Topic: FAO: Bert
Anonymous A started this discussion 8 years ago #76,463
Sentences begin with a capital letter. Questions end with question marks. Acronyms are typed in upper-case. These are very basic rules that anyone who has ever spent one hour studying English must know. Always use this basic knowledge here!
Meta !Sober//iZs joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 2 minutes later[^] [v] #898,814
mark..twain.... was a real southerb gentlemean..... trippytrptrpgirl.....
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 12 seconds later, 3 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #898,815
I gotta be me..
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 10 seconds later, 3 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #898,816
who cares... nazi grammer..
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 20 seconds later, 3 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #898,817
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 8 years ago, 31 seconds later, 4 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #898,818
@898,815 (C)
Always do your very best to write "perfect" texts. You are not expected to write a novel or any kind of advanced English, really, as long as the stuff you do write is correct in terms of grammar, spelling and punctuation. If you don't know how to use fancy punctuation, just write simple sentences! Incorrect spelling is "unforgivable" due to spell checking, but grammar is trickier. Try to keep things "on your level" a simple but correct text is better than an advanced text that is incorrect. If you are not a native English speaker and you haven't received proper education, but it is obvious that you try your very best to form English sentences, your post will be accepted. Please mention this, though. Slang and smileys are OK. So-called "textspeak" or "Internet English" is not.
Always do your very best to write "perfect" texts. You are not expected to write a novel or any kind of advanced English, really, as long as the stuff you do write is correct in terms of grammar, spelling and punctuation. If you don't know how to use fancy punctuation, just write simple sentences! Incorrect spelling is "unforgivable" due to spell checking, but grammar is trickier. Try to keep things "on your level" a simple but correct text is better than an advanced text that is incorrect. If you are not a native English speaker and you haven't received proper education, but it is obvious that you try your very best to form English sentences, your post will be accepted. Please mention this, though. Slang and smileys are OK. So-called "textspeak" or "Internet English" is not.
Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 8 years ago, 38 seconds later, 4 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #898,819
@898,814 (Meta !Sober//iZs)
@898,817 (E)
Replies must be 100% on-topic (of course you can include short off-topic remarks in the same reply which is otherwise on-topic) and helpful (never tell people to "Google it" or something similar (assuming that the topic is a question/request)). Never be afraid of "branching" a discussion by starting a new topic whenever there is even a slight risk that the discussion will drift off-topic.
@898,817 (E)
Replies must be 100% on-topic (of course you can include short off-topic remarks in the same reply which is otherwise on-topic) and helpful (never tell people to "Google it" or something similar (assuming that the topic is a question/request)). Never be afraid of "branching" a discussion by starting a new topic whenever there is even a slight risk that the discussion will drift off-topic.
Anonymous E replied with this 8 years ago, 2 minutes later, 7 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #898,820
"I am almost sure by witness of my ear, but cannot be positive, for I know grammar by ear only, not by note, not by the rules. A generation ago I knew the rules---knew them by heart, word for word, though not their meanings---and I still know one of them: the one which says---but never mind, it will come back to me presently."
~Samuel Clemens
~Samuel Clemens