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I work for Government, I GOT ELECTRONIC TRANSFER into my account! Hell's gate hasn't opened yet! Oh and yes, BTW, I posted a week ago, about the Grocery prices in one specific moderate grocery had lettuce 1.79 vice the 1.29, Hot Dogs from under 2.00 to over three, Guess What!, I went to a different store!! Lettuce still 1.29, Beef Dogs still under 2.00. Guess that proves you gotta check the prices, and leave that Grocer if they get too pricey. All this homework is very tiring, but very eye opening. Heaven's Speed!

-- For All Brave (enoughto@post.com), January 08, 2000

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Yes indeed! My dear Sir,

I do believe you, that you are one of our government employees. Your verbale linkage,diction, and lack of continunity in your sentences bespeaks volumes About our "quality" level employees..One would but shutter. If sir, you have a decision making position in the government..

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Shakey~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

-- Shakey (in_a_bunker@forty.feet), January 08, 2000.


Shakey, you're right on target. I lived in California for many years. Phone calls to any government office (state, federal, local) were invariably answered by a person with very little command of the English language.

It was one of the things that made leaving the state less difficult.

-- huddled masses who (don't@speak.thelanguage), January 08, 2000.


I werk fer the gubmint to, But I werk fer the countie,my chek is supposta go in de bank next weak hope it makes it. i hpe day pay me fer da hole fukin yeer dat wood be kool!

Here you go bunker dude , shows up how smat ya is agin. maks ya feel good dontit!

-- men at work (werkford@countie.gub), January 08, 2000.


"One would but shutter" Shakey says.
Shutter a window is covering it with a covering like wood.
Everytime I mix it up with rogue bureaucracy types I shudder.
Shakey shudders too apparently...
Regards from Oz Down Under

-- Pieter (zaadz@icisp.net.au), January 08, 2000.

Oh mi god Shacky shutter werk fer da gubmint to?

-- werkerer (werkferd@countie.gub), January 08, 2000.


Shakey, I speak the truth even if I appear an imbecile. I stand for what I am, and what I believe. ( believe I ain't gonna get out of this life alive)

-- For All Brave (enoughto@post.com), January 08, 2000.

I think anyone who attacks someone else's use of language becomes fair game, so here goes:

[I do believe you, that you are one of our government employees.]

Verbose. Better to say "I believe you are a government employee"

[Your verbale (sic) linkage,(missing space)diction, and lack of continunity (sic) in your sentences bespeaks volumes About (incorrect capitalization) our "quality" level employees.. (ellipses require three periods) One would but shutter (sic). If sir, you have a decision making position in the government.. (incorrect ellipses)]

Well, lets's see here. This paragraph consists of a single, incomplete, run-on sentence. It contains three misspellings, two incorrect ellipses, and an incorrect capitalization. C- for ordinary discourse, F when attacking someone else's language. Sorry, very sorry.

-- Flint (flintc@mindspring.com), January 09, 2000.


Flint, Check out Cherri's last post about being prepared for the "worse even," you'll have some fun with that. I don't like being too picky about it because I have my share of slipups. Diane is the most perfect. I think I saw her make an error once over the last year and a half. She probably runs it through Word grammar/spellchecker before posting.

-- Hawk (flyin@high.again), January 09, 2000.

Aww, man, Flint.... <-- four is cool for an ellipses? Or is it strictly three, or no nookie?

I think anyone who attacks someone else's use of language becomes fair game, so here goes:
[I do believe you, that you are one of our government employees.]

Verbose. Better to say "I believe you are a government employee"
Flint, missed a comma between 'say' and '"'.

[Your verbale (sic) linkage,(missing space)diction, and lack of continunity (sic) in your sentences bespeaks volumes About (incorrect capitalization) our "quality" level employees.. (ellipses require three periods) One would but shutter (sic). If sir, you have a decision making position in the government.. (incorrect ellipses)]

Well, lets's see here. This paragraph consists of a single, incomplete, run-on sentence. It contains three misspellings, two incorrect ellipses, and an incorrect capitalization. C- for ordinary discourse, F when attacking someone else's language. Sorry, very sorry.
Flint, you missed a comma twixt 'see' and 'here'. Plus you're putting that extra comma right before the noun that you're describing? No commas before 'and's, period. That's the law.
-- Flint (flintc@mindspring.com), January 09, 2000.

