Quote Originally Posted by GrenadaRoger View Post
Quote Originally Posted by GringoStar View Post

In summary, your complaints about Larry and myself can be summed up by the following points.
welcome to forum Gringo, yes the seniors are tough on the incoming freshman

sorry, got to join in this grammar seminar here because of improper use of reflexive pronouns is a pet peeve of mine

use the reflexive if you have already referred to yourself in the sentence (just as i did in this sentence)....that is: use "me" instead of "myself"--your use of "myself" smacks of an attempt to appear more educated when if fact the opposite is true because its use is wrong


that said, i think it a good idea to sprinkle a few error of spelling & grammar into your posts...there are people that need to point out others unimportant mistakes, and by sprinkling you will be pleasing them, thus making them feel better about themselves...and after all, isn't it everyone's goal to please as many as possible with one's posts?
Believe it or not, I actually have my undergrad degree in English and I am familiar with the proper way to write (MLA and Chicago) and speak. I certainly appreciate that your post was not an attack, but it is difficult for me to take seriously any correction with simple errors like "got to join" and the improper use of a colon in your writing, all the while completely ignoring capitalization and punctuation, but I appreciate the use of your last sentence as an insurance policy against hypocrisy.

I may be new here, but I am not new the English language, I am not new to self-loathing internet bullies who use the internet as a defensive launchpad in order to doctor their own failing egos, and I am definitely not new to forums. As many of these catty girls have pointed out, I may not even be new to this forum.