An open conerning poor writing skills

Originally Posted by piot

What does this mean?

Originally Posted by midwinter

Something seems to be wrong with brucep's space bar.

Originally Posted by Splinemodel

Dude, that just means the people you call also don't understand you. Obviously, you have one or more disabilities. Deal with them. I do not feel sorry for you.

Originally Posted by KingOfSomewhereHot

Just not at any point in THIS thread.

Originally Posted by sequitur

This is not meant to be a criticism but just a critique - for help in your next post.

Yes, [space after comma and lower case m in MY] My space bar is [helper verb] misused [one word]. [Space after period]. I never noticed that till now. THANK YOU [Thank you - Do not scream]. I have a rare disease of dyslexia [lower case d in dyslexia] of the left hand. A blinding fast downwards twitch of my lower [lower thumb? Do you have an upper thumb? No wonder you have trouble writing.] thumb area barely flicking the space bar. A family hidden shame I carry alone with great sadness.

I have not written letters of any kind except for business letters to my clients that are short and sweet. I also have over 30,000 post's {posts is plural, not possessive=posts] in various Pink Floyd [proper nouns are capitalized] forums, but over there [over where?], punctuation is not so tight. So it has been since high school back in 1977 that i [I is always capitalized as King suggested] have wrote < or is it written ?> [written=participle with a helping verb-have] in a correct manner. I have since then picked up many bad habit's [habits-plural, not possessive].

I feel that except for my radical views, i can post here at AI in a correct manner. I will never fully be [be fully] proficient at proper sentence structure. I tend to write exactly the same as i would speak on a phone. [space after a period] BUT I WILL TRY MY BEST. [But I will try my best - DO NOT scream].

Please wait a little and view my posts and let me know what you think.

Also i [I - capitalized] CAN SEE [can see - DO NOT scream] a forum wide problem of facts being thrown around with no regard for their validity.

peace [Peace]

Try not to start sentences with "So" and "But". It is not incorrect, but it is gauche.

I would much appreciate a critique of my critique, as I know I make mistakes.

Originally Posted by sequitur

Brucep,
You may not be good with grammar, but you're a good sport. I salute you.

Piece (sic)

Originally Posted by MacTripper

brucep,

We all have something we need to work better at in our lives.

For example:

Some people are as*holes and can't place themselves in the others shoes before uttering something that will upset the other.

Some people are dyslexic, some people talk to dam loud.

Some people tend to spit when they talk, or pick their nose in public.

Some people have issues that are not so obvious, some are obvious.

Whatever it is we need to work on, just keep at it and smile because one day it will be fine.


Me, I'm perfect. I don't need any improvement obviously.

Originally Posted by sequitur

Nuff seed. No more critiques.

Piece (sic)

Originally Posted by sequitur

Huh ? Please more critiques, its [it's - contraction, not possessive] fun. In fact I wrote something below about why I left the forums [fora - plural of forum] for 9 months or so. Please, my friend, have a look see. Over at the pink floyd, [Pink Floyd - proper nouns are capitalized or capitalised if you're across the pond] site they will be thrilled with my new writing skills .
>>>>>>>>>

One day the fog rolled in. The next morning the fog kept on rolling in, a deeper shade of gray than had ever been seen before. People spoke to me [,but] all I heard was a gray muffled sound.

10 days turned into 20.
40 day turned into months.
The cancer was eating away at me.
By day 117, I stop caring about anything. The treatments were killing me. A circle of radition [radiation] and chemo round and round.

The grey fog I now see was only in mine eye.

And then one day it was over. Feeble I was for month upon month [no s] and after a million bowls gruel I ate. Yet every day I feel just a touch better.

I am now almost 60 percent recovered from the treatments.

Somehow i found my way home, [period or ;] somehow i [capital I] found my way back here [to my] home.
Someone was trying to be funny [comma - compound sentence] and I thought you're not funny. Moom is funny. Moom ? I thought, "Who the fuck is moom?"

And it hit me I have friends someplace locked away and hidden from my illness and shame.

And moom was one of my best buddies over there [where?].

I miss you, too, moom.
I miss all you guys.
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You aren't heeding the changes made in the previous thread.

We're glad you're recuperating. Keep up your positive attitude.

Where's the "Language Police", Mr. H? [is police singular or plural here?] Why haven't you joined the fray? There was a Grammar Rant thread in February 2008. I don't want to start another one, so this is the end, brucep. Send a private message if you want more critiques.

Originally Posted by sequitur

I'm drinking coffee as I write this. Are you? Where do you live? Unless we live in the same zip code, I doubt that we can have coffee together. What did you have in mind?

BTW, don't want to correct your posts any more, as it's too time consuming, but if you have any direct questions, I'll be happy to answer them. Use Private Messages in the upper right corner of these threads. That will avoid non-interested AI members having to gag.

Mr. H, where are you? You can help brucep's plight, too. Or is the Language Police just on board to point out errors? That's helpful, too. brucep can learn from that, also.