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nadinbrzezinski | Mar 2014 | OP |
unblock | Mar 2014 | #1 | |
nadinbrzezinski | Mar 2014 | #2 | |
elleng | Mar 2014 | #3 | |
longship | Mar 2014 | #4 | |
nadinbrzezinski | Mar 2014 | #5 | |
Bernardo de La Paz | Mar 2014 | #6 | |
nadinbrzezinski | Mar 2014 | #7 | |
Bernardo de La Paz | Mar 2014 | #9 | |
calimary | Mar 2014 | #14 | |
lastlib | Mar 2014 | #16 | |
Curmudgeoness | Mar 2014 | #20 | |
Pretzel_Warrior | Mar 2014 | #30 | |
lame54 | Mar 2014 | #18 | |
Bernardo de La Paz | Mar 2014 | #8 | |
nadinbrzezinski | Mar 2014 | #10 | |
Bernardo de La Paz | Mar 2014 | #11 | |
Beartracks | Mar 2014 | #12 | |
Plucketeer | Mar 2014 | #15 | |
whopis01 | Mar 2014 | #22 | |
Bernardo de La Paz | Mar 2014 | #23 | |
whopis01 | Mar 2014 | #24 | |
Bernardo de La Paz | Mar 2014 | #27 | |
whopis01 | Mar 2014 | #29 | |
Phlem | Mar 2014 | #13 | |
vlakitti | Mar 2014 | #17 | |
Bandit | Mar 2014 | #19 | |
sad-cafe | Mar 2014 | #21 | |
ChisolmTrailDem | Mar 2014 | #25 | |
libdem4life | Mar 2014 | #26 | |
Bernardo de La Paz | Mar 2014 | #28 | |
raven mad | Mar 2014 | #31 | |
stage left | Mar 2014 | #32 |
Response to nadinbrzezinski (Original post)
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 12:23 PM
unblock (51,188 posts)
1. the grammar nazi saw a typo... his heart stopped as well....
Response to unblock (Reply #1)
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 12:27 PM
nadinbrzezinski (154,021 posts)
2. Quick call 911
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Response to unblock (Reply #1)
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 12:29 PM
elleng (121,798 posts)
3. I before E . . . . .
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Response to unblock (Reply #1)
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 12:29 PM
longship (40,416 posts)
4. Two typos. It was inevitable.
Or maybe the cartoon's author should go back to grammar school.
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Response to longship (Reply #4)
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 12:34 PM
nadinbrzezinski (154,021 posts)
5. I know, the point was made and it was on point
give any US Senator the pay check for an E-2, hell I'll by nice an E-7, and watch them stammer.
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Response to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #5)
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 02:08 PM
Bernardo de La Paz (44,173 posts)
6. "be"
Response to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #6)
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 02:10 PM
nadinbrzezinski (154,021 posts)
7. ?????
Response to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #7)
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 02:14 PM
Bernardo de La Paz (44,173 posts)
9. Presumably you will "be" nice rather than "by nice". nt
Response to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #5)
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 02:39 PM
calimary (73,894 posts)
14. Now THAT kind of typo I can get behind.
I was gonna add something about the incorrect spelling of "received" that caught my eye, but hell, my computer won't even let me type it the wrong way!
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Response to unblock (Reply #1)
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 02:51 PM
lastlib (20,039 posts)
16. the REAL grammar nazi saw TWO errors.....
The Senator in question is obviously a Democrat, because a Repuglikan has no heart to fail.
(I'll let the non-nazis among us stew over what the second error is......) ![]() |
Response to lastlib (Reply #16)
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 08:09 PM
Curmudgeoness (18,219 posts)
20. Ohhhhh! Duh!
![]() It only took me five reads to see it, and I am usually one of the people who finds this sort of thing distracting. |
Response to lastlib (Reply #16)
Wed Mar 5, 2014, 03:48 AM
Pretzel_Warrior (8,361 posts)
30. Apostrophe
Response to unblock (Reply #1)
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 05:33 PM
lame54 (33,288 posts)
18. If it's I before E except after C why does his smock read NCIS?
Response to nadinbrzezinski (Original post)
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 02:14 PM
Bernardo de La Paz (44,173 posts)
8. I wish cartoonists so incisive would not step on their great points by their silly mistakes.
Really, it takes so little effort to be careful.
