You dumbasses...

[crazycoffey]

Originally Posted by milkman

Where's the word I misused?

read your sentence your way, then read it without "that"
"that" is an often misused word.

[milkman]

Originally Posted by crazycoffey

read your sentence your way, then read it without "that"
"that" is an often misused word.

"that" may or may not be necessary, but it is not misused.

[crazycoffey]

Originally Posted by milkman

"that" may or may not be necessary, but it is not misused.

please explain to me the difference between misuse and not necessary

[milkman]

Originally Posted by crazycoffey

please explain to me the difference between misuse and not necessary

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

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

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

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

[crazycoffey]

Originally Posted by milkman

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

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

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

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

[milkman]

Originally Posted by crazycoffey

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

Okay.

Whatever.

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

He's a "dominant" player.

[HemiEd]

Originally Posted by milkman

Okay.

Whatever.

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

He's a "dominant" player.

Are you talking about Poe? This is good news coming from you!

[Donger]

Originally Posted by milkman

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

and

Originally Posted by milkman

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

Are you British?

[milkman]

Originally Posted by Donger

and



Are you British?

No.

But since I slept through high school, and didn't learn proper punctuation, as developed by some happy ****ing accident of printing, I use logic in placing punctuation.

[GoHuge]

Originally Posted by milkman

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

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

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

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!

[milkman]

Originally Posted by GoHuge39

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!

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.

[crazycoffey]

Originally Posted by milkman

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.

still don't need "that"

[Donger]

Originally Posted by milkman

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.

FYP

[Extra Point]

[QUOTE=milkman;8573352]Using "there", when the correct word is "thier".



THEIR problems sure aren't yours, DUMBASS!