Grammar school for Charas!

[SonicChaos7]

It's not that big of a deal if you give out your age. Just don't give out your name and your location WITH your age.

Also, this topic is pointless simply because NO ONE is going to listen or even care for that matter. Futile effort.

[Dragonium]

i dont no about you,but i think its useful four folk's too improve there grammar.

But most people here do have good spelling and grammar, so a few exceptions are alright. We'll never have perfect grammar at Charas, since there's an endless number of people joining every day. It'd be like trying to kill every single cockroach on the planet.

(Note: I don't mean people who have poor grammar are cockroaches, or need to be killed. You get my meaning.)

[SonicChaos7]

Well, I know it's good to have good spelling and grammar, just don't expect it out of people on the internet.

[Meiscool-2]

The first few sentences made me laugh at the irony.

[Almeidaboo]

Originally posted by DarkFlood2
Okay.. I'm tired of people not being able to use grammar correctly. You are on a forum and therefore have plenty of time to spell out your words and add proper punctuation! I'll try to keep this simple and short.. But I'll also try to outline the basics.

CHAPTER 1: CAPITALIZATION
Capital letters are larger variations of regular letters. They always come after a period, and they always in first person references (I, I'll, I'm, etc.) Capital letters should never be used to write out everything.. If it helps, tear out your capslock key. Unlike italics, Capital letters cannot be used to add emphasis on a word.

CHAPTER 2: PERIODS AND COMMAS
The period is used to end a sentence. After every period comes a capital letter. (see above) Before placing a period, your sentence must have an action word(verb) and a subject(noun). IE: "Jacob runs to the store." would be acceptible. However, "Jacob to store." is not. Commas are used to show pauses or seperate listed items. A comma is best used when you know how to use it. If you don't know, don't use a comma.

CHAPTER 3: THE APOSTROPHE
Apostrophies are used to make words shorter. For example, you can make "It is" become "It's". The apostrophe is also used to show posession, "It's" being the exception.  Here is a list of acceptible and unacceptible uses of the apostrophe:

1) "That is the cat's ball." - acceptible, shows a single entity's posession.
2) "That ball is the cats'." - acceptible, shows that multiple entities posess the item.
3) "Those cat's are cute". - UNACCEPTIBLE! WHERE DID YOU LEARN THIS??
Other unacceptible, yet common apostrophe uses:
agree'd                    image's
(and others but I'm too tired to insert them)

I'll edit this when I feel like it... Gonna go to sleep now...
Hope this helps all of you grammatically challenged people out there!

Really, go paint a fence or something, you´re lacking something to do's!

[Revolution911]

fck grmmer u nub

[aboutasoandthis]

I kind of agree even though I break the first rule every single day.

When I'm trying to state a point and no one is listening to me, TYPING LIKE THIS is a lot more effective that simply  underlining or placing what I'm trying to say  into italics.

I admit it's cheap and underhanded, but it can really mess with people.

[drenrin2120]

You contradicted yourself so much it's funny.

[Dragonium]

Originally posted by aboutasoandthis
I admit it's cheap and underhanded

Damn straight.

After what dren just said, I kind of realised a moment ago that it's impossible to write a guide on good grammar that's a decent length without making any errors.

DON'T TYPE IN ALL CAPITALS

^ Spot the deliberate mistake. :S

[aboutasoandthis]

PLZ let dren be talking about DarkFlood 2 and not me! PLZ!

[Linkizcool]

I ulwayz hav g00d grmmer.

[Meiscool-2]

STUF! My grmmr bests urs.

[Cerebus]

Bad grammar doesn't disturb me or anything... unless it look like this :
'n e 1 help me wit this plz i dont no wut to do if u help me i c wut i can do to help u 2'

[Bluhman]

I think I'm the only member who uses semicolons; 9 out of 10 times, I'm most likely using it wrong.

[Dragonium]

Originally posted by Bluhman
I think I'm the only member who uses semicolons; 9 out of 10 times, I'm most likely using it wrong.

I really overuse semicolons when I'm writing anything. Don't know why; you're only supposed to use them when it's the same subject as the previous clause but with a different point, or if it's a list of things where each item has a description.

For example, this...

Generic list: Soap, champagne, Bluhman, shorts.

... Uses regular commas, but this...

Funky list: Soap made from small sea creatures; reassuringly expensive champagne, Bluhman if he is available for purchase; shorts that belong to Gene Simmonds.

... Uses semicolons.

i am teh pwnz