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Official Spelling contest kill thread.

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Behad, Jan 1, 2003.

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  1. FlyerFanatic

    FlyerFanatic YOU BOYS LIKE MEXICO!?! YEEEHAAWW
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    Maybe the next time this goes on you can name it the Spelling and Grammar contest, just a suggestion :D
     
  2. fadeaway

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    Numerous instances where "i" should be capitalized.

    Sorry 3814.
     
  3. FlyerFanatic

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    Beat me to it, fade.

    its :possessive pronoun of the word "it"

    it's :contraction meaning "it is"
     
  6. Behad

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    smilie tags do not count. The above was ": possessive" without the space.
     
  7. FlyerFanatic

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    Thats a grammar error not a spelling error no word up there is spelled wrong, sure i might have used it in the wrong wat but its not spelled wrong
     
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    ahh crap spelled way wrong caught it myself my spelling sucks!!!!!
     
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    Ha ha. You said "wat". Bang. :p
     
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    ehhh oh well, wish the edit post option was avail :(
     
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    if this is true, than I should be back in.
     
  12. Behad

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    Don't you mean "then"...Goodbye!
     
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    And back out again for using "than" instead of "then".
     
  14. drapg

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    so this IS a grammar contest?

    you know what, forget it. I kil myself
     
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    "neway"?

    Die Crisco, die! :cool:
     
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    But the words are misspelled.

    My example : I used "to", instead of "too". The meaning of my sentence clearly implied that I wanted the latter form, but I mistakenly put the first one in.

    That counts as a spelling error because a letter is omitted. The correct way to spell the word I wanted was t-o-o, not t-o, as I wrote. It would be as incorrect as writing "tody", when you meant to write "today" - both are omissions of key letters, or in some cases, substituting the wrong letter. Like spelling the word "todey", instead of "today".

    And I took myself down, because I couldn't stand the thought of something so ignominous as being called out for using "to" instead of "too". I learned that stuff back in first grade.
     
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    Amen, Puedlfor.
     
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    I posted that before I entered the contest. I'm not dead yet.
     
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    Now this is a sticky subject. The contest officially started at midnight on January 1. CK joined after the start time. The post in question came in the interim. Is it a kill? Is he an official entrant? Who is the judge for this contest? Is it HtownHero's decision to make?
     
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