Makes me wonder if CS shouldn't require an "Entrance Exam" to access the CS forum.......

(OK, I'm JK......maybe)

One thing would help a lot,be more strict about the whole Only English rule .

Will make my job easier,just relaxing and zipping my coffee. Instead of cleaning up all the crap..but I guess that is too much to ask for..maybe I should ask Santa

......after you get those yummies you wanted, of course

not english
not english
not english
not english
not english

Dear Santa, do you type in English?

valerie wrote: not english
not english
not english
not english
not english

Dear Santa, do you type in English?

Also, can you please loan me money, put in my PayPal account for my brother's b-day present? ($4)

and then please can you go click my links to vote, for need more for win my little sister daug......(uhhh....what?)

There are plenty of places that have quizzes you need to pass before you're allowed to post on the forum.

Like, the difference between your and you're, and the difference between there, they're and their. They do tend to be higher quality forums. Sometimes, they're unfair to non-native speakers, but that's easily solved with a checkbox for "English is my second language".

It's not so much the test that does it, it's the extra effort. The problems faced by communication platforms is rarely "everyone is stupid", and far more commonly "everyone is lazy". Adding a quick, simple test gives you a self-selecting community of people who will read the FAQ and search the forum first.

BouldRake wrote: There are plenty of places that have quizzes you need to pass before you're allowed to post on the forum.
Like, the difference between your and you're, and the difference between there, they're and their. They do tend to be higher quality forums. Sometimes, they're unfair to non-native speakers, but that's easily solved with a checkbox for "English is my second language".

And to and too, and the ever-increasing use of apostrophes where they have no business being used, and....and....

BouldRake wrote: The problems faced by communication platforms is rarely "everyone is stupid", and far more commonly "everyone is lazy". Adding a quick, simple test gives you a self-selecting community of people who will read the FAQ and search the forum first.

Totally in agreement with you there!

And the lack of a serial comma. Seriously, why does nobody other than me use a serial comma these days?

BouldRake wrote: And the lack of a serial comma. Seriously, why does nobody other than me use a serial comma these days?

I do, although I have to admit I've gotten lazier about it since I rarely see it used anywhere, by anyone.....
I used to REALLY be a stickler for all things spelling, grammar, and punctuation....(very annoying to others!)

BUT - nobody seems to care about any of it these days, as you see total butchering of it all in the news, in major advertising, and really - just everywhere.

GRRRRR!

I try to punctuate the way I speak, rather than as I should punctuate in written text. I suppose I'm equally annoying - because I often run out of punctuation marks to use, long before I should have used any at all.

So....what is the deal with the growing misconception that plurals require an apostrophe?

Like:
idea's
open Sunday's
we fix PC's
mystery novel’s
appetizer's

wtf?

Well, grammar is the difference between knowing your shit, and knowing you're shit. Perhaps they're just confessing.

Marcel-R6 wrote: and zipping my coffee.

Is that what they call it ?

well they're you go

Darkstar2 wrote:

Marcel-R6 wrote: and zipping my coffee.

Is that what they call it ?

I thought maybe there was more to the "zipping" of coffee in the Netherlands that I wasn't aware of.....

Here is how to zip coffee in the Netherlands.

not Going todothat but gotta Please know your,,,"also doodads do do doe.
But nada suppose to start sentence with a But but but so do do everyone do

trybein modoratorator,,and members gots madd denied postesess....

valerie wrote: not Going todothat but gotta Please know your,,,"also doodads do do doe.
But nada suppose to start sentence with a But but but so do do everyone do

trybein modoratorator,,and members gots madd denied postesess....

hahaha! lol

I wasn't sure at first if this was a different language or what....had to read it a few times!

wombatqueen wrote:

valerie wrote: not Going todothat but gotta Please know your,,,"also doodads do do doe.
But nada suppose to start sentence with a But but but so do do everyone do

trybein modoratorator,,and members gots madd denied postesess....

hahaha! lol

I wasn't sure at first if this was a different language or what....had to read it a few times!

Sounds like Valerie needs a vacation

CatMonster wrote: Sounds like Valerie needs a vacation

You might be right....

I thought this

Quote:trybein modoratorator,,and members gots madd denied postesess....

said something about "got a mad demon priestess" when I first read it!!

funny stuff, valerie!