SL lack od policing and fraudulent rentals.

I'm starting to think you just like the neat clicky sound your keyboard makes.

Now you're just being silly.

"Whos"? "Shoot their goo"? "Peoples"? ROFLMAO! You obviously fall into that category of self-deluding ESLer inadequate communicators, since you signally fail to understand the underlying argument and think you are expressing yourself effectively.

Pep (How young did you claim not to be?)

Silly? Never unintentionally.

Pep (Now you're sounding like my 11 year old daughter; want to go for a full house and whinge like my wife as well?)

Good to see Im not the only one who thinks this way about this company of liars an scammers.....

http://foo.secondlifeherald.com/slh/2009/01/rich-grainger-coating-the-world-in-a-warm-blanket-of-software.html

Read comments under this completely infamous interview...

Pep's point is that there could be a significant misunderstanding because of the language barrier, and the OP isn't even considering it, while at the same time clearly showing us that English is not his or her first language.

Regardless of what you think of Pep, he has a point.

Grammar Nazi:

A captious individual who cannot resist the urge to correct a spelling and/or grammar mistake even in informal settings. After pointing out the linguistic shortcomings in others, a Grammar Nazi feels a strange sense of twisted and unconstructive intelligentsia delight.

In reality, they are making someone else feel bad for no reason and unintentionally implying that their "superior" grammar skills are all they have to show for a wasted liberal arts education.

While proper grammar usage is all well and good, a Grammar Nazi cavils even insignificant errors in English to somehow win an argument. Of course, rather than being genuinely persuasive in an argument, pointing out English errors is a weak attack only on the typist's credibility and never has any bearing on the underlying premises and assertions therein.

In other words, this is simply a disguised ad hominem argument which intelligent and logical people disregard.

We need an SL Better Business Bureau (snip).

Rene, as I concurred with you in another posting, there appears to be a propensity to jump all over someone if they do not speak the "perfect" english. RA doesn't just belong to those who have an excellent command of the english language but to anyone who has a question or comment.

I'll say it yet again. If someone, however intelligent, who has English as a second language doesn't make that fact clear (and I have a feeling that a lot of the time it is because they believe their English is good enough to pass as native - LMAO!) then how can you tell them from dumb people for whom English *is* their first language, but who can't present their questions and thoughts in a coherent fashion? It's a shame not to be able to distinguish the two types.

As someone has noted, about 50% of SL participants have English as a first language, and there are several subforums here that cater for many of those that wish to post in non-English. If ESLers are nevertheless going to post in English and want to be taken seriously then my suggestion is that they make sure they explain (perhaps in their forum profile, so that it is clear to see on each post) why their posts might be less than coherent, eg, "Turkish is my first language", "I am dyslexic", or even "I am too lazy to spell check my posts". Others might then make a more accurate assessment of their posts, rather than potentially dismissing them as unworthy of response or making inaccurate assumptions about the poster's experience or understanding.

Pep (not xenophobic, but not psychic either)

Last I checked admittance to posting does not require one to have a doctrine in the english language. So unless you can show me the TOS that requires this, give folks a break.

We need an SL Better Business Bureau, not policing/policies.

LOL... come on. His 'point' was just to stir sh@t, and you know it as well as I do. He's just a plain old, run-of-the-mill grammar NAZI - the most generic and common breed of internet @sshole. He's nothing new. All forums have at least one of them.
... yeah, that pretty much sums him up. Dont you think?

A "doctrine"? You are proving my point for me.

Since you are referring to another thread, so will I:


A "doctrine"? You are proving my point for me.

Pep (Gives a break to those folk who deserve it)

You can't name names here, but if you really have been wronged,there are several other forums that are very popular, also I would have a chat to as many of tthe other tennants as possible.

@ PEP: Ahhhh you swallowed the bait. I knew you just couldn't resist it, now could you? LOL!!!!

Oh damn I put too "t"s in "the" and missed a space after the comma, English must be my second language

Another of my 13 year old son's transparent debating ploys. "I *meant* to make that mistake to see if you would notice".

Pep (Of *course* you did. )