09-29-2013, 06:22 PM
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Drives: 2013 SS
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 350
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Knockoutpie
Got a grammar Nazi up in here just looking to bash me with anything you could huh?
You should really start your sentence with I or We followed by a have instead of a Got. This is the proper way to begin a sentence. You identify yourself to your readers. Starting your sentence off like you did sounds like you began in the middle of a conversation.
So you decided to choose ones grammar.
Proper use of grammar shows that one has a grasp of the English language and presumably is intelligent enough to carry on, ironically, an adult conversation.
I'm not sure if you've noticed...
One period is sufficient to end a sentence with but I did grasp that you wanted to carry your point over to the next statement. That being the case you should have used a comma to give pause to the reader, but you didn't, and we did notice.
But there's many people around here who have worse grammar than me.
You should use there are instead of there's. People is a countable noun and therefore there are is used. You would not say there is people at a car show would you? Of course not, you would say there are people at a car show.
Sadly, I am inclined to agree with you on this point. It is generally accepted that starting a sentence with a conjunction such as and or but is bad form. English teachers teach this rule to try and force their students to form complex sentences thus preventing them from simply stringing together many simple phrases to get their point across.
(No OFFENSE)
None taken 
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Signed,
Dr. Evil.
Old evil guy at car shows that can run circles around many younger guys.
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