Focus Group - an entrepreneur looking at establishing my own essay writing company.

That's the best you've got? That's your witty comeback? I have 7,400+ posts that date back to 2007. You're pathetically weak. Plus, we've already dealt with that mindless slip of the fingers. If you want to suggest that I literally do not know how to spell the word, that will continue to expose you as the desperate fool that all knowledgeable members already know you to be.

Hmmm, I wonder why you failed to defend yourself against my valid assertion that you are incompetent when it comes to punctuation. Actually, I don't have to wonder-it's because you're incompetent. You have no idea what punctuation blunders you are making over and over again. LMAO!

Oh, by the way, "editor," I officially proclaim myself to be the forum's "arbiter of English." Bring it, you incompetent b-tard.

mindless is right...

and have "we?" to whom am I speaking now, Mr. WB or Ms. WB? Ms. WB, are you in there? go to a safe place!


this is just plain awesome.

we've apparently gone from softball to tee-ball. I'm getting a little bored, to be honest with you. set me up another one, arbiter (sigh).

1. A typo has absolutely nothing to do with incompetent punctuation.

2. I had already corrected my own TYPO before you jokingly/ignorantly related it to your incompetent punctuation practices.


Still no response from the coward . . . .

response? do you want me to congratulate you for noticing that "punctuaition" was underlined in red, after you had declared yourself the forum's arbiter of English? that's pretty funny. in fact, I think you deserve more than congrats... you deserve a little prize. how about a plaque? we can have "SNR's Worst" inscribed on top, and then, "7400 posts." just don't expect your name to be on it.

The moron is not only too incompetent to recognize its incessantly repeating punctuation blunders, but it's also too stubborn to admit that it doesn't know what those ignorance-based mistakes are.

you can hang the plaque on your wall, WB, next to all the road-maps and defaced spycam pics of competing companies' owners. or, forget about the plaque. maybe a better prize for you would be to bronze some of stu4's garbage, and encapsulate it in one of those airtight crystal display cases. what do you say?

It continues to post irrelevant, void-of-humor nonsense in order to distract from the FACT that it doesn't even recognize its own, ignorance-based mistakes.

creepy depersonalization, there, WB. it places the lotion in the basket, right? tell me, when you assume your womanly internet persona, do you also tuck in the mirror and dance to "Goodbye Horses?"

speaking of repeating oneself...

You still don't know what ignorance-based errors that you keep making over and over, do you? LOSER.

I wish you'd elucidate me... unless you're talking about how I know about your employer, or that I disdain starting sentences with a capital letter, which has already been addressed above.

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  put the lotion in the fuckin basket!
  

....and you call me pompous?

Editor75 - are you a masochistic?

thanks for chipping in, WRT, you spineless, know-nothing muppet. the next time I want your two cents, I'll make sure to ask WB again. while I'm rattling the cage of these sieve-brained baboons, you have the nerve to come in out of nowhere and ask me what? are you serious?

pheelyks-- yes, I call you pompous quite often, and for good reason.

At least I don't talk about my "disdain" for basic rules of written English. i don't really care whether or not you capitalize properly, but to have actually examined the issue and developed a "disdain" for the practice is a rather ridiculous level of pompacity.

well, yeah, pheelyks, way to think positive. at least there's that.

There could also be actual rational and meaningful discussions if you weren't to wrapped up in your own pompous idiocy and disdain for al things rational and relevant. But at least you have your pretentious lack of capitalization to keep you company.

I agree. and that's something you should know, pheelyks, since it hardly seems rational to slam perfectly fluent, though over-formal, non-American English on this forum, and then have such terrible and consistent spelling and grammar errors in your own posts. as you seem to be WB's squire, it's no wonder you exhibit some of the same "projection" problems. I just hope they don't overcome your ability to form your own insults.... or your sense of distinct gender identity, for that matter.

Show me where any of the things you mention as real events has happened, please. I don't "slam" people just for being "over-formal" and certainly not for using "non-American" (by which I assume you mean UK/Australian/other native-English-country) English, and I do not have "terrible and consistent spelling and grammar errors"--making the same mistake twice when I have not made the same mistake many other times is not exactly "consistent."


