Some grammar…

[experiencedParticipant]

Hitman wrote:

i just encounter the pretzels and some of them come pre-twisted and some need to get twisted the f~~~ up ..
end of the day my hands hurt sometimes…
it’s a living …

Pretzels remind me of growing up in the inner city where this one girl never had a pretzel at school, yet her mom was fat and had a fur coat.
Maybe that was a first mgtow moment.
I’ve got to proofread everything to prevent auto-word from changing the whole intended meaning of what I post. It’s ducking….

"It seems like there's times a body gets struck down so low, there ain't a power on earth that can ever bring him up again. Seems like something inside dies so he don't even want to get up again. But he does."

[coolthingy450Participant 1223]

I will admit that when it comes to telling stories with one another. I have a nasty habit of transitioning from one part to another, which is annoying in real life too when you need to exchange info sometimes. But as I get older, I am getting better each time.

Nerevar wrote:

Men, sometimes the grammar here annoys me. I don’t care if your first language is English or not (it’s my second language, Dutch is my first), you have to check your s~~~.

They’re: they are.
Their: possessive “it belongs to them”.
There: a location.

It’s: It is. Mind it, and see if it is correct in a sentence. If you type something like “It’s bike is awesome”, replace it with “It is bike is awesome”. Sounds s~~~ty, doesn’t it?
Its: not the above. But: “Its Johnny!” is wrong. It should be “It’s Johnny!”, see “It is Johnny!”

Your: possessive, “Your house/place/friends”, etc.
You’re: “You are”, the the example above.

If you think grammar here is bad here on mgtow, Then you haven’t seen how much grammar mistakes a bunch of people on social media and in the real life can be.

Unless the grammar mistakes are so incomprehensible that you just want to close of the web page, or tell that person to go back to school, and improve their english skills, I wouldn’t worry too much about it.

Actions have consequences and consequences have prices. Cause and effect at work.

[coolthingy450Participant 1223]

I would just stop reading the comment, if the post is incoherent to begin with.

We don’t need another standard on grammar, because of the mouth breathers that can’t even look after themselves, let alone find a boyfriend to use as a wallet, that can’t take at least 5 minutes to check for grammatical errors when making a post of some sort.

Oh and by the way. I just edited this post for grammatical errors, so I also consider myself to be a moron too, for not making a good example.

Actions have consequences and consequences have prices. Cause and effect at work.

[ShinyParticipant 2307]

All your base are belong to us.

Anthony wrote:

As long as it’s coherent, it shouldn’t matter.

I agree with that, as long as we can understand it’s all good. Language is a living thing, and every (native English speaking) person’s use of language would have shocked their grandparents for as long as there has been English. Chaucer would have looked at Shakespeare like he was writing “sup d00d? LOL!”

What bothers me is wall-of-text posts. Please use sentences, paragraphs, and punctuation. Grammar ain’t that big a deal, but setting out your thoughts coherently is. We’re here to share our ideas, please make them comprehensible.

[Mr. ManParticipant 2916]

Jeepers, I like this post alot!

Chaucer would have looked at Shakespeare like he was writing “sup d00d? LOL!”

That ^^^ made me spontaneously snort!

If I could write like any one of my favorite authors, it would be Tim Cahill.

[AnthonyParticipant 2281]

bomwa wrote:

Informal language (which I would categorise forum language) has always been different.

Informal language definitely consist of forums/blogs/Youtube comments, etc.

If you’re in college, business, or writing emails back and fourth for your company, I’d want to be a grammar nazi in those settings as well.

But as far as informal settings like forums, I don’t see the big deal at all. The biggest thing that annoys me are walls of text because I don’t have the attention span to read it all at once. I have to keep stopping and take breaks.

Otherwise, I have no problem with most styles of writing, especially on this website. But, I’m not going to call anyone out on it, because I used to have s~~~ typing/writing skills as well. I made up for my lack of social skills by bettering my writing. It’s the only reason I can write so well in the first place.

