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    I was reading something that I wrote and thought - Hey, maybe if we had a poster or two who enjoyed correcting writing and grammar, they could go over some of the longer or better posts and highlight incorrect usage?

    It would help all of us write more convincingly on the forums, sure, but it would also aid us in our actual lives.

    I'm a big enough nerd to sit around and memorize international capitals and facts - I'm sure that there are a few master grammar nerds out there who might get a kick out of sharpening their claws on us, eh?
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    Quote Originally Posted by TuffStuffMcGruff View Post
    I was reading something that I wrote and thought - Hey, maybe if we had a poster or two who enjoyed correcting writing and grammar, they could go over some of the longer or better posts and highlight incorrect usage?

    It would help all of us write more convincingly on the forums, sure, but it would also aid us in our actual lives.

    I'm a big enough nerd to sit around and memorize international capitals and facts - I'm sure that there are a few master grammar nerds out there who might get a kick out of sharpening their claws on us, eh?
    I was also thinking of grammar section in the Mead Hall. The Problem is: who is ready to handle it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stephen Asen View Post
    I was also thinking of grammar section in the Mead Hall. The Problem is: who is ready to handle it.
    I don't know. Who is ready to tackle the major geopolitical questions of our generation? Oh, that's right - nerds like us.
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    As a university student i need significant help with my puncuation and spelling (something about incoherently written thoughts springs to mind as well) quite a few times on this board people have assumed english is not my first langauge....

    So feel free to nitpick my grammar and spelling at all times... i shall consider it a personal favour!

    Edit: who would have thought it possible... grammar has no e in it...

    Edit 2: leave my overuse of full stops alone though, i think its makes me more sexually attractive to the opposite gender and thus is essential!
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    Personally I don’t mind poor grammar or spelling on the boards. I figure with all the different first and second languages here who needs to be all that specific. As long as the spirit of the post comes thru, who needs punctuation, grammar or spelling?
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    Quote Originally Posted by yesdachi View Post
    Personally I don’t mind poor grammar or spelling on the boards. I figure with all the different first and second languages here who needs to be all that specific. As long as the spirit of the post comes thru, who needs punctuation, grammar or spelling?
    I don't mind the usage either, but somebody might enjoy correcting it and we will all write better because of it.

    I'm sure that a few people might enjoy having a special title on the boards that allows them to provide a service that they might otherwise like to do anyway.

    Anyone aspiring to be a teacher might hone their skill on their off time with no pressure.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LittleGrizzly View Post
    As a university student i need significant help with my puncuation and spelling (something about incoherently written thoughts springs to mind as well) quite a few times on this board people have assumed english is not my first langauge....
    With you they assume it's not, but since I'm an American they're sure mine isn't.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stephen Asen View Post
    I was also thinking of grammar section in the Mead Hall. The Problem is: who is ready to handle it.
    You forgot to put a question mark at the end of your sentence.
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    I can point out those I notice, and sometimes there are many, but I cannot guarantee for anything as it's my second language only, I'll take corrections if anyone knows better.

    You better look twice whether you have to put apostrophes or not from now on.


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    Can some big-whig appoint a few official "Grammar Correctors"?

    Give them editing rights or a small forum where they can take posts that they are impressed by and make them professional looking. It might be fun to have an area of well thought out and well written gems of the ORG chosen by judges.
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    Tuff, this kind of suggestion would be best made in the Watchtower for wider consideration. It strikes me that such a forum would fit in well to the Mead Hall.

    In fact, you might want to post some material for correction in the Mead Hall and ask its learned patrons for support and help. If it proves popular, a sub-forum might naturally grow out of the exercise.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TuffStuffMcGruff View Post
    I was reading something that I wrote and thought - Hey, maybe if we had a poster or two who enjoyed correcting writing and grammar, they could go over some of the longer or better posts and highlight incorrect usage?
    sure, il'l help a lending hand if some of you struggling width writing coherent sentenses or forming you're grammer.
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    I don't much mind ungrammatical posts, but if you really want someone to go over some, I'm willing.

