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Thanks! I'm literally too dense today to do that myself. Ugh...

No; you're figuratively too dense to do that today. The ratio of your mass to volume, in a literal sense, has nothing to do with your ability to like a web site.

You might also occasionally check your spelling, capitalization, and grammar as well. If you're a conservative American, as you claim, then I'd think you'd be all in favor of requiring proficiency in English.

If only Rogue's had some class feature that helped with that ...

The plural of "rogue" is "rogues" -- not "Rogue's."

As I'm unable to get past that, it's hard for me to evaluate the rest of your corrections.

Albion, madam. This sceptred isle. This green and pleasant land. This England.

Indeed, sir, I am well-familiar with Albion. It was "Ablion," of which you spoke, about which I was uncertain.

insisting, nay, demanding that the loyal servants of Ablion must participate in this debasement of our beautiful mother tongue is simply not acceptable.

Albion?

Dashed underhand.

Dashedly underhanded.

Remember, too, that you most likely cannot "enchant" a wondrous item, because the item is mindless and is hence immune to spells from the school of Enchantment.

Was that directed at me, or? If so, why?

No, it was directed at me.

Lisa: We aren't going to do it if we can't do it great.

Is the adverb truly dead, then?

Feel free to tell me about the miniscule amount of people who stay in...

Miniscule number of people. Individual people can be counted, and are therefore not collectivized as an "amount."

The feat was broken, in the week manor.

"Weak manner."

Week [n.] A unit of time consisiting of seven calendar days.
Weak [adj.] Antonym of "strong."
Manner [n.] A way or fashion.
Manor [n.] A house or mansion.

Numbers don't get apostrophes: the word is "ninth," not "nin'th," so the shortened form is "9th" rather than "9'th."

No, you did not "literally die" when you heard that.

Totally off-topic, and no offense intended, but I'm always interested to see people use "overexaggerate" in scolding someone else for the perceived use of exaggeration. Given that the word "exaggerate" itself already imples overstating reality, to say "overexaggerate" is to employ a slang term which does exactly what you're telling the other person not to do.

You know I should have spelled all of that correctly due to the serious time in France (Avignon in particular) and Cotes de Rhone (sorry can't get the accent grave in there) well actually Chateauneuf du Pape is one of my favorites.

Côtes du Rhône. The accents are circumflexes, rather than accents graves, and "du" is a contraction of "de le," implying that the Rhône river is masculine.

P.S. I agree that the Châteauneuf-du-Pape appelation produces some of the best wines in the region; the dry climate, clay soils, heat-retaining pebbles, and dry mistral winds combine to work wonders there.

You are now leaving the Anecdote Zone, drive safe!

Never mind the GM screen. The real question is this: Why has the entire English-speaking world, within the last few months, abandoned the adverb as a part of speech? Up until roughly May of this year, we would all have said "drive safely."

its enchantment is laid upon your sword.

Minor correction: it's a transmutation, not an enchantment.

wow your fricking literal

You're

It's never too soon to start teaching proper English to the children.

Hyperbole, not hiperbole.

That's my job, Sonny! And it's "wolves," not "wolfs."

I do not think we, the US, are doing that bad.

Except, of course, in the area of proper use of adverbs.

Dual = Paired; two in tandem.
Duel = Small-scale personal combat, often over a point of honor.

All characters are assumed to be "duel-wielding" unless they're on a large-scale battlefield, or are not in combat at all. A character using two weapons is "dual wielding."

EDIT: Further research reveals that British English uses the term the way that you are using it. Two peoples separated by a common language as George Bernard Shaw put it.

Quite. It reminds me of the Brit who flew to the U.S., and his reaction when the plane's captain announced, "We'll be landing momentarily."

Emphasis added:

ThornDJL7 wrote:

...a lot of people don't deal well with individual's like you and I. The uneducated mind's response is to flame at you.

That should read "you and me." "I" is a nominative case pronoun, and it cannot be the object of the preposition "like". Internet rule: When accusing others of being uneducated, make sure your grammar is correct. :p

Not to mention that plurals are not constructed using apostrophes. "individual's" is a possessive, not a plural.

chance of loosing resources without benefit.