And I really hate grammar nazis who point all that s~~~ out. They think they’re doing us a favor by trying to “teach us” how to write better when they themselves don’t even write paragraphs correctly.

If you’re going to complain about grammar to other people, you should at least practice what you preach.

And yes, I deliberately spelled “nazi” with a lower case n just to annoy you for any future grammar nazis out there.

Once you have a Fleshlight real vaginas become worthless.

[xlrsnbrgParticipant 1786]

Nerevar wrote:

Men, sometimes the grammar here annoys me. I don’t care if your first language is English or not (it’s my second language, Dutch is my first), you have to check your s~~~.

Thanks for all you’re tips, their really good. I apologize for typing like a looser sometimes.

A man shouldn't make his life's objective to be on the side of the majority, but to avoid finding himself in the ranks of the insane. (Marcus Aurelius)

[ShineParticipant 1698]

Anonymous wrote:

Their am I doing it right?

There, am I doing it right?

The confusion between their, there, and they’re occurs because the three words are pronounced in very similar ways. If the word means “belonging to them,” use their. If you’re able to replace the word with “they are,” use they’re. Otherwise, there is only one correct answer: there.

Shiny wrote:

What bothers me is wall-of-text posts. Please use sentences, paragraphs, and punctuation. Grammar ain’t that big a deal, but setting out your thoughts coherently is. We’re here to share our ideas, please make them comprehensible.

This!

"Society is to blame" Denton

[Anonymous 54]

When I first wake up ,truth comes out. Spelling correctors I can kiss my ass.The need to point out others mistakes is the sign of arogance.An indicator of in unfulfilled life. Don’t give a F~~~ if your annoyed. Is this a forum for intelectualls to debate,or a forum to discuss women’s behaviour? You don’t need a PhD have had experience with women’s. Get over it. Go skiing,scuba diving, motorcycle rideing,martial arts. Parachuting. If I’m in a foxhole ,I don’t give a flying F~~~ about the guys spelling next to me. (Another of my f~~~ up sentences.

[Bestieboy666Participant 2358]

I sometimes spot a grammatical error from a poster who wouldn’t normally do this. I ignore it as an unintentional mistake. I do it all the time.
Others who regularly make errors I put down to possible dyslexia or other learning issues. Either way I’ve always managed to read all posts with little difficulty.

Women are so bad, if they changed the law so I kept the house, I still wouldn't marry one. I'd rather be homeless.

[narwhalParticipant]

For me, writing posts and other short messages starts to happen more at a subconscious level. It’s almost reflexive, and imagine it is for most people. What comes out naturally then isn’t so much the word, but the word that sounds like it in my head…if that makes sense. So I’m just as likely to say “their” when I mean “they’re” as I am to say “right” when I mean “write”. It has nothing to do with my understanding of grammar or purposely trying to butcher the English language.

In other words, I think most of us know proper grammar, and would get everything write if we took the time to proofread. We simply don’t do that because it’s supposed to be a quick message and we believe we’ve gotten the message across.

Heck, I’ve written quick work emails that made perfect sense in my head and I thought I typed correctly, but turned out to be completely unreadable. I probably have had a few posts like that too.

Ok. Then do it.

[Anonymous 3]

Nerevar wrote:

Men, sometimes the grammar here annoys me. I don’t care if your first language is English or not (it’s my second language, Dutch is my first), you have to check your s~~~.

They’re: they are.
Their: possessive “it belongs to them”.
There: a location.

It’s: It is. Mind it, and see if it is correct in a sentence. If you type something like “It’s bike is awesome”, replace it with “It is bike is awesome”. Sounds s~~~ty, doesn’t it?
Its: not the above. But: “Its Johnny!” is wrong. It should be “It’s Johnny!”, see “It is Johnny!”

Your: possessive, “Your house/place/friends”, etc.
You’re: “You are”, the the example above.

