Calm Posted April 13, 2018 Posted April 13, 2018 (edited) 5 hours ago, Jeanne said: Does Scott go back many moons to correct our posts??? How scary is that? The thread was zombified. By you, no less. He probably wasn't paying attention to the date. corrections: 2? 3? Hours sleep...confused here, somehow replaced Jeanne with Tacenda here, I knew Tacenda reawaken the dead...somehow I read Jeanne's post as Tacenda's. Minds are so weird, especially when drunk from drugs or lack of sleep. Edited April 13, 2018 by Calm 1
Rich Hansen Posted April 13, 2018 Posted April 13, 2018 On 1/31/2018 at 4:16 AM, Scott Lloyd said: I’ve been heartened recently when USU and Kiwi have returned. If they leave again, I’m not sure what incentive there will be for me. There will always be posters who can't spell, use poor grammar or are just stupid. There is plenty for you to do.
rongo Posted April 13, 2018 Posted April 13, 2018 3 minutes ago, Rich Hansen said: There will always be posters who can't spell, use poor grammar or are just stupid. There is plenty for you to do. I tend to take the non-grammar Nazi approach: I just quietly fix things if I'm quoting someone without drawing attention to it, and don't point out their mistakes. I think it's off-putting and annoying when they are pointed out on a message board, and I say that as someone who taught English for ten years. Mistakes happen. 3
Scott Lloyd Posted April 13, 2018 Posted April 13, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Calm said: The thread was zombified. By you, no less. He probably wasn't paying attention to the date. Oh, I was well aware of the date and the late zombification of the thread. I just couldn't allow two occurrences of "acception" in rapid succession, which I hadn't seen or noticed before, to go by with impunity. But it was Tacenda who zombified the thread -- which she does on occasion, likely because she is not allowed to start her own threads. Edited April 13, 2018 by Scott Lloyd
rongo Posted April 13, 2018 Posted April 13, 2018 1 minute ago, Scott Lloyd said: But it was Tacenda who zombified the thread -- which she does on occasion, likely because she is not allowed to start her own thread. Hasn't Tacenda been in the penalty box long enought? Free Tacenda! 4
Calm Posted April 13, 2018 Posted April 13, 2018 24 minutes ago, rongo said: I tend to take the non-grammar Nazi approach: I just quietly fix things if I'm quoting someone without drawing attention to it, and don't point out their mistakes. I think it's off-putting and annoying when they are pointed out on a message board, and I say that as someone who taught English for ten years. Mistakes happen. On occasion they are just fun or confusing, other than that I agree with your process.
Calm Posted April 13, 2018 Posted April 13, 2018 11 minutes ago, Scott Lloyd said: Oh, I was well aware of the date and the late zombification of the thread. I just couldn't allow two occurrences of "acception" in rapid succession by separate writers to go by with impunity. But it was Tacenda who zombified the thread -- which she does on occasion, likely because she is not allowed to start her own threads. Oops, knew it was Tac...how in the world did I replace Jeanne as the poster of the post I was responding to?
Jeanne Posted April 13, 2018 Posted April 13, 2018 14 minutes ago, rongo said: Hasn't Tacenda been in the penalty box long enought? Free Tacenda! Puhlease!!
Scott Lloyd Posted April 13, 2018 Posted April 13, 2018 3 minutes ago, Calm said: Oops, knew it was Tac...how in the world did I replace Jeanne as the poster of the post I was responding to? I think we are all subject to memory glitches. In my case, I just now had to correct my post, the one you responded to here, because I remembered erroneously that it was two writers in succession who had written "acceptions." In fact, it was only one. 1
Tacenda Posted April 13, 2018 Posted April 13, 2018 1 hour ago, Calm said: The thread was zombified. By you, no less. He probably wasn't paying attention to the date. corrections: 2? 3? Hours sleep...confused here, somehow replaced Jeanne with Tacenda here, I knew Tacenda reawaken the dead...somehow I read Jeanne's post as Tacenda's. Minds are so weird, especially when drunk from drugs or lack of sleep. It was me, I'm guilty!
california boy Posted April 14, 2018 Posted April 14, 2018 20 hours ago, rongo said: Hasn't Tacenda been in the penalty box long enought? Free Tacenda! Free Tacenda, Free Tacenda. I am making up the protest posters as we speak. Now if we can only figure out where we are suppose to march to. 3
Tacenda Posted April 15, 2018 Posted April 15, 2018 Ha,ha you guys are great and make me feel like a normal human being again, just kidding. I really don't mind because it keeps me from going wild on posting topics etc. Thanks for the cute support comments! Made me smile!
