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Author Topic: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread  (Read 203589 times)

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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #920 on: March 09, 2021, 03:57:06 AM »
there are unfortunately ~194 countries that don't currently except it. ;)

That's the type of mistakes that you make when you plan zooms that you cancel

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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #921 on: April 23, 2021, 05:41:53 PM »
What about people who struggle with seeing the leaders we're supposedly leaders sin?

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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #923 on: November 26, 2021, 10:35:13 AM »
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How useful is this for someone who generally uses Hebrew words interspersed in their writing?

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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #924 on: November 26, 2021, 11:37:20 AM »
How useful is this for someone who generally uses Hebrew words interspersed in their writing?
It is definitely still useful for the English portions but not sure how much specifically from the premium features
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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #925 on: November 26, 2021, 11:40:08 AM »
How useful is this for someone who generally uses Hebrew words interspersed in their writing?

It is still a gevaldikeh metziah*

*I don't actually have a paid plan and do not know what the premium features are.

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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #926 on: November 26, 2021, 12:11:34 PM »
It is still a gevaldikeh metziah*

*I don't actually have a paid plan and do not know what the premium features are.
*Did you mean gaveled Matzo?*

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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #927 on: November 26, 2021, 12:11:54 PM »
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MS Edge does it for free. It just changed to to too.  :)
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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #928 on: November 26, 2021, 02:31:45 PM »
*Did you mean gaveled Matzo?*

Convoluted way to say Matzah meal?
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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #929 on: November 26, 2021, 02:39:07 PM »
It is still a gevaldikeh metziah*

It might alert you that the rest of the world has already transitioned to gevaldigeh :)

(I'm aware that in Lubavitch the authentic ק is still being used)

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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #930 on: November 26, 2021, 02:45:44 PM »
MS Edge does it for free. It just changed to to too.  :)
I find this to be much more comprehensive that the browser-based ones (but I didn't try Edge)
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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #931 on: November 26, 2021, 02:57:26 PM »
It might alert you that the rest of the world has already transitioned to gevaldigeh :)

(I'm aware that in Lubavitch the authentic ק is still being used)

I'm not aware of the grammatical correctness or incorrectness of either, all I know is that my wife's grandfather was Zelig, and other families spell it Zelik, which drives me insane.

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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #932 on: November 26, 2021, 03:46:33 PM »
I'm not aware of the grammatical correctness or incorrectness of either, all I know is that my wife's grandfather was Zelig, and other families spell it Zelik, which drives me insane.

I believe the reason has to do with not having a posuk that starts with a ז and ends with a ג.
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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #933 on: December 08, 2021, 11:56:55 AM »
Nominating myself.

Worst run-on I've written in a long time but quite frankly I don't have the patience to rewrite it.

You'd think that enlarging the overall NP system would be helpful, but instead of giving world-class sites such as Deadhorse, Custer, and many others the NP recognition they deserve and lightening the load at other parks, they keep on adding garbage like Gateway Arch and every other hill in the east.
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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #934 on: December 08, 2021, 08:13:13 PM »
Nominating myself.

Worst run-on I've written in a long time but quite frankly I don't have the patience to rewrite it.
Not every long sentence is a run-on.
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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #935 on: December 08, 2021, 08:29:33 PM »
Not every long sentence is a run-on.

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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #936 on: December 08, 2021, 10:18:20 PM »
I'd be delighted for redemption... tell me more!
Your sentence has one thought:
"You'd think blah but instead of blah they keep on adding garbage..."
Overall looks fine to me.
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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #937 on: December 08, 2021, 10:59:27 PM »
Not every long sentence is a run-on.
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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #938 on: December 14, 2021, 06:44:29 PM »
Is it correct to use the comma in the following sentence?
I am not disagreeing, but it all depends on what the law is.
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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #939 on: December 14, 2021, 06:46:31 PM »
Is it correct to use the comma in the following sentence?
I am not disagreeing, but it all depends on what the law is.
I'm no expert, but I'd say it is correct.
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