A couple pet peeves...

[azmodeus1]

Um... HUH?! What doing other peoples' lousy grammar have to do with playing DDO? I see it in email, IM, text, professional documents, etc. It annoys me everywhere. My pet peeves are non-discriminatory about where they apply. ;^)

Its "What does...", and "people's".

If you don't take the time to proof-read everything you type, why should others? Especially in a video game where the time of deleting a whole sentance to re-type it properly is just not worth it.

Grammer just isn't one of those things that matters, as long as you can understand the meaning of the sentance.

But if it really bothers you still, i demand you edit your post properly.

[arch0njw]

Its "What does...", and "people's".

If you don't take the time to proof-read everything you type, why should others? Especially in a video game where the time of deleting a whole sentance to re-type it properly is just not worth it.

Grammer just isn't one of those things that matters, as long as you can understand the meaning of the sentance.

But if it really bothers you still, i demand you edit your post properly.

That was me taking my sarcasm a few steps further. I could take it farther, but I'm not using a laptop right now.

[fluffybunnywilson]

Piking I did get eventually, but thank you.

What is the purpose of "Pick Up Group"? I don't even know if I should say "a pick up group" or if that is more like "LFM" where one wouldn't use an article. I'm not really so much concerned about whether or not to use an article and more showing exactly how I don't have any idea what that means or is for.

A Pick Up Group (PUG) is a group of people that you don't necessarily know. The term usually refers to hitting up an LFM in order to run a quest instead of going to guild chat to gather up a group or having a static group of friends that play together.

Most people in DDO pug most of the time, but a lot of guilds run most of their stuff together instead of "pugging".

[Schmoe]

*whoosh*

That's two who've missed it. Shall we try for three?

A bon mot: moot mute moat of comprehension.

[arch0njw]

That was me taking my sarcasm a few steps further. I could take it farther, but I'm not using a laptop right now.

Though the use of the trailing apostrophe in that case denotes plural possessive. It is an appropriate use when talking about the bad grammar of many people. So my attempt at being incorrect was correct (plural possessive... you are my nemesis!!!). My use of "doing" was sarcasm.

[arch0njw]

A Pick Up Group (PUG) is a group of people that you don't necessarily know. The term usually refers to hitting up an LFM in order to run a quest instead of going to guild chat to gather up a group or having a static group of friends that play together.

Most people in DDO pug most of the time, but a lot of guilds run most of their stuff together instead of "pugging".

Ah. That makes many conversations I've read make a heck of a lot more sense! It definitely makes more sense than imagining a group of "good ol' boys" standing around their pickups trying to decide what quest to take on...

[Schmoe]

Ah. That makes many conversations I've read make a heck of a lot more sense! It definitely makes more sense than imagining a group of "good ol' boys" standing around their pickups trying to decide what quest to take on...

You might be a redneck if...

[Razcar]

Oh? I always thought when people were talking about "May-lay" they were referring to natural springtime urges with regards to the "birds and the bees". This clarification helps a lot. ;p

That would be a spring roll.

I'll get my coat.

[Tholar]

*whoosh*

That's two who've missed it. Shall we try for three?

mewt.

Ask and you shall receive.

[voodoogroves]

Irregardless, its a mute point.

Funny story ... I just got neg-repped for this ;-)


I shall carry that one like a badge ... and I think we have our 3rd miss!

[Astraghal]

The word to use in comparisons is "than" not "then" (which indicates a sequence of events).

For example, "My e-peen is bigger THAN your e-peen" which indicates a comparison, NOT, "My ham is tastier THEN you ham", which indicates my ham is tastier before your ham which is nonesense.

Dunno how this mistake became so common.

Thanks for mentioning that, I was beginning to think I was going insane. I literally would not have believed when I was growing up that something like this could ever possibly happen to the English language.

I've also noticed that when people raise issues like this, they are quickly shot down, as if the people who are doing it KNOW they are doing it, but because they think it was ordained by the Great Meme God , it's something that must be defended.

[Rubiconn]

You also failed to point out "irregardless" is also incorrect. It's just plain old "regardless."



Not only that, but voodoogroves was just trying to be funny.

Not completely accurate, irregardless is correct just no longer a common form.

[Bobthesponge]

Irregardless, its a mute point.

Ha! +1 sir...

[Bobthesponge]

People also drop the phrase "to be" out of their sentences quite often. For example, "I need rezzed". I'm really not sure how THIS happens so frequently.

is the question really to be or not to be?

[Bobthesponge]

No one balked at "its" though ... man, the internet is a tough crowd!

**** (not a foal)! you beat me to it. i was scanning the rest of the post to see if anyone picked up the "it's/its"...

[articwarrior]

**** (not a foal)! you beat me to it. i was scanning the rest of the post to see if anyone picked up the "it's/its"...

Shouldn't "i" be a capitol letter?

[Bobthesponge]

Shouldn't "i" be a capitol letter?

only if it is issued on official government letterhead.

(and i have spent too many years programming to capialize unless i really think about it)

[arch0njw]

only if it is issued on official government letterhead.

(and i have spent too many years programming to capialize unless i really think about it)

Clearly you haven't spent a lot of time in VisualStudio. They Really Like Their Leading Capital Letters There!!! I don't think I've capitalized a logic controller since Pascal!

[arch0njw]

that Would Be A Spring Roll.

I'll Get My Coat.

*lol* :')

[fluffybunnywilson]

Not completely accurate, irregardless is correct just no longer a common form.

Both Strunk and White are now spinning in their graves.