Somebodyz Posted April 15, 2018 Posted April 15, 2018 On 27/01/2018 at 11:03 PM, bluebell said: I think the difference is that from the LGTBQ community's perspective, the church could make their road much much easier if they wanted to. The church can't do that for people with mental disabilities, for example, so no one is angry at the church for not doing so. One of our old wards had a very angry mother, who wanted the church to do much more for the mentally disabled. Her daughter had such a condition. She had her daughter in all the programs. The members became her babysitter, and tried to accommodate her through her youth. The ward arranged a carer, who now some 30 years later, has full charge of what is a grown child. Her mother fought for her child's place within the church, her whole life. Within our stake there are others who wish the Church would do more for the mentally and physically disabled. I guess they are just such a small number, they are mostly unheard of. The gay community has a bigger support group, in and out of the church, or at least a more vocal one. 3
ALarson Posted April 15, 2018 Author Posted April 15, 2018 On 4/13/2018 at 3:05 PM, rongo said: I tend to take the non-grammar Nazi approach: I just quietly fix things if I'm quoting someone without drawing attention to it, and don't point out their mistakes. I think it's off-putting and annoying when they are pointed out on a message board, and I say that as someone who taught English for ten years. Mistakes happen. I agree and this is what I tend to do too. I feel it's arrogant and rude to draw attention to someone's error and I always cringe when I see it done here. I can almost always tell what the person who typed the message means and many times can tell it's just an unintentional typo or slip up. 2
Prof Posted April 15, 2018 Posted April 15, 2018 34 minutes ago, ALarson said: I agree and this is what I tend to do too. I feel it's arrogant and rude to draw attention to someone's error and I always cringe when I see it done here. I can almost always tell what the person who typed the message means and many times can tell it's just an unintentional typo or slip up. Agreed. I mess things up often. I am not one to cast the first (or second or third) stone. 4
ALarson Posted April 15, 2018 Author Posted April 15, 2018 3 hours ago, Prof said: Agreed. I mess things up often. I am not one to cast the first (or second or third) stone. I think most posters on here feel as you do. An occasional slip up is understandable and no one needs to be embarrassed or singled out for it, IMO.
Scott Lloyd Posted April 15, 2018 Posted April 15, 2018 4 hours ago, ALarson said: I agree and this is what I tend to do too. I feel it's arrogant and rude to draw attention to someone's error and I always cringe when I see it done here. I can almost always tell what the person who typed the message means and many times can tell it's just an unintentional typo or slip up. I can relate. There is a great deal of cringe-worthy faultfinding that transpires on this board day in and day out. In fact, I’d go so far as to say it is the order of the day here.
Thinking Posted April 15, 2018 Posted April 15, 2018 If Scott makes a mistake and somebody corrects it, but Scott notices it and edits his post 1 second before the other poster clicks Submit Reply, does it count as a real correction of a Scott post?
Scott Lloyd Posted April 15, 2018 Posted April 15, 2018 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Thinking said: If Scott makes a mistake and somebody corrects it, but Scott notices it and edits his post 1 second before the other poster clicks Submit Reply, does it count as a real correction of a Scott post? I try always to correct obvious errors in my posts, whether or not I first notice them myself or someone else draws my attention to them. I never resent having my attention drawn to them, though, whether in jest or in earnest. I consider it neither arrogant nor rude. Edited April 15, 2018 by Scott Lloyd
Thinking Posted April 15, 2018 Posted April 15, 2018 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Scott Lloyd said: I try always to correct obvious errors in my posts, whether or not I first notice them myself or someone else draws my attention to them. I never resent having my attention drawn to them, though, whether in jest or in earnest. I consider it neither arrogant nor rude. You mean like including the redundant "or not" when it is unnecessary? I try always to correct obvious errors in my posts, whether I first notice them myself or someone else draws my attention to them. I never resent having my attention drawn to them, though, whether in jest or in earnest. I consider it neither arrogant nor rude. Edited April 15, 2018 by Thinking
Jeanne Posted April 15, 2018 Posted April 15, 2018 I ain't got no problum here..butt I donut make the mystakes ya;ll do..
Scott Lloyd Posted April 15, 2018 Posted April 15, 2018 6 minutes ago, Thinking said: You mean like including the redundant "or not" when it is unnecessary? Yeah, kind of like that. Or saying something is “unnecessary” when you have already labeled it as “redundant.” 1
Tacenda Posted April 15, 2018 Posted April 15, 2018 I find that I make the mistake of putting the wrong, their/they're/there, even when I know all the rules about them, but to others they probably think I'm an idiot. I'm forever editing myself, and seldom will you see a post without my having edited.
ALarson Posted April 15, 2018 Author Posted April 15, 2018 (edited) On 4/13/2018 at 3:22 PM, Scott Lloyd said: Oh, I was well aware of the date and the late zombification of the thread. I just couldn't allow two occurrences of "acception" in rapid succession, which I hadn't seen or noticed before, to go by with impunity. Seriously? With Impunity? LOL. Because we all know that what Julie committed was a very serious sin and someone had to draw attention to it? It was so serious that you "just couldn't allow" something to go by as insignificant as someone using the wrong word 3 months ago? I think we all knew what Julie meant when we originally read it. We also all know that mistakes are made (and auto correct happens....). But.... She did do it twice....so, shame, shame on her.... (I hope she gets here soon to correct her errors and repent....) Edited April 15, 2018 by ALarson
Scott Lloyd Posted April 15, 2018 Posted April 15, 2018 12 minutes ago, Tacenda said: I find that I make the mistake of putting the wrong, their/they're/there, even when I know all the rules about them, but to others they probably think I'm an idiot. I'm forever editing myself, and seldom will you see a post without my having edited. Kudos to you for doing the self-editing. Some might notice almost all of my posts include an “edited by” stamp. No shame in that.
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