A Challenge - UPDATE

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Thu May 28, 2009 2:25 am

Grammar smack seems to be at a zenith of late. Henceforth, let's see who the last one standing will be.

Should you accept the challenge:
-Post entirely without grammatical errors* all of the time.
-a poster is eliminated when they post a single grammatical error in any forum on T1B - and they are called on it.
-To nab another poster, quote the error and post it in this thread, marking what you perceive the error to be in red.
-obvious errors will speak for themselves...but all questionable errors will be submitted to The Deciders, who will make the final binding decisions.
-thread titles will be exempted from consideration.
-only posts that take place henceforth will be considered. It is currently 10:30 PM EST May 27 2009.

Good luck, you fucking ninnies.

* for the purposes of this challenge, a grammatical error is a) an error in punctuation, b) a spelling error, or c) an error in usage (such as sentence structure or subject/verb agreement)

Moving Sale · Post by **Moving Sale** » Thu May 28, 2009 2:31 am

Im in,

Oh crap, I'm out.

Diogenes · Post by **Diogenes** » Thu May 28, 2009 2:34 am

Bite me.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Thu May 28, 2009 2:40 am

Good lord, we're really scraping the bottom of the barrel now for contrived interest... fresh out of Douchebag scenarios so soon?

Count me out, my subjects never agree with my verbs. Or something like that.

Van · Post by **Van** » Thu May 28, 2009 2:41 am

'Aight.

For the record, this idea blows goats. Sheer volume of words and posts dictates that I'll be one of the first people here to go Kramer...

(Dig the use of the ellipsis. Are they acceptable, or am I already out? :) )

Diogenes · Post by **Diogenes** » Thu May 28, 2009 2:48 am

Van wrote:'Aight.

For the record, this idea blows goats. Sheer volume of words and posts dictates that I'll be one of the first people here to go Kramer...

(Dig the use of the ellipsis. Are they acceptable, or am I already out? :) )

Ellipsis is fine. Sentence starting with sheet isn't.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Thu May 28, 2009 3:00 am

He didn't begin the sentence with "sheet", you soft-headed dunce.

Laxplayer · Post by **Laxplayer** » Thu May 28, 2009 3:06 am

What's a dangling participle? To quote Monty Python, "You don't end a sentence with a preposition."
Is a pro noun a regular noun that's lost its amateur status?
Shit, I'll be in but out in about 2 posts.

Who the fuck is the grammar police that's going to judge us?
Where is crackhead when you need him?

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Thu May 28, 2009 3:09 am

What's an ellipsis? :?

Van · Post by **Van** » Thu May 28, 2009 3:18 am

...is an ellipsis.

Van · Post by **Van** » Thu May 28, 2009 3:21 am

Laxplayer wrote:What's a dangling participle? To quote Monty Python, "You don't end a sentence with a preposition."

"Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put."

Winston Churchill

Diogenes · Post by **Diogenes** » Thu May 28, 2009 4:07 am

PSUFAN wrote:He didn't begin the sentence with "sheet", you soft-headed dunce.

Typo 'smack' is even gayer than this thread. Still.

Van · Post by **Van** » Thu May 28, 2009 4:36 am

Dio, even if you hadn't posted it as a typo, you're wrong. There was nothing wrong with that sentence. Beginning that sentence with "The" or "My" would've been fine, but not completely necessary.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Thu May 28, 2009 4:54 am

XXXL:

The Attorney Generals Building has a fun restauarant on the ground floor, usually lots of hotties coming and going.

ELIMINATED

Van · Post by **Van** » Thu May 28, 2009 5:06 am

PSUFAN wrote:XXXL:

The Attorney Generals Building has a fun restauarant on the ground floor, usually lots of hotties coming and going.
ELIMINATED

Bwaaaahaa!!!

