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ken124578

ken124578

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My lucky guess is this:

<acronym title="Beware the Bumble"><img border="0" scr="(insert link)" width="X" height="X"></acronym>

Might be wrong though :-

XCH

XCH

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Well you can point them out, I can't guarantee I am going to change them all.

From the Rules:

Do not bump old messages, your post will just be deleted.

There is no conjunction, so the comma must be a semicolon.

Avoid repeated use of the same character or smilies. ie "!!!!!!!!!!" and ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

"ie" should be "e.g." Whenever either of the two is used it must be separated by commas and have periods after each letter. Both, "i.e.," and, "e.g.," are abbreviations for latin words. I cannot remember the latin, but when, "i.e.," is translated in to English it is basically restating what was just said. For example:

This site is not just a Dune site, i.e., there are boards for topics other than Dune.

When translated into English, the abbreviation, "e.g.," means, basically, "examples," e.g.,

This site has a lot of boards on it, e.g., Frank Herbert's DUNE, Emperor: Battle for Dune, Dune 2000, and Dune II.

Do not swear, we accept some swearing but within reason.

There is no conjunction joining the clauses "Do not swear," and, "we accept some swearing." A semicolon must be in place of the comma.

If you must ensure they are less then 400 pixels wide and 100 pixels high.

Put a comma between "must," and, "ensure"; otherwise, the sentence is unclear.

These are all from the Rules page. I may have overlooked some. I can post more if you would like.

And one last thing. This has been bothering me since I first came to this forum. On the top under where it says "Home | FAQ | Rules | Search | Member Map | Who's Online | Profile | Logout | Back to FED2k," there is news. Sometimes the news says:

News: Someone annoying you? Ignore them!

"Someone" is singular and "them" is plural. "Them" cannot be used, but "him,""her," or, "him or her" can be used in the place of "them."

nemafakei

nemafakei

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Nav disputed this also.

"They" stands in place of a singular pronoun of unknown gender, and has done since the C16th, according to Fowler's Modern English Usage.

I do, however, agree with your points about commas and semicolons.

"i.e." is slightly ambiguous in that it refers to a clarification (e.g. is more appropriate here), however, whichever is chosen should really be preceded by a comma, not a full stop (and "i.e.", preferably followed by a comma, though it could (as with "e.g.") be ellided into the full stop).

id est never becomes ea sunt.

XCH

XCH

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The following is a QUOTATION from the Rules:

We have the right to to modify or remove any message we find inappropriate.

This would sound much better with the word "that" between the words "message," and "we," but it is grammatically correct right now.

But, more importantly, could the word "Quote" that is written above the quotation be changed to "Quotation"?

DjCiD

DjCiD

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I don't understand any of it, and thats alright with me. I think its like a quote itself. Don't know where it came form maybe a movie or something.

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