for noticing such things, and for caring. It is soo nice that you care.

You are welcome to send me a trophy.  I believe there are over a hundred different trophies available on chess.com that you could send me. However, before you send me this trophy I would like to point out that you misspelt the simple word 'so.'  Please revise your post before you send me the trophy.

But they don;t have the appropos trophy. I want it to say "Grammar Cop" or sumptin akin to that, and maybe have a photo of Lynne Truss or a panda bear.

pelly13
netzach schreef:

Smoke wafts around like scotch mist.

Then fierce winds arrive to blow everything away. (even people and sheep!)

Dispersing the echo of the BackYardPro singing : "Oh Kerry boy , the pipes the pipes are calling. From glen to glen ...."

pelly13

@Ziryab said :

But they don;t have the appropos trophy. I want it to say "Grammar Cop" or sumptin akin to that, and maybe have a photo of Lynne Truss or a panda bear.

Why not a photo of Bill Clinton saying "I didn't have Grammar with that Cop ."

bean_Fischer
pelly13 wrote:
netzach schreef:

Smoke wafts around like scotch mist.

Then fierce winds arrive to blow everything away. (even people and sheep!)

I love Scotland , beautiful country and nature , direct people and loads of good stuff more. But it's the bloody weather , the rain and the bloody muscitos.

A nice sign I read when I was there was : "The weather is lovely , the weather is fine. Except for the blizard , it would be absolutely devine."

Who cares about the midgies if you read this poetry ?

Do you mean "lots of good stuff"?

pelly13

@Bean asked :

Do you mean "lots of good stuff"?

No , "loads of more good stuff " instead of " loads of good stuff more"

I tried to be vocal and speak with a wee scottish accent. For instance , when people overthere are rich , they are called ( or better , call themselves ) loaded. They have loads and loads of money.

Geologically , Scotland doesn't even belong to be there. It was part of America and Greenland once , but hiked on a plate moving eastward.That's what formed the Highlands.

Idealogically , the BackYardPro shouldn't be allowed to enter Scotland in the first place.

Undoubtebly , many Dutchs football fans will not like the Scots for what they did to Ajax yesterday.

bean_Fischer
pelly13 wrote:

@Bean asked :

Do you mean "lots of good stuff"?

No , "loads of more good stuff " instead of " loads of good stuff more"

I tried to be vocal and speak with a wee scottish accent. For instance , when people overthere are rich , they are called ( or better , call themselves ) loaded. They have loads and loads of money.

thanks. you have loads of explanation.

pelly13

@Bean answered :

thanks. you have loads of explanation.

No , i gave them. I don't have them.

I wasn't even finished writing/editing that post yet , but you copy and paste so many things so fast , you missed the rest.

I posted it to netzach , but you felt called upon to comment on it.