Bad grammar bothers me sometimes too. But here’s the thing – we all make mistakes with style, syntax, punctuation and grammar. Like putting ‘But’ at the beginning of a sentence. That’s bad style. But I do it anyway. I was taught that stylistic rule, and lots of others things about English usage, by a very strict primary school teacher. I was about 7 or 8 years old, and she used to rap your knuckles with a ruler – yes! – if you got something wrong. I recall being very left-handed as a child, and she forced me to use cutlery right-handed, etc. An old school-type teacher.

This isn’t an academic symposium. It’s just a web forum. Let’s not take ourselves too seriously.

Phone in one hand and mounted fleshlight in the other.

LOL. I swear Stealthy, sometimes you crack me up. LOL.

P.S. A pet peeve of mine is the possessive apostrophe. I really can’t understand why people don’t understand it. It’s a very, very simple concept, but some people just can’t get their heads around it. I once worked in a professional job where none of the secretaries understood the possessive apostrophe at all. Imagine that? It was a nightmare, and I ended up having to type my own letters. That’s c~~~ for you. ‘Women make better secretaries’. My arse they do.

[Wolf redpillmanSpectator 1658]

Hey sorry your majesty english is not my first languages,go and complaint to that moderator to banned me since I’m hurting yours sensitive eyes ,

[SamsquanchParticipant 4226]

I’m not going to heed you’re advice.

[Anonymous 54]

Do you pronoce the r in February? Do you pronoce the a in vegatables? You don’t? Oh Man you are annoying the living F~~~ out of me!!!! Now a need a gramacular safe zone!!

[BadgerParticipant 2277]

My former supervisor was a lawyer’s wife, who once taught English in the local high school. She always tried to drag me unsuccessfully into arguments. One day she called me on not pronouncing the “t” in “often.” I just ignored her. Later I found and expert on pronunciation who claimed that it is not necessary to pronounce it with the “t.” He indicated we do not pronounce the “t” in castle, whistle, thistle, and numerous other words.

Our library tech was a former student of hers, and used to tell how the guys would pull pranks on her. Like when she was going to show a film, they would unwind it for quite length, then cut it, so in the middle the old projector would flap around and she would become upset and flustered.

[Anonymous 54]

Question about the possessive. Example….Bob Stevens. …Bob Stevenses lawn mower..or…Bob Stevens’ Lawn mower. Is not the latter correct? Past tense example. Fred texted me. (I f~~~ing hate that) or..Fred text’ me. I like the latter.

[Anonymous 42]

This thread is reminding of Mizzzzz Parkins, I think I’m gonna get sick, yea, I’m sure I’m gonna get sick.

O-I-C-U-8-1-2
Oh I see you ate one two…

F~~~ you Mizzz Parkins!

[Anonymous 54]

Anonymous wrote:

This thread is reminding of Mizzzzz Parkins, I think I’m gonna get sick, yea, I’m sure I’m gonna get sick.

O-I-C-U-8-1-2
Oh I see you ate one two…

F~~~ you Mizzz Parkins!

I didn’t learn much in school cause I spent most of my time in the principles office.

[Anonymous 42]

Anonymous wrote:

I didn’t learn much in school cause I spent most of my time in the principles office.

Funny you should mention that, my school was horrible during the riot years and the incubation of feminism! I was the kid skipping school down in the park at hippie-hill keeping our eyes out for both the truancy officer (for us) and the narcotics officer (narcs) for them (the hippies doing their deals). We were in our early to mid teens, they were in their ’20s and ’30s, that was first time I saw a big ass bag of cocaine get handed off slick as s~~~! A few times you could hear the chanting call of “narcs” making its way up the hill through the crowds of hippies, past us, and headed over to the amphitheater, it was like a massive verbal wave that came and went covering several dozen acres over hills and around corners. We stayed around the “hill” because the truancy officer and the narcs drove the same make, year, and model (the old blues brothers Plymouth).
By 18 I was accustom to the older crowd and banging 26 yo hotties!

Laurel hill (hippie hill in ’60s and ’70s)

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