Newgrounds.com — Everything, By Everyone.

I used to never do that, but then I started noticing mistakes I made in my posts, and now every once in a while when I am making a post of higher importance than usual, (or a post that is in my opinion more important than the ones that I usually make) I read over to check for grammer mistakes and the like so that I won't look stupid.

But I admit I don't always do it. Just sometimes.

At 4/14/07 12:43 AM, MetalDart wrote: Haha, sometimes I type out a whole post, and press back because I don't really feel like posting it. It's rather odd actually.

You mean like, you start typing something, and/or finish, then you read over your post and decide that it's not that good or you realize that the thread you're posting in sucks, so you simply don't post it? Yeah, I sometimes do that too. It's not odd, it's just being smart.

Stoopid generation.

I proofread as I go.

But as MadCow, I believe, said, I'll type up the majority of a post, and then press back because it just doesn't fit in with the rest of the thread.

HINT HINT.

It's an automatic mechanism--I proofread MSN conversations and writings my friends did in school if I found spelling or grammar mistakes.

At 4/14/07 12:53 AM, Shawtey wrote: nevr olny fi i am makeing a tpoic

lulz i doont eeeven typre wright whefn it dfo mafke toopics!

I only spell well when im tired is the odd part...

I notice mistakes as I make them.

I always read my posts before posting them, so I don't look like a retard.

Sometimes I do.
Mostly on the longer ones though.

If it's just a quick response, such as this, then chances are I don't proofread D:

At 4/14/07 01:32 AM, JadeTheAssassin wrote: I proofread as I go.

But as MadCow, I believe, said, I'll type up the majority of a post, and then press back because it just doesn't fit in with the rest of the thread.

I meant MetalDart, not MadCow. Blame me taking a small siesta while watching The Sting.

You may trout when ready.

Because you're so special.

I only read my posts about half the time

Well I try most of the time. The main thing you could complain about is that I phrase my posts how I would say the words. Because it makes sense to me.

Granted, it is easy to proofread your posts, but there is also the fact that (no offense) some people just have poor grammar.

But I agree, it is easy enough to proofread that a lot of mistakes (I think I spelled that right) can be weeded out.

How long until you are level 30, sir?

I'll be honest, Shrapnel. I never, EVER proofread my posts. 99 percent of the time, I read it as I go along, realize I fucked up, and move on, because my posts are always readable anyway. Oh well. An (extremely popular) forum is not exactly the greatest place to be searching for intelligence or coherence anyway, so I just take what I get.

At 4/14/07 01:49 AM, JadeTheAssassin wrote:

At 4/14/07 01:32 AM, JadeTheAssassin wrote: I proofread as I go.

But as MadCow, I believe, said, I'll type up the majority of a post, and then press back because it just doesn't fit in with the rest of the thread.

I meant MetalDart, not MadCow. Blame me taking a small siesta while watching The Sting.

You may trout when ready.

No, now that I'm level 13, we're probably confused with each other quite a few times *sigh* Although I actually do the same thing MetalDart said he does. Or I'll start making a thread and decide not to because it's stupid :[

I'm a little OCD when it comes to proof reading, especially on NG because you can't fix the typo.
And I absolutely hate chat speak.

How much more could you display your lack of intelligence...

At 4/14/07 02:57 AM, MadCow wrote: Although I actually do the same thing MetalDart said he does. Or I'll start making a thread and decide not to because it's stupid :[

Alot of this community does that. I, myself, stop making roughly 80% of the posts that I start because they are either non-contributive, reasonably risk a ban, or don't have a point to establish.

I honestly would post more, but as a few users already stated I tend to write out whole posts and then just hit back. If there was any substance in the topics that scroll along the first page I might be more tempted to hit the little Post It! button.

Now I'm paranoid and reread this post over about five times before I was happy with it.

Meh, I don't really proof-read my mistakes. I'll be truthful to you, I fucking hate english, but I still go through with, and end up getting A's. As for reading? Well, I haven't scored under 100 since last semester.

I mean, comeon, man, this is newgrouds FFS. I'm sure being a real grammar nazi's not in Wade's "good mod" list. Of course people are going to have shit grammar, not type in proper spaced paragraphs, or have run on sentences. It's only when people have such horrible grammar, that it's hard to understand, that anyone should criticize.

As for proofreading? Eh, not normally, I'll check if I posted a link in a correct manner, or put word positioning in proper places, but besides that, I don't normally spell check, because I know my words are all readable.

i noticed i couldnt care less when i drink... when im sober i try to make my posts neater

Proofreading is only for serious topics where the user posts more than one paragraph. Otherwise some mistakes are ignorable. Only when the user repeatedly post with errors does it become really annoying.

