Infraction for arathron: Mod Sass

• bartolimu · 02/27/09, 10:53 AM

User: arathron
Infraction: Mod Sass
Points: 2

Administrative Note:

Message to User:

The word you were looking for was "offensive."

If the adjective "standard" in the original violation I wrote had been modifying the noun "English," then your point about its capitalization may have been correct. Unfortunately, "standard" was in fact modifying the noun "word processor." The word "English" was also being used as an adjective to further define the type of "word processor" being described. Perhaps a more explicit manner of saying this would have been. "The spelling can be fixed with the application of any standard spellchecker capable of performing its duties upon the English language." However, that is wordy and sounds overly pedantic. The true fault lies of course in English adjectival placement, which differs from most Indo-European languages in that adjectives precede the modified noun. That said, we are stuck with this language; if you choose to post here, so are you.

Capitol means a building that serves as a seat of government. Capital means, in the case of this particular illustration, an upper case letter. It also has other meanings dealing with economics, and I believe the British used to use it as an equivalent to such superlatives as great. I suppose proper usage in that case would be, "Capital idea, chap."

Your writing of this PM was not a capital idea. In fact it was a somewhat poor idea. If you are having trouble posting according to the rules, I suggest you stop posting or you may find yourself incapable of doing so. Yes, we have expectations regarding post quality that are more stringent than those found elsewhere online. Despite this, many people for whom English is a second, third, or fourth language post here without incident every day. While I do not wish to offend you further, I do feel it is my duty to point out that you are not in fact special. You will not be treated differently, and the expectations with which we burden you also burden every other poster on these forums. They manage to survive, and I am confident that you can as well.

Originally Posted by arathron

I’m sorry I didn’t realize that you needed a degree in English to post on this forum. I thought this was a game forum. This is the third time I have received an infraction all for different things. In all my post I have not used any bad or offence words.
I also feel that there is no reason to be derogative towards me.

P.s Standard English is Capitol S not little S, I suggest you get a better spell checker.