Originally Posted by milkman (Post 8573352)

Using "dominate", when the correct word is "dominant".

Using "elude", when the correct word is "allude".

Using "there", when the correct word is "thier".

Originally Posted by crazycoffey (Post 8573379)

But that just seems ignorant and uneducated. Not misused, used wrongly or not needed.

Originally Posted by milkman (Post 8573352)

Using "there", when the correct word is "thier".

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 Donger (Post 8573437)

LMAO and LMAO



Are you British?

Originally Posted by milkman (Post 8573352)

Using "dominate", when the correct word is "dominant".

Using "elude", when the correct word is "allude".

Using "there", when the correct word is "thier".

Originally Posted by milkman (Post 8573403)

Okay.

Whatever.

The original point was, and still is, that a player is not a "dominate" player.

He's a "dominant" player.

Originally Posted by GoHuge39 (Post 8573478)

Do the grammar police not care about spelling? Does this qualify as "word misuse" to you?

Grammar police always end up looking like the idiots. Demanding perfection while not being able to deliver it themselves..........love it! :thumb:

Originally Posted by milkman (Post 8573513)

There's a big difference between a typo and using the wrong word, you ****ing dumbass.

I challenge you, again, go find an example of a word that I used incorrectly.

And, no, I'm not perfect, you useless prick.

But I do know the difference between simple ****ing words.

Originally Posted by milkman (Post 8573513)

There's a big difference between a typo and using the wrong word, you ****ing dumbass.

I challenge you, again, go find an example of a word which I used incorrectly.

Originally Posted by crazycoffey (Post 8573525)

still don't need "that"

:Poke:

Originally Posted by crazycoffey (Post 8573525)

still don't need "that"

:Poke:

Originally Posted by milkman (Post 8573537)

Did I use an incorrect word, by definition, or just an unneccesary [sic] word?