Correction?

[joreth]

I admit my grammar and spelling skills have slipped since I finished school many years ago, but could someone explain this one to me?

From: "Chris Browning" <hvac25000@yahoo.com>

To: joreth@techie.com CC: Subject: wow. Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 13:23:28 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: <hvac25000@yahoo.com> Delivered-To: joreth:techie.com@mail.com Received: (qmail 23562 invoked by uid 0); 3 Mar 2008 21:23:49 -0000 X-Ob-Received: from unknown (192.168.8.58) by mta1-7.us4.outblaze.com; 3 Mar 2008 21:23:49 -0000 Received: from web52911.mail.re2.yahoo.com (web52911.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.49.21]) by spf11.us4.outblaze.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 14B60A75F0 for <joreth@techie.com>; Mon, 3 Mar 2008 21:23:43 +0000 (GMT) Received: (qmail 28437 invoked by uid 60001); 3 Mar 2008 21:23:28 -0000 Domainkey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=4hoWi7kMv8bTy1dosfIAzjiGZjUQljrozo9RUugYNrY/gQQ0f72pYzrrQ4CLyYtn/w8ZLg5Gm944E8w84gB1wPVEwSI5yfkFNEFNPQkhOSQGhv9BJkJ327gLTJaC//2NHytVOOjjZ7czzvV6nXZKGLRQBTbiafUpzUn9FzYqcm4=; X-Ymail-Osg: J3X0Tw8VM1mRUCJQq8VHEiTWneOxRGwsckn49yNkZDJaIhOFwIvlENJnkamU0d_J9_RdttW8ie3PYPVrpAVw6vAkEWzM6w5ygmE5aJY0yKzizXNv23u5958VY48q97cCiHX0JiuJZqTPolc- Received: from [69.226.25.148] by web52911.mail.re2.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:23:28 PST Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: 779594.28112.qm@web52911.mail.re2.yahoo.com

congrats on having the grammar skills of a third
grader.

http://7283.spreadshirt.com/us/US/Shop/Article/Index/article/2430097

you're missing a comma, you assclown.

thanks for disgracing star trek and the human race
chris

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My response:
If you would perhaps like to tell me where the comma is missing, that would help. Especially since I do see a comma in the sentence. And perhaps you would also like to tone down your corresondence, as things tend to get accomplished faster and with less hassle without the rudeness.

 

And last I checked, the above sentences could not have been constructed by your average third grader. Since I was at a high school reading level when I was in third grade, however, I will accept "grammar skills of a third grader" as a compliment.

**Edit:
I do wish I had noticed (and comented on) the total lack of capitalization in his email.

Comments

[dartpoly.livejournal.com]

I think he meant that you're missing a comma before Scotty.

chowderhead aside, there is still a minor grammatical error with the text of the shirt... it's a comma-splice (two sentences bound together with only a comma).

"Beam me up, Scotty. There's no intelligent life down here."
or
"Beam me up, Scotty; there's no intelligent life down here."
or
"Beam me up, Scotty, since there's no intelligent life down here."

[leora.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I second this analysis. There should be a comma before Scotty, and the comma there is doing the job of a semicolon or other sentence divider. If one were to view it technically, according to the rules I was taught.

[joreth]

Now that's much more constructive, thank you. I took that text from something I saw online (probably a user-submitted email suggestion), so, if anything, my error is in not proofreading since I didn't write the original text myself.

I do have a tendency for run-on sentences, though.

[james-the-evil1.livejournal.com]

Unsurprisingly, WIkipedia weighs in on this one:
Beam me up, Scotty! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beam_me_up,_Scotty)

The guy who wrote you is a douche, regardless. :-)

[joreth]

Ah ha, according to Wikipedia, there is a bumper sticker that prhases it this way and this is maybe where I got it from. In this entry, there is a period where I have a comma, but who knows where my original source came from?

[james-the-evil1.livejournal.com]

As it's not a phrase that was ever really scripted or spoken, it becomes SUPREME wank to argue about it LOL.

[joreth]

another good point, and one I wish I had thought of - but two responses is two more than he really deserves :-)

[james-the-evil1.livejournal.com]

Well, if he e-mails back you can throw that at him, and suggest he gets back to wanking LOL

[joreth]

Thanks for the grammar correction everyone, and I will change that in my store. But really what I was confused about was the asshole's approach to my mistake. Of course, that is more rhetorical, since the answer is simply "he's an asshole". I just felt the need to broadcast his email address on the internet, because I do that to assholes.

[dartpoly.livejournal.com]

you should also sign him up for things. :>
if you could research him a bit, enough to find his address, you could even send him a subscription to NAMBLA... only, "mistakingly" send it to his neighbor's address.

[joreth]

that's amusing - I'll consider it :-D

[joreth]

Since I noticed his lack of capitalization, I wrote another response:

I do find it a bit ironic, however, to be taken to task for a grammar mistake by someone who uses no capitalization in his correspondence, particularly since I did not originally write that slogan, but was suggested to me and printed as is, based upon the request. Mayhap I'm not the only one who needs a refresher in writing.

[omnifarious.livejournal.com]

I find it impressive the levels of rudeness people aspire to on the Internet. People always seem to be able to find a way to top the thing I previously considered the rudest. :-(

[dartpoly.livejournal.com]

googling, for example, produces:
age 22
lives in San Diego, CA
hobbies include: playing Halo, collecting/keeping exotic fish, building RC boats
has an ebay account (http://myworld.ebay.com/hvac25000/)

... could probably find better details with more than a 5-minute search, but the workday is over. :>