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    Grimoire of the Sages ShunNakamura's Avatar
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    Default The necessity of writing 'correctly'!

    For this little post I am looking for particularly egregious examples of improper writing. In other words, examples where due to skimping on proper writing it actually can change the meaning.

    For example, from TVTropes:
    * Capitalization is the difference between "i helped my uncle jack off a horse" and "I helped my Uncle Jack off a horse."
    Last edited by ShunNakamura; 12-23-2008 at 01:50 PM. Reason: forgot the words looking for


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    Quote Originally Posted by Yaridovich View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by Yaridovich View Post
    "Works on Contingency? No! Money Down!"
    haha, this makes me laugh every time i see it

    and Shun, is there a mistake in your first sentence? i don't know if you did this on purpose, but it doesn't make sense...

    as for my stance on punctuation and grammar, i think it's vital...i use all correct spelling and apostrophes and commas on things like msn and forums, however, i don't use capitals unless it's necessary and sometimes i just put three dots to separate sentences, etc. (ie. "...")
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    I absolutely must spell correctly in everything. It's terrible when I text too, because if it's you're and not your, I must put in the 're.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cloud_doll View Post
    I absolutely must spell correctly in everything. It's terrible when I text too, because if it's you're and not your, I must put in the 're.
    me too, i can't stand your/you're misspellings (among other things; "youse" annoys the crap out of me, but i think that's just an Australian thing), and my text messages are always really long because i type every word in full with correct punctuation

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yaridovich View Post
    "Works on Contingency? No! Money Down!"
    That one's classic.

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