Education The Grammar/Spelling Thread

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very good

 

The bit-tech staff need to read this thread! So many basic errors in all the articles.

 

Then, as a reader, your job is to go in the article's dedicated thread and tell them about the errors. They will be happy to fix them.

 

Yeah, I was taught that 'H' is not a vowel, and that it's correct to say "a historic" or "a hotel".

Some people's speech accents omit the 'H' and treat the second letter, such as the vowel 'o' as the beginning of the word, as in the example: "an hotel.

http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutgrammar/hotel

 

I would guess so, but i'm no native speaker (Belgian, Dutch-speaking). Any UK-based gentlemen wanting to help?

Also, does it bother you guys when I write the 'I' (me) as 'i'?

 

Her:
*Hi .. X

Me:
*Hi

Her:
*U k .. x

Me:
*yeah, you?

Her:
*Yh ..
*Doin n .. X

Me:
*Huh?

Her:
*Doin n .. X

Me:
*That makes less than no sense...

Her:
*Wtf lol x
*Hw old u n x
*Cuz u sound really educatd lol x

Me:
*19
*And really educated?
*I'm using the correct spelling and grammar, that's not well educated...

Her:
*Iy no iy neva sed ir wernt educatd lol x

Me:
*Okay.. Your spelling, well.. Leaves a lot to be desired. As for grammar?
*Mine isn't perfect, but yours makes me want to kill puppies.

Her:
*Wa dus desired meen x
*Yr fkin confusin lol x
*Ain miy folt if iy ain educatd x
*Wa dus desird meen n ? .. x

Me:
*Get a dictionary...


I want to SCREAM!!!!

 

My brain hurts now.

 

You didn't have to go through this.. What's the MAX amount of paracetamol I can take?

There's more though, like even more, I just need to find somewhere to stick the chat log to.

 

That's just ... atrocious seem insufficient. Made me want to gouge out my eyes with my soldering iron.

 

Welcome to the internet. Looking for good conversation on the net basically makes you a big fish in a very small pond. It's rather self-serving and egotistical.

 

Even in short sentences, capitalization is the difference between

and

 

I like that one. I had to read it twice, but it's late.

 

Punctuation is alot more important than capitalization in that sentence, because as it stands, you guys jacked off a horse.

 

hey guize wut are yer talkin about¿

 

The following is from a newspaper advertisement. Perhaps not entirely incorrect, yet it leaves much to be desired:

"Use the touch screen and browse your favorite music, movies, games and online media!"

So what's the problem? The first "and" should, in my mind, be replaced with "to". Technically, using the touch screen to browse your favorite media would mean that one was a) using the touch screen and b) browsing his/her favorite music, movies, games and online media. However, using the word "and" implies that using the touch screen is a completely separate feature, not an interface method. Also, by isolating the touch screen, browsing your favorite music, movies, games and online media becomes a standalone aspect independent of the touch screen, thus severing the connection between the touch screen and the OS which the advertisement was originally trying to promote.

 

Yeah, the "and" vs "to" thing irritates me. It makes no sense and people use it all the time.