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Making a snide remark such as "poor grammar skills aside" is not helping to correct someone. It's a nice way of saying "your writing sucks." That's not offering any sort of help. It's just being pretentious and snobby. Instead, maybe if bob had said something to the effect of "You know, I couldn't quite get what you were saying because you had some poor grammar, some run-on sentences, etc. If you can communicate more clearly, we'd be better able to help you out" it wouldn't have come across the way it did. |
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I feel the same way about grammar on the internet as I do about being a fashion police
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Like it or not, and regardless of whether people will admit it, you're judged on the words you use and the way you portray yourself, even online. That's why I'm a stickler to grammar in all mediums. Fashion police? That comes down to whether the people who hired you care or not.
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For example, I really get a kick when people I've worked with will throw out someone's resume just because there's a typo or two. Yes, let's completely disregard someone's entire work history and accomplishments because they made a grammatical mistake on a piece of paper. That's great management right there. Likewise, I think it's pretty foolish to judge an official's ability on the court in large measure by their ability to string words together on a keyboard. It's just looking for nits to pick just to pick nits, for the most part. |
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By the way, none of this has anything to with our abilities on the court. This only has to do with our abilities here. And you could say I'm a pretty good stickler, like not altering one's quote. Besides, "mediums" and "media" are both acceptable.
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Confidence is a vehicle, not a destination. Last edited by bainsey; Wed Nov 23, 2011 at 05:22pm. |
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It's a bit more complicated than just saying both are acceptable. It depends on how the word is being used. If you consult Merriam Webster, the accepted plural form of medium when you're talking about conveyance of information is media. "Mediums" is reserved for "material or technical means of artistic expression." |
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Just like what we do, though, sometimes, there's backlash when we blow the whistle.
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That's exactly what he meant. Why are you looking to be a plumber today?
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I didn't intend to start a firestorm. The phrase "must (should / would / could) OF" as a replacement for "must've" really chaps me, for whatever reasons (that I couldn't explain to your satisfaction anyway).
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Once again, you're not understanding the context of the conversation. And, once again, if you get confused, sometimes it can help to read back through the thread so you can understand what exactly is being said.
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Nothing Bob said was inappropriate. You just want to pick a fight with him (and others who agree with him) over his comment about the poorly written post for some reason.
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Owner/Developer of RefTown.com Commissioner, Portland Basketball Officials Association Last edited by Camron Rust; Thu Nov 24, 2011 at 01:19am. |
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Plumbing the Depths of Depravity Again?
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Why not say instead, "Why are you looking to be a developer of an officials' association management system today?" ![]() May your wife's garbage disposal clog with turkey and yam parts tomorrow right before the football game starts, and may your local plumbing agency be unavailable so that you have to try to unclog it yourself but you end up breaking something so that what I, an honored and esteemed plumber, could take care of for a mere 108.00 costs you about 872.00 once you get around to replacing everything you broke when you shoved your tire iron down there to try to dislodge whatever is clogging things up and you end up breaking the sink for all your untrained efforts. ![]() "Every time you flush, you put food on my family's table" P.S. Anybody remember what this thread was about originally? I forgot.
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Making Every Effort to Be in the Right Place at the Right Time, Looking at the Right Thing to Make the Right Call Last edited by Freddy; Wed Nov 23, 2011 at 10:12pm. |
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