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Grammar Nazis - Are you one? 5
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ChrisHirst
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Oh yes. ![[smile]](/data/assets/smilies/smile.gif "[smile] [smile]")
Chris.
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Time flies like an arrow, however, fruit flies like a banana.
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Chris.
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Not as such but usage of the incorrect variant ( your & you're there, their they're etc.) of a word does grate on my nerves quite a bit
not because I particularly care about spelling errors (I make far to many of them myself) but because it throws my brain into a flat spin 7 I have to re-read the sentence correcting for context.
Where I can become at total Nazi is when people who should know better (because they have seen it ) spell my name incorrectly
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not because I particularly care about spelling errors (I make far to many of them myself) but because it throws my brain into a flat spin 7 I have to re-read the sentence correcting for context.
Where I can become at total Nazi is when people who should know better (because they have seen it ) spell my name incorrectly
A Maintenance contract is essential, not a Luxury.
Do things on the cheap & it will cost you dear
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ChrisHirst
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Me neither, but sometimes, ... just sometimes .....
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Time flies like an arrow, however, fruit flies like a banana.
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hairlessupportmonkey
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Blame the internets for the "Nazi" bit.
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Nazi.
Grammar.
Can't you see it in your mind's eye? The gates of Stalag 13 swing open and through the portals comes a black touring car. The attaché jumps out and opens the door. Out comes Major Hochstetter: grey jodhpurs, black riding boots, riding crop, black attaché case.
Colonel Klink has already appeared on the porch and Hochstetter commands him, "Klink, line up za prisoners!"
Klink says, Schultz, line up the prisoners!"
So Schultz gets the prisoners to shuffle into a semblance of a column.
Major Hochstetter barks out the orders: "All za prisoners, ven marching from za barracks to za mess hall must go 'tic toc, tic toc'" as he cocked his head left, right, left, right. "Is zis UNDERSTOOD?"
So Schultz, get the prisoners going to the mess hall, and they're all cocking their heads left and right in time with "tic toc," except for....
yeah, it was Newkirk, doing "tic tic tic tic."
Hochstetter sees Newkirk, points with his riding crop and commands, "Zis prisoner come here!"
Newkirk shuffles around to face the major.
"Vas ist Los! Did you not hear za orders at ven marching from za barracks to za mess hall za prisoners are to go 'tic toc tic toc.'"
Newkirk replies, "Well you see sir, I've got this tic in my neck so I can't do toc."
Hochstetter slaps his riding crop on his big black riding boots, squints his eyes and declares in a slow threatening voice, "In za SS, ve have vays to make you TOC!
Grammar.
Can't you see it in your mind's eye? The gates of Stalag 13 swing open and through the portals comes a black touring car. The attaché jumps out and opens the door. Out comes Major Hochstetter: grey jodhpurs, black riding boots, riding crop, black attaché case.
Colonel Klink has already appeared on the porch and Hochstetter commands him, "Klink, line up za prisoners!"
Klink says, Schultz, line up the prisoners!"
So Schultz gets the prisoners to shuffle into a semblance of a column.
Major Hochstetter barks out the orders: "All za prisoners, ven marching from za barracks to za mess hall must go 'tic toc, tic toc'" as he cocked his head left, right, left, right. "Is zis UNDERSTOOD?"
So Schultz, get the prisoners going to the mess hall, and they're all cocking their heads left and right in time with "tic toc," except for....
yeah, it was Newkirk, doing "tic tic tic tic."
Hochstetter sees Newkirk, points with his riding crop and commands, "Zis prisoner come here!"
Newkirk shuffles around to face the major.
"Vas ist Los! Did you not hear za orders at ven marching from za barracks to za mess hall za prisoners are to go 'tic toc tic toc.'"
Newkirk replies, "Well you see sir, I've got this tic in my neck so I can't do toc."
Hochstetter slaps his riding crop on his big black riding boots, squints his eyes and declares in a slow threatening voice, "In za SS, ve have vays to make you TOC!
Good story, Skip. Bad pun! ![[purpleface]](/data/assets/smilies/purpleface.gif "[purpleface] [purpleface]")
I'm thinking more along the lines of Grammar Police.
The King of Id, however, is more of a Word Bandit.
James P. Cottingham
I'm number 1,229!
I'm number 1,229!
I'm thinking more along the lines of Grammar Police.
The King of Id, however, is more of a Word Bandit.
James P. Cottingham
I'm number 1,229!
I'm number 1,229!
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I admit that I am a bit of a stickler with grammar. Not that I will recognize wrongly used tenses every time but if I hear things like " I could have did that" then I will open my mouth and correct people.
Funny enough I have only heard these awful things from people that are native English speakers around here. I am not, my native tongue is German, LOL.
Joe W.
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Funny enough I have only heard these awful things from people that are native English speakers around here. I am not, my native tongue is German, LOL.
Joe W.
FHandw, ACSS (SME), ACIS (SME)
“This is the end of the world, make sure to buy your T-shirt before it is too late"
Original expression of my daughter
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Not as much of a grammar nazi as this guy:
-- Chris Hunt
Webmaster & Tragedian
Extra Connections Ltd
-- Chris Hunt
Webmaster & Tragedian
Extra Connections Ltd
I don't like mistakes in casual correspondence (but accept them) however, I am amazed at how many people would design an official document (such as a sales agreement) and not have the sense to have it proofread. There is no excuse for the misuse of grammar, typing errors or poor spelling within product documentation or contracts. You don't need to go full-on legalese, but the proper use of your/you're, to/too, and other common mistakes (including typos) is a minimum. Having your front line workers be grammatically correct when dealing with customers is a really good idea too.
So, yeah, I guess I've got a bit of Nazi blood in me.
Qz
So, yeah, I guess I've got a bit of Nazi blood in me.
Qz
johnherman
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Agree with Ozwsa. There are way too many people relying on Spell Checker and Grammar rather than actually proofreading it, or better yet, someone else - a second set of eyes. I have seen things that have caused me to think WTF. Yes; Wed, Thur, Fri. Or Sunday if you prefer. I still have a copy of a NY Daily News (Sunday edition) with both a grammer error and a typo ON THE FRONT PAGE in the headline.
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The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was - Steven Wright
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The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was - Steven Wright
johnherman
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and ain't that the pot calling the kettle black? as I failed to proof my post ![[sleeping2]](/data/assets/smilies/sleeping2.gif "[sleeping2] [sleeping2]")
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The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was - Steven Wright
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The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was - Steven Wright
ChrisHirst
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non-offended??? how terrible is that!
It should be an unoffended person ... ...
![[wink]](/data/assets/smilies/wink.gif "[wink] [wink]")
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It should be an unoffended person ... ...
Chris.
Indifference will be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?
Time flies like an arrow, however, fruit flies like a banana.
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