Schpelling

[MatticusMania]

I, too, believe that...


edit - Hmm, I see the person whom Ive corrected has deleted their post.

 

[bass12]

I believe that man never landed on the moon too. Show me proof that a comma is needed.

"I also believe that man has never landed on the moon" or "I, too, believe..." depending on intent.

 

[chrisrod9]

Yes!

Likewise, proper capitalization is also very important for clear written communication. For example:

"I helped my Uncle Jack off his horse."

This is an excellent example illustrating how grammatical details can really make a big difference as well as the funniest thing I have encountered today (so far).

 

[GK Growl]

Hey GK Growl I like the way you changed the title of the thread.

I didn't.

 

[tastybasslines]

Here, let me correct your sentence for you:

"Are you an English major or some sort of trouble maker?"

Should this sentence not have a comma inserted after the word, "major"?

I believe that this sentence would be more likely to be said with a pause after that word.

I believe that man never landed on the moon too. Show me proof that a comma is needed.

Well, in my mind, you are basically trying to squeeze 2 questions into one sentence.

"Are you an English major or some sort of trouble maker?"

Without the comma after "major" to indicate a pause(end of the first question), the readers instruction without it is to say the sentence straight through. The indicated pause of the comma makes it more clear that the first part of your sentence is indeed, a question.

But all of this pales in comparison to what your sentence should look like - 2 sentences. The truly correct writing of your sentence would be:

Are you an English major? Or some sort of trouble maker?

And before you say that you cannot begin a sentence with "or" - we are not writing a formal essay here. You can start a sentence with "or" for emphasis in a dialogue, especially informal, which you are doing with the sentence currently under discussion.

 

[Ziltoid]

Okay.

 

[David Jayne]

Spelling is overated.

 

[GK Growl]

Spelling is overated.

I'm not sure what you mean. This thread is about 'schpelling', not spelling. The mods changed it to what it's really about since they know what is right.

 

[David Jayne]

"I helped my Uncle Jack off his horse."

Just laughed so hard I started coughing/choking and then almost puked. Swear to God.

 

[Batmensch]

I post 99% of the time from my phone.

I need new bifocals. My windows phone has terrible auto correct ,it often changes words like "in" to "on" etc...

I find that to be a huge problem. Some people have become way too reliant on spell-checkers to do the work for them. I suspect that's why we see so many misspelling Squier.

 

[David Jayne]

I can't bare it. I'll be dammed if I don't get mad enough to brake something. I really knead to relax before I mall my phone.

 

[bluesblaster]

Well, in my mind, you are basically trying to squeeze 2 questions into one sentence.

"Are you an English major or some sort of trouble maker?"

Without the comma after "major" to indicate a pause(end of the first question), the readers instruction without it is to say the sentence straight through. The indicated pause of the comma makes it more clear that the first part of your sentence is indeed, a question.

But all of this pales in comparison to what your sentence should look like - 2 sentences. The truly correct writing of your sentence would be:

Are you an English major? Or some sort of trouble maker?

And before you say that you cannot begin a sentence with "or" - we are not writing a formal essay here. You can start a sentence with "or" for emphasis in a dialogue, especially informal, which you are doing with the sentence currently under discussion.

"come see the violence inherit in the system, help Im bein repressed"

 

[GK Growl]

Well, in my mind, you are basically trying to squeeze 2 questions into one sentence.

"Are you an English major or some sort of trouble maker?"

Without the comma after "major" to indicate a pause(end of the first question), the readers instruction without it is to say the sentence straight through. The indicated pause of the comma makes it more clear that the first part of your sentence is indeed, a question.

But all of this pales in comparison to what your sentence should look like - 2 sentences. The truly correct writing of your sentence would be:

Are you an English major? Or some sort of trouble maker?

And before you say that you cannot begin a sentence with "or" - we are not writing a formal essay here. You can start a sentence with "or" for emphasis in a dialogue, especially informal, which you are doing with the sentence currently under discussion.

You are right. I am wrong.

 

[jblmusic1994]

You can scan through and find a literary mistake on just about every post. The English language is just a means of communicating.
The "it's just the Internet" excuse still doesn't make sense to me though. It's just sad to know that people have to 'try' to correctly utilize words like "there/their/they're" or "you're/your".

I just can't take fully grown adults seriously when they say "U R".

And young folk who take it further by going out of their ways to misspell a word..
DAT
ITE
DEM

 

[David Jayne]

I just can't take fully grown adults seriously when they say "U R".

Ah, but take them fully you must-for if not at your own peril will you be....

 

[Richland123]

A word I see spelled incorrectly often is probably. Many times, people type prolly.

 

[tastybasslines]

You are right. I am wrong.

You remind me of this kid from elementary school who would trip the other kids, and then act like nothing happened.

You started a thread to complain about spelling. You then criticized another posters sentence. You then asked me to "prove it".

What happened here? You don't like it yourself? I'm not sure, but in any event, grow up.

 

[GK Growl]

You remind me of this kid from elementary school who would trip the other kids, and then act like nothing happened.

You started a thread to complain about spelling. You then criticized another posters sentence. You then asked me to "prove it".

What happened here? You don't like it yourself? I'm not sure, but in any event, grow up.

What happened was me admitting I am wrong. I'm sorry that I went about things the wrong way. I still feel that the topic was a good one but my posts were not so good.

 

[tastybasslines]

What happened was me admitting I am wrong. I'm sorry that I went about things the wrong way. I still feel that the topic was a good one but my posts were not so good.

I must admit, I could have been influenced to view your response as negative, considering when my wife says, "You're right, I'm wrong." it is NEVER in a serious manner. I thought you were just blowing me off, but guess not. All good GK.

 

[hypapanuse]

You remind me of this kid from elementary school who would trip the other kids, and then act like nothing happened.

You started a thread to complain about spelling. You then criticized another posters sentence. You then asked me to "prove it".

What happened here? You don't like it yourself? I'm not sure, but in any event, grow up.

GK has apologized twice. Would you like to hit or kick him one more time. Then we could tar and feather him(comma)and send him packing. WOULD THAT BE SATISFACTORY ?

;-/ Paul