    I just finished up my BA (in history) and have been working at my college writing center for 3 years. I'm currently applying to linguistics graduate programs. Grammar has long been a passion of mine (not so much in the grammar-nazi sense, but more in the desire to understand the underlying workings of the English language), and it's a pleasure for me to work with words.

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    All of my speling mistakes are intentional.

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    I'm no nerd

    I fight bears for Christ's sake
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    I don't mind how accurate the grammar is in a post, so long as it's intelligible. It would be a bit boring if we all wrote absolutedly perfectly.
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    Sounds like you lads need Evelyn Woodhead...
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    Quote Originally Posted by TuffStuffMcGruff View Post
    I was reading something that I wrote and thought - Hey, maybe if we had a poster or two who enjoyed correcting writing and grammar, they could go over some of the longer or better posts and highlight incorrect usage?

    It would help all of us write more convincingly on the forums, sure, but it would also aid us in our actual lives.

    I'm a big enough nerd to sit around and memorize international capitals and facts - I'm sure that there are a few master grammar nerds out there who might get a kick out of sharpening their claws on us, eh?
    Seconded. Especially for us non-english users.

    I try to improve my english all the time, but at the end of the day, I really have no idea whether it's actually getting better, and if my "improvements" are actually improvements.

    Speaking of which, I have a question to all of you who read my gibberish; is it any good?

    (oh, and Louis, don't mind my non-capitalization of nationalities, like "english" or "polish", I keep that lower-case by choice, see it as my own personal hate-campaign against the english language
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    Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
    Seconded. Especially for us non-english users.

    I try to improve my english all the time, but at the end of the day, I really have no idea whether it's actually getting better, and if my "improvements" are actually improvements.

    Speaking of which, I have a question to all of you who read my gibberish; is it any good?

    (oh, and Louis, don't mind my non-capitalization of nationalities, like "english" or "polish", I keep that lower-case by choice, see it as my own personal hate-campaign against the english language
    It's readably, grammatically at least.

    Grammar is not actually something which is set in stone. To begin with, everyone has their own internal grammar, and, further, grammatical use is an element of style.
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    Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
    Speaking of which, I have a question to all of you who read my gibberish; is it any good?
    Please say that again, slower this time.

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    Seems fine to me. I like to think that my english is pretty good, but it is another language and you are bound to make silly mistakes. There is a world of difference between 'speaking' english and being able to put it down properly. I often noticed that I speak dutch with english words.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
    Seconded. Especially for us non-english users.

    I try to improve my english all the time, but at the end of the day, I really have no idea whether it's actually getting better, and if my "improvements" are actually improvements.

    Speaking of which, I have a question to all of you who read my gibberish; is it any good?

    (oh, and Louis, don't mind my non-capitalization of nationalities, like "english" or "polish", I keep that lower-case by choice, see it as my own personal hate-campaign against the english language
    Sure. I wouldn't normally have any idea that English isn't your native language.
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    Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
    Seconded. Especially for us non-english users.

    I try to improve my english all the time, but at the end of the day, I really have no idea whether it's actually getting better, and if my "improvements" are actually improvements.

    Speaking of which, I have a question to all of you who read my gibberish; is it any good?
    Your English/english is very good, HoreTore. The only suggestion I have for this post is not a correction, but rather a potential improvement. The semi-colon in the last sentence is acceptable, but it would be a bit classier to use a full colon, especially since it's a chronically underused or misused punctuation mark.

    Speaking of which, I have a question to all of you who read my gibberish: is it any good?

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    Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
    Seconded. Especially for us non-english users.

    I try to improve my english all the time, but at the end of the day, I really have no idea whether it's actually getting better, and if my "improvements" are actually improvements.

    Speaking of which, I have a question to all of you who read my gibberish; is it any good?

    (oh, and Louis, don't mind my non-capitalization of nationalities, like "english" or "polish", I keep that lower-case by choice, see it as my own personal hate-campaign against the english language
    Your english is great. Seriously, if my chinese(may native language too) writing was half as good as your english writing, I wouldn't have to worry about it anymore, but it isn't, so......

    I have a feeling that my grammar/syntax at times is really atrocious. I've often found that I have poor thought organization and just seem to ramble on or start writing redundant things too. My spelling is spotty at times too (see? feels bit repetetive already)
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