Let's see: WB and I defend many of the same legitimate companies, and point out the scammy nature of many other companies. We have also disagreed about certain issues, have very different ways of expressing ourselves (still the source of some disagreement, though not any animosity--rational adults can have the former without the latter), and as far as I know have absolutely no business ties whatsoever.

Again, I said we could have rational and meaningful discussions only if you started using rational and relevant evidence/conclusions. Making silly claims simply meant to evoke an emotional response without any a)real meaning or b)evidence doesn't really get us there.


One more time, when/where/how has this happened?

the fact is, you target ESL writers and mock them, just like your racist, androgynous hero, whether their English is technically correct or not. and now, also just like WB, you're acting clueless about it, even though you did it in this very thread, when you told pcpicsces,


after they posted an articulate and literate, if over-formal, piece of advice. about what? about being transparent. you, the great, transparent sage of English spelling and grammar, avoided their message entirely, and went right for the same old prescriptivist crock... which would be fine. annoying, but fine... but for the fact that since, you've messed up contractions multiple times, which is what, third grade grammar? earlier? I learned mine on "Sesame Street." now, you're just like WB trying to rationalize his "typos."

it's not my problem that you're pissy and in denial. I just thought you might want to know the deal, for once, you sad crybaby.

I don't "target" anyone. There are many ESL individuals that post on this forum as customers, and I don't get into language issues with them. I also do not pursue any individuals outside of this forum. When bad writers--ESL or otherwise--post on this forum either complaining about how they were treated as writers or trying to sell their services, I do tell them what I think about their abilities. I also tell you what I think of you, and have discussions with other individuals about other topics. Simply put, I respond to the things other posters say, and a lot of posters happen to be ESL writers that I feel should not be in the writing business. This isn't "targeting" anyone.


Would you care to post that piece of advice, so we can see my response in context, or is there a reason you left it out?


There are many people that have a much greater knowledge of English language mechanics than I, and I have never claimed or represented myself otherwise. I also have no idea what you mean by "transparent" in context.


I made a mistake, twice. There are many times that I have made mistakes. There are many more times that I don't make mistakes. You can simplify it as a "third grade error" if you want, but it is fairly clear from my overall posting history that I know the difference between "you're" and "your," even if I do very occasionally use the wrong homophone. I'm not rationalizing anything; I'm acknowledging that I made a rather basic error, but this error doesn't stem from a lack of knowledge as do the majority of errors committed by foreign language speakers. The fact that you need to keep harping on this issue is ridiculous.


I post thought-out, lucid responses to your posts, and you reply with snide and snarky insults that wouldn't offend a ten-year-old, yet I'm somehow the "crybaby" here?

also like WB, you write a freaking book of backpedaling nonsense, and nothing changes. are you sure you're not a sock puppet?

What backpedal? Saying, "I made a mistake" is backpedaling?


Can you post anything of substance?

in context of what? it's in this thread.

I post in a lot of threads, and it's not like the post I commented on was exactly on-topic. Sorry for not keeping a catalogue of every ESL writer that shows up here and every comment i make to them.

Basically, you're saying you believe that this:


was written by a native English speaker that could reasonably charge other native English speaker's money to complete academic-quality research papers. At least, by suggesting my criticism of this would-be-writer's language use was unwarranted, this is your implication. If you actually believe this, you're an idiot.

lol.

it's not that pcpisces wrote some kind of inspired masterpiece, pheelyks. it's that you're the one taking umbrage and going on the attack about it. all the while, even under the paranoia about grammar and spelling which your position of judgment (and my nitpicking) should ensure, you still can't even get your relative pronouns or plurals right.

although it is clunky and over-formal, there are technically no errors in pcpisces' text. your text, on the other hand, is riddled with elementary errors. your criticism is not only unwarranted, but ultimately, it makes you look like a hypocritical, egotistical, snerty idiot. it's fine to set yourself up as an arbiter. but you must watch your own language and usage very closely. that's the price you have to pay, in order not to look like a fool.

"I desire to collaborate with you" isn't something a native speaker would say, even if it is technically correct. The language is not merely "clunky and over-formal," it is fundamentally awkward and out of place.


"speaker's" instead of "speakers" is hardly "riddled." The fact that I can identify my mistakes when you allude to them so generally is also evidence that I actually know what I'm doing, unlike the people you claim I am attempting to impose my arbitration on.

