For the love of God, please stop writing and saying "with regards [sic] to" or "in regards [sic] to"--it's fucking wrong! Use "with regard to" and "in regard to," if you must. You may use "as regards," though.

But I don't recommend using "regarding," "with regard to," or "in regard to." The Simon & Schuster Handbook for Writers lists these elements as "too stiff or wordy"--use "about, concerning, or for."

This is hooksaw's kryptonite, people. Please don't make me suffer anymore.

6/19/2008 5:45:37 AM

you don't have to write [sic] after each grammatical error, if the point of writing them is to point out the errors.

6/19/2008 5:47:58 AM

For emphasis.

6/19/2008 5:50:32 AM

what in the fuck does [sic] mean anyway. someone puke during the sentence?

6/19/2008 5:51:37 AM

Quote :

"Sic is a Latin word meaning "thus", "so", "as such", or "just as that"."

6/19/2008 5:57:56 AM

then why not just use one of those words? instead of typing something in a bracket.

6/19/2008 5:58:58 AM

^ Why use e.g. or i.e. or a.m. or p.m. or. . .you get the idea.

NB, B.

6/19/2008 6:17:57 AM

*shrug* aight, that works.

6/19/2008 6:27:40 AM

Cool.

6/19/2008 6:32:25 AM

cooler than a polar bear's toenails.

6/19/2008 6:34:38 AM

^ LOL--ad absurdum!

6/19/2008 6:46:24 AM

oh hell

there he go again

talkin that shit...

6/19/2008 6:50:17 AM

^ Ab uno disce omnes.

6/19/2008 6:58:01 AM

Bend corners like I was a curve


I struck a nerve

6/19/2008 7:54:38 AM

thank god some people give a shit about talking right

6/19/2008 7:58:41 AM

And now you bout to see this southern playa serve

6/19/2008 8:01:12 AM

6/19/2008 9:10:47 AM

THANKS RESIDENT OLD GUY

but seriously i hate the "i could care less" thing, that gets on my nerves.

6/19/2008 9:16:00 AM

also learn the difference between "i.e." and "e.g."


i.e. = "id est" - "that is" (I remember this by saying "i.e." are the starting letters for "it is" [sic] - mostly i remember this one by remembering the other one much more accurately)
e.g. = "exempli gratia" - "for example" (I remember this by saying "e.g." are the starting letters for "examples are great" or something similar)


The amount of gray matter in his head was significantly less than the normal man's, i.e. he was a moron.
The amount of gray matter in his head was significantly less than the normal man's, that is, he was a moron.

I spend all day doing normal things (e.g. looking up porn, masturbating, or thinking about porn).
I spend all day doing normal things (for example: looking up porn, masturbating, or thinking about porn).

6/19/2008 9:16:35 AM

Quote :

"but seriously i hate the "i could care less" thing, that gets on my nerves."

6/19/2008 9:18:23 AM

^^ Don't forget those should be followed by a comma.

6/19/2008 9:21:54 AM

Quote :

"THANKS RESIDENT OLD GUY"

"OLD GUY"? Where's the comma, synapse? WHERE'S THE F-ING COMMA?!

^ Correct.

6/19/2008 3:11:27 PM

i.e. = "in other words"
e.g. = "for example"

with regards [sic] to the topic of the thread, I just say "RE:"

6/19/2008 3:13:09 PM

"In Ether words"

"for EGsample"

6/19/2008 3:29:43 PM

6/19/2008 3:50:10 PM

Jesus,

I teach English, and even I don't care about this.

6/19/2008 3:51:19 PM

And that is why nobody knows how to use words properly.

6/19/2008 3:51:52 PM

Let me clarify: They leave my class knowing the rules, and I enforce them in the classroom. But in the real world, unless the meaning is obscured, I could care less ([sic!!!]).

6/19/2008 3:54:10 PM

hooksaw, what do you do?

6/19/2008 3:59:39 PM

Quote :

"but seriously i hate the "i could care less" thing, that gets on my nerves"

6/19/2008 4:14:16 PM

quod erat demonstrandum

6/19/2008 4:15:40 PM

^^^ Most recently I was a TA at State. I'm taking the summer off, though.

I was the editor of my junior college newspaper; I think that's when I really started to enjoy editing. I'm like BASF--I don't make the text, I make it better. Some people like the beauty of the written (and spoken) word; I like the nuts and bolts of the written word.

[Edited on June 19, 2008 at 4:26 PM. Reason : .]

6/19/2008 4:24:50 PM

You could of made your point with a much shorter post, hooksaw!

6/19/2008 5:15:09 PM

^

Quote :

"Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his subjects only in outline, but that every word tell [emphasis added]."

— William Strunk Jr.
in Elements of Style

6/19/2008 5:28:21 PM

With regards to this thread, go suck an egg.

6/19/2008 6:04:26 PM

I heard it's not where you from but where you pay rent

6/19/2008 6:09:22 PM

^^ Hey, don't steal my "Suck eggs!" line.

6/19/2008 6:13:52 PM

Quote :

"William Strunk Jr. in Elements of Style"

sucked all the fun out of the English language

just like you're doing right now

6/19/2008 6:17:33 PM

^ Let me get this out of the way right now: Shut the fuck up!

6/19/2008 6:30:33 PM

StillFuchsia, when did you stop fighting the good fight?

6/19/2008 6:36:47 PM

Ahahahaha...

hooksaw, read my post again.

6/19/2008 6:52:47 PM

^^^ OMG SOMEONE DISAGREED WITH ME ON THE INTERNET!!!!

^^ I haven't. But hooksaw used the very limited rules of Strunk to try to make a point. When really, this thread isn't going to change a goddamn thing.

[Edited on June 19, 2008 at 6:54 PM. Reason : .]

6/19/2008 6:53:18 PM

Quote :

"^^ Hey, don't steal my "Suck eggs!" line."

With regards to your statement, I stole it from Granny on Beverly Hillbillies. She was wearing that line out on the episode I watched the other day.

6/19/2008 7:55:09 PM

Quote :

"You could of made your point with a much shorter post, hooksaw!"

0EPII1

What, did you want me to call you on your incorrect use of "of"? Consider it done, you masochist.

6/21/2008 11:05:58 PM

Help me to eradicate the solecism at issue by posting crimes against the language here.

Quote :

"The lesser evil is Obama in regards to [emphasis added] this point."

Stimwalt

http://thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=528301&page=5

Let poetic justice be done.

7/10/2008 12:50:05 AM

i feel this way when people fuck up "aspect"

7/10/2008 3:47:21 AM

Quote :

"I don't think I've ever known you to screw up in regards to [emphasis added] a suspension."

PoleTracks

http://thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=500208&page=11

Let poetic justice be done.

7/25/2008 12:13:24 AM

eh

[Edited on July 25, 2008 at 12:59 AM. Reason : ]

7/25/2008 12:58:59 AM

Quote :

"Then that's that: McCain doesn't know what he's talking about in regards to recent events in Iraq."

Boone-Tard

http://thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=515964&page=8

7/30/2008 3:36:23 PM

This is what happens when an old guy with no imagination gets his weathered paws on one of the loathsome objects we call a style manual.

7/30/2008 3:38:51 PM