Post Properly or Risk Being Banned
As the moderation here has been, shall we say, lax of late, I simply wish to remind all of you that basic spelling and grammar are prerequisites for the continued privilege of posting in these esteemed forums.
Certain among you have been particularly egregious in your offenses, and I have doubts as to your basic intelligence or past performance in primary school, let alone that you will contribute meaningful content at any point in the future.
Be aware of your grammar and spelling. Only post if you have something to contribute. Fail at either, and I will publicly submit you to Rym and Scott for court martial and banning. What I offer now is your single chance to avoid rebuke. Take heed. From this point forward, I will be vigilant.
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Can I, and all other people in the same situation, get a special something, like treatment, or a blank-looking card, or something (no ideas)? Seeing as English is not my native language and that English high school classes here are pathetic. There is so much grammar that has never been taught to me properly. Stupid school system, but then again, where isn't the school system crap in some way?
Anyhow, I will do my best to not expose my horrible grammar and spelling :P
Suggestion: Go easy on people with a comment count under fifty. Just a caution for their first offense.
Yet, I do not believe the above quoted sentence is quite right. It is a bit of a run-on in that it makes four points that could have been split into two or three sentences. But my main problem with it is that it's not parallel. "I have doubts as to your... let alone that you will contribute..." does not follow. "I have doubts as to your basic intelligence or past performance in primary school or contribution of meaningful future content" would have been better. You may have been able to make better use of punctuation as well. "Certain among you have been particularly egregious in your offenses; I have doubts..." is tighter.
Do you take a hard line on American English spelling, or is some British English spelling acceptable?
(Pardon for wasting your time, Mr Period.)