1. Welcome! Please take a few seconds to create your free account to post threads, make some friends, remove a few ads while surfing and much more. ClutchFans has been bringing fans together to talk Houston Sports since 1996. Join us!

  2. ROCKETS GAMEDAY
    Will facing a tanking team help? Rockets in Memphis Friday night to face the Grizzlies. Come join Ben & Dave for live reaction in postgame!

    LIVE! ClutchFans on YouTube
Welcome ClutchFans Live

Official Spelling contest kill thread.

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Behad, Jan 1, 2003.

Tags:
Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.
Page 2 of 22
  1. FlyerFanatic

    FlyerFanatic YOU BOYS LIKE MEXICO!?! YEEEHAAWW
    Supporting Member

    Joined:
    Mar 25, 2002
    Messages:
    7,457
    Likes Received:
    189
    Maybe the next time this goes on you can name it the Spelling and Grammar contest, just a suggestion :D
     
    #21 FlyerFanatic, Jan 1, 2003
  2. fadeaway

    fadeaway Member

    Joined:
    Apr 25, 2000
    Messages:
    14,849
    Likes Received:
    1,228

    Numerous instances where "i" should be capitalized.

    Sorry 3814.
     
    #22 fadeaway, Jan 1, 2003
  3. FlyerFanatic

    FlyerFanatic YOU BOYS LIKE MEXICO!?! YEEEHAAWW
    Supporting Member

    Joined:
    Mar 25, 2002
    Messages:
    7,457
    Likes Received:
    189
    #23 FlyerFanatic, Jan 1, 2003
  4. fadeaway

    fadeaway Member

    Joined:
    Apr 25, 2000
    Messages:
    14,849
    Likes Received:
    1,228
    #24 fadeaway, Jan 1, 2003
  5. Behad

    Behad Member

    Joined:
    Feb 20, 1999
    Messages:
    12,358
    Likes Received:
    193
    Beat me to it, fade.

    its :possessive pronoun of the word "it"

    it's :contraction meaning "it is"
     
    #25 Behad, Jan 1, 2003
  6. Behad

    Behad Member

    Joined:
    Feb 20, 1999
    Messages:
    12,358
    Likes Received:
    193
    smilie tags do not count. The above was ": possessive" without the space.
     
    #26 Behad, Jan 1, 2003
  7. FlyerFanatic

    FlyerFanatic YOU BOYS LIKE MEXICO!?! YEEEHAAWW
    Supporting Member

    Joined:
    Mar 25, 2002
    Messages:
    7,457
    Likes Received:
    189
    Thats a grammar error not a spelling error no word up there is spelled wrong, sure i might have used it in the wrong wat but its not spelled wrong
     
    #27 FlyerFanatic, Jan 1, 2003
  8. FlyerFanatic

    FlyerFanatic YOU BOYS LIKE MEXICO!?! YEEEHAAWW
    Supporting Member

    Joined:
    Mar 25, 2002
    Messages:
    7,457
    Likes Received:
    189
    ahh crap spelled way wrong caught it myself my spelling sucks!!!!!
     
    #28 FlyerFanatic, Jan 1, 2003
  9. fadeaway

    fadeaway Member

    Joined:
    Apr 25, 2000
    Messages:
    14,849
    Likes Received:
    1,228
    Ha ha. You said "wat". Bang. :p
     
    #29 fadeaway, Jan 1, 2003
  10. FlyerFanatic

    FlyerFanatic YOU BOYS LIKE MEXICO!?! YEEEHAAWW
    Supporting Member

    Joined:
    Mar 25, 2002
    Messages:
    7,457
    Likes Received:
    189
    ehhh oh well, wish the edit post option was avail :(
     
    #30 FlyerFanatic, Jan 1, 2003
  11. drapg

    drapg Member

    Joined:
    Mar 18, 2002
    Messages:
    9,683
    Likes Received:
    2
    if this is true, than I should be back in.
     
    #31 drapg, Jan 1, 2003
  12. Behad

    Behad Member

    Joined:
    Feb 20, 1999
    Messages:
    12,358
    Likes Received:
    193
    Don't you mean "then"...Goodbye!
     
    #32 Behad, Jan 1, 2003
  13. fadeaway

    fadeaway Member

    Joined:
    Apr 25, 2000
    Messages:
    14,849
    Likes Received:
    1,228
    And back out again for using "than" instead of "then".
     
    #33 fadeaway, Jan 1, 2003
  14. drapg

    drapg Member

    Joined:
    Mar 18, 2002
    Messages:
    9,683
    Likes Received:
    2
    so this IS a grammar contest?

    you know what, forget it. I kil myself
     
    #34 drapg, Jan 1, 2003
  15. fadeaway

    fadeaway Member

    Joined:
    Apr 25, 2000
    Messages:
    14,849
    Likes Received:
    1,228
    "neway"?

    Die Crisco, die! :cool:
     
    #35 fadeaway, Jan 1, 2003
  16. pasox2

    pasox2 Member

    Joined:
    Dec 31, 2001
    Messages:
    4,251
    Likes Received:
    47
    #36 pasox2, Jan 1, 2003
  17. Puedlfor

    Puedlfor Member

    Joined:
    May 30, 2000
    Messages:
    5,973
    Likes Received:
    21
    But the words are misspelled.

    My example : I used "to", instead of "too". The meaning of my sentence clearly implied that I wanted the latter form, but I mistakenly put the first one in.

    That counts as a spelling error because a letter is omitted. The correct way to spell the word I wanted was t-o-o, not t-o, as I wrote. It would be as incorrect as writing "tody", when you meant to write "today" - both are omissions of key letters, or in some cases, substituting the wrong letter. Like spelling the word "todey", instead of "today".

    And I took myself down, because I couldn't stand the thought of something so ignominous as being called out for using "to" instead of "too". I learned that stuff back in first grade.
     
    #37 Puedlfor, Jan 1, 2003
  18. fadeaway

    fadeaway Member

    Joined:
    Apr 25, 2000
    Messages:
    14,849
    Likes Received:
    1,228
    Amen, Puedlfor.
     
    #38 fadeaway, Jan 1, 2003
  19. CriscoKidd

    CriscoKidd Member

    Joined:
    Oct 18, 1999
    Messages:
    9,303
    Likes Received:
    546
    I posted that before I entered the contest. I'm not dead yet.
     
    #39 CriscoKidd, Jan 2, 2003
  20. Behad

    Behad Member

    Joined:
    Feb 20, 1999
    Messages:
    12,358
    Likes Received:
    193
    Now this is a sticky subject. The contest officially started at midnight on January 1. CK joined after the start time. The post in question came in the interim. Is it a kill? Is he an official entrant? Who is the judge for this contest? Is it HtownHero's decision to make?
     
    #40 Behad, Jan 2, 2003
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)
Page 2 of 22
Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.

Share This Page