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Post by BunnyWithStick » Sun Oct 08, 2006 7:22 pm

So do you! :P

Perhaps it would be a good idea to get back on topic then?

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Post by leDoOd » Sun Oct 08, 2006 8:44 pm

HAHA, thanks to Jeff/David who made this its own topic! xD

So yes, grammar... I've found that the majority of forums are lacking in this basic principle, and except for a couple of people, Wolfire has the most accurate grammar on a forum I've ever seen.

PROPS.

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Post by BunnyWithStick » Sun Oct 08, 2006 9:04 pm

Well, now we have to get back off topic… :?

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Post by leDoOd » Sun Oct 08, 2006 9:25 pm

Get off my topic!

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Post by BunnyWithStick » Sun Oct 08, 2006 9:56 pm

Ok! :P

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Post by leDoOd » Sun Oct 08, 2006 10:04 pm

You were deflating it.

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Post by Renegade_Turner » Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:19 pm

LOUD NOISES.

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Post by MacWiggy » Mon Oct 09, 2006 5:01 pm

I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE YELLING ABOUT!

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Post by Viking Zippy » Mon Oct 09, 2006 5:42 pm

I don't know either, but this is definitely one of the funniest threads I have seen in a long time ...

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Post by Albab » Mon Oct 09, 2006 10:08 pm

lol teh grammar iz teh sex. It IS VCRs, renagade. The apostraphe is not used for plurals.

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Post by wormguy » Tue Oct 10, 2006 1:58 pm

Renegade_Turner wrote:No, because it's an acronym, so your way makes no sense. I'm sorry. It is "video cassette recorders", but it's not "VCRs". It's "VCR's." Cheers.
I can tell you're not from the US. In the US, correct usage would be VCRs. In the UK, correct usage is VCR's. So, technically, you're all right.

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Post by Renegade_Turner » Tue Oct 10, 2006 3:38 pm

US English fails @ life & internet.

On another note, I beat the internet. Jesus was quite difficult.

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Post by BunnyWithStick » Tue Oct 10, 2006 6:17 pm

What? I'm using the US VERSION OF THE PLURAL OF VCR???

Well, I've always used a combination of US English and, well, "English, just English". :P

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Post by Renegade_Turner » Tue Oct 10, 2006 6:24 pm

Examples of variations between US and UK English. Where UK English words end in "ise" or "our", US English words end in "ize" or "or". E.g. Socialise/socialize, colour/color.

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Post by BunnyWithStick » Tue Oct 10, 2006 6:26 pm

I sometimes use socialize, sometimes socialise, but always use colour, oh wonderful strangeness of me! :P

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