Originally Posted by milkman (Post 8573624)

Explain to me how it's wrong.

Originally Posted by milkman (Post 8573624)

Explain to me how it's wrong.

Originally Posted by chiefs2012 (Post 8573631)

I bet you proof read this time?

Originally Posted by Donger (Post 8573634)

Here is what you wrote:

"By it's definition"

As you posted above, "it's" is correct when used as a contraction of "it is" or "it has."

Therefore, for what you wrote above to be correct, you must think that the non-contracted sentence would have been "By it is definition," which is obviously incorrect. Therefore, what you wrote above is incorrect.

Originally Posted by milkman (Post 8573643)

I bet you're wrong.

I acn't type, and I would spend all ****ing day proofing.

Originally Posted by milkman (Post 8573645)

My bad.

You did teach me something on that one.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by chiefs2012 (Post 8573649)

You're the one who made the thread :spock:

Originally Posted by chiefs2012 (Post 8573631)

I bet you proof read this time?

Originally Posted by chiefs2012 (Post 8573649)

You're the one that made the thread :spock:

Originally Posted by Lumpy (Post 8573658)

"Proofread" is one word.

Just saying.

:D

Originally Posted by Donger (Post 8573650)

Your welcome.

Originally Posted by milkman (Post 8573668)

Shouldn't that be "You're"?

Originally Posted by Donger (Post 8573673)

Yes, but since no one answered my damn question in the fishing thread, I thought I'd try here instead.

Originally Posted by Donger (Post 8573650)

Your welcome.

Originally Posted by morphius (Post 8573629)

I'm not sure if, "Angry Grammar Nazi's", should be on ESPN following the spelling bee or after cops on whatever channel that piece of crap show is on. 'Cause let's face it, there is nothing like a bunch of older men getting all red in the face over language mistakes. First one to suffer from an aneurysm or heart attack wins!

Originally Posted by chiefs2012 (Post 8573649)

You're the one that made the thread :spock:

Originally Posted by Donger (Post 8573653)

FYP

Originally Posted by QuikSsurfer (Post 8573789)

ROFL

Edit: I figured that was intentional misuse.

Originally Posted by milkman (Post 8573352)

And, yes Donger, I know that the commas and periods are supposed to be inside the quotes.

However that rule was put into place because of printing and displacement.

That was not the rule prior to printers, and the British still continue to place the punctuation outside the quote.

And just why, you may ask, do they belong there? Well, it seems to be the result of historical accident. When type was handset, a period or comma outside of quotation marks at the end of a sentence tended to get knocked out of position, so the printers tucked the little devils inside the quotation marks to keep them safe and out of trouble. But apparently only American printers were more attached to convenience than logic, since British printers continued to risk the misalignment of their periods and commas.

http://grammartips.homestead.com/inside.html

Originally Posted by Bugeater (Post 8573960)

**** YES! I knew it was stupid. Go **** yourself Donger!

Originally Posted by crazycoffey (Post 8573525)

still don't need "that"

:Poke:

Originally Posted by Chief Roundup (Post 8580428)

It is an "extra" word. It is not improper in anyway though. In writing class when we have to have 15 page papers and 25,000 word short stories they actually teach us to find places to use these "extra" words.