I do it most of the time, *Spell checks*

At 4/14/07 12:27 AM, SlashFirestorm wrote: It aggravates me when I see ppl typing liek this becuz their 2 lazy to use there brains.

This is a forum, dammit, not a fucking instant message box. Proper grammar applies...drives me nuts when people don't make a basic effort to sound intelligent.

One of my pet peeves in Flash movies is when people misspell. I mean, really, thousands of people are viewing your work and you can't take five minutes to just re-read (or have someone else do it!) your writing. To me it seems like it should be a tad bit embarrassing to realize you stuck a bunch of incorrect words on your movie...

Yeah, I proof read my posts... and if I muffed something up I edit my posts on message boards where I can. Actually, 99% of my posts end up getting edited. I really don't like adding one sentence as a new post if I can just edit a previous one... That's another reason I don't post really at all on the BBS, cause most topics are just fifty one-sentence posts that don't really have any substance at all. I realize this isn't the place for "seriousness" but... hey, that's why this is only my second post.

Even more so than spelling or proofreading, I just don't think one should post unless there is something worth while to be said. A few words or a single sentence just seems like a waste of space and energy.

Demonstrating intelligence through complete sentences and grammatical accuracy is difficult to observe on NG because, from what I have seen, the average user age is 14 or 15. So, you're not going to see a bunch of "kids" that really care about conveying thoughts appropriately.

If I'm wrong, that's kind of even worse. I don't want to think about a whole bunch of adults LOL-ing and 1337-ing...

At 4/14/07 03:35 AM, Aci6 wrote:

At 4/14/07 12:20 AM, Shrapnel wrote: .

I'm willing to bet the majority of you do horribly in your English composition classes.

Well, I don't.
And you will find it rare that I ever have an 'uncapitalized' I or misspellings, If I do then its probably late...

*seconds*
I have always been a good poster - or tried to be.

I usually assume I'm flawless, and if I do notice an error, I just delete it and repost it. >_>

At 4/14/07 12:29 AM, fli wrote:

At 4/14/07 12:20 AM, Shrapnel wrote: ... nigh...

For a second I thought you made a typo--
my bad.

I don't proofread. I make tons of mistakes...
but I can write papers with zero mechanical mistakes.

I'm so damn lazy to rered everything I write.

When people make a typo here and there, it is excusable.

No one has to proof read every single thing they write - I don't . What I am talking about is when someone writes something that is barely comprehensible.

There are several threads where you have no idea what someone is talking about.

I can't find the threads I was reading the day I made this thread. The ones I read that day were absolutely horrible. I felt dumber for reading them.
Instead, I will give some examples of other threads.

A thread like this is ok:
http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic.php?id=68 7839

A thread like this has little stimulus for discussion:
http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic.php?id=68 7866

Weak composition:
http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic.php?id=68 7334

Borderline unintelligible:
http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic.php?id=68 7606

Someone posting a shitty e-mail chain letter:
http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic.php?id=68 7247

Also borderline unintelligible:
http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic.php?id=68 7448

You can understand it but it doesn't flow properly:
http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic.php?id=68 7258

Crap in the guise of non-crap:
http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic.php?id=68 7793

At 4/14/07 12:41 AM, Crag wrote: I usually proofread my posts, but it's not a strict inspection, just a glancing over to see if there's anything obviously wrong.

At 4/14/07 12:20 AM, Shrapnel wrote: covey

Do you mean convey? >.<

D'oh.

ppprrroooofff rreeaad? wtf?!? is that sir you must be on all kinds of drugs

At 4/14/07 12:29 AM, Evark wrote:

Yea, sometimes I have posts that needs proofreading so I'm sure to get my point across effectively and properly, but this is certainly not one of them.

Of course - but the majority of posts you make don't require too much thought. That and the majority of us can string together words quickly to create meaning.

I've also noticed recently that my comma abuse has become worse and worse. I'm trying to work on that, subtley.

Online conversations lend themselves to comma abuse. It's not a big deal unless you're trying to put forth an argument or tell a proper story.

At 4/14/07 01:04 AM, The-Donkey wrote: This is getting pretty repetitive. Ahwell. My main problem with this site community is that couldn't give a shit sometimes. I mean, when I'm tired I won't go out of my way. But for the people who just typ liek dis n dont car fi ist legibl. The thing is, is that it won't change... ever. Untill they learn that it's much faster and neater, then it will be the same.

I r only getting B- in English. :[

This is a perfect example of when a post is borderline difficult to understand.

Is the argument getting repetitive? Site community? But for what?