Grammar WAS [at-l] Memorial Day Weekend

[infpeace at gmail.com (Nina)]

P.S. Brownie points to the first person to find the punctuation error in my 
last post. ;-)

On 6/4/05, Nina <infpeace@gmail.com> wrote: 
> 
> Heh ... I never, ever, ever correct people's grammar unless they ask ... 
> and it helps if they're paying me to do it. :)
>  I once saw a sign in a coffee shop that advertised writing and editing 
> services. It had a snooty tone and was obviously written by an English 
> major-type who was well aware of her superiority in all things grammatical 
> (I know the type well. I once fit that mold myself.) But, while the 
> advertisement had no grammatical errors, I had to laugh at the section where 
> she had written that she could "correct all mispelled words." 
>  Waterfall
> 
>  On 6/4/05, Robert <infinity1plus1@yahoo.com> wrote: 
> > 
> > Your post shows that we all make mistakes. Honestly, I was just making 
> > the same point that you did and with fewer errors. :P lol <<< not 
> > grammatically correct 
> > 
> > refusing to use grammar punctuation or sentence structure not no more 
> > and speling is owt the windough 2
> > 
> > that guy <thatguy.fehchet@gmail.com> wrote:
> > "Your own correction is incorrect." (this sentence works) 
> > 
> > "Before editing someone else's post, you might want to check your own 
> > work." (this sentence does not work)
> > 
> > "You may want to check your own work before editing someones post." 
> > (this works) 
> > 
> > I'm not trying to be a turd. The above is basic High School English 
> > sentence structure. I gave up years ago correcting people's sentence 
> > structures conveyed through the Internet. I'm happy when I can understand 
> > what a person has to say, instead of being horrified at dangling modifiers, 
> > or etc. 
> > 
> > 
> > On 6/4/05, Robert <infinity1plus1@yahoo.com> wrote: Your own correction 
> > is incorrect. Before editing someone else's post, you might want to check 
> > your own work. 
> > 
> > Carol Donaldson <carol1944@brmemc.net> wrote:
> > If your reading this in English, thank a teacher.
> > If your reading this in America, thank a soldier.
> > 
> > Onestep 
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > The English is not grammatically correct, dear.
> > 
> > If you are reading this in English . . . or If you're reading this in 
> > English . . . 
> > If you are reading this in American . . . or If you're reading this in 
> > America . . .
> > 
> > My Mom has a degree in English from Auburn University and taught in the 
> > public school system in Maryland for about 25 years.
> > 
> > Coosa
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