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Misc: How To Talk Properly On Forums

Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 9:16 am
by Infern0
Hi, this is like, a millionth tutorial of me, but i never released one, but this is a tutorial on how to spell properly. And not using the "Ph34r3d H4x" talk.

Let us commence.

Apostrophes, commas and dots
Ok, probably the easiest part.
As you can see, i like to use comma's, dots and apostrofs alot. They make the sentence more clear to read.
You use an apostrof on word like: Don't, I've, You've, We're, You're etc, etc.
You use comma's to seperate an sentence from another sentence. Like this:
Ok, look at this!
It makes the sentence look more nicer and smarter looking.
You use dots at the end of a sentence;
I did use that thingy.
See, nice use of sentences.

Spaces and alinea's
Another easy grammar useage, spaces. You use spaces to seperate words from eachother(duh!) and if you say: Hi,*space* i'm elite.
See? Enter a space in the *space* part so it looks like: Hi, i'm elite.

You use alinea's if you go from one subject to another one. You then use an alinea. I just used one.

Capitals
Please, for gods sake, use Capitals!!! CAPITALS DOESN'T MEAN YOU NEED TO TYPE SENTENCES IN CAPS. No, just one capital for names, or the begin of an sentence.

Faulty grammar and h4x
Ok, this is probably the most fun part. The faulty grammar and h4x part. If you see someone type in faulty grammar and doesn't seperate his sentences, that would suck to read.
Look:
OMG OMG lolol i made this wepen it luks relly cwool lolol i pwn lolol plz giv cred
Well, that's not easily readable. Please, take 5 more seconds just to type out an sentence "correct". Don't be a lazy bum.
Oh and h4x language.
Do i have to say anything about "Sp43k1ng 1n h4%"?
It's an vile language used by newbies, trying to look cool. But they're not. Stay away from h4x language or die from the strange aura about it.


Well foolish kids, i hoped you learn something to use. If you don't use this properly, i will kill you.

Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 9:42 am
by Katarn
I spy a grammatical error and I'm not even on the third sentence.
Elite_commander wrote:They make the sentence more clearly to read.
It should be: They make the sentence more clearly read.
Or: They make the sentence more clear to the reader.
Or: They make the sentence more easily read.
Or: They make the sentence more clear to read.

Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 10:24 am
by Infern0
Katarn wrote:I spy a grammatical error and I'm not even on the third sentence.
Elite_commander wrote:They make the sentence more clearly to read.
It should be: They make the sentence more clearly read.
Or: They make the sentence more clear to the reader.
Or: They make the sentence more easily read.
Or: They make the sentence more clear to read.
Don't blame me, i'm just an dutch boy correcting english people... How sad is that actually if dutch guys speak english better... xD
Or they're just lazy.

Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 11:06 am
by DECOY
Very few of us here are actually English. But I know what you mean.

Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 3:39 pm
by an emu
im american

Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 5:38 pm
by Katarn
I also noticed a problem with your title.

It is: Learn how to talk properly on a forum
It should be: Learn how to speak properly on a forum.

Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 8:20 pm
by an emu
elite this probly did u more less good than harm

Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 5:29 am
by Infern0
Katarn wrote:I also noticed a problem with your title.

It is: Learn how to talk properly on a forum
It should be: Learn how to speak properly on a forum.
You don't speak on forums, you talk to them. Eitherways, who cares, it's just an basic tutorial for spelling >.> And with basic i meant that i didn't put much work into it :p

Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 5:54 am
by Katarn
It also isn't proper to start a sentence with and. But yes, a very good idea for a tutorial.

Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 9:23 am
by Infern0
Katarn wrote:It also isn't proper to start a sentence with and. But yes, a very good idea for a tutorial.
Stop correcting me! :evil: But thanks though. :P
Oh and shiza, congratulations. Because you are moderator now ;)

Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 2:55 pm
by Katarn
Elite_commander wrote:
Katarn wrote:It also isn't proper to start a sentence with and. But yes, a very good idea for a tutorial.
Stop correcting me! :evil: But thanks though. :P
Oh and shiza, congratulations. Because you are moderator now ;)
nyuk nyuk

Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 6:51 pm
by Tack122
Apostrofs

perfect i love that spelling of apostrophe
now... to hack into everyones mind and change it muahahaa

Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 6:55 pm
by Katarn
*changed to the right spelling

Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 5:57 am
by Infern0
tack122 wrote:Apostrofs

perfect i love that spelling of apostrophe
now... to hack into everyones mind and change it muahahaa
fu biatch! xD, jk. In my language, it's spelled apostrof.

Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 8:55 am
by Pie
I love this tutorial lol, i'm gunna link it more often to people.

Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 8:59 am
by Infern0
Pie wrote:I love this tutorial lol, i'm gunna link it more often to people.
Thanks pie :)
O and excuse my bad grammar xD

Posted: Sat May 14, 2005 2:18 pm
by JK-47
OH MY GOD! i get enough of this in boaring useless crap english class! :evil: :x :!:

(notice i put oh my god in caps to show my anger of what is going on here.)

and i dont mean to flame its just that im not a fan of english class, and i come here to learn how to add awsome things into halo, not to teach how to make master chief speak proper english, yah know what i mean?

(and the sentence that said "not to teach master cheif how to speak proper english" was a sence of sarcasm and i said it to get my point across)

Posted: Sat May 14, 2005 4:29 pm
by Waverunner
If you don't think it is useful, don't read it!

You may want to consider it, however. I noticed many grammatical errors in your post! Anyways, many of our members here need to learn how to speak proper English. 17 15 ju57 pl41n b0r1n9 70 r34d 7h1ng5 l1k3 7hi5!

Don't read it if you don't want to, but I suggest you do. Nobody is forcing you to do anything :wink:

Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 6:31 pm
by Sentinel
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 6:34 pm
by wes
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