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Originally Posted by DanaC
Good God, man, you just can't help yourself can you? Pompous, self-satisfied, arrogant and absurd.
Let's see, Dana, how this logically follows: I know more about accurate fifteenth-century grammar, without Google, than you do -- and you call me names on that account.
Can't say as that one shows you in your best light.
If you wanted to say "Methinks thou dost protest too much," why then did you write something else?
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Well....I didn't. You quoted from a post by Sundae Girl. I was attempting to suggest that your attack on her use of grammar was an unnecessary and ungracious way to answer her point. I stand by that. Now are you really going to attempt to tell me that you are better with language than Sundae Girl?
This grammar nazi bullshit really aggravates me. If I write a piece for university it is submitted with flawless spelling and flawless grammar. I don't require a spellchecker to ensure that. I submit first draft material and it has not one spelling error, nor a single grammatical mistake. I post here, however and that is not the case. I can only assume this must also follow through for other people, Sundae included. This is because this is an informal setting, not a formal one. If I deliver a speech, I ensure I am very careful wth my language. If I am sitting in a pub chatting with my mates and putting the world to rights, I am less careful.
[eta] pointing out other peoples' grammatical, or spelling, errors isn't necessarily a bad thing: sometimes it is funny, or draws attention to a freudian slip; sometimes it is relevant, as would be the case if someone posted about another dwellar's errors only to litter ther own post with the same. Sometimes, though, and this is why I took umbrage to UG's snipe, it is simply ungracious, or is an attempt to demean and belittle another dwellar.