For greater clarity, I think your second sentence should have a comma after the word "shipping". You're right, I slipped up on that one. Your use of the ellipsis in your last unparenthesized sentence is non-standard and really should be avoided. I disagree; this is not a formal environment, and common usages that emulate speech patterns should be acceptable. It appears as if the "Grammar Police" monicker is a bit inaccurate. Perhaps you should have chosen "Spelling Police". You're right again, with this point; unfortunately, 'The Spelling Police' and 'Spelling Police' were both already taken. In addition, another poster had referred to me, while I was still only an Anonymous Coward, as 'The Grammar Police', so I took the name on as a lark.
There is no 'A' in definitely; also, in intel's pocket or no, I don't like Gateway's product. I usually don't like the way the machine is configured on shipping and reinstalling is -never- a smooth process (I'm not entirely convinced what they send you on CD is the same as what they ship on the harddrive.) I've always been happy with Dell machines... well, as happy as you can be with a windows machine. (I only get these prebuilt winsystems for work, of course, at home I build my own Linuxbox.)
I am, in fact, logged in as 'The Grammar Police' (mostly because someone else called me that and I said 'okay, why not!' and also because 'The Spelling Police' was already taken). I post anonymously because I figure any spelling or grammar corrections will result in immediately being moderated down as 'off-topic' and I will almost immediately have a negative Karma.
I also take exception to being told that I 'sure as hell better' get a user account. The only reason I have one is so that it remembers my settings so I can easily browse at thresholds below one. Many 'Anonymous Cowards' sign their posts with one tag or another, and yes, it risks the possibility that someone may masquerade as me, but that's my risk to take, isn't it?
In any case, my current crusade is against the misspelling of the word 'definitely' and other corrections are incidental. Anyone who does not wish to hear from me, may simply make a point of spelling 'definite' and 'definitely' correctly. (It really -is- too bad that 'The Spelling Police' was already taken. Much more appropriate to my current crusade, but perhaps once everyone spells 'definitely' correctly, I'll move on to proper usage of 'their,' 'they're,' and 'there.')
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For greater clarity, I think your second sentence should have a comma after the word "shipping".
You're right, I slipped up on that one.
Your use of the ellipsis in your last unparenthesized sentence is non-standard and really should be avoided.
I disagree; this is not a formal environment, and common usages that emulate speech patterns should be acceptable.
It appears as if the "Grammar Police" monicker is a bit inaccurate. Perhaps you should have chosen "Spelling Police".
You're right again, with this point; unfortunately, 'The Spelling Police' and 'Spelling Police' were both already taken. In addition, another poster had referred to me, while I was still only an Anonymous Coward, as 'The Grammar Police', so I took the name on as a lark.
The Grammar Police
There is no 'A' in definitely; also, in intel's pocket or no, I don't like Gateway's product. I usually don't like the way the machine is configured on shipping and reinstalling is -never- a smooth process (I'm not entirely convinced what they send you on CD is the same as what they ship on the harddrive.) I've always been happy with Dell machines... well, as happy as you can be with a windows machine. (I only get these prebuilt winsystems for work, of course, at home I build my own Linuxbox.)
I am, in fact, logged in as 'The Grammar Police' (mostly because someone else called me that and I said 'okay, why not!' and also because 'The Spelling Police' was already taken). I post anonymously because I figure any spelling or grammar corrections will result in immediately being moderated down as 'off-topic' and I will almost immediately have a negative Karma.
I also take exception to being told that I 'sure as hell better' get a user account. The only reason I have one is so that it remembers my settings so I can easily browse at thresholds below one. Many 'Anonymous Cowards' sign their posts with one tag or another, and yes, it risks the possibility that someone may masquerade as me, but that's my risk to take, isn't it?
In any case, my current crusade is against the misspelling of the word 'definitely' and other corrections are incidental. Anyone who does not wish to hear from me, may simply make a point of spelling 'definite' and 'definitely' correctly. (It really -is- too bad that 'The Spelling Police' was already taken. Much more appropriate to my current crusade, but perhaps once everyone spells 'definitely' correctly, I'll move on to proper usage of 'their,' 'they're,' and 'there.')
The Grammar Police