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  • Xjcon
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    I have terrible grammar and would be the first to admit it, why does it matter tho? Are we getting a grade for our post?

    If I have a hard time following a person's post I generally just skip it.
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  • kargen27
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    "I have nothing but contempt for anyone who can spell a word only one way."
    and then the parrot said, "must be the water mines green too."
  • Yolokin_Swagonborn
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    I R GRAMAR

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  • Abeille
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    Xeven wrote: »

    Oh great, now I'll have to go on a Weird Al music spree on youtube xD
    Just so that everyone knows, my Altmer still can't have black hair. About a dozen of Altmer NPCs in the game have black hair. Just saying.

    Meet my characters:
    Command: Do the thing.

    Zadarri, Khajiit Fist of Thalmor: The thing was done, as commanded.
    Durza gra-Maghul, Orc blacksmith: The thing was done perfectly, in the most efficient way.
    Tegwen, Bosmer troublemaker: You can't prove I didn't do the thing.
    Sings-Many-Songs, Argonian fisher: Sure, I'll do the thing... Eventually. Maybe.
    Aerindel, Altmer stormcaller: After extensive research, I've come to the conclusion that doing the thing would be a waste of resources.
    Liliel, Dunmer pyromancer: Aerindel said I shouldn't do the thing. Something about "resources".
    Gyda Snowcaller, Nord cryomancer: I will find a way to do it that won't waste resources and make Aerindel proud of me.
    Beatrice Leoriane, Breton vampire: I persuaded someone else into doing the thing. You are welcome, dear.
    Sahima, Redguard performer: Doing the thing sounds awfully unpleasant and really not my problem.
    Ellaria Valerius, Imperial priestess: I'll pray to the Eight for the thing to be done, if it is Their will.
  • Duiwel
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    Duiwel wrote: »
    Also just so everyone knows my post was complete shennanigans.

    Edited by Duiwel on April 7, 2016 12:36PM
    @Duiwel:
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  • Oldmanlawlor
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    Please take a few seconds before making a post to review your grammar and spelling. Every post I've opened has a spelling error in the title or the opening discussion. C'mon guys.

    Please take a few seconds before making a post to review your grammar and spelling. Every post I have opened has a spelling error in the title, or, in the opening discussion. Come on, guys.

    There, fixed.
  • Keep_Door
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    I is not in school. Me dont come here to practice gammers. So shuts up i dont no yous. yOUr not my moms.
  • Nifty2g
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    In this topic you will find: bunch of guys and or girls trying to impress others with their writing abilities, only to have very poor grammar
    #MOREORBS
  • vamp_emily
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    I cdn'uolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg: the phaonmneel pweor of the hmuan mnid. Aoccdrnig to a rseearch taem at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? Yaeh and you awlyas thguoht slpeling was ipmorantt

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  • Gidorick
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    I R GRAMAR

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    :lol: That is one of the funniest things I've seen! oh man.. I'm tearing up.
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  • SeptimusDova
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    lol rofl OP is getz trolld lmfao
  • RDMyers65b14_ESO
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    The former teacher in me agrees, OP, but the realist in me knows that it will never happen. There are much more important things to worry about than the butchery of the language.
  • Bossdonut
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    People can't even go the speed limit on the freeway which requires reading 2 numbers. Don't expect these half wits to post anything with proper grammerrrrz or spellunz.

    We need a new plague.
  • CaptainBeerDude
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    vamp_emily wrote: »
    I cdn'uolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg: the phaonmneel pweor of the hmuan mnid. Aoccdrnig to a rseearch taem at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? Yaeh and you awlyas thguoht slpeling was ipmorantt

    You still need all of the correct letters, and the first and last letters have to be placed correctly.
    NOON
    How's that work in your little jumble? :p

    EDIT: So spelling is important. Kind of like timing…
    Edited by CaptainBeerDude on April 12, 2016 10:21AM
  • guul
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    I am greatly sorry that english ain't my first languge. Plz forgive me. :'(
  • SkoomaAddict420
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    Using spell check don't make you a gram cracker or justified you to criticize your mom's learning disabilities
    I know because I to have them

    Yoda speaks backwards

    But I bet his your hero and you think him to be wise

    I have left out the punk-chue-waysons Oops
  • SlayerTheDragon
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    Forum points:
    • They are why this post was created
    • They are why so many things in the game have been broken

    Forum points have damaged this game.

