A Challenge - UPDATE

Felix · Post by **Felix** » Thu May 28, 2009 8:35 pm

PSUFAN wrote:Felix:

that would be considered a spelling error and not really a gramatic error.....
Nice going, assplatter - you're fucking ELIMINATED!

sorry asshat, but that's a spelling error and not a grammatic error

what are the rules on incorrectly calling someone out on what is clearly not a grammatical error, but merely a spelling error

you should be ELIMINATED from ELIMNATING people

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Thu May 28, 2009 8:38 pm

What part of READ THE FIRST FUCKING POST IN THE THREAD didn't you understand, you ass-breathing simpleton? Jesus Jumping Christ!

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Thu May 28, 2009 8:39 pm

you should be ELIMINATED from ELIMNATING people

:boardpalm:

Felix · Post by **Felix** » Thu May 28, 2009 8:44 pm

PSUFAN wrote:
you should be ELIMINATED from ELIMNATING people
:boardpalm:

tough to get one by you bro :D

Van · Post by **Van** » Thu May 28, 2009 9:14 pm

Felix, spelling errors are spelling errors, right? The rules were stated in the first post of this thread. I already C&P'd you the section which clearly states that for the purposes of this contest spelling errors will be cause for elimination.

Dio...

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.

Those authors of usage guides, editors, teachers and others are correct.

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.

Those first four definitions of "unique" you listed are correct, and they allow for no further quantification.

The fact that lazy people are getting sloppy in their speech doesn't change the fact. Simply because people are misusing the phrase doesn't mean its definition has changed.

Something is either unique, meaning it's completely singular, or it isn't. If it's unique, by definition, it cannot be more or less unique than any other unique thing.

Diogenes · Post by **Diogenes** » Thu May 28, 2009 9:26 pm

The last was from Random House.
Another from Merriam-Webster.

Of course, why read an idiotic dictionary when some yahoo on the internet is the source of all grammatical propriety. Just because something has been considered proper since the mid-19th century doesn't make it acceptable.

Diogenes · Post by **Diogenes** » Thu May 28, 2009 9:31 pm

PSUFAN wrote: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-after consulting with Van.

There. FTFY.

I'd hate to see you misinterpreting the English language.

Van · Post by **Van** » Thu May 28, 2009 9:41 pm

Dio, I quoted your own link.

Your own link. Got a problem with that? Blame...your own link.

Diogenes · Post by **Diogenes** » Thu May 28, 2009 9:49 pm

Van wrote:Dio, I quoted your own link.

Out of context, and to come to the conclusion opposite of the one they were stating.

TheJON · Post by **TheJON** » Thu May 28, 2009 9:49 pm

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

Awww, yes......the good 'ol days when I would wake up in the morning and think "hey, what can I do to piss off the folks on Smackchat or TheTrolls". Good times man, good times. I should go back to doing that on a more consistent basis.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Thu May 28, 2009 9:50 pm

Yes, JON. Sound plan.

M Club · Post by **M Club** » Thu May 28, 2009 9:52 pm

Van wrote: The fact that lazy people are getting sloppy in their speech doesn't change the fact. Simply because people are misusing the phrase doesn't mean its definition has changed.

Uh, yes it does.

Signed,
Old English and the word gay

TheJON · Post by **TheJON** » Thu May 28, 2009 9:56 pm

PSUFAN wrote:Yes, JON. Sound plan.

What should be my first "piss of the trolls" post? I was going to go back to my Bobby Bowden obsession but I think with the recent findings at FSU, I already made enough people on this here board look like fools. Oh yeah, I'm an idiot and Bobby Bowden is clean as a whistle! Uhh......or I know a shady character when I see one and Bobby Bowden is a shady character.

So, give me a topic to discuss/obsess about PSUFAN and I will post it just as soon as I get time.

TheJON · Post by **TheJON** » Thu May 28, 2009 9:57 pm

I meant, "piss OFF" by the way. Not "of"

Van · Post by **Van** » Thu May 28, 2009 10:51 pm

Diogenes wrote:
Van wrote:Dio, I quoted your own link.
Out of context, and to come to the conclusion opposite of the one they were stating.

Nothing was taken out of context. I quoted your link's primary four defintions. I also quoted your link's opinion of the experts who do this for a living.

