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Writing correct English in this forum when asking questions!
Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 3:38 pm
by splayer
To those who respond to questions here. Let's try to make everyone write correct English. How hard it is to use a word processor? I use this site to learn. However, some of the questions posted are barely comprehensible.
EVERYONE, PLEASE USE A WORD PROCESSOR AND WRITE CORRECT ENGLISH. AT LEAST, USE THE SPELL CHECKER FEATURE.
Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 5:04 pm
by kumar_s
Is it a regular
proccess to use the word
PROCCESOR sorry
PROCESSOR in every post
Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 5:27 pm
by ray.wurlod
Spell check doesn't pick up misplaced apostrophes, or those who use the term "sequencer" when they mean "job sequence", or those who use the term "hash file" instead of "hashed file". Grrr!
Apostrophe Man
Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 5:44 pm
by kumar_s
Ray - You teach english too
Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:30 pm
by kduke
Nah, he is just picky.
Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:59 pm
by ray.wurlod
"I know what you're thinking, punk," hissed Wordy Harry to his new editor, "you're thinking, 'Did he use six superfluous adjectives or only five?' -- and to tell the truth, I forgot myself in all this excitement; but being as this is English, the most powerful language in the world, whose subtle nuances will blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk?
The annual
Bulwer-Lytton Awardshave been announced. That was the runner-up.
Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:17 pm
by chulett
Wordy Harry.
It was within the great stony nostril of a statue of Landrick the Elfin Vicelord that Frodo's great uncle, Jasper Baggins, happened to stumble upon the enchanted Bag of Holding, not to be confused with the Hag of Bolding, who was quite fond of leeks, most especially in a savory Hobbit knuckle stew.
Fantasy Winner.
Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:40 pm
by loveojha2
splayer wants correct english only in Parallel forum
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 2:09 am
by thompsonp
splayer wrote
How hard it is to use a word processor?
No it isn't.
It seems a word processor is also unable to detect words appearing in the order wrong.
NEITHER CAN IT TELL WHEN THE CAPS LOCK IS ON.
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:35 am
by DSguru2B
I just woke up, i missed all the fun, whos teaching english again, i wanna enroll
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 7:15 am
by ray.wurlod
Aaaarrggh! Omitted apostrophe, and two occurrences of lower case self-referential personal pronoun!
Apostrophe Man
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 7:30 am
by richdhan
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer
in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is
taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a
toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae
we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.
Pls make sure the first and last letter in each word is correct.
--Rich
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 7:31 am
by DSguru2B
See! I told you I need classes. When shall I enroll ?
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 2:42 pm
by mhester
And the keepers of the DSXchange forum want me to pay money to see all of the following post -
Quote: "I know what you're thinking, punk," hissed Wordy Harry to his new editor, "you're thinking, 'Did he use six superfluous adjectives or only five?' -- and to tell the truth, I forgot myself ...
I simply do not think so!
I do not consider this to be premium content simply because a "charter member" posted it!
Dennis;
You should give charter members the option of identifying what type of post they are making with radio buttons
- Garbage (non etl related)
Garbage (etl related)
valuable etl related material
Just a thought!
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:23 pm
by kduke
Rich, you are giving me a headache.
