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*bad mood wednesday*
Gave a fucking project into my fucking manager's manager.

She returns it marked with grammatical mistakes down to the absence of apostrophes and the removal of colons and commas.

She even had the fucking cheek to put this:

dependant

depending - noun as in someone depending on someone for something

I fucking hate working for anally retentive control freaks in a shit office making money for some shithead who doesnt give a flying fuck about anything other than themselves.

Unfortunately I am dependable on this job as a source of income.

That is all. How are you lot?
(I helped save b3ta! prem1um is full of life, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:01, archived)
ALL on the side of the pedant-boss.
Sorry.
(I helped save b3ta! baldmonkey a frothy foul-smelling vaginal discharge, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:02, archived)
Yes.

(I helped save b3ta! Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:03, archived)
Shamefully, this ^

(I helped save b3ta! Wicca'd Witch needs ideas for a new sig on..., Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:03, archived)
Thirded.

(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:05, archived)
*raises hand*

(I helped save b3ta! Fergburger, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:05, archived)
Fifthed

(I helped save b3ta! The Teviot Moose major 5th., Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:06, archived)
Fuck yes.

(I helped save b3ta! Gizmo.mp3 does not exist, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:06, archived)
Indeed
why would you let error strewn communications leave the building ?
(I helped save b3ta! Goatworrier had your mum and she was shit, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:06, archived)
Oh, I've got a great one of them but it's on my pc at home
It's a sign for a bed shop, advertising:
Bed's
Sofa's
Mattresse's
(I helped save b3ta! Fergburger, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:13, archived)
There are so many examples.
They catch the corner of my eye as I'm walking down the street and make me twitch
(I helped save b3ta! Gizmo.mp3 does not exist, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:14, archived)
My favourite
Was the porn shop on Tottenham Court Road that claimed to offer "Marital Aides"
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:28, archived)
this was in metal!!!
www.flickr.com/photos/mr_black/231000583/
(I helped save b3ta! MrA, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:15, archived)
And this.

(I helped save b3ta! Gizmo.mp3 does not exist, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:06, archived)
^Here
If you've ever tried to follow poorly-woreded instructions you understand how important grammar be.
(I helped save b3ta! setimret likes his metaphors mixed, not stirred, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:06, archived)
Afraid so.

(I helped save b3ta! Zuowan, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:06, archived)
And 'you fucking illiterate' THIS

(I helped save b3ta! Gizmo.mp3 does not exist, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:06, archived)
Afraid I have to be

(I helped save b3ta! Dave the Mighty, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:07, archived)
I repeat: Yes.

(I helped save b3ta! Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:07, archived)
Well if gizzard and flapsack get a second vote ...
HEAR HEAR!
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:08, archived)
Come on now, don't all be a bunch of sheep.
BAAA-BAAAAA
(53020, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:09, archived)
Hello sylvia ... did somebody get that last account banned after all?

(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:11, archived)

b3ta.com/talk/2240865
(I helped save b3ta! Gizmo.mp3 does not exist, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:12, archived)
I have missed her
I want her to come back, she amuses me.
I want to tie her up and experiment a bit.
(I helped save b3ta! Enigmatic ™                 Voice No More                  ©, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:15, archived)
On a chair with no seat?
And with a thick knotted rope?
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:18, archived)
You pathetic cock-knocker.

(I helped save b3ta! baldmonkey a frothy foul-smelling vaginal discharge, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:11, archived)
I'm responding to peer pressure now

(I helped save b3ta! Wicca'd Witch needs ideas for a new sig on..., Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:09, archived)
I'm not.




oh dagnabbit!
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:12, archived)
I agree,
LEARN TO USE APOSTROPHE'S OR FUCK OFF.
(I helped save b3ta! sprinkles ITS AN ISLAND, morron, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:09, archived)
pfft

(I helped save b3ta! L-Space - scientia sapientes vocat., Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:11, archived)
hah

(I helped save b3ta! Boondocks, YEAH! has a massive penis. Everyone is scared., Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:12, archived)
I can't believed I just laughed at a post by sprinkles

(I helped save b3ta! Fergburger, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:14, archived)
ALL THIS AGREEMENT IS GIVING ME THE HORN

(I helped save b3ta! Gizmo.mp3 does not exist, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:10, archived)
Actually, I'm siding with prem1um on this.
Oh, wait, no I'm not. Sorry, I meant to say, I hope the illiterate cunt gets fired.

