[TheGreatGig23]

QUOTE (Slamman @ Wednesday, Apr 25 2012, 13:43)

what's so hard about asking me what I mean?

Does it not strike you as odd that it's not just one or two members who find it difficult to understand you, it's many more, English speaking ones at that?

I'm not having a go or anything, I'm just pointing something out. Luckily, I understand you most of the time but when you do, kind of, "go off on one" as we Brits put it, your post often becomes a virtual fight club for grammar. You have commas in comas, caps lock in a head-lock and exclamation marks being strangled by question marks.

I'm not saying you should go changing your ways and become a more proficient writer, all I'm saying is that the problem of people not understanding you is down to your willy-nilly attitude towards grammar. Still, it's the way you write and I suppose if people genuinely think you have something good to say, they'll make the effort to decipher your posts.

Again, I'm not having a go, just pointing something out. I don't want another awkward PM

This post has been edited by TheGreatGig23 on Wednesday, Apr 25 2012, 15:22

[Alfresco]

This is a post in the general area of the forum. Also I like the sig of the guy above.

[Voodoo]

QUOTE (TheGreatGig23 @ Wednesday, Apr 25 2012, 10:20)

I'm not saying you should go changing your ways and become a more proficient writer

As if that were even possible. It doesn't help to ask what he means, either. All you'll get is a new clusterf*ck of random on a completely different tangent.

[Slamman]

QUOTE (TheGreatGig23 @ Wednesday, Apr 25 2012, 15:20)

QUOTE (Slamman @ Wednesday, Apr 25 2012, 13:43) what's so hard about asking me what I mean? Does it not strike you as odd that it's not just one or two members who find it difficult to understand you, it's many more, English speaking ones at that? I'm not having a go or anything, I'm just pointing something out. Luckily, I understand you most of the time but when you do, kind of, "go off on one" as we Brits put it, your post often becomes a virtual fight club for grammar. You have commas in comas, caps lock in a head-lock and exclamation marks being strangled by question marks. I'm not saying you should go changing your ways and become a more proficient writer, all I'm saying is that the problem of people not understanding you is down to your willy-nilly attitude towards grammar. Still, it's the way you write and I suppose if people genuinely think you have something good to say, they'll make the effort to decipher your posts. Again, I'm not having a go, just pointing something out. I don't want another awkward PM

I think they're thinking up any excuse, since they happen to dislike me it seems, I never rag on other members to deserve it, I just ask to let me know, I can't follow all the replies or topics, you'd think.

As for Voodoo, that's his hater attitude talking

[Voodoo]

QUOTE (Slamman @ Friday, Apr 27 2012, 22:54)

As for Voodoo, that's his hater attitude talking

No, you are a sh*tty poster. Ask around.

[Icarus]

QUOTE (Voodoo @ Friday, Apr 27 2012, 22:38)

QUOTE (Slamman @ Friday, Apr 27 2012, 22:54) As for Voodoo, that's his hater attitude talking No, you are a sh*tty poster. Ask around.

I second this statement wholeheartedly.

[OH NO]

Am i f*ck going to constantly use apostrophes and that. "youre" is just as good you're in my opinion.Not knocking people with superior typing skills to me though. Its this replacing "have " with "of that slightly irritates me. People get defensivewhen you correct them as well (out of the goodness of my own heart)
also maybe slightly looking for an argument.

if I started doing the opposite though,


"lets of a piece of that cake"

"Im well suited to the job, I of numerous skills ,many have which I learnt by the age have 19 .

What kind have maniac are we dealing with here?Some kind have lunatic?


theres a guy on the ledge have that building!


Anyway, what im saying is that total bastardisation of language is getting out have hand

[Slamman]

I never used "!" instead of "?", I merely forgot to cap my questions with "?", happens to the best of us....or so I thought

[Icarus is a hater as well, no surprise, you're all HATERS]

I capitalize a word when it's emphasized in what I am typing, giving it more importance, I don't use BB for sake of BB codes

I also don't mind commas here and there, My sentences look naked without them

This post has been edited by Slamman on Saturday, Apr 28 2012, 22:48

[OH NO]

QUOTE (Slamman @ Saturday, Apr 28 2012, 22:45)

I never used "!" instead of "?", I merely forgot to cap my questions with "?", happens to the best of us....or so I thought

I see.

[goin-god]

QUOTE (Slamman @ Apr 28 2012, 22:45)

I never used "!" instead of "?", I merely forgot to cap my questions with "?", happens to the best of us....or so I thought

Not really.

QUOTE (Slamman @ Apr 28 2012, 22:45)

[Icarus is a hater as well, no surprise, you're all HATERS]

Yeah, everybody is wrong. Not you.

QUOTE (Slamman @ Apr 28 2012, 22:45)

I capitalize a word when it's emphasized in what I am typing, giving it more importance, I don't use BB for sake of BB codes

Okay, no problem with that. I guess.

