Tools for communication! - Page 2

Acid · 03-02-2006, 04:53 PM

AHHH! Ok now, it's Trooper's turn to read this thread

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|TG|Ryan · 04-04-2006, 08:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MalyJay

I thought it was spelt quiet for (near) silence and quite was for describing something, as in 'i was quite merry'.
Not to be picky or anything, but it is a post on grammer...

Spelt= Spelled
Grammer=Grammar
Quiet: I was quite while passed out. (Silent) You mean quiet

ScratchMonkey · 04-06-2006, 06:49 AM

flammable: will burn
inflammable: synonym for flammable
nonflammable: doesn't burn
http://www.bartleby.com/64/C003/0126.html

Also, I used to think volatile was another term for flammable because I saw the two together on trucks. (I live near several oil refineries.) But volatile means that something vaporizes (changes to a gas) easily.

**Wimpinator** · 01-11-2007, 06:29 PM

I would like to point out that Firefox 2.0.0.1 has a built in spell check. It works quite well.

thebleakaffinity · 01-11-2007, 06:34 PM

So does paying attention in your high school english courses!

|TG|SugarNCamo · 01-14-2007, 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ScratchMonkey

flammable: will burn
inflammable: synonym for flammable
nonflammable: doesn't burn
http://www.bartleby.com/64/C003/0126.html

Also, I used to think volatile was another term for flammable because I saw the two together on trucks. (I live near several oil refineries.) But volatile means that something vaporizes (changes to a gas) easily.

Thanks for this! As a science teacher, this one has tripped me up before. Now I have to clarify to the kiddos....

**El_Gringo_Grande** · 02-18-2007, 07:25 PM

this is a test

oops, checking out the ieSpell and, well.... ahhhh..... IT WORKS!

Capt Splendid · 10-06-2008, 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iceberg

Tip: when in doubt, don't use the comma. I think people would rather see less of it then too much of it.

I know a lot of people who do this, and personally I blame the lazy Hoosier lexicon in which I'm immersed.

Then: at that time, after, in that case [I ran then walked. If you don't run, then you should.]
Than: comparison [I think people would rather see less of it than too much of it.]

EDIT:
Looking at El Gringo's signature made me want to remind people about its/it's.
Its: possessive [...government should be afraid of its people.]
It's: it is [It's awesome to be a grammar Nazi!] How I do it: read the sentence again with 'it is' in its place if you want to use an apostrophe. If it doesn't make sense, change it.

ScratchMonkey · 10-06-2008, 06:32 PM

Muphry's Law:

Quote:

If you write anything criticizing editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%27s_law

RogueTheory · 03-30-2009, 01:15 AM

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**CingularDuality** · 03-30-2009, 06:49 AM

Common errors in English: http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html

This is a great site for stuff like this. An example:

Quote:

Whether you are bailing out a rowboat or a bank, use the two-word spelling to describe the action of doing it (the verb form): “we need to bail out the boat before we can go fishing.”

But to label the activity itself (the noun form), use the one-word spelling: “this bailout is going to be expensive.”

**Iceberg** · 03-31-2009, 01:14 PM

I think this qualifies as the one thing I learn new today. For the rest of the day, I'm shutting off my brain.