Grammar nazi's wanted

ugatennis08 · 24 Oct 2008 at 15:57

Would someone mind having a look at my english paper and checking it for grammar, I've done the best I can but I'm really not that good at English. It's only a 1000 word paper and it's on Microsoft's new ad campaign life without walls.

Red and White · 24 Oct 2008 at 15:59

Location: GA USA

we would fail instantly at the yank version of english. use spelling and grammar checker

Raikiri · 24 Oct 2008 at 15:59

Nazis.

Vonhelmet · 24 Oct 2008 at 16:00

How soon do you need it back?

ugatennis08 · 24 Oct 2008 at 16:01

Red and White said:
Location: GA USA

we would fail instantly at the yank version of english. use spelling and grammar checker

I have obviously but it doesn't always pick up on things.

I need it back in 2 hours?

Red and White · 24 Oct 2008 at 16:01

Moses99p said:
I was under the impression that most rules were similar ;s.

i dunno tbh

Squink · 24 Oct 2008 at 16:02

You aren't going to learn anything by getting other people to check over your work for you every time you write a paper.

ugatennis08 · 24 Oct 2008 at 16:03

mulpsmebeauty said:
You aren't going to learn anything by getting other people to check over your work for you every time you write a paper.

Have you never heard of peer editing? I'm not asking them to write the paper, I'm asking them to check it, like most people do when they write something important.

JBuk · 24 Oct 2008 at 16:05

mulpsmebeauty said:
You aren't going to learn anything by getting other people to check over your work for you every time you write a paper.

how would he know where the mistakes were if they weren't pointed out to him?

Le_Petit_Lapin · 24 Oct 2008 at 16:09

If you send it to me I'll correct all those silly words you've went an put Z's in instead of S's and those words that you've forgotten have extra letters in the correct version of English.

rsatd · 24 Oct 2008 at 16:11

Le_Petit_Lapin said:
correst

*Runs for the hills*

JBuk · 24 Oct 2008 at 16:11

sen you're work to me coz I iz really *** with ma english gramma innit

ugatennis08 · 24 Oct 2008 at 16:12

Moses99p said:
Email in trust, host it quickly, whatever. I'll look.

Email sent

V4NT0M · 24 Oct 2008 at 16:31

mulpsmebeauty said:
You aren't going to learn anything by getting other people to check over your work for you every time you write a paper.

How will he learn then?

robbiemc · 24 Oct 2008 at 16:37

If it's in MS Word you can turn on the 'changes tracker' so that he can clearly see what's been changed.

TheCenturion · 24 Oct 2008 at 16:50

common mistakes
nazi's: what that means is the possession of "1" nazi
your: is NOT "you are"! "your going to be" is wrong. "You're going to be" is right.
were= past tense "I was, you were"
we're = We are
where = who what why where

Masterdog · 24 Oct 2008 at 16:56

Don't forget one grammatical difference between the US and UK is the way they treat a group of people. US English would say 'The group of people is eating the pie' whereas the UK version would be 'The group of people are eating the pie'. Just in case that crops up in the article. Especially if it involves pie.

TheCenturion · 24 Oct 2008 at 17:05

Masterdog said:
Don't forget one grammatical difference between the US and UK is the way they treat a group of people. US English would say 'The group of people is eating the pie' whereas the UK version would be 'The group of people are eating the pie'. Just in case that crops up in the article. Especially if it involves pie.

In English it's as correct to say The group is eating a pie

JBuk · 24 Oct 2008 at 17:09

anant_shah94 said:
In English it's as correct to say The group is eating a pie

you forgot to mention people

in your version we don't know what the group consists of

TheCenturion · 24 Oct 2008 at 17:13

JBuk said:
you forgot to mention people

in your version we don't know what the group consists of

But it's still one group, you still say "The group OF PEOPLE is eating the pie"
The group is subject, not people