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did u recive the payment???

OK, funkwit, where to start. No hello or goodbye. No capital letters. Use of 'u' instead of 'you'. You lazy, good for nothing piece of crap, I swear that I'm tempted to put semtex inside the parcel that your somewhat tardy cheque is supposed to pay for.

I stand corrected then, nice work fella.

Some pot changed the title of my topic.

Dr Gonzo wrote:
> was a moaning post to a
> completely unconnected bunch of people really necessary?

YES!

Damarus wrote:
> Neither am I but It doesn't stop me. :P

Well, same here...but anyway. :cD

Dr Gonzo wrote:
> unknown kernel wrote:
> But he's illiterate. And rude. He is everything I don't want to
> find
> in my inbox after a night out.
>
> You should never start a sentence with the words "but" or
> "and". This has been a matter of debate amongst
> grammarians, so possibly forgivable.
>
> On the other hand, he paid £32 for Mario Kart: Double Dash,
> the
> illiterate, rude, gullible sap.
>
> I'll overlook the hackneyed phrase that starts the paragraph for now.
> ‘Mario Kart: Double Dash' is a product name and as such should be
> denoted by some form of differentiation from the general text under
> modern techniques. Most commonly this would be through the use of
> italics, though I understand that’s not possible in the current
> situation. Further, the first comma is totally superfluous and
> therefore should be omitted.
>
> You also failed to use quotation marks when presenting the sender’s
> text; a cardinal sin.
>
> Aren't I the didactic bore? If we all got wrapped up in such
> niceties language would never progress and we'd still be deciding on
> a suitable superlative for the grunt. I think it's clear you
> understood the meaning of the message; was a moaning post to a
> completely unconnected bunch of people really necessary? Ultimately
> I presume the purpose was more self-gratification than altruistic
> chastisement… well, the same can be levied upon me : p

This was um.. my thoughts exactly. Like you took the words right out of my mouth!

Also, “my” is a possessive adjective and not a pronoun (still shouldn’t be capitalised though)… I’ll leave it by making a whole second post about it after I forgot the first time round.

k i dnt mnd mch m8 neway h8 vwls n ful stps n stf

Notices slew of proper nouns that haven’t been capitalized… similarly leaves it by actually mentioning it :)

*notices pronoun with capitial letter in middle of tag line.....leaves it*

unknown kernel wrote:
> But he's illiterate. And rude. He is everything I don't want to find
> in my inbox after a night out.

You should never start a sentence with the words "but" or "and". This has been a matter of debate amongst grammarians, so possibly forgivable.

> On the other hand, he paid £32 for Mario Kart: Double Dash, the
> illiterate, rude, gullible sap.

I'll overlook the hackneyed phrase that starts the paragraph for now. ‘Mario Kart: Double Dash' is a product name and as such should be denoted by some form of differentiation from the general text under modern techniques. Most commonly this would be through the use of italics, though I understand that’s not possible in the current situation. Further, the first comma is totally superfluous and therefore should be omitted.

You also failed to use quotation marks when presenting the sender’s text; a cardinal sin.

Aren't I the didactic bore? If we all got wrapped up in such niceties language would never progress and we'd still be deciding on a suitable superlative for the grunt. I think it's clear you understood the meaning of the message; was a moaning post to a completely unconnected bunch of people really necessary? Ultimately I presume the purpose was more self-gratification than altruistic chastisement… well, the same can be levied upon me : p

hohoho

you're bidding on ceramic items on ebay?