    Edit - spelling.
    Edited by SlayerTheDragon on April 12, 2016 10:41AM
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  • STEVIL
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    runagate wrote: »
    I'

    Then again the Internet has different rules. IRL if someone ever said "bruh" to me, even in a supposedly ironic sense, I would choke-slam them.

    Yeah, so true abt net v irl.

    Can't remember last time irl ftf someone threatened violence or battery over what amounts to pronoun use.

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  • Merlight
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    MissBizz wrote: »
    Heh. English is weird. Oh that reminds me - i before e except after c. Oh wait. Also not in weird.

    Is that an actual "rule" or something? It doesn't seem very useful, as there are many words it doesn't apply to :D You have grief/reign, siege/seize, thief/heir, believe/leisure, ... Oh, did I just end the previous sentence with a preposition?

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  • Dubhliam
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    I don't mind a seeing an error now and then, we are all human after all.

    What really grinds my gears is seeing a wall of text with no indication of punctuation whatsoever.

    I cannot help myself but imagining a this dude behind the keyboard.
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  • Dubhliam
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    jkemmery wrote: »
    bedlom wrote: »
    Please take a few seconds before making a post to review your grammar and spelling. Every post I've opened has a spelling error in the title or the opening discussion. C'mon guys.

    Is you're life really that unfulfilling.

    YOU FORGOT TO USE A QUESTION MARK! HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO KNOW YOU MEANT TO ASK A QUESTION!

    COME ON PEOPLE, IT'S NOT ROCKET SURGERY!

    Yet you failed to correct him properly. It's not "you're", it's "your".
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  • Wolfchild07
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    Would of have, could of have, should of have used better grandmar. Didn't.
  • magnusthorek
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    You don't have to write like a grammar teacher, just remember that as an international game, although English has a vast predominance, there are players who don't understand mistyped words, be them accidentally or purposely written, or even the excessive amount of abbreviations, local and/or cultural slangs and even terminologies imported from other MMOs.

    If one doesn't speak English as his/her native language, it's understandable a grammar error. I've seen people posting the literal machine translation of their questions and that's perfectly fine. But there is that share of players that write wrongly on purpose everytime they can just because they feel great being an a**
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  • Divinius
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    My favorite is when people use the word "effect" when they mean "affect". Happens ALL the time. In fact, I'd say people get it wrong far more often than I've seen it written correctly.

    That makes me sad, because when the majority of people screw up something, it starts to become acceptable to screw it up.

    I remember back when it was considered wrong to pronounce the "t" in "often" but people did it so much that the dictionary now says that it's an acceptable pronunciation.
  • SkoomaAddict420
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    Cheese!
  • Obliterate
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    I abandoned this quest because of her not spawning her army anymore. And now I have no idea where to pick this quest up again.

    Started a sentence with "And" here.
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    No capital letters or full stops here.

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  • TheMachineKiller
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    Obliterate wrote: »
    I abandoned this quest because of her not spawning her army anymore. And now I have no idea where to pick this quest up again.

    Started a sentence with "And" here.
    less lag in cyrodil
    more gear options at vr 16
    dueling arena

    No capital letters or full stops here.

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    Say no more.

    I made this post mainly for all of the people who would forget letters in words, making you have to guess wtf they were trying to say. The people that had no idea how to convert English conversation into sentences. The people that you could tell had no error checking whatsoever - i.e. the first thing they typed would be the last time they looked at it, etc. As long as its not a general struggle to try and interpret what a person is trying to say/mean, then it's not a problem if capital letters are not used here and there, or a sentence is began with 'And'. Imho.
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  • SantieClaws
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    Khajiit thinks you all have the terrible grammar!

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  • nordsavage
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    You forgot the period at the end of your title and grammar and spelling are not proper nouns so they do not require capitalization. We call that a fail nephew.
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