Use proper english on this forum!

[Jeff240sx]

Before you post, use words, not w3rdz, and think about the grammar of your post.

Capitalization
Capitalization is important. It can mean the difference between:

I had to help my Uncle Jack off a horse.
and
i had to help my uncle jack off a horse.

Punctuation
Punctuation is also important. Take the following unpleasant ebay transaction:

I got fucked. Some guy just ripped me, and it was supposed to go smoothly. LIAR!
turns into
i got fucked some guy just ripped me and it was supposed to go smoothly LIAR

Just stuff to think about. I'll give a spelling / synonym lesson when that gets out of hand.
-Jeff

[S14DB]

Is this a bannable offense now?

[ThatGuy]

If bad spelling is going to be bannable, I could really use a spell check feature.

[mjjstang]

Originally Posted by Jeff240sx

I had to help my Uncle Jack off a horse.

is it me or would that still sound gay as fuck. U stil need two say somthing l9ike3 Off OF A horce. or somedin like that

[Phlip]

Originally Posted by ThatGuy

If bad spelling is going to be bannable, I could really use a spell check feature.

Hell, and all this time I thought there was a spell check on here. Only now did I notice that there was not.

[mrmephistopheles]

Originally Posted by S14DB

Is this a bannable offense now?

I think it should be.
Ok, banning is a bit extreme, but one should at least expect a good fucking-with if their spelling, grammar or punctuation are messed up.
Typos and the occasional forgotten period or capital letter are fine, but run-on sentences with no punctuation, capitalization and a distinct majority of misspelled words should be unacceptable.

Nobody's asking anyone for a thesis on Marx and his effects on modern China.
We're just looking for a little bit of readability.

If someone spoke as poorly as some people type, you wouldn't want to listen to them. Hell, I dont want to listen to people who speak like 'thugs' or 'gangsters'. That sort of thing drives me batshit.

-Kevin

[Jeff240sx]

Didn't copy-paste. But the jack off a horse thing was in someone's sig. And I just read a thread with no punctuation so had to include that somehow too.
-Jeff

[Jeff240sx]

Originally Posted by mrmephistopheles

a distinct majority of misspelled words should be unacceptable.

LOL! In my hole lyfe i've never herd of such a thing. But hey. I just ordered a n1 duel exhaust, and theyre grate!
-Jeff

[cali240sxdrifter]

so no more teh hoTn33s or jDM tYte (however you type them out) or what have you, on the boards?

crappy =(

[mrmephistopheles]

nah
I say 'y0' or 'JDM tYt3!' all the time. The thing is, I'm doing it more in a mocking manner. I should really make that more clear.
Besides, sometimes it's funny to make intentional misspellings, etc.
There's a big difference between the occasional misspelling/bad punctuation/grammar and CONSTANT misspelling/bad punctuation/grammar.

[S14DB]

Meh, English is over rated.

[cali240sxdrifter]

ahh ok, now i get it. good thing i can still use my "hella" and "mengs" without getting ban lol

[SimpleS14]

This thread reminds me of Beissen.....

[Bill Roberts]

SO! No more using "PROLLY"

Look it up, that is not how it is spelled. Rolly prolly???

[ThatGuy]

Originally Posted by Mark Twain:

Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling

For example, in Year 1 that useless letter "c" would be dropped to be replased either by "k" or "s", and likewise "x" would no longer be part of the alphabet. The only kase in which "c" would be retained would be the "ch" formation, which will be dealt with later. Year 2 might reform "w" spelling, so that "which" and "one" would take the same konsonant, wile Year 3 might well abolish "y" replasing it with "i" and Iear 4 might fiks the "g/j" anomali wonse and for all...

[evilimport]

the shame of it is...the fact that some people actually think they can spell when they would really end up failing grammer school....



damn hillbillies.

[BSeay]

It happens.... and if i see JdM tYt3 shit one more time i'm gonna flip...

[citizen]

well some of us skipped english class almost every time, so TOO BAD!!!
my grammary is TEH WIN!?11!!!

[Shin_Kudo]

bot i like 2 talkz like dis It maks me sound t3h 1337 JdM tYt3 y0! U got2 rekanize!!!!!!1!!!111!!!LMAOOMW HAX0RZBBQ!!!1!!!1!! shift_one!

(That was a joke, just in case anyone thinks that's actually how I type...)

[mrmephistopheles]

Me fail english? That's unpossible! -Ralph Wiggum

No, Ralphy, it's very possible.

[Rennen]

Originally Posted by evilimport

the shame of it is...the fact that some people actually think they can spell when they would really end up failing grammer school....



damn hillbillies.

Grammar

sheesh, and I am a hillbilly


If you were sarcastic, nevermind.

-Matt

[drftwerks]

lol, oops, i mean Laugh Out Loud, hehe.

[Ghettokracker71]

No more Roflcopters? Lollercoasters? jDm y0 fo' sur3 ?

<--First person to be banned for improper grammar, puctuation, and capitalization.

[Ghettokracker71]

Originally Posted by Jeff240sx

I had to help my Uncle Jack off a horse.

You know;that statement could have a couple of different meanings. I just hope that your uncles name is actually Jack.....

[Jeff240sx]

Hence the capitalization of Uncle Jack, showing that it's a proper noun, and inferring that I do have an Uncle Jack. The second sentence there has no proper nouns, inferring that you're gonna help jerk a horse. This is why capitalization is important. Or you *might* be just a little slow
-Jeff

[Var]

let's drifting!

[old_s13]

i think yer all a bunch of faigs...... hows THAT sound

[Ghettokracker71]

Originally Posted by old_s13

i think yer all a bunch of faigs...... hows THAT sound

WTF is a faig? y0 u iZ t3h sux0r (Couldn't resist,given the nature of this thread. Lol.)

[theicecreamdan]

dubya tee eff mate?

engrish is t3H gh3y, l33t 0wnz engrish a/\/yday

[Jeff240sx]

You all have been warned. That is all.
-Jeff