Solly, very solly, Flint.

-- lisa (lisa@work.now), January 09, 2000.


Shazoom, I am tired out by the lies above my head. Where did these infidels come? May Heaven help up all! Heaven's Speed!

-- For all brave (enoughto@post.com), January 09, 2000.


Flint,

Lisa is usually safe because her posts average about two sentences. The content is almost always the same... a mindless personal attack. It's the TB 2000 forum version of a fortune cookie (with a bad attitude.)

-- Ken Decker (kcdecker@worldnet.att.net), January 09, 2000.


Oh, Ken, stop it.

Else you get a "Your Toyota is being towed as you chow on the 'Cashew Chicken with Broccoli".

I'm here, I'm there, I'm everywhere!

-- lisa (lisa@work.now), January 09, 2000.


You have an incorrectly spaced ellipsis where a dash should be, Ken, and the period goes outside the closing parenthesis.

-- Lisa's Secret (Friend@home.now), January 09, 2000.

lisa:

Each of your proposed "improvements" is in violation of preferred style according to most texts. I suggest you make your suggested changes and compare for readability. With, of course, your usual objectivity [grin].

-- Flint (flintc@mindspring.com), January 09, 2000.


Dammit!

Teach me to submit posts prior to my secretary's approval.

Live and learn.

-- lisa (lisa@work.now), January 09, 2000.



Hey, wow, Ken, killer idea for a new handle. I've been rootin' around for one for a while now.

fortune cookie (TBcookie_w@bad.attitude)

I like it.

-- lisa (lisa@work.now), January 09, 2000.


I must admit that I have had to reach for my dictionary more than once over the past year. I have been very impressed with the verbal talents of many of those posting to this forum. I have also increased my vocabulary greatly. I am trying to write in simple declarative sentences so as not to be thought uneducated. I did, however, attend public school so I must be given a little slack (was a comma supposed to be back there?). Oh well, I'm impressed (and somewhat surprised) by the verbal skills of many of you. As a matter of fact,I now feel intimidated. I probably made numerous errors...just hope I didn't leave my participle dangling.

-- I'm (Very@Impressed.com), January 09, 2000.

For most of us, the goal has been to get the point across. My main concern was not making so many typos as to render my point unintelligible. So who really cares if you dangle a participle, or can't spell, or end a sentence with a preposition? Attacking the words rather than their meaning is a hobgoblin for small minds and petty spirits. So don't worry about it.

-- Flint (flintc@mindspring.com), January 09, 2000.

BE CAREFUL! You'll raise the spectre of Donna B. and the REST of the Grammar Police. They've been quietly deceased for at LEAST a couple months.

-- Chuck, a night driver (rienzoo@en.com), January 09, 2000.

Gaawd Almightly, what the hell went on above my head? I was simply trying to retract my mis-information about a high price grocery, and you might do diligence to go to a different grocery.

-- For All Brave (enoughto@post.com), January 09, 2000.

I am of the opinion that all editors, english or history teachers, and other anal retentive types should be gagged on this forum.

-- former (foremer@print.reporter), January 09, 2000.

Jesuss@! What a "stink", this has turned, out to be!!

-- For All braze (enough to@post..com), January 09, 2000.

One thing for certain folks, I am certainly glad that Jesus was not one of your kind, admiring only the perfect. If he had been one of you none would have ever been saved. I would like to see if any of you perfect English Geeks can walk on water.

-- Notforlong (Fsur439@aol.com), January 09, 2000.

'For All Brave' please accept my heart-felt regret at pointing out sundry Yankee persiflage with our sadly mangled, but wonderful, English language. It's a joy to me to witness the decline of Yankee communication skills on this wondrous board, and those others I frequent.

Please be assured of my commitment to raise this matter with HM Queen Elizabeth on her State visit to Australia next March. With any luck I'll be fortunate to establish a contingency fund to buy back America that surely will be for sale soon following a dramatic collapse when nobody knew what the other citizen means with all babbling at once in their own vernacular quaintness.

Meantime please remember there is life after birth.

Regards from Oz

-- Pieter (zaadz@icisp.net.au), January 09, 2000.


Life after birth: With the exception of legal murder, ABORTION.

-- Notforlong (Fsur439@aol.com), January 09, 2000.

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