
Cigarettes, gambling, porn and booze. What's your addiction? How low have you sunk and how have you tried to beat it?
Thanks to big-girl's-blouse for the suggestion
( , Thu 18 Dec 2008, 16:42)
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Because for gods sake is it really to hard not to sound like your illiterate?
( , Sun 21 Dec 2008, 20:05, 12 replies)

...Your absent apostrophes, letters 'o' and 'e' and comma are deliberate...
( , Sun 21 Dec 2008, 20:13, closed)

But now I'm not so sure because I can't tell if the majority of these replies are ironic or not. Beaten at my own game eh?
( , Wed 24 Dec 2008, 19:37, closed)

*Sheathes grammar-nazi sword*
*backs away slowly*
( , Sun 21 Dec 2008, 21:13, closed)

Apostrophe after the d. Also it is "you're" not "your", you bait-monger you.
( , Sun 21 Dec 2008, 23:02, closed)

Dear Sir/Madam,
In addition to the other errors in your posting, you have committed the faux pas of crafting an incomplete phrase. As a copy editor (which is what we in the colonies call a sub-editor), I would suggest the following phrasing:
``For God's(*) sake, is it really hard to not sound like you're illiterate [you fucking pedant]? ''
*: The letter G is capitalized as a matter of style, not grammar.
N.B.: Material in square brackets is optional
( , Sun 21 Dec 2008, 23:35, closed)

Contrary to standard practice, you just split your infinitive.
That's a mistake up with which Strunk and White will not put.
( , Sun 21 Dec 2008, 23:41, closed)

Touche, sir. Strunk and White, however, is a wretched disease. The publication which employs me has its own style guide, which gives a significant amount of leeway to editors (even when they're deprived of sleep). As a sad side note, I doubt whether most readers would even notice if the newspaper were as filled with inaccuracies as the original post.
( , Mon 22 Dec 2008, 0:11, closed)

I could have a field day, or is bait being laid here by a cunning linguist?
( , Mon 22 Dec 2008, 0:18, closed)

My eye is twitching...I can't take it...must navigate away from the page...
( , Mon 22 Dec 2008, 13:03, closed)
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