If you actually want to get this nitpicky:


Sentence fragment.


Really awkward way to start a new sentence, as it refers to some other period of time as-yet unidentified. The fact that you never go on to identify this period of time makes it worse.


Should be "that," not "which."


Using plurals to refer to single instances is logically inconsistent, if not grammatically incorrect.


Ditto.


Technically, you're not supposed to start a clause with "but," and the comma after "ultimately" is incorrect.


Definitely not supposed to start a new sentence with "but."


Comma incorrect.

See, I don't normally play this game because it isn't fun and it has no point. I don't tear apart the tiny mistakes that exist in everyone's posts. I do point out flagrant abuses of English when they are made by people trying to advertise their services as writers here. When sentences don't make sense or sound ridiculously contrived and unutterable by native speakers, I'll let the poster know that they shouldn't be charging money for their writing. You're the one making this an issue of "paranoia" and perfectionism.

if I were a student, I would trust someone who wrote exacting English, not some hypocrite scumbag who doesn't know the difference between "your" and "you're."

btw, nice try at playing grammar teacher, but don't quit your day-job as anonymous homework-writer. it's a good thing you don't see the grades you get these poor saps, because half of those things you pointed out aren't even errors.

I do know the difference. Committing an error--even twice--is not the same thing as ignorance. You're the only one here being an exacting assh*le.


Which half? If you want to make a real point, deal in specifics, not half-assed generalizations and belligerent exaggerations.

it's actually more than half, but I wanted to give you the benefit of the doubt. and if you don't know, figure it out. the first few lessons are free, but this is getting to be like work. if you want further pointers, I'm going to have to start charging you.

I know why the errors I pointed out are errors. If you can demonstrate that half, or more than half, or any of them are actually not errors as I described them, that onus is kind of on you, as you're the one making that claim. Once again, you flap your gums (or your fingers, if you want to be less figurative) a lot, but there's no substance behind any of it.


What lessons? How to Argue Irrationally and Fail to Influence People?


Never asked for any in the first place, and because you "disdain" to explain them when you snidely make them, they're hardly worthwhile regardless.

Editor75, I presented a challenge, you little b**-h. I proclaimed myself to be the forum's "arbiter of English," remember? Why do you keep going after pheelyks?

the first lessons were in contractions vs. possessive pronouns and possessive apostrophes vs. plurals, pheelyks. remember elementary school? hopefully, you're not too old to learn new tricks, because I'd hate to see you commit such embarrassing errors repeatedly. as I said, further lessons will cost you. don't worry, though... it seems that your hero/colleague is riding in to the rescue, guns blazing.

WB, maybe your memory needs some refreshing, as well. after your weird attempt to depersonalize me failed, you were refusing to tell me about some mysterious errors in my posts (also weird... why hide?). if you'd care to address this issue, or your general weirdness, feel free. otherwise, I'd advise staying in "time out," and, while you're there, learning how to speak like a lady.

WOW! Good luck trying to justify these ever-repeating, 100% ignorance-based mistakes in both grammar and punctuation.

Oh, before I forget, following is more proof that you are a filthy liar.

Here, the moron outlines its intimate knowledge of freelance writing employment in the essay industry (after having worked for some of the fraudulent companies):


Here, the moron lies about not being a writer/editor and having no connection to the industry:

wow, what a bunch of desperate grasping at straws. just when I think it's impossible for you to look more foolish and crazy... there you go, right off the deep end.

I must have really hit a nerve when I pointed out those global errors in your posts, WB. but I was just doing it casually, in response to a glaring error. to go through all of my posts with a fine-toothed comb and come up with that bunch of nonsense... have you ever been diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder?

The following quote is from higher up on this page:


The following quote is from your PREVIOUS POST (see above):


Um, you may want to take some "memory pills," you fu**-n idiot.

You're just mad because you're incompetent. I don't blame you. Your incompetence makes me mad, too. The errors that I quoted are from this thread alone. You're a joke. What's even more sad and pathetic is that you still don't recognize the exact nature of the errors even after I have quoted them for you.


Actually, I have provided concrete evidence of both your literary incompetence and lies/deception. "Grasping at straws" and failing to provide even the slightest bit of evidence is your gig, not mine