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Re: Radical forum change
Hanhan Wrote:liq3 Wrote:It won't have any affect on me.
I hate to be off-topic and a grammar nazi, but you've used the wrong word. You want 'effect'. Affect is used as in 'this affects me' and 'effect' as in 'special effects'. Damn this complicated language... even I'm not sure if I got that right, so if I'm wrong someone please correct me.
Anyway, I did like the forums better before the change. It was less complicated, easier to post in there, and I just think the separation is pointless.
let's ask mrs hirst XD
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youvebeenthunderstruck Wrote:You still said people would disagree with me. People haven't really. And I did address Puchiko's issue. And she still partially agreed with me.
You didn't and I don't see where she agreed, please make her post.
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Hanhan Wrote:liq3 Wrote:It won't have any affect on me.
I hate to be off-topic and a grammar nazi, but you've used the wrong word. You want 'effect'. Affect is used as in 'this affects me' and 'effect' as in 'special effects'. Damn this complicated language... even I'm not sure if I got that right, so if I'm wrong someone please correct me.
Anyway, I did like the forums better before the change. It was less complicated, easier to post in there, and I just think the separation is pointless.
Quote:Affect is used as in 'this affects me'
Quote:'this affects me'
Quote:affect on me
lolwut?
I'm pretty sure I used it right.
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liq3 Wrote:Hanhan Wrote:liq3 Wrote:It won't have any affect on me.
I hate to be off-topic and a grammar nazi, but you've used the wrong word. You want 'effect'. Affect is used as in 'this affects me' and 'effect' as in 'special effects'. Damn this complicated language... even I'm not sure if I got that right, so if I'm wrong someone please correct me.
Anyway, I did like the forums better before the change. It was less complicated, easier to post in there, and I just think the separation is pointless.
Quote:Affect is used as in 'this affects me'
Quote:'this affects me'
Quote:affect on me
lolwut?
I'm pretty sure I used it right.
The verb is affect. However, the noun is effect (unless you're using the obsolete form of the word "affection" which means "fondness"). I checked with my grammar textbook for "intermediate English learners". I'd hope you guys would do better than that, since you're native speakers...
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Hanhan Wrote:liq3 Wrote:It won't have any affect on me.
I hate to be off-topic and a grammar nazi, but you've used the wrong word. You want 'effect'. Affect is used as in 'this affects me' and 'effect' as in 'special effects'. Damn this complicated language... even I'm not sure if I got that right, so if I'm wrong someone please correct me.
Anyway, I did like the forums better before the change. It was less complicated, easier to post in there, and I just think the separation is pointless.
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Puchiko Wrote:The verb is affect. However, the noun is effect (unless you're using the obsolete form of the word "affection" which means "fondness"). I checked with my grammar textbook for "intermediate English learners". I'd hope you guys would do better than that, since you're native speakers...
The difference between "affect" and "effect" are one of those things they fail to teach us in school.
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What the hell happened. I do some crap for a week, come back to see all this accusations of forum corruption. I haven't seen too much my self. And whats with this IRC crap
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magic Wrote:What the hell happened. I do some crap for a week, come back to see all this accusations of forum corruption. I haven't seen too much my self. And whats with this IRC crap
Dude, you are forum corruption.
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Fire Elf Wrote:magic Wrote:What the hell happened. I do some crap for a week, come back to see all this accusations of forum corruption. I haven't seen too much my self. And whats with this IRC crap
Dude, you are forum corruption.
And that would be how?
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Re: Radical forum change
Those forums got split because it wasn't working very well when they were all together in the same forum. Why merge Philosophical of all things? School talk/ramblings I can still understand, and that whole thing is indeed a bit messy. Maybe School Talk and then another general forum for rants would suffice? I don't know.
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I think that if you don't want to merge the other forums, merge the two School forums.
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magic Wrote:Fire Elf Wrote:magic Wrote:What the hell happened. I do some crap for a week, come back to see all this accusations of forum corruption. I haven't seen too much my self. And whats with this IRC crap
Dude, you are forum corruption.
And that would be how?
Because you're messing up the forums with your shitty threads such as "YAY its tijme for pilgrammage" and "FUCK I GOT AN F".
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