Think about it in terms of time. If it takes cartoon readers an extra two seconds to stumble over the two grammar / spelling errors at the rate of one out of every two readers, and the cartoonist hopes to have 10,000 readers, then that is 10,000 seconds, or about three hours wasted. If the cartoonist invest a minute checking the text and ten minutes running it by a couple of friends, that is a tremendous gain for very little investment of time. |
Response to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #8)
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 02:15 PM
nadinbrzezinski (154,021 posts)
10. Ok grammar nazi have fun with it
most of the folks who have read and seen this are laughing.
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Response to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #10)
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 02:21 PM
Bernardo de La Paz (44,173 posts)
11. I found it funny too, and incisive as I said. Perspicacious, even.
incisive: (of a person or mental process) intelligently analytical and clear-thinking.
"she was an incisive critic" synonyms: penetrating, acute, sharp, sharp-witted, razor-sharp, keen, astute, trenchant, shrewd, piercing, cutting, perceptive, insightful, percipient, perspicacious, discerning, analytical, clever, smart, quick; |
Response to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #8)
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 02:34 PM
Beartracks (12,022 posts)
12. not to mention...
... that too many readers will focus on the typos rather than the message, or will disregard or even disparage the message altogether.
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Response to Beartracks (Reply #12)
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 02:41 PM
Plucketeer (12,882 posts)
15. Yeah - too many folks only see the "MORAN" sign in their head
Hell, my head USUALLY knows better, while my fingers are kinda dumb.
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Response to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #8)
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 10:24 PM
whopis01 (3,239 posts)
22. Do you feel the spelling mistake takes away from the message
in any way at all?
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Response to whopis01 (Reply #22)
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 10:36 PM
Bernardo de La Paz (44,173 posts)
23. It only takes time away from the message. As I said, it's incisive (and I might add, insightful). nt
Response to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #23)
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 11:12 PM
whopis01 (3,239 posts)
24. It is hard for me to see how it takes away from the message. n/t
Response to whopis01 (Reply #24)
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 11:21 PM
Bernardo de La Paz (44,173 posts)
27. Yes, that would be hard if you didn't read post #8 of mine that you responded to. Try reading it. nt
Response to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #27)
Wed Mar 5, 2014, 03:03 AM
whopis01 (3,239 posts)
29. I did read it.
There really is no need to be rude. It does very little aid the discussion.
I understood your point about all the lost time. However, for me, it still does not take away from the message at all. The communication of the idea is accomplished equally well with or without the mistake. Would it have been better on the author's part to have not had the mistake there? Certainly, at least for aesthetic purposes. Would it have taken much more effort to eliminate it? No, likely it would not have. I agree with you in that sense. However I still stand by my assertion that it does not take away from the message. I think back to when I was in grad school and worked with a post-doc who was from China. He struggled quite a lot with English (at least for the first couple years he was here) and he could be quite difficult to understand. However, he was quite brilliant and once he got his message across the prior difficulties in no way took away from it. I realize that is a bit more of an extreme example than a simple misspelling. But I think the idea that communication is more than and quite separate from the medium holds true for it. But in the end this is, of course, just my opinion. |
Response to nadinbrzezinski (Original post)
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 02:35 PM
Phlem (6,323 posts)
13. This thread has
Godwins law all over it you Nazi's.
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Response to nadinbrzezinski (Original post)
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 06:09 PM
Bandit (21,475 posts)
19. I was cleaning out some stuff yesterday and found record of my very first military paycheck
$6.25 for my first paycheck..I think things are a lot different now though. lol
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Response to nadinbrzezinski (Original post)
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 08:40 PM
sad-cafe (1,277 posts)
21. so true
or hero soldiers do not get the recognition they deserve
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Response to nadinbrzezinski (Original post)
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 11:14 PM
ChisolmTrailDem (9,463 posts)
25. Rec #100 ... nt
Response to nadinbrzezinski (Original post)
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 11:18 PM
libdem4life (13,877 posts)
26. "soldier's paycheck"...possessive not plural.
Response to nadinbrzezinski (Original post)
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 11:23 PM
Bernardo de La Paz (44,173 posts)
28. I think the dialogue writer stole the cartoon & adapted it by writing over pre-existing text. nt
Response to nadinbrzezinski (Original post)
Wed Mar 5, 2014, 08:13 AM
raven mad (4,940 posts)
31. My butt was kicked about grammar from grade school on -
and this is a GREAT cartoon.............
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Response to nadinbrzezinski (Original post)
Wed Mar 5, 2014, 03:43 PM
stage left (2,529 posts)
32. K&R
Frankly the senior senator from SC isn't worth E-2 pay. Nor the junior one either.
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