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

[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