Your link didn't offer an opposite "conclusion," it merely offered an additional opinion and an accompanying explanation. The experts I quoted in your link adamantly disagree with that opinion. They reject it, outright.

They don't need me to agree with them. They're correct, and they know they're correct.

Additionally, their opinion on that matter has nothing to do with the evolution of a word like "gay," which now clearly has multiple, and wildly different, meanings.

Van · Post by **Van** » Thu May 28, 2009 10:55 pm

TheJON wrote:
M Club wrote:Does anyone remember Jon's rant about having the best grammar of anyone on the board?
Awww, yes......the good 'ol days when I would wake up in the morning and thinkmissing comma "hey, what can I do to piss off the folks on Smackchat or TheTrollsmissing question mark". Good times man, good times. I should go back to doing that on a more consistent basis.

Eliminated.

Bobby42 · Post by **Bobby42** » Thu May 28, 2009 11:35 pm

OK, PSUFAN is an english composition professor.

M Club · Post by **M Club** » Fri May 29, 2009 12:00 am

Van wrote:Additionally, their opinion on that matter has nothing to do with the evolution of a word like "gay," which now clearly has multiple, and wildly different, meanings.

Ja, because "gay" acquired all those meanings overnight. A word's denotative meaning doesn't preclude it from being used differently, and once enough people apply it to a new connotation it acquires legitimate meaning and is validated by its presence in our dictionaries. Like "unique."

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Fri May 29, 2009 12:49 am

Van wrote:which now clearly has multiple, and wildly different, meanings.

Awkward comma ELIMINATION?

Diogenes · Post by **Diogenes** » Fri May 29, 2009 1:06 am

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:
Van wrote:which now clearly has multiple, and wildly different, meanings.
Awkward comma ELIMINATION?

:twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Fri May 29, 2009 2:05 am

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:
Van wrote:which now clearly has multiple, and wildly different, meanings.
Awkward comma ELIMINATION?

Get ready for a thesis on the use of commas.

Now, is a subject and a predicate required to make a complete sentence in this contest? If so, Van's already gone.

M Club · Post by **M Club** » Fri May 29, 2009 2:20 am

Van's comma usage is perfectly fine. Can you be ELIMINATED for falsely ELIMINATING someone?

Also, forgoing a subject or predicate can be a matter of style. The context will tell you if the writer's a retard or not.

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Fri May 29, 2009 2:44 am

M Club wrote:Also, forgoing a subject or predicate can be a matter of style. The context will tell you if the writer's a retard or not.

I would consider Ebonics a type of style too, but I would not call it "proper" in any sense of this "competition." I'm not sure what "proper" rule in not having a subject or a predicate breaks, but I would have thought it would be forbidden in this here thing.

Maybe it is just in some people's "style" to refer to cunnilingus as fellatio...but who am I to judge...

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Fri May 29, 2009 2:56 am

Van's comma usage is perfectly fine. Can you be ELIMINATED for falsely ELIMINATING someone?

I didn't eliminate anybody, hence the question mark.

There are not always clear and concise rules when it comes to commas in all instances, anyway. Commas are used, among other reasons, to emphasize how you want something to be read. Read that sentence aloud, and throw in a break after the word "different," and tell me that doesn't sound awkward to you.

M Club · Post by **M Club** » Fri May 29, 2009 2:58 am

IndyFrisco wrote:
M Club wrote:Also, forgoing a subject or predicate can be a matter of style. The context will tell you if the writer's a retard or not.
I would consider Ebonics a type of style too, but I would not call it "proper" in any sense of this "competition." I'm not sure what "proper" rule in not having a subject or a predicate breaks, but I would have thought it would be forbidden in this here thing.

Maybe it is just in some people's "style" to refer to cunnilingus as fellatio...but who am I to judge...

Ebonics is a linguistically-recognized dialect of English. CAL.

If word choice is a criterion in this here contest then I have been ELIMINATED! I should have said it could be used for effect.

M Club · Post by **M Club** » Fri May 29, 2009 3:04 am

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:
Van's comma usage is perfectly fine. Can you be ELIMINATED for falsely ELIMINATING someone?
I didn't eliminate anybody, hence the question mark.

