Pedants and Nitpickers

I'de like to start a thread for pedants and nitpickers.

Ok, great idea!

BTW, "I'de" doesn't have an 'e' on the end. :cl:

damm!

Dam²

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Originally Posted by underfoot

I'de like to start a thread for pedants and nitpickers.

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Starting a thread with "I'de like to start a thread" is non-sense therefore not right.
I'm qualified to know :cool:

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Originally Posted by Groggy

BTW, "I'de" doesn't have an 'e' on the end. :cl:

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Well I would like to post a response saying "Damn fantastic reply Groggy"

I'm not a pedant or a nitpicker. Can I still comment?

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Originally Posted by pugwash

I'm not a pedant or a nitpicker. Can I still comment?

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"I'm not a pedant or a nitpicker" is a comment. Unless anything happened to you after your comment was made affecting your ability to comment again then you can still comment, even in your belief that you say your not a pedant or a nitpicker, words are cheap and the proof's in the pudding :think:

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Originally Posted by springwater

"I'm not a pedant or a nitpicker" is a comment. Unless anything happened to you after your comment was made effecting your ability to comment again then you can still comment, even in your belief that you say your not a pedant or a nitpicker, words are cheap and the proofs in the pudding :think:

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Oops shouldn't it be affecting not effecting lol:D
Cheers,
Jim

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Originally Posted by springwater

"I'm not a pedant or a nitpicker" is a comment. Unless anything happened to you after your comment was made effecting your ability to comment again then you can still comment, even in your belief that you say your not a pedant or a nitpicker, words are cheap and the proofs in the pudding :think:

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Doesn't "proof's" need an apostrophe? And 'Your" is supposed to be "you're". That one REALLY DRIVES ME NUTS!:(( :rolleyes::D

I thought a pedant was a male school teacher. So I can't see the relevance to 'nitpickers'.

Isn't a pedant an insect on a bicycle?

Never mind... back to my corner. :duck:

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Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

Isn't a pedant an insect on a bicycle?

Never mind... back to my corner. :duck:

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:oo: Skew? Skew? Is that you? Where've ya beeeeeeeeeeeeeeen! :bighug:

Skew, you should never put a space after an elipsis.

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Originally Posted by springwater

"I'm not a pedant or a nitpicker" is a comment. :think:

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I hate to be pedantic but that is not a comment, it's a statement.

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Originally Posted by tea lady

Doesn't "proof's" need an apostrophe? And 'Your" is supposed to be "you're". That one REALLY DRIVES ME NUTS!:(( :rolleyes::D

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I am with TL on this one. Also the incorrect use of "I" and "me"

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Originally Posted by artme

I hate to be pedantic but that is not a comment, it's a statement.

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Every comment is a statement (even if expressed as a question), although the converse is not true. That is, the former is a subset of the latter.

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Originally Posted by springwater

"I'm not a pedant or a nitpicker" is a comment. Unless anything happened to you after your comment was made affecting your ability to comment again then you can still comment, even in your belief that you say your're not a pedant or a nitpicker, words are cheap and the proof's in the pudding :think:

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Very well, I'll bite. :D
You appear to have been listening to too much football commentary. The proof isn't in the pudding, the proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Whats this hypothetical pudding an do it have a recipe?

All I want to know is why? :?

Why? do you ask why?

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Originally Posted by pugwash

I'm not a pedant or a nitpicker. Can I still comment?

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I think you meant "May I still comment?".

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Originally Posted by jmk89

Very well, I'll bite. :D
You appear to have been listening to too much football commentary. The proof isn't in the pudding, the proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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The proof could be in the pudding if a spy were trying to smuggle it out:D

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Originally Posted by tea lady

Doesn't "proof's" need an apostrophe? And 'Your" is supposed to be "you're". That one REALLY DRIVES ME NUTS!:(( :rolleyes::D

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:oo: TL has nuts? :oo:

I don't need this thread. I have the whole forum to express my skill. :D

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Originally Posted by tea lady

Doesn't "proof's" need an apostrophe? And 'Your" is supposed to be "you're". That one REALLY DRIVES ME NUTS!:(( :rolleyes::D

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your is supposed to be you're only when it's a contraction of you are. Your is belonging to you, different meaning same sounds homophone or homonym, I got in trouble for pointing one out immediately after joining here. A bloke was talking about a salt cellar and asked about a salt seller, so I said he could sell it in hesian bags. and got roundly booed

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Originally Posted by tea lady

Doesn't "proof's" need an apostrophe?

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Originally Posted by Frank&Earnest

I don't need this thread. I have the whole forum to express my skill. :D

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Now that is a worthy reply.:D

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Originally Posted by Woodwould

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Lucky the question wasn't <delete -="" oops="" did="" i="" say="" that="" out="" loud="">(delete -oops did I say that out aloud)

cheers
Michael</delete>

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Originally Posted by Gingermick

your is supposed to be you're only when it's a contraction of you are. Your is belonging to you, different meaning same sounds homophone or homonym, I got in trouble for pointing one out immediately after joining here. A bloke was talking about a salt cellar and asked about a salt seller, so I said he could sell it in hesian bags. and got roundly booed

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Hard to win in this thread Mick - it should be hessian or even Hessian:D

maybe that's why it didn't go down well with Peter

I thought we could at least generate more than one or two line responses in this thread.

Thread? :?

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Originally Posted by Sebastiaan56

I thought we could at least generate more than one or two line responses in this thread.

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Now you're Nitpicking. :D

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Originally Posted by Sebastiaan56

I thought we could at least generate more than one or two line responses in this thread.

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Well,
you've
only
responded
with
one
line.

Is that what they do with school kids?

And hasn't picknicking something to do with tools?

This is confuseing

Gfreg

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Originally Posted by Chesand

I am with TL on this one. Also the incorrect use of "I" and "me"

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:? ......drives I nuts? :think:

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Originally Posted by Geoff Dean

:oo: TL has nuts? :oo:

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Only the ones I am driven too.

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Originally Posted by Woodwould

"proof's" already has an apostrophe!

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That one does. But the other one didn't.:D

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Originally Posted by Sebastiaan56

I thought we could at least generate more than one or two line responses in this thread.

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We may be pedants and nitpickers, but we are succinct! :p

That sucs

TL I wasn't suggesting that you had used "me" incorrectly in the "I" and "me" comment (or was it a statement)

Eye thort Eye wood help youse lot.

Apostrophes and How to Use Them