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[Granite26]

I'm a fan of a society that politely reinforces spelling and grammar...

It's better than ignoring it and letting the language devolve into illegibility.

Especially for non-native speakers who may try to transfer their forum English into the real world (AKA jobs and whatnot)

[Milskidasith]

Miner addition...

minor addition.

A miner is someone who mines.  A minor is something of small stature.

Edit: no one noticed the missing r.
And yes, I am a spelling nazi (one z), though I do let up on people who I am aware do not have English as their first language (and feel free to correct me, my spelling and typing ARE terrible).

I noticed the missing R. I just didn't feel compelled to correct you while laughing my ass off at the irony.

[Neonivek]

I'm a fan of a society that politely reinforces spelling and grammar...

Don't got Spell check then you don't get spelling

That is my view when someone corrects my spelling on this site.

[Silverionmox]

I'm a fan of a society that politely reinforces spelling and grammar...

It's better than ignoring it and letting the language devolve into illegibility.

Especially for non-native speakers who may try to transfer their forum English into the real world (AKA jobs and whatnot)

Ironically, the non-native speakers that excuse themselves for their bad English on forums often write almost flawlessly.

[Draco18s]

I noticed the missing R. I just didn't feel compelled to correct you while laughing my ass off at the irony.

Figures.

Because I had to add the bold formatting it wasn't caught by FF's spellchecker.

Ironically, the non-native speakers that excuse themselves for their bad English on forums often write almost flawlessly.

Quite.  There are a few who have poor English, but I've meet fewer of them than I've meet native English speakers who write well (I even had one guy, after I beat him over the head with reasons why he should use punctuation, REFUSE to use it on grounds that "it took too long to type."  Even after having already misread a post due to the lack of punctuation and the "punctuation is the difference between 'I helped my uncle, Jack, off a horse' and 'I helped my uncle jack off a horse'" speech).

[Qmarx]

I noticed the missing R. I just didn't feel compelled to correct you while laughing my ass off at the irony.

Figures.

Because I had to add the bold formatting it wasn't caught by FF's spellchecker.

Ironically, the non-native speakers that excuse themselves for their bad English on forums often write almost flawlessly.

Quite.  There are a few who have poor English, but I've meet fewer of them than I've meet native English speakers who write well (I even had one guy, after I beat him over the head with reasons why he should use punctuation, REFUSE to use it on grounds that "it took too long to type." 

If you're going to use an actual quotation, you might want to reconsider your period usage.

[peekama]

I like the grammer system in place on the Facepunch Studios forums. Wach post gives you one "smartness point", but when you have a major spelling or grammer error, you lost points. At the end of each week 10 users with the lowest negative smartness would receive a one week ban.

[Maggarg - Eater of chicke]

I like the grammer system in place on the Facepunch Studios forums. Wach post gives you one "smartness point", but when you have a major spelling or grammer error, you lost points. At the end of each week 10 users with the lowest negative smartness would receive a one week ban.

yaaaay, facepunch elitism!

[i are not good with compu]

I noticed the missing R. I just didn't feel compelled to correct you while laughing my ass off at the irony.

Figures.

Because I had to add the bold formatting it wasn't caught by FF's spellchecker.

Ironically, the non-native speakers that excuse themselves for their bad English on forums often write almost flawlessly.

Quite.  There are a few who have poor English, but I've meet fewer of them than I've meet native English speakers who write well (I even had one guy, after I beat him over the head with reasons why he should use punctuation, REFUSE to use it on grounds that "it took too long to type." 

If you're going to use an actual quotation, you might want to reconsider your period usage.

I've seen so many conflicting views from otherwise English-edumicated people on whether or not periods go inside or outside a quotation when it's at the end of a sentence that I've realized it's wholly unimportant.

[Granite26]

I concur, which probably makes me a hypocrite...

[Draco18s]

I've seen so many conflicting views from otherwise English-edumicated people on whether or not periods go inside or outside a quotation when it's at the end of a sentence that I've realized it's wholly unimportant.

I try not to put periods inside parens at all, though I do occasionally finish a full sentence and start a new one, so...

[Tormy]

I like the grammer system in place on the Facepunch Studios forums. Wach post gives you one "smartness point", but when you have a major spelling or grammer error, you lost points. At the end of each week 10 users with the lowest negative smartness would receive a one week ban.

Whoa...that sounds incredible...I guess that it's pointless to register there, if your english is not perfect in that case...[like my english  ]
Not that I care about that forum, it was just a note. 

[Qmarx]

I like the grammer system in place on the Facepunch Studios forums. Wach post gives you one "smartness point", but when you have a major spelling or grammer error, you lost points. At the end of each week 10 users with the lowest negative smartness would receive a one week ban.

[dizzyelk]

So the creeping death is spelling/grammar nazis?

[JohnieRWilkins]

I've seen so many conflicting views from otherwise English-edumicated people on whether or not periods go inside or outside a quotation when it's at the end of a sentence that I've realized it's wholly unimportant.

Sorry to break this to you, but the debate is settled. Punctuation marks go inside of quotations.

Internets, take note.

P.S: If your English grammar is less than stellar, please correct your problem before correcting others.