/pack mentality
(I helped save b3ta! Mr. Tea Dmedff, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:10, archived)
Don't you dare agree just because everyone else does.

(I helped save b3ta! Gizmo.mp3 does not exist, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:12, archived)
OK.
Sure.
Whatever.
(I helped save b3ta! Mr. Tea Dmedff, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:14, archived)
I'm
hungry!
(I helped save b3ta! biscuits_alive taste my rainbow, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:11, archived)
ME TOO.
I AM ALSO HUNGRY.
(I helped save b3ta! baldmonkey a frothy foul-smelling vaginal discharge, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:11, archived)
I'm munching an authentic homemade chicken samosa, so I'm no longer hungry
nyom nyom nyom
(I helped save b3ta! Dave the Mighty, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:12, archived)
I'm not.
But if everybody else is having a kebab then I'll come with you.
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:14, archived)
TO THE KEBAB SHOP.

(I helped save b3ta! baldmonkey a frothy foul-smelling vaginal discharge, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:15, archived)
I'd have gone further, and corrected the spelling of "dependent"

(I helped save b3ta! dotmund .co.uk, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:14, archived)
Slimy and moist

(I helped save b3ta! Boondocks, YEAH! has a massive penis. Everyone is scared., Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:03, archived)
My boss is out this afternoon.
no work for me.
(I helped save b3ta! spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:03, archived)
*scans post for grammar and spelling mistakes*

(I helped save b3ta! Zuowan, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:03, archived)
I did this also
I am assuming they spent sometime being COMPLETELY sure of no errors in this instance.
(I helped save b3ta! MCQ Cartoons n' shit: bagowank.com, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:03, archived)
^
sometime some time
(I helped save b3ta! no cake for the impuritay Patrick Stewart hasn't aged since, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:08, archived)
pffft

(I helped save b3ta! Gizmo.mp3 does not exist, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:08, archived)
I DON'T CARE
I DON'T CARE

NAH NAH NAH
(I helped save b3ta! MCQ Cartoons n' shit: bagowank.com, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:12, archived)
up your bum

(I helped save b3ta! prem1um is full of life, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:03, archived)
How's your hand?

(I helped save b3ta! Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:04, archived)
Presumably currently
up my bum.
(I helped save b3ta! Zuowan, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:05, archived)
I'm great I've just had a pepperami for a 4pm breakfast
go go student sloth.

*goes to bank*
(I helped save b3ta! MCQ Cartoons n' shit: bagowank.com, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:03, archived)
Just been to bank. Am now worried at low level of funds

(I helped save b3ta! Dave the Mighty, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:08, archived)
Learn to write properly then
Don't blame her for your ignorance
(I helped save b3ta! Enigmatic ™                 Voice No More                  ©, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:03, archived)
This.
↑
(I helped save b3ta! Jobe, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:06, archived)
Seconded.

(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:09, archived)
Managers managers manager
*sigh*
(53020, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:03, archived)
Eh?

(I helped save b3ta! Fergburger, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:05, archived)
I think he was typing in order to see his post count increase
He hasn't said much that's acutally pushed a discussion on
(I helped save b3ta! Dave the Mighty, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:09, archived)
No
you are dependent and the paycheck is dependable. Fuck 'em, but learn to spell and punctuate. It's, really: rather easy; i Promis..
(I helped save b3ta! biscuits_alive taste my rainbow, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:03, archived)
i don't care about her correcting your grammar, but i don't understand the dependant thing. context?
/fuzzy-muzzy-headed blog
(I helped save b3ta! sleepybinky, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:04, archived)
which is correct?
"We are depending on Supplier X for a delivery of widgets."
"We are dependant on Supplier X for a delivery of widgets."

