Quote: "Clonkex - it's just a forum post"
NOW it's a forum post, but soon it's a marketplace mistake, and then it's an auto-reply email mistake, and then it's a robot that can't spell, and then the world belongs to the robots!!
Quote: "Should that not be 'if you'. If you're ever confused, remember 'you're' is an abbreviation of 'you are'"
Crap, I KNEW I'd get something wrong in my post correcting grammar!
Actually it was meant to be "you'd" but my fingers detected the apostrophe as I was typing and auto-corrected my brain's intention into a "you're"
Quote: "Now, now, play nice children."
Haha
Quote: "He might have meant to type "If you'd prefer...", using the contraction for 'you would'."
Indeed
Quote: "I have been known to edit a post if I find even the smallest issue after posting"
I do almost every single time. I do re-read my posts before posting, and carefully too, but it's sometimes easier to see mistakes in the posted message than in the typing box.
Quote: "It was just funny how Clonkex had a big issue with the use of 'it's' and then makes a minor mistake himself... Practice what you preach I say..."
lol
I try! If I'd noticed the problem I'd have edited it immediately! Also...as you're not American (they spell it differently), you should have spelled it "Practise". Really.
It's like "advice" and "advise". You can't "practice" something, that would be like trying to "advice" someone. Similarly, "practise makes perfect" makes no sense. Practise = Verb; Practice = Noun. To remember it, just think of "advice" and "advise".
Quote: "To be fair to Clonex, that is actually one grammar issue I will hold my hands up to and say I genuinely didn't know."
Sure, ok. I know plenty of people that, instead of being lazy about spelling/grammar, simply don't know how. They honestly never took any notice during schooling or were never taught.
Funny how most people can't spell my name...
Quote: "it's (correctly used)"
Yes! Good work!
Quote: "Having said that, to be fair to myself, normally my grammar is fine."
I can see that. You do better than most people.
Quote: "I don't proof read my forum messages and my typing speed actually exceeds my thinking speed, so I consider my forum messages pretty damn good considering!"
I'll say! I assumed you carefully proof-read them like I do
Actually my thinking speed exceeds my typing, so all too often I end up with missing words (more so with hand-written stuff).
Quote: "If any of those people choose not to play my game because I put a comma in the wrong place then fair play to them and their screwed up standards."
Indeed. I still play and thoroughly enjoy Chivalry: Medieval Warfare despite its horrific spelling mistakes and awful support.
Quote: "Oh, and to be fair, since "Bob's thing" implies ownership, "It's thing" actually is a logical assumption of correct grammar, so I feel vindicated that I've been making that mistakes for years because logically it makes sense."
Indeed, that's why most people make that mistake. It took me a long while to learn the correct method. That's why I said if you forget, remember that it's the same as "yours" and "hers": they're all pronouns and don't need apostrophes to show possession. But yeah it's totally a logical assumption, just incorrect
Quote: "EDIT: Sorry Fallout, this is misuse of your excellent thread."
Indeed. ASAP back to DreadCom (which, by the way, I think is a far better name than Space Squadron 2....much more memorable, and that's important)