Loose (/luess/) = unbind, to set free.

Lose (/looz/) = fail to retain.

Which begs the question...

Not exactly.

Ya know they had Criteria, as in more then one thing :) It was just the two words one used as an example.

I'm aware that there were more than one.

If more than one had been intended to apply, "these criteria" would have been the thing to say, rather than "this criterion." In no way can "this criteria" ever be considered correct English, however -- even if Richard Nixon used to think it was.

this criteria was not negotiable.

"This criterion." Criteria are plural.

I wouldn't have mentioned it, except that the plural of "magus" came up as well...

were so viscious that the Catholic church banned their use against Christians.

It may be that "vicious" is the word you want. "Viscous" refers to slowly-flowing liquids (e.g., syrup).

As the person that most frequently corrects the spelling, punctuation and grammar in thread titles around here, the title of this thread has me twitching uncontrollably.

Nonsense! It is I who hold title to the corections you seek to claim, and I who should be most offended by this thread!

"Your" = second person possessive. Example: "I like your character."
"You're" = contraction of "you are." Example: "You're just saying that."

Your oversimplifications... does not strengthen...

you might not making...

Kirth Gersen, after driving to and from Dallas in the last day or so, has his brain scrambled. Please forgive this pathetic display of babbling.

The anti Reagan if ever one existed.

He probably knew how to correctly use apostrophes, however.

I do not participate in interspecies relationships.

Greater/Grand/True

Feats use the "standard/improved/greater" terminology;

Rage uses the "standard/greater/mighty" terminology;

Beast Shape spells use the "I/II/III/IV" terminology;

Fortification armor uses the "light/moderate/heavy" terminology;

Hexes use a completely different scale that eludes me at present;

Mutagens, supposedly, will use the "standard/greater/grand/true" terminology.

In the interest of sanity, consistency, and clear communication, it seems reasonable that there would be a standardized progression of "normal ... better ... best," rather than a different set of such terms for each individual instance.

Away from the bonuses, but in line with the terminology, would it be possible to request a more standard nomenclature, along the lines of Lesser/Improved/Greater, rather than the proposed Greater/Grand/Whatever? It is something of a burden having to memorize a different progression of comparative adjectives for each class. This would apply equally to the witch's hexes.

Am I the only one who thinks that "mastodon" is the correct spelling?

Prince That Howls wrote:

I could give two s**ts about how it makes me look.

Obviously.

Wait, I'm confused... Oh, he means "couldn't," not "could." Now I get it.

I'm siding towards "eidola", or "Eidolae", if one is keeping the regional 'flavor' of the word.

I was kidding. The word "eidolon" is Greek; the plural in that language is "eidola." In English, one could make a case for "eidolons." Use of the apostrophe in making a plural, however, is incorrect in ANY language.

P.S. The plural of eidolon should probably be "eidolons" or "eidola," not "eidolon's" ... Or is it "eidoli"? "Eidolae"? Does anyone here speak Greek?

It looks at you with greed in it's eyes, as it grips the manacles on it's belt.

You're doing that just to spite me now, aren't you?

For all descriptions:

"It's" is a contraction of "it is."
"Its" is the possessive.

Don't believe me -- look it up.

"It's" = "it is."
"Its" = possessive.

Yes, English sucks.

YEAH!

Did someone call me?

who knows any good "You're Mommy" jokes?

Do you mean "Your Mommy," or are you implying that the butt of the joke is uncertain regarding the state of her own maternity?

Duel (n.) - A fight, usually between two combatants, often conducted under a system of rules and/or special procedures.

Dual (adj.) - Paired.

And I still prefer lightening, electricity sounds too modern

Lightening (gerund): growing less dark.

Lightning (noun): natural electrical discharge.

ect.

"etc." = et cetera (Lat., "and so on").

Did someone call me?

I belong to the unspeakable cult of Dan'lweb-Star, and his divine herald Roget. We are granted the Domains of Literacy, Domination, and Madness. Our favored weapon is the unabridged dictionary.

That's a good idea.

I won't let you use it, though, because I'm too selfish (in addition to being lazy and elitist).

;P (j/k, lol, and all that other stuff)