Re: Mark Conrad is Mental!

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"Alias" <iamaliasTAK3THIS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:h5hhk9$gkn$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


Translation: you can find no such errors. All you'll be able to find is a typo or two.

These are not typos; do not flatter yourself.

you will be able to find...< That is the correct way to present your wording above if you really wanted to be pedantic about it.

Contraction use although acceptable is not credible and is a lazy way to use grammar and you would not receive any Hugo awards if you were writing a book that way. Look back on your past posts; I think you will find the 'contraction' use of your words is abundant.

Here is an example from one of your old antagonistic posts with Frank -

You said you would find me and make me pay. You didn't, can't and
won't. You can beg me to go to Paris but that ain't happening. Try
carrying out your first threat. Oh, you can't, can you?

The use of didn't, 'can't' and won't all in the same sentence is atrocious grammar. That sentence should have been worded thus so -

You said you would find me and make me pay. You did not, cannot and will not find me at all.

Secondly, the second line down -

Although the use of 'ain't' is used in American English in certain junctures, it is widely disapproved as non-standard and more common in the habitual speech of the less educated.

Although we know it to be a contraction of "am not", "is not", "are not", "have not" or "has not", it is still considered non-standard and bad grammar unless you are using it in the context of somebody actually saying it or emphasizing the word as an example or expression in inverted commas.

In the one sentence you produced above, you have used five contractions and one of them you should have not used at all. That is just one sentence in one post of yours. That is appalling grammar.

http://uk.encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/Ain%2527t.html

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Ain%27t

http://www.askoxford.com/results/?view=dict&freesearch=Ain't&branch=13842570&textsearchtype=exact

Really? What mistakes did I make?
"Me Tarzan, you Jane" is understandable but not correct. My favorite from Americans is when asked how they are, they reply "I'm good".

Although the full stop is acceptable outside of quotation marks like those you have above, it is generally well known and preferred by authors that all punctuation should be inside quotation marks. Publishers prefer this also.
I maybe being pedantic here but it is a fact.

How do we know your name is Andy? And do you really think that you're
the only Andy in the world?

Above, you have used the word 'And' at the beginning of a sentence. You really did not need that word at all.

This is true, I am not the only Andy in the world but my name is Andy nonetheless because I have no reason to lie or hide from it. Now if your name was John, I could relate to that. If your name was Peter, I could relate to that also but by using the name Alias, by the very nature of the name, does sound a bit suspect and childish do you not think?

Really? What mistakes did I make?

Being born is probably the biggest one.

Not grammar, sorry.

I know but quick witted you have to admit

Um, you were criticizing another poster's English. End of story. Had you just used improper English, I wouldn't have said a thing.

Do I look like I really care what you say or think? Who the hell are you, Oscar Wilde? The beef was between me and another poster so who made you the authority to *** in?

BTW, that should have been worded above 'I would not have said a thing'.
(BTW is an abbreviation. It is used in these posts and is short for 'By The Way.' I hope that this is acceptable for you.)

It's interesting how you fall back on ad hominems like Frank does when you're totally and irrevocably refuted and shown to be the fool.

'It is interesting... not 'it's interesting.' 'You are totally', not 'you're totally' Tut tut. You are a lazy fellow where grammar is concerned.
'like Frank does' should be 'as Frank does.' (Use of the word 'like', not good.)

I do not need anyone to fight my battles and it is not I that have been refuted but you. You are another conceited cretin who lives in here and believes he knows it all but in fact knows very little and before calling me a fool, take a long hard look at yourself. I am not the one who thinks Microsoft will be out of business in three years.

BTW, I revisited one of my earlier posts; the one that you said had too many commas in it. You need to pause for breath in-between each comma and it is perfectly acceptable. Even though I grant you it is a long sentence as your compatriot mentioned, it is perfectly acceptable and nothing wrong with it at all.

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