Shit, this is just going to be brutal, watching you play The Grim Reaper. You're going to be busier than BTPCF's Season Over troll during the opening weekend of conference play.

trev · Post by **trev** » Thu May 28, 2009 6:30 am

I don't think I could win this one. I might be able to beat out JSC with some C-section and VBAC pics.

Van · Post by **Van** » Thu May 28, 2009 6:38 am

trev, tell the truth. mvscal is your Juanita, isn't he?

trev · Post by **trev** » Thu May 28, 2009 6:40 am

As in: would mvscal love to babysit me? What do you think?

Van · Post by **Van** » Thu May 28, 2009 6:52 am

You taunt him with your scars, body and soul, and the promise of aloe...

Suburbia succubus, and your evil cry of moist deceit. That lost soldier, he never stood a chance.

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Thu May 28, 2009 12:06 pm

In.

Probably not for long, but in, anyway.

Does long standing on purpose spelling butchery such as dumpater count?

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Thu May 28, 2009 1:18 pm

smackaholic:

Loose the high school drama club nerds.

fucking ELIMINATED

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Thu May 28, 2009 1:26 pm

Dan Vogel:

I hope you receover quickly from your surgery.

ELIMINATED

That could have been a nice sentiment, Dan....but you fucked it all up. Perhaps the beatings have wrecked your fine motor skills?

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Thu May 28, 2009 2:06 pm

PSUFAN wrote:smackaholic:

Loose the high school drama club nerds.
fucking ELIMINATED

goddamn you, PSU. I just noticed it myself. Was gonna go back and cover my tracks with an edit.

fukkk.

Actually, loose, technically could fit, I think.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Thu May 28, 2009 2:55 pm

Don't forget to split all my infinitives.

TheJON · Post by **TheJON** » Thu May 28, 2009 4:30 pm

I speak well english.

Van · Post by **Van** » Thu May 28, 2009 6:06 pm

Dave, I have a question on the rules...

What say you, or The Deciders, as it were, to instances when people commit this type of error: "Nothing is more unique than the scent of Fall, in Big 10 Country."

Seemingly, that's a correctly constructed sentence, right?

No, it's not. "Unique" may not be qualified. Something is either unique, or it isn't. There aren't degrees of uniqueness.

People make that mistake, all the time. Someone made that mistake here, today, in another forum.

Just wondering whether those types of application/definition errors are considered to be within the purview of your editorial axe...

M Club · Post by **M Club** » Thu May 28, 2009 6:51 pm

Van wrote: "Nothing is more unique than the scent of Fall, in Big 10 Country."

You left out the fact "fall" and "country" are capitalized, though I suppose one could debate the rules here re: "country."

M Club · Post by **M Club** » Thu May 28, 2009 6:52 pm

Does anyone remember Jon's rant about having the best grammar of anyone on the board?

Van · Post by **Van** » Thu May 28, 2009 7:03 pm

Seriously? Jon??

"Fall" and "Country" are capitalized on purpose there, for obvious BTPCF reasons. Seasons aren't merely seasons anymore, not when the onset of college football turns a mere three months of the year into a John Facenda voiceover.

"Country," capitalized, is now part of the permanent American lexicon, thanks to things like "Marlboro Country," "Reagan Country" and "Steeler Country."

It's like "Nation," whereby suddenly every grouping of fans is now "Raider Nation," "Red Sox Nation," "Gator Nation," etc.

It's all ESPN's fault. Booyah.

M Club · Post by **M Club** » Thu May 28, 2009 7:10 pm

Hence, why I said an argument could be made.

Van · Post by **Van** » Thu May 28, 2009 7:13 pm

Yeah, but you only allowed for half of the possible arguments that could be made.

I covered both halves.

Anyway, Jon seriously said that, and he wasn't attempting to be ironic?

M Club · Post by **M Club** » Thu May 28, 2009 7:23 pm

I took your sentence at face value without assuming your stated context, which is why I figured the writer wasn't necessarily drawing attention to fall as an institution.