There are not always clear and concise rules when it comes to commas in all instances, anyway. Commas are used, among other reasons, to emphasize how you want something to be read. Read that sentence aloud, and throw in a break after the word "different," and tell me that doesn't sound awkward to you.

It's not the most lyrical of statements, but Van's commas were used parenthetically, which is one of the clearest rules for comma usage.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Fri May 29, 2009 3:05 am

M Club wrote:The context will tell you if the writer's a retard or not.

Leave it to Mclubbed to decipher whom is or is not a retard, by context. Chump wouldn't know context if it joined him in the Peace Corp.

The problem with anouncements is that everyone gets them. So even the CFB boys, ensconced in their own little worldlet, think they have something worth saying.

M Club · Post by **M Club** » Fri May 29, 2009 3:21 am

War Wagon wrote:She said she's joining the Peace Corp, but where she's going to go, I have no idea. She's got two more full years of school first, so maybe she'll change her mind. Not likely with her, though. Girl makes up her mind to do something, she does it.

Thanks for the encouraging words.

Dave

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Fri May 29, 2009 3:21 am

War Wagon wrote:the CFB boys

Don't be hatin' on those who rule the roost.

Van · Post by **Van** » Fri May 29, 2009 5:42 am

Commas, shmommas. That comma was fine, but sometimes I do have a bad stylistic habit of skipping necessary commas. I sometimes write dialogue in the same rhythm it's spoken, and often times that doesn't work. Gotta always remind myself to stay on top of that...

Mr T · Post by **Mr T** » Fri May 29, 2009 7:08 am

Wat: dis hair? Wat evar happin tootha P3T conte$t?

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Fri May 29, 2009 11:49 am

That comma was fine

WHY WOULD YOU PAUSE AFTER THE WORD "DIFFERENT" IF SAYING IT ALOUD? YOU BROKE UP THE NATURAL FLOW OF THAT STATEMENT YOU RAGING COCKSLIT!!

ucantdoitdoggieSTyle2 · Fri May 29, 2009 12:55 pm

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:
That comma was fine
WHY WOULD YOU PAUSE AFTER THE WORD "DIFFERENT" IF SAYING IT ALOUD?

Christopher Walken.................................. says to......................................... fuck............ off.

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Fri May 29, 2009 1:13 pm

Mr T wrote:I turned on the TV yesterday after some yard work and see Alabama is playing Jacksonville St on espn. The score is like 8-0 with a inning or two to go. Well this one dyke from bama crushes one for a HR, then precedes to show up the picture by dancing around and pointing on the first base line and is followed by the whole dugout to come out and they dance on home plate and yell at JackSt for a bit. Then back in the dugout the dykes are still screaming at the pitcher and opposing team.

Up 9-0 in a game and trash talking like a mother fucker. In the real sport of baseball the next two batters would be struck by a pitch followed by a bench clearing brawl, which would make schimk proud.

You would figure since women will never make money in softball that they would at least have sportsmanship and class, but I guess not.

E-FUCKING-LIMINATED!!!!!!!!!

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Fri May 29, 2009 1:20 pm

IndyFrisco wrote:Mike,

Check your PM's on the BBQ Sauce.

E FUKKIN' LIMINATED!!!!!

The Deciders · Post by **The Deciders** » Fri May 29, 2009 1:23 pm

Who gives a fuck about an Oxford comma?

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Fri May 29, 2009 1:25 pm

ucantdoitdoggieSTyle2 wrote:
MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:
That comma was fine
WHY WOULD YOU PAUSE AFTER THE WORD "DIFFERENT" IF SAYING IT ALOUD?
Christopher Walken.................................. says to......................................... fuck............ off.

William Shatner.....................................can kick....................Walken's.......................assface.

ucantdoitdoggieSTyle2 · Fri May 29, 2009 1:26 pm

Nice edit!

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Fri May 29, 2009 1:27 pm

The Deciders wrote:Who gives a fuck about an Oxford comma?

Deftly played.

Felix · Post by **Felix** » Fri May 29, 2009 3:14 pm

Van wrote:Felix, spelling errors are spelling errors, right? The rules were stated in the first post of this thread. I already C&P'd you the section which clearly states that for the purposes of this contest spelling errors will be cause for elimination.

yeah, it was clearly pointed out that spelling errors were cause for elimination

but now that I've been kicked to the curb, I plan on going on a speliing error blitzkrieg