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[aduidarnenye]

1. Poverty has nothing to do with teaching language.
2. English is more difficult than most languages.
3. There is a lack of consensus on some rules of English. For example, some teachers argue that you only use an apostrophe when using the possessive with a proper noun that ends with 's', but others will say you have to use an apostrophe + 's' in those instances.

The inability of native English speakers to speak and write decent English goes far beyond using an apostrophe for words that end with 's'. Also, there are very few English grammar rules that are contentious. Finally, I believe that English is considered more difficult to learn when you are not a native speaker, not when you are a native speaker of the language.

I used to edit the papers of university students. The writing was atrocious.

[Pharaun]

I used to edit the papers of university students. The writing was atrocious.

I blame the interwebs and all that fancy text messaging...

[aduidarnenye]

I blame the interwebs and all that fancy text messaging...

I did it around 1995. It is not a new problem.

[Nattack]

I blame the interwebs and all that fancy text messaging...

here i thought the internet would improve spelling in people due to the vast amount of reading and writing you must do, but no, apparently not. u no wut im sayin?

[Pharaun]

I did it around 1995. It is not a new problem.

I meant it as a joke, but I'm sure that it has had some effect. I know that a good portion of my graduating class in high school could barely write a coherent sentence and this was back in the mid 90's before the internet and text messaging really took hold.

[aduidarnenye]

I meant it as a joke, but I'm sure that it has had some effect. I know that a good portion of my graduating class in high school could barely write a coherent sentence and this was back in the mid 90's before the internet and text messaging really took hold.

Isn't there some meme out there of a picture of a high school essay done in leet speak or something like that?

I knew it was a joke too, by the way! I am English language teacher in real life and my Saudi and Korean students know more about English grammar than the average native university student. The whole issue hits home with me.

[deadpooled]

btw yugl....piss-poor doesnt generally mean poverty..Brits use it as a term for 'extremely bad' eg. that pass the quarterback threw then was seriously piss-poor (though we'd say something like 'that goal-keeper is piss-poor' or 'you have a piss-poor attitude')

carry on :D

[Yugl]

Don't worry about it. America fixed your language.

[Karbuncle]

hay, Make fun of them, Not eachother!

More crappy threads.

[Myrrh_Quetz]

I should post that Hirokai troll SS I have. Now that's bad English.

[arus2001]

I dont know how you guys and gals can deal with that site so much. I get headaches just from reading quotes of it. I very rarely click a link and go actually check the Officials out, but when I do i just sit and wonder..... Why?????

I have more fun poking at the people here who post like they're on the verge of vomiting from whatever. The fact they just seem to keep bringing up the same few posters (Rambus, Krystal, Starcade, Pchan) doesn't make things any more amusing or really proof that there's nothing but idiots there.

[Henihhi]

Lol its all in good fun. There are some people over there with decent ideas and stuff, but they usually get drowned out by the rants etc from the one you mentioned.

[Guitarman]

10 seconds to find a retard post. new record.

We are at yet another job adjustments but no sight of spirits adjustments. When are they coming? There hasn't been a single spirit update since I bought this game 2003. (Not counting adding thunder spirit and dark spirit scrolls or Elemental Siphon, because neither of them adjusted spirits)

The issue is so severe it should have highest priority, borderline emergency maintenance level, and yet it seems to not even be considered. I've reported this issue every single year, and it seems like I'm wasting my time.

[Kensagaku]

Yeah, I was just reading that.

That aside, has anyone noticed Swords' signature? He thinks its impressive despite me pointing out that Qutrubs take doubled damage. >.>

[Fievel]

Oh god that HAS to be a troll post, right?! RIGHT?!?!

[Kazen]

[dev1009] Notorious monster adjustments...

How do you justify the adjustments your making to the blackbelt NM's?

I know why your changing this, but why punish the entire population of FFXI players, when it makes more sense to ban those players using 3rd party software in order to monopolise the blackbelt.

Surely the £9 they pay each month can't make that much of a difference to the billionares collecting the paychecks... So why punish us?

Now if the pop item wass dropped by a normal monster or NM, spawned under normal timed conditions, this would be a more fair solution to your problem, making people spend 99 kindred seals to fight an NM that isn't garuanteed to drop the required item, isn't going to do this, instead you'll find the cheats back at work monopolising the KSNM system. Well done SE!

plus his sig lol

Guarding 207 - Goldsmithing 30 - Cooking 30 - Smithing 30

[Fievel]

I lol'd, his idea to fix botted time spawn NM's is to make the pop item come from a time spawn mob or NM?

Also lol @ sig

[Kazen]

Starcade is just a goldmine of posts.

My "Psycho Rants", by the way, tend to draw the attention of law enforcement, so we haven't gone there quite yet.

I am very afraid what's going to happen if Square-Enix ever gets the stupid idea of holding a FanFest out in this part of the country (western US) again.

You guys quite literally make me sick. I had this kind of experience when I swore off Wizards of the Coast and Magic: The Cheating. I don't think you want me to go through that again.

Let me put it this way: Square-Enix is going to have to toss a lot of you guys, or they're going to have to get rid of me.

[Greatguardian]

Starcade is just a goldmine of posts.

That raises legitimate red flags for me, not even kidding. It sounds very much like he's threatening to storm into Vanafest with a gun/baseball bat. Reported it and hope it receives serious attention.

[Byrthnoth]

He really calls to mind the visual of some pimply-faced kid absolutely raging out after he loses a Magic the Gathering game, flipping over a table, and calling everyone a cheater.