The Grammar Thread!

[BlueLion. 21,491]

We're hardly attacking you.

It's called banter.

ban·ter

noun

1.

an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.

No-one is attacking you. It's like I said - and Kerry also picked up on this - you came across as being very sanctimonious and arrogant in your opening gambit.

It has absolutely nothing to do with your religion, like it has nothing to do with your sexuality, shoe size or favourite flavour of ice-cream.

However, as the Nineteenth Commandment states: "Thou shall not correct the grammar of other persons, bitch."

[Randall 315]

Ah it's Homer2Chelsea. That explains a lot.

Also put your toys back in your pram.

[Term-X 7,891]

We need a stricter policy on name changes.

Ridiculous..

[manpe 10,861]

Ok, I've got some questions for grammatical wunderkinds... What does "et al." mean? I thought it was "etc." but on this forum I see mainly "et al."

And also many people say "This" after quoting a post... I have now understood that it means agreeing to the other poster, but why "This"? Where's the logic? Why not say "agreed"?

[SeB 1,281]

^ I'm also interested

[zolayes 14,489]

Ok, I've got some questions for grammatical wunderkinds... What does "et al." mean? I thought it was "etc." but on this forum I see mainly "et al."

And also many people say "This" after quoting a post... I have now understood that it means agreeing to the other poster, but why "This"? Where's the logic? Why not say "agreed"?

et al ....and others ... not popular Kalou , Malouda ...et al

etc .. et cetera .... and so on .... bad season ahead ... Manure win PL ..we have injuries ...AVB leaves ...etc

[SeB 1,281]

Funny because in French we say etc of course but also et tout (even if grammatically it's awful) and I see et al is a kind of mix

[Fulham Broadway 17,332]

Mr Beast has definitely started a popular thread....

[Madmax 9,219]

There is so many fucked up people on these forums and I think it's better if i leave.

There are so many fucked up people on these forums that I think it's better if I leave.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

...Think outside the fucken box!....

English isn't my native language, but I believe it's 'fucking'. And I say that without any knowledge or interest in your religion.

[Naked Mole Rat 437]

'However' should never be used to start a sentence, unless it's used like how 'whenever' or 'whichever' is used.

'Accountant' shouldn't have a capital A unless the last name of the person referred to is Accountant.

'A lot,' 'lots,' 'a lot of,' and 'lots of' are not synonymous with 'many' and 'much'.

^ Worthless bullcrap.

Perfect grammar won't make this place better. What would make it better is less Facebook talk. i cnt tak ppl srsly if they typ lik they dun evn giv a fk. And, yeah, less patronizing.

[BluesChick 1,260]

a bad moment referring to "the wizard of Oz" coach of Chicago White Sox after a particularly bad battering by the Detroit Tigers.

The Oz 's language is colourful but nonsense.

Yourself ,,,perfection in all ways

Ah, yes, American coaches (regardless of the sport) have a colorful use of the English language. Sports commentators I have realized (at least in the US) have the worst vocabulary and grammar. It is almost painful to listen too.

Thanks, zoyales!

Beast,

Perhaps you should stick to football and before posting on things like grammar and religion re-read your posts and try to put yourself in the mind set that some one is saying this to you personally (and you don't necessarily see eye to eye). Re-read it twice like that before you post it and if you think in anyway you might come off as being high handed then don't post it or accept that you will get harassed about it. I have no problem with your religious beliefs or other beliefs, to each his/her own. I do however have a problem with your starting threads to get a reaction and then over reacting when you do and it is negative. Pull up your big boy panties and deal with the fact other people have their own opinions and if you voice your opinion you will undoubtedly hear theirs! Everyone on this board has gotten crap over a post at one time or another. Some more than others (just ask MadMax or TerminatorX). Such is the nature of an on-line community. Diversity and interaction is what makes the forum amazing.

k

[BluesChick 1,260]

Ok, I've got some questions for grammatical wunderkinds... What does "et al." mean? I thought it was "etc." but on this forum I see mainly "et al."

And also many people say "This" after quoting a post... I have now understood that it means agreeing to the other poster, but why "This"? Where's the logic? Why not say "agreed"?

Zoyales summed up the uses of et al. and etc. really well, I just wanted to add that I typically think of et al. in relation to people (especially authors when you are doing a research paper, it is easier to write the first author and et al. than to write a list of 5 or 6 authors) and etc. I think of when making a long list of items or events and don't want to write them all. (Hope that helps)

I am not sure why folks write "THIS" to say they agree to a post, I try to write agreed or Amen (which means to agree with what someone said) or sometimes ditto (meaning I would say exactly that). I think it may be a region specific saying or maybe even has to do with the age of the person who uses it. There are a lot of phrases and slang that I used when I was younger that isn't used now and things that are said now that I still don't understand! My students had to explain "snap" and "props to you" because I heard it and didn't quite understand the slang. Slang and idioms are the hardest parts of a language to pick up.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Ok, I've got some questions for grammatical wunderkinds... What does "et al." mean? I thought it was "etc." but on this forum I see mainly "et al."

And also many people say "This" after quoting a post... I have now understood that it means agreeing to the other poster, but why "This"? Where's the logic? Why not say "agreed"?

Et al - just another way of saying et cetera, basically. It is from the Latin et alii, which means "and others." So you can say "There were some great performances in yesterday's match, Drogba, Terry, Lampard, et al." I see it as a lazy way of ending a list

Etc. - essentially the Anglicisation of et cetera into shorthand format, meaning "and so on." - for example: "I'm so sick of Wenger, he never spends enough money on proven players and wastes it on lower league bollocks, such as Jenkinson instead of Cahill, Chamberlain instead of M'Vila, etc."

This - It is just a lazy way of a person saying "I agree with this" or "I would have said this."

[manpe 10,861]

Yeah I know what etc. means, I've been using it whole my life, it's just that et al. was new to me Like your examples though

[Spike 12,049]

Me fail English? That's unpossible!

[Ollie 4,400]

I always try and write properly, even when i text i use predictive T9 and not 2 letter laziness shite.

Only things i change occasionally are

n - And

Tho - Though

I admit tho, i get kinda irritated when people do the wrong their, there, they're. I'm surprised how many people don't know the right one whether it's here, at my work, on other forums or somewhere else.