Grammar Nazis

Something many of you are familiar with...

[video=youtube;N4vf8N6GpdM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4vf8N6GpdM&playnext_from=TL&videos=oZE5Id5Qxc8&feature=sub[/video]

...That sounds a LOT like me. I harp on people in real life for their terrible English all of the freaking time.

"Something many of you are familiar with..."
NO.
You must include a subject, verb, and a period. An ellipsis is used to imply trailing off, but if we take it out of your sentence we find ourselves with no period! This is inexcusable!

"Something many of you are familiar with..."
NO.
You must include a subject and a period. An ellipsis is used to imply trailing off, but if we take it out of your sentence we find ourselves with no period! This is inexcusable!

The subject is in the thread title, my good sir. Think of it as being, "Grammar Nazis; something many of you are familiar with...," with a simicolon connecting the two thoughts. That would be grammatically correct.

The subject is in the thread title, my good sir. Think of it as being, "Grammar Nazis; something many of you are familiar with...," with a simicolon connecting the two thoughts. That would be grammatically correct.

Semicolons connect independent clauses. I believe you are looking for a colon.

Semicolons connect independent clauses. I believe you are looking for a colon.

Same pomegranate. In high school, I was taught to use simicolons to connect two ideas. Bad teachers? Maybe.

Same pomegranate. In high school, I was taught to use simicolons to connect two ideas. Bad teachers? Maybe.

Do not blame your failures in life on your teachers. Also, it is spelled "semicolons".

Different. Semicolons connect two thoughts that are very related, but are seperate enough that they can't be help together with a comma. Both thoughts are also indipendent. A colon is used to introduce a list or a specific idea that can not stand on its own.

For example:

Space: It is the final frontier

Many people wanted to travel to space; it was the final fronteir.

+1 thread. Epic video.

Do not blame your failures in life on your teachers. Also, it is spelled "semicolons".

Shaddap. If I had a gun on a boat, I'd shoot you!

Shaddap. If I had a gun on a boat, I'd shoot you!

Shut up.*
I would shoot you.*
Contractions are not proper English; They are used by cheap adolescents that care little ― if at all ― for proper speech.

Different. Semicolons connect two thoughts that are very related, but are seperate enough that they can't be help together with a comma. Both thoughts are also indipendent. A colon is used to introduce a list or a specific idea that can not stand on its own.

For example:

Space: It is the final frontier

Many people wanted to travel to space; it was the final fronteir.

There is this crazy new invention called "Spell Check". Have you heard of it?
And it is "cannot". See my rebuttal to ShiKage.

[COLOR="Red"]

Shut up.*
I would shoot you.*
Contractions are not proper English; They are used by cheap adolescents that care little ― if at all ― for proper speech.



There is this crazy new invention called spell check.
And it is "cannot". See my rebuttal to ShiKage.

Aren't contractions only not allowed in papers, but okay in real life?[/COLOR]

Aren't contractions only not allowed in papers, but okay in real life?

They are not proper anywhere. Of course one would use proper English on a paper; There is no reason to not do so when typing on an online forum.

Shut up.*
I would shoot you.*
Contractions are not proper English; They are used by cheap adolescents that care little ― if at all ― for proper speech.



There is this crazy new invention called spell check.
And it is "cannot". See my rebuttal to ShiKage.

Obviously you're using the "Grammar Nazi" thing to flame or cause hate in this thread and to only grow your 1/4 inch e-penis.

inb4realnazis

Obviously you're using the "Grammar Nazi" thing to flame or cause hate in this thread and to only grow your 1/4 inch e-penis.

The correct wording is "you are".

inb4'umad,bro?'

The correct wording is "you are".

Sir, correct yourself! The correct grammar for that sentence is that the period goes BEFORE the final quotation mark!

Sir, correct yourself! The correct grammar for that sentence is that the period goes BEFORE the final quotation mark!

However, the period is not part of the quotation.

Ah but the period is not part of the quotation.

Whether or not it is part of the quotation, all punctuation is supposed to go inside quotation marks.