REAL TALK, I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO DEEP INSIDE A PERSON'S HEAD IN MY LIFE.
REAL TALK, I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO DEEP INSIDE A PERSON'S HEAD IN MY LIFE.
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Started a sentence with a conjunction.
Unnecessarily uses a hyphen.
Started a sentence with a conjunction.
The hyphens in this post are more appropriate, since they're used to join words to create single adjectives. Mumbles loves the hyphen though. Along with making lists and putting adjectives in quotations to show irony, like he did in this above post.
Or he does in this post
The all caps adverb.
The elipsis.
The made up quote.
The parentheses.
Quirks that make him easily identifiable.
there's more retardation in this thread than the opening ceremony of the Special Olympics
Last edited by LarryLaffer; 08-07-2016 at 08:30 PM. Reason: then/than auto correct fail
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also larry literally doesn't know the diff between then and than, kinda like this guy
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In summary, your complaints about Larry and myself can be summed up by the following points.
1) We know each other.
2) We both try not to be racist.
3) I am new to the forum.
4) There have been some minor grammatical mistakes.
So you guys are longing for the days when PFA had no new PFA members and they didn't know each other, were aggressively racist, inarticulate, hostile to reason, and made absolutely no spelling or grammatical errors? Sounds fucking awesome.
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?
(long before there was a PFA i had my Grenade & Crossbones avatar at DD)
Have you heard of cash gifting Gringo? You should join our circle. I know someone who made $3839892849829 dollars last year. They once drove a cab for a living.
FFS, you are pretentiously ignorant! And because you obviously aren't familiar with how fucking ignorant you are about this matter, I have taken the time to mumble up a reference to set your ignorant ass straight.
Can I Start a Sentence with a Conjunction?
http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/edu...-a-conjunction
So, suck it, chump!Today’s topic is whether it’s OK to begin a sentence with and, but, or or. The short answer is: yes, and just about all modern grammar books and style guides agree! So who is it that keeps saying it’s wrong to do it?
It’s Fine to Start a Sentence with a Coordinating Conjunction
And, but, and or are the three most common members of a group of words known as coordinating conjunctions. The question about whether it’s grammatical to begin a sentence with and, but, or or is actually the question of whether it’s grammatical to begin a sentence with a coordinating conjunction. Here’s what some of the big usage guides say on the matter. The one that seems to get quoted the most is the Chicago Manual of Style, which says:
There is a widespread belief—one with no historical or grammatical foundation—that it is an error to begin a sentence with a conjunction such as and, but or so. In fact, a substantial percentage (often as many as 10 percent) of the sentences in first-rate writing begin with conjunctions. It has been so for centuries, and even the most conservative grammarians have followed this practice.
Both Garner’s Modern American Usage, and Fowler’s Modern English Usage call this belief a superstition. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary of English Usage (or MWDEU) says, “Everybody agrees that it’s all right to begin a sentence with and,” and notes that you can find examples of it all the way back to Old English.
Many People Have Been Taught That It’s Wrong
However, MWDEU also observes that “nearly everybody admits to having been taught at some past time that the practice was wrong.” So where did this idea come from? In The Story of English in 100 Words, David Crystal writes:
During the 19th century, some schoolteachers took against the practice of beginning a sentence with a word like but or and, presumably because they noticed the way young children overused them in their writing.
But instead of gently weaning the children away from overuse, they banned the usage altogether! Generations of children were taught they should ‘never’ begin a sentence with a conjunction. Some still are. (Entry for and)
If you’ve ever been angry at a teacher who kept your whole class in from recess because two or three of your classmates were misbehaving, you should have a big problem with this rationale for not beginning a sentence with a conjunction. They think you can’t handle the freedom of using conjunctions!
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.
I didn't comment on the correctness of your grammatical quirkiness other than to say you overuse hyphens.
In fact I use conjunctions to start sentences all the time:
But few enough people do so that it makes it stylistically distinctive. All I was doing is pointing out the distinctiveness of the grammar.
Like all caps adverbs. FAIRLY distinct.
Look, I'm not here to police grammar or come off smart. I come here to read comments from guys I've been reading for years.
Why do you come here? To use big words for the sake of using them in the hopes of impressing the lawyers? To correct the tech guys on a subject you know nothing about? To post an article and school the finance guys? You're a try hard. You try hard to prove you have a big brain because you're unhappy you don't get paid to use it.
You seem to know about a lot about me without knowing anything about me. Another sad sack just projecting his own inadequacies.
Have I been using big words for the sake of using big words? This is how I write. I think the problem is that I have a slightly larger vocabulary, perhaps even than you, and when people see words that challenge them they get uncomfortable and begin to assume that these "big" words must be accompanied by flawless grammatical structure and style. Get the fuck out of here, I will write what I want.
The fact that you guys presume I am trying to be smart only describes how fucking moronic you are. You telling me that I am trying to sound smarter than I am is overwhelmingly hypocritical. All of your posts are a clear attempt at trying to be the smartest guy in the room by correcting peoples' grammar and using words that seem barely within the grasp of your vocabulary.
But you seem to have spent a lot of time trying to dissect my writing, I really appreciate it. Clearly I have disturbed your safe space, I don't want to trigger you further. You fucking pussy.
Well, despite your expert analysis, which in itself demonstrated a desperate need to express your own intelligence, I am not Mumbles. I am not sure what else to tell you - your skills deceive you.
Also, I am not sure what you meant by the toll booth operator comment. Is that the profession of the guy I was responding to, or were you pointing out that the way I wrote is not how anyone would address a blue-collar working man?
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