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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-08 02:42 PM
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The manifesto for all grammar/usage nazi party members
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LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-08 04:03 PM
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1. Nice reference!
I'm going to send that one to a couple people... :)
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-08 04:32 PM
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2. Bookmarked
:hi:
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-08 04:37 PM
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3. And you know they're going to go and educate themselves as a result?
:rofl:

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Cults4Bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-08 05:53 PM
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4. fuck'em
asswholes
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Robb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-08 05:55 PM
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5. Fine. I'm gonna hoist you on some kind of petard
and lie prostately about it.
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Cults4Bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-08 07:02 PM
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7. Hold your peace!
You must of undermind my incite!
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-08 06:01 PM
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6. Good sight!
:hide:
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-08 08:08 PM
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12. Wanna see obsessive? It's "site," not "sight," on the Web. Jesus, I need a hobby.
Redstone
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-08 08:21 PM
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13. Duh.
:eyes:
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-08 08:26 PM
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14. Let me guess: You did that on purpose, and I was too dumb to get it. That would be
pretty much par for the course for me, wouldn't it?

Redstone
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-08 09:34 PM
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16. Yes, I did that on purpose
I will make no judgments as to your intelligence.
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hippywife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-08 07:22 PM
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8. Bookmarked.
I edit and publish a monthly newsletter as part of my job. This will come in handy. Thanx! :hi:
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mopinko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-08 07:51 PM
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9. there goes my week.
damn.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-08 08:04 PM
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10. No joke! I feel like I have to read them all. I know most of them.
Edited on Thu Dec-11-08 08:38 PM by Shell Beau
I have to say the augurs well got me though.


I know most in the A's. I didn't get too much further.
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mopinko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-08 09:50 AM
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17. i just looked up all my pet peeves
and was so happy to see them there. i didn't go there to learn, i went there to prove that i was right. tells you who i am. :-(
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-08 08:07 PM
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11. Good God. Even though I'm one of those "nazis," that Web page is truly obsessive.
I'd rather be irritated by mistakes than to wade through all that.

Redston
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-08 08:33 PM
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15. I'll go their later.
:D

Thanks for the link.
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-12-08 09:55 AM
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18. Hey, when you learn German
you understand all this stuff. I also teach Business English, so it's helpful to use words correctly. Thanks for the link :hi:
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