DUST Search - Friendly Reminder from Your Resident Grammar Kitten

Wakko03 wrote:

Oh, I can tell you are silly.

At times I was known on the MAG forums for having the longest wall of text that was not useless chest thumping, it was a skill tree and set-up guide for the move and the sharpshooter.

Let me break this down for you, it is a BETA Forum; chances are that a few days before release this will all be locked and a new area created with sub-sections for clan or corp support - just like what happens with every other beta I have ever been a part of. Or moved over to the psn forums as a form of advertising the game to people who don't know about it, if it has a lot of traffic and stays on the front page, but since those forums underwent a return to Lithium it has been a mess.

The only people that actual care about the use of proper grammar are those still in school (be it student or teacher).

This is not for posterity, there won't be a History Channel Show about letters from the front lines of the Dust Beta. (queue up the south park thanksgiving aliens episode)

I type close to 140 wpm, so there is not always time to concern oneself with the proper use of words that are commonly misused as long as the statement is not altered to the point of being confusing.

Can you find the run on sentence, how about that dangling participle, this is not a game of mad libs......instead of proof reading the internet shouldn't you be organizing the sock draw by type, name, color and use?


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Gyrnius ZionTCD Legacy Rising 65	Posted - 2012.07.09 21:41:00 - [1] - Quote "Your" is possessive. "I blew up your Sagaris with my prototype forge gun" "You're" is a contraction of "you are." "You're right - blew my butt right out of my tank!" Please, MAG players especially, learn the difference. You're making fools of yourselves and REALLY detracting from what could otherwise be well-constructed posts worthy of further discussion. The More You Know...
Gyrnius ZionTCD Legacy Rising 65	Posted - 2012.07.09 21:45:00 - [2] - Quote gangsta nachos wrote: Gyrnius wrote: "Your" is possessive. "I blew up your Sagaris with my prototype forge gun" "You're" is a contraction of "you are." "You're right - blew my butt right out of my tank!" Please, MAG players especially, learn the difference. You're making fools of yourselves and REALLY detracting from what could otherwise be well-contructed posts worthy of further discussion. The More You Know... your thread is useless PERFECT! <3
Gyrnius ZionTCD Legacy Rising 65	Posted - 2012.07.09 21:47:00 - [3] - Quote xprotoman23 wrote: dude probably sucks at DUST Yeah I'm not awesome. 1.85 k/d or something like that. I'm a really objective-minded player though and my anti-vehicle skills are pretty hot. I love that all of the people insulting me so far have actually done so with proper grammar =)
Gyrnius ZionTCD Legacy Rising 65	Posted - 2012.07.09 21:55:00 - [4] - Quote gangsta nachos wrote: And why does this bother you so much eh This is a very valid question. The truth is, I REALLY want to read players' insights into the game and how it could be improved. Terrible grammar, punctuation and spelling renders otherwise intelligent and thoughtful posts nearly unintelligible however. It makes it tough for me to take the posters of such drivel seriously. This undermines their credibility - if they can't take the basic effort of conveying themselves intelligibly why should I lend any braincells to their arguments? I figured a friendly PSA would, if nothing other than breeding a whole lot of hate against me, potentially help educate someone in such a way that their future posts are taken seriously. And those of you insulting me - thanks again for at least doing so intelligibly =)
Gyrnius ZionTCD Legacy Rising 65	Posted - 2012.07.16 22:02:00 - [5] - Quote Angely Unomahar wrote: Gyrnius wrote: "Your" is possessive. "I blew up your Sagaris with my prototype forge gun" "You're" is a contraction of "you are." "You're right - blew my butt right out of my tank!" Please, MAG players especially, learn the difference. You're making fools of yourselves and REALLY detracting from what could otherwise be well-constructed posts worthy of further discussion. The More You Know... common' guy speak french, and after that we'll speak about grammar / spelling.... if someone make mistake, it's maybe not cuz he's dumb, but just because it's not he's language ^^ (but for learn, hope people will say to me if i do some mistake ) J'ai oublie tout mon francais. For what its worth, the worst offenders are native speakers. In fact, its most likely their ONLY language. You can tell because their phrasing is very colloquial - not likely to be available to non-native speakers. Still, the point about language being about communication that evolves over time is very true - who knows, maybe 50 years from now l33t speak will be in the Oxford Dictionary? In the mean time, I'll continue to provide the occasional PSA to help ensure the Dust populace can at least appear to be more than the average fps players =) wow I got 10 more likes between yesterday and today? Thanks folks, love you too!
Gyrnius ZionTCD Legacy Rising 65	Posted - 2012.07.16 23:34:00 - [6] - Quote Wakko03 wrote: Oh, I can tell you are silly. At times I was known on the MAG forums for having the longest wall of text that was not useless chest thumping, it was a skill tree and set-up guide for the move and the sharpshooter. Let me break this down for you, it is a BETA Forum; chances are that a few days before release this will all be locked and a new area created with sub-sections for clan or corp support - just like what happens with every other beta I have ever been a part of. Or moved over to the psn forums as a form of advertising the game to people who don't know about it, if it has a lot of traffic and stays on the front page, but since those forums underwent a return to Lithium it has been a mess. The only people that actual care about the use of proper grammar are those still in school (be it student or teacher). This is not for posterity, there won't be a History Channel Show about letters from the front lines of the Dust Beta. (queue up the south park thanksgiving aliens episode) I type close to 140 wpm, so there is not always time to concern oneself with the proper use of words that are commonly misused as long as the statement is not altered to the point of being confusing. Can you find the run on sentence, how about that dangling participle, this is not a game of mad libs......instead of proof reading the internet shouldn't you be organizing the sock draw by type, name, color and use? All well and true, but if you want to convey your message in such a way that other players pay attention and perhaps swing to your views then the poster should consider writing with a modicum of attention to detail in grammar and spelling, as well as the actual content. I'm not saying that their posts should be acceptable as a doctoral thesis - I'm saying they should put SOME effort into it if they want people to pay attention to their ideas and concepts. tl:dr - Don't let poor delivery ruin your message.