QUOTE (Slamman @ Apr 28 2012, 22:45)

I also don't mind commas here and there, My sentences look naked without them

That dosn't make any sense. It makes your sentences unreadable.

[OH NO]

QUOTE (Slamman @ Saturday, Apr 28 2012, 22:45)

[Icarus is a hater as well, no surprise, you're all HATERS]

[TheGreatGig23]

QUOTE (Slamman @ Saturday, Apr 28 2012, 23:45)

I never used "!" instead of "?", I merely forgot to cap my questions with "?", happens to the best of us....or so I thought [Icarus is a hater as well, no surprise, you're all HATERS] I capitalize a word when it's emphasized in what I am typing, giving it more importance, I don't use BB for sake of BB codes I also don't mind commas here and there, My sentences look naked without them

I was going to rant about everything that's messed up about that post but I really can't be bothered . As I've said before, bending the rules of grammar to suit yourself is what makes some of your posts unreadable.

Also, do you not think your last sentence looks "naked" without a full stop at the end? The disregard of logic is mind-blowing.

[GTA_stu]

That mision in GTA IV comes to mind, I think it was called "hating the haters". In my mind Slamman is an effeminate podgy male running away in a pink and cream shell suit (track suit) ,with his fingers in his ears going "lalalala i can't hear you you haters!" and there's a mob of people chasing him with baseball bats.

Just so we're clear, that's only the case for this topic. I don't usually have that image in my head.

[Slamman]

No, that ain't it. What mission?!
The fact is, I have no strong suit, I'm a jack-off of all trades! hahaha
Seriously, I was a lot worse in my linguistic syntax until I took note of complaints, but part of it comes about because of habit, I developed my typing in recent years via use of Instant Messenger, That was back in the early 2000s, I typed a lot slower then I would say

[OH NO]

QUOTE (Slamman @ Sunday, Apr 29 2012, 01:09)

No, that ain't it. What mission?! The fact is, I have no strong suit, I'm a jack-off of all trades! hahaha Seriously, I was a lot worse in my linguistic syntax until I took note of complaints, but part of it comes about because of habit, I developed my typing in recent years via use of Instant Messenger, That was back in the early 2000s, I typed a lot slower then I would say

So are you saying that your typing skills improved ..by typing a lot?

[lil weasel]

How about the people who drop the 'not'(*) in their writings (and speech)?
"I could * care less."
"i failed 'stoaway' [because] I can * get close to the plane."
From a NetWork Guide:
"...and it should * be too difficult to hit more targets than they get."



This post has been edited by lil weasel on Tuesday, May 1 2012, 23:24

[Slamman]

QUOTE (OH NO @ Sunday, Apr 29 2012, 01:13)

QUOTE (Slamman @ Sunday, Apr 29 2012, 01:09) No, that ain't it. What mission?! The fact is, I have no strong suit, I'm a jack-off of all trades! hahaha Seriously, I was a lot worse in my linguistic syntax until I took note of complaints, but part of it comes about because of habit, I developed my typing in recent years via use of Instant Messenger, That was back in the early 2000s, I typed a lot slower then I would say So are you saying that your typing skills improved ..by typing a lot?

Oh yeah, That's true of everyone, I think. IMs helped my speed, but at times I still hunt and peck. I noticed someone elses use of caps in the same manner as I, and I'm not referring to another GTAF user, so I'm vindicated in my mind. As noted, many a younger contributers posting is worser them mine (SIC)

[OH NO]

QUOTE (Slamman @ Tuesday, May 1 2012, 06:54)

QUOTE (OH NO @ Sunday, Apr 29 2012, 01:13) QUOTE (Slamman @ Sunday, Apr 29 2012, 01:09) No, that ain't it. What mission?! The fact is, I have no strong suit, I'm a jack-off of all trades! hahaha Seriously, I was a lot worse in my linguistic syntax until I took note of complaints, but part of it comes about because of habit, I developed my typing in recent years via use of Instant Messenger, That was back in the early 2000s, I typed a lot slower then I would say So are you saying that your typing skills improved ..by typing a lot? Oh yeah, That's true of everyone, I think. IMs helped my speed, but at times I still hunt and peck. I noticed someone elses use of caps in the same manner as I, and I'm not referring to another GTAF user, so I'm vindicated in my mind. As noted, many a younger contributers posting is worser them mine (SIC)

Well you have to put typing into perspective.Typing is in typing itself a classic case of the instigation of words appearing on screen, in an order relating to hand movement. You can train yourself by attaching clothes pegs to your thumbs I hear.

[Icarus]

QUOTE (Slamman @ Saturday, Apr 28 2012, 16:45)

[Icarus is a hater as well, no surprise, you're all HATERS]

To be fair, I hate stupid people. It's not my problem you fall into that category.

[Slamman]

I hate arrogant people, who gives a damn if you're smart, since you lack people skills. I'm not going to get into it further then that, hoping you come to see the errors of your ways, just as much as others hope it's the same for me, I'm sure