Refuge of Grammar

[Veritas]

I encountered this website mentioned below, and began to ponder if any fellow gamers held similar frustrations or similar coping mechanisms. So this thread is dedicated to all such rants and remedies of grammar problems.

Hyperbole and a Half: The Alot is Better Than You at Everything (http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html)

[Diligence109]

Great blog for those who haven't seen it! She got super popular for a while and seems to have passed out of the internet's short attention span, though her blog still lives on in the "_____ ALL THE THINGS" and alot memes that get tossed around from time to time.

I like her blog, alot.

[Flow]

Never seen the "Alot" meme till now. I kind of dig it. (: I'm a grammar Nazi on Facebook though.. Not many people care for me.. >.>

[Fr0stByte]

http://www.heartlessdoll.com/grammartimehs1.jpg

[XnewxskinX]

I actually had one person tell me "Nobody cares about spelling on the internet." Oh, really? Nobody.... Unless English is not your first language, there is no excuse (well maybe if you are 5).
I was on a site and someone didn't spell wear right. It was like all sorts of wrong. I asked the person if they were 5, and told them about the English thing. That is when I got told no one care. I came back with a well it must be real ****ing hard to type with all the red squiggle lines in your way then... Also something about being too lazy to right click on the word and click the right one from the list of rightly spelled words.
Comma's don't piss me off as much as people misspelling easy words like "you, the, and are". Or using a number in place of a word.

[ROFLBRYCE]

I actually had one person tell me "Nobody cares about spelling on the internet." Oh, really? Nobody.... Unless English is not your first language, there is no excuse (well maybe if you are 5).
I was on a site and someone didn't spell wear right. It was like all sorts of wrong. I asked the person if they were 5, and told them about the English thing. That is when I got told no one care. I came back with a well it must be real ****ing hard to type with all the red squiggle lines in your way then... Also something about being too lazy to right click on the word and click the right one from the list of rightly spelled words.
Comma's don't piss me off as much as people misspelling easy words like "you, the, and are". Or using a number in place of a word.

lol u over react to much.


I'm totally kidding, I feel the same way. I use commas way too much though, and don't notice unless I once-in-a-while proof read it. So many run on sentences..

[mutilations]

http://all.your-base.org/Images/1kbwc/grammar%20nazi.PNG

[ROFLBRYCE]

http://all.your-base.org/Images/1kbwc/grammar%20nazi.PNG

I would totally play this.

[Samus-Fan]

Thanks for sharing her blog!
I hadn't seen it until now, and I am getting a great laugh out of it!

[XnewxskinX]

lol u over react to much.


I'm totally kidding, I feel the same way. I use commas way too much though, and don't notice unless I once-in-a-while proof read it. So many run on sentences..


I don't proof read, unless I am typing from my phone. It has a bad habit of changing words, or I just have fat fingers. Haven't quite figured it out.
Edit: and yeah maybe I do overreact to much, but Christ... Children our the future and they can't even spell you right. What kind of jobs are there going to be in 20 years when they become boss's? They say you need a college education to get most jobs. Most of these kids barely have a 1st grade education, basing it off of spelling. I am not a great speller, or have perfect grammar/English. But I know how to use a spell check, which ironically has helped me learn how to spell a lot over the years!