It's the first one. (And even if it were the second, it'd be 'dependent'.)
(I helped save b3ta! Gizmo.mp3 does not exist, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:06, archived)
ywa gizmo, i understand what the difference is.
it what just the matter of which one he should have used, as i don't know how he used the word.
(I helped save b3ta! sleepybinky, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:07, archived)
gay
ywa = yes for someone whose keyboad is under the cat's head, and slipping off my knee
(I helped save b3ta! sleepybinky, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:08, archived)
typos aplenty!
also, this bit confused me:
"depending - noun"
(I helped save b3ta! sleepybinky, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:09, archived)
Perhaps - and I'm shooting in the dark here
you should just learn to spell and punctuate correctly?
ESPECIALLY if it's going to a senior manager - who now thinks you're a retard.

/thoroughly supports your boss's boss
(I helped save b3ta! Gizmo.mp3 does not exist, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:04, archived)
Grammar and spelling ARE important unless the piece is for your own use.
Mind you, I write in proper English in text messages, so I'm probably more anal than your fucking manager's manager.
(I helped save b3ta! Johnny Catfish - Yowsa!, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:04, archived)
This.
Text-speak just seems rude to me. Like people can't be bothered to speak properly.
(I helped save b3ta! baldmonkey a frothy foul-smelling vaginal discharge, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:06, archived)
This
I refuse to use text speak, it isn't hard to word things so that everything you want to say will fit into 160 characters
(I helped save b3ta! Dave the Mighty, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:12, archived)
I'd love a couple of tiers of management for my fucking.
One for decisions on broad strategy: timescales, targets and positions.
And a sub-manager for guidance on specific thrusts and minute-to-minute encouragement.
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:07, archived)
So do I.
I even punctuate and use capital 'I's.
It's mildly tragic, but I can't help it.
(I helped save b3ta! Mr. Tea Dmedff, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:12, archived)
So ... you're inept and have a bit of a crybaby moan when somebody points it out?
Jesus ... I wish you worked for me.
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:05, archived)
Out of fluffers?

(I helped save b3ta! Fenris temporary Lazarus, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:08, archived)
Since when has depending
been a noun?
(I helped save b3ta! L-Space - scientia sapientes vocat., Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:06, archived)
I like it best
as a gerund.
(I helped save b3ta! Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:10, archived)
She's wrong.
"Depending" isn't a noun.

Aside from that, when you do a project for presentation to anyone outside your peers, you ought to ensure the grammar and spelling are good. Innit?
(I helped save b3ta! no cake for the impuritay Patrick Stewart hasn't aged since, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:07, archived)
It can be a noun,
as in "I like swimming." - when ing forms are used like this they are classed as nouns and called "gerunds"
(I helped save b3ta! Zuowan, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:11, archived)
It could be a gerund
if you can find me a reasonable example.
(I helped save b3ta! L-Space - scientia sapientes vocat., Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:14, archived)
"You're the one doing all the depending, you pathetic whiny little man. This isn't a relationship, I'm your fucking care assistant, jesus I should have listened to what my mother said about you."
How's that?
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:23, archived)
For the gerund, thanks.
For the sentiment,


*cries*
(I helped save b3ta! L-Space - scientia sapientes vocat., Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:24, archived)
She resented my depending on her
for pantomime horse sex games.

Although dependance is equally good, if not better.
(I helped save b3ta! Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:25, archived)
A gerund can be classed as a verb or a noun
depending on how abstract your grammar definitions are.
(I helped save b3ta! Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:14, archived)
Nope.
If it's a verb it's not a gerund.
(I helped save b3ta! Zuowan, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:16, archived)
Find me a reasonable use of
'depending' as a gerund. I'm not being arsey, I just can't think of one ...
(I helped save b3ta! L-Space - scientia sapientes vocat., Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:21, archived)
Bit obscure but
"Why do you always depend on people?"
"I like depending."
(I helped save b3ta! Zuowan, Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:24, archived)
Very forced.
Shambles has a better one.
(I helped save b3ta! L-Space - scientia sapientes vocat., Wed 29 Nov 2006, 16:26, archived)