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My sooul is dying from all the bad grammar.; Please help save it.
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Mylittlevampire Aug 18 2011, 09:32 PM Post #1
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Yes. It has become drastic. My very soul has begun to deteriorate.

I fear, if nothing is done, I may become an empty, soulless spambot who lurks the forum neroposting and having 1 billion banners in my signature.

Please, people, it's not that difficult. I understand that some people are from foreign countries and/or very young, but really, it can't hurt to think 'Why am I putting this apostrophe in?' rather than just mindlessly pressing the apostrophe key every few times you use an s, just for good measure. Okay, this is in the rant forum. But it's not a real rant. More a way of informing people, and partly a cry for help.

I'm considering posting a guide to common grammar errors and how to avoid them, but is that too condescending? It just seems like some people here could use one... Opinions? Am I being silly?

Thanks, and I hope you will take action to save my soul.
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ANOTHER GRAMMAR NAZI!
Lol im of course joking, however i know how you feel.
I may not be perfect but i damn near try (And i know one person will always correct me (naming no names... PROFF...))
I would like to see more people to write properly but i can see it happening to be perfectly honest.
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Lol. I also like to be a grammar nazi read things correctly written (Ninetails? IT'S NINETAAALESSS GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA). But since my mother tongue isn't english, I keep my mouth shut and I try my best to "wirte everyting rite". :3
Sometimes when I compare my english skills to some people whose mother tongue is english, I'm even better than them in some aspects x3 And I am proud of it :D
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PokemonGod777 Aug 18 2011, 09:48 PM Post #4
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Yeah, I feel like that too. It just makes no sence what so-ever that people go...
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Mylittlevampire Aug 18 2011, 09:48 PM Post #5
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...I'm a Jew.

Haha, I'm not offended, but I'm definitely not a Nazi...

Anyway, back on topic. I know a lot of people put in effort, and that effort is appreciated, whatever the result. And I'm not trying to be the annoying-corrects-all-your-errors type, just... As I said, think before posting. Read it through, even just once to correct typos. A little effort goes a long way.
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I always try to think about grammar and so on, but to be really honest it is really hard when English isn't your language.
I'm not always in the mood to check translations and if you are in a hurry or not in the mood, the last thing you care about is a silly apostrophe that isn't necessary for understanding a sentence. (Makes sure I'm using the apostrophe for you xD)

But I understand when you get annoyed when you see people posting "dun" and "cuz" and that sort of noob language. :P

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Hmmmm
The whole grammar nazi thing is just someone who hates people who make grammatical errors x3 Nothing serious and ill take down the comments if you wish

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@Kind I would say that your English is impeccable to be honest, i dont think ive seen you make many mistakes (If any) considering it isnt your mother tongue

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I can understand for people who dont speak english and who make the effort to translate their posts into English. That doenst bother me
Its the people who make like 5 errors per sentence and it just makes it hard for anyone to understand what they are saying
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@MyLittleVampire
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The whole grammar nazi thing is just someone who hates people who make grammatical errors x3 Nothing serious and ill take down the comments if you wish

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@Kind I would say that your English is impeccable to be honest, i dont think ive seen you make many mistakes (If any) considering it isnt your mother tongue
Oh, I know, it was supposed to be a joke. >.< I fail.

Yeah, I'm also surprised that English isn't your first language, Kind and Ninja. I find it is often the case that those who have to make an effort do better than those who it should be easy for. Stuff like 'cuz' and 'dun' don't usually irritate me, for some reason; my brain seems to just skip over them. But it's stuff like you're and their used incorrectly that I notice. Don't ask why, I have no idea.
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hm, i see nothing wrong with my grammar. ( well i may be a serious contender for worst grammar person in the whole forum.)

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Like mudkip said, it's just a "meme" and has nothing to do with nazis xD

@Mudkip @Mylittlevampire Haha, thanks, I improved a lot. I used to be like "DURR DURR THE BOOK ARE IN THE TABLE HURR" x3
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Sorry if I made any annoying mistakes english isn't my first language...
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I think you should kill CommieKipz instead of pikachus.

That is all.
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We should put those GIFS warning that if somebody uses improper grammar, we shall kill a Ninetails. (I did that on purpose Mudkipz :3 )
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My first language isn't English and honestly I don't care if English speaking people don't respect their own language. And I also understand people who are foreigners and can't speak English or are very bad at it. So I must say that bad grammar doesn't annoy me that much. After all no matter how you look at it English IS a hard language to learn. Especially when all that you'll ever use it for is to talk about pokemon on some internet forum. But the thing that bothers me the most is all that internet slang(?) I don't know how to name it properly. The problem is that it makes posts almost impossible to read for people who don't know the topic. It's not about some wide-known acronyms but those that aren't that common.
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