Jon was in the middle of some stop-picking-on-me plea when he said something about his grammer skillz.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Thu May 28, 2009 7:29 pm

"Nothing is more unique than the scent of Fall, in Big 10 Country."

Seemingly, that's a correctly constructed sentence, right?

No...the dangling modifier would result in ELIMINATION.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Thu May 28, 2009 7:35 pm

Wolfman:

Some interesting sat photos of the worker's paradise.

WRONG WRONG WRONG - you're ELIMINATED, you turd-sucking DUNCE!!!

Felix · Post by **Felix** » Thu May 28, 2009 8:11 pm

PSUFAN wrote:XXXL:

The Attorney Generals Building has a fun restauarant on the ground floor, usually lots of hotties coming and going.
ELIMINATED

Technically, that would be considered a spelling error and not really a gramatic error.....I think XXXL should be cut some slack on this point

maybe we should get a ruling on this from the Deciders....

Van · Post by **Van** » Thu May 28, 2009 8:19 pm

Felix wrote:
PSUFAN wrote:XXXL:
The Attorney Generals Building has a fun restauarant on the ground floor, usually lots of hotties coming and going.
ELIMINATED
Technically, that would be considered a spelling error and not really a gramatic error.....I think XXXL should be cut some slack on this point

maybe we should get a ruling on this from the Deciders....

Uhh, Felix, they already gave us their ruling on this...

* for the purposes of this challenge, a grammatical error is a) an error in punctuation, b) a spelling error,or c) an error in usage (such as sentence structure or subject/verb agreement)

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Thu May 28, 2009 8:22 pm

Felix:

that would be considered a spelling error and not really a gramatic error.....

Nice going, assplatter - you're fucking ELIMINATED!

Douchebag · Post by **Douchebag** » Thu May 28, 2009 8:24 pm

your en tire fucking face is going to be ELIMINATED

Diogenes · Post by **Diogenes** » Thu May 28, 2009 8:27 pm

Van wrote:No, it's not. "Unique" may not be qualified. Something is either unique, or it isn't. There aren't degrees of uniqueness.

Wrong again. Don't worry, they won't count this either.

u⋅nique
/yuˈnik/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [yoo-neek] Show IPA
–adjective
1. existing as the only one or as the sole example; single; solitary in type or characteristics: a unique copy of an ancient manuscript.
2. having no like or equal; unparalleled; incomparable: Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint.
3. limited in occurrence to a given class, situation, or area: a species unique to Australia.
4. limited to a single outcome or result; without alternative possibilities: Certain types of problems have unique solutions.
5. not typical; unusual: She has a very unique smile.
–noun
6. the embodiment of unique characteristics; the only specimen of a given kind: The unique is also the improbable.
Origin:
1595–1605; < F < L ūnicus, equiv. to ūn(us) one + -icus -ic

Related forms:
u⋅nique⋅ly, adverb
u⋅nique⋅ness, noun

Usage note:
Many authors of usage guides, editors, teachers, and others feel strongly that such “absolute” words as complete, equal, perfect, and especially unique cannot be compared because of their “meaning”: a word that denotes an absolute condition cannot be described as denoting more or less than that absolute condition. However, all such words have undergone semantic development and are used in a number of senses, some of which can be compared by words like more, very, most, absolutely, somewhat, and totally and some of which cannot.
The earliest meanings of unique when it entered English around the beginning of the 17th century were “single, sole” and “having no equal.” By the mid-19th century unique had developed a wider meaning, “not typical, unusual,” and it is in this wider sense that it is compared: The foliage on the late-blooming plants is more unique than that on the earlier varieties. The comparison of so-called absolutes in senses that are not absolute is standard in all varieties of speech and writing.
See also a 1 , complete, perfect.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Thu May 28, 2009 8:34 pm

Derron:

Queers suck cock and fuck each other in the ass..dykes eat pussy..been that way for thousands of years..will be for another thousand....

That mess has resulted in your ELIMINATION, you ASSBRISKET!