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 Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 10:10 am Post subject: "What? I didn't know that." post of the day awards |
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I was wondering if anyone could volunteer to prowl the forums for interesting posts by our members everyday, or atleast on a regular basis, and at the conclusion of the day, nominate a certain post by a user to be the bearer of the "What? I didn't know that." award and send the poster a healthy sum of GC$ as a reward for his originality.
We can decide the amount of GC$ to be awarded later. I just want to know the opinion of the general populace. Do you guys like the idea?
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darrenstraight
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| Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 10:15 am Post subject: |
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| Something similar was discussed once before so I'll be happy to go along with it, it would encourage more people to post more original and quality posts. |
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Eric
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| Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 10:18 am Post subject: |
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No it wasn't, be quiet! Now give me GC$500 for winning the award.
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darrenstraight
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| Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 10:21 am Post subject: |
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| Eric wrote: | | No it wasn't, be quiet! Now give me GC$500 for winning the award. |
You haven't won nothing yet. 
I said similar, not exactly a like, what I meant is like when we discussed a poster of the month thing that never happened. |
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Eric
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| Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 10:26 am Post subject: |
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Dude, it's not the same thing. You're making me angry.
Anyways, your first sentence is invalid.
The correct form is: "You haven't won anything yet!"
| Darren Straight wrote: | You haven't won nothing yet.
I said similar, not exactly a like, what I meant is like when we discussed a poster of the month thing that never happened. |
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darrenstraight
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| Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 10:32 am Post subject: |
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| Eric wrote: | Dude, it's not the same thing. You're making me angry.
Anyways, your first sentence is invalid.
The correct form is: "You haven't won anything yet!"
| Darren Straight wrote: | You haven't won nothing yet.
I said similar, not exactly a like, what I meant is like when we discussed a poster of the month thing that never happened. |
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I know but I felt like saying something different, anyway do you fowl to see that I seem to be the only body apart from you who has said ok to it! |
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Eric
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| Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 10:35 am Post subject: |
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You're making me angry due to your sorry excuse for English. Anyways, thanks for agreeing with me, soldier.
I guess we're a two-man army in this big war, eh?
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darrenstraight
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| Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 10:55 am Post subject: |
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| Eric wrote: | You're making me angry due to your sorry excuse for English. Anyways, thanks for agreeing with me, soldier.
I guess we're a two-man army in this big war, eh? |
I guess.
ps. Instead of criticising my English and saying that haven gone to Spain and not written a lot of English for nine years, is no excuse, shouldn’t you be correcting me on my spelling mistake so I learn my errors, like wise I would also like to learn new languages if anybody would like to help me go ahead and be my guest and I’ll help them what I can with English or Spanish. |
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This isn't English class. If your post is readable, I do not care. I respect the fact that some people haven't been around English as much as others, and they may not be as good. Having said that, I do not claim to be an English teacher, but believe that it is in your best interests if I correct your previous post. I'm sure Eric will find mistakes within my editing, but I'm just trying to help (you asked for it!).
| Quote: | | P.S. Instead of criticising my English and saying that having gone to Spain and not written a lot of English for nine years is no excuse, shouldn't you be correcting me on my spelling mistakes so that I learn from my errors instead? Likewise, I would also like to learn new languages. If anybody would like to help me then go ahead and be my guest and I'll help them with English or Spanish when/wherever possible. |
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| Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Justin wrote: | This isn't English class. If your post is readable, I do not care. I respect the fact that some people haven't been around English as much as others, and they may not be as good. Having said that, I do not claim to be an English teacher, but believe that it is in your best interests if I correct your previous post. I'm sure Eric will find mistakes within my editing, but I'm just trying to help (you asked for it!).
| Quote: | | P.S. Instead of criticising my English and saying that having gone to Spain and not written a lot of English for nine years is no excuse, shouldn't you be correcting me on my spelling mistakes so that I learn from my errors instead? Likewise, I would also like to learn new languages. If anybody would like to help me then go ahead and be my guest and I'll help them with English or Spanish when/wherever possible. |
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Thanks Justin,
Reading back at my last post I see all the mistakes I've made and I can’t believe there's so many and that the post is overall quite hard to read. |
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| Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Justin wrote: | This isn't English class. If your post is readable, I do not care. I respect the fact that some people haven't been around English as much as others, and they may not be as good. Having said that, I do not claim to be an English teacher, but believe that it is in your best interests if I correct your previous post. I'm sure Eric will find mistakes within my editing, but I'm just trying to help (you asked for it!).
| Quote: | | P.S. Instead of criticising my English and saying that having gone to Spain and not written a lot of English for nine years is no excuse, shouldn't you be correcting me on my spelling mistakes so that I learn from my errors instead? Likewise, I would also like to learn new languages. If anybody would like to help me then go ahead and be my guest and I'll help them with English or Spanish when/wherever possible. |
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i Totally agree with justin. As far as posts are readable its fine. As most of us may not be as fluent in English as other members. I also make a lot of mistakes and i am weak in grammar but that dosent mean i should not post here. I will be oblidged if i get somefeedback on my grammar 
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| Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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| hey guys, we have deviated from the topic and probably this english deserves a seperate thread! coming back, i like the idea and would love eric to present the nuts and bolts! ( hope you like the idiom)( laugh) |
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Eric
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| Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 4:06 am Post subject: |
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lol Darren, don't worry. Your posts are readable. If I find any mistakes, I always point them out. It's not like pointlessly criticise you for it. People learn from their mistakes but you always spell 'our' as 'are' lol.
Anyways, dyslexia isn't anything to be ashamed of. His Majesty, the reigning King of Sweden, Carl Gustaf also suffers from the same. He has misspelled his name plenty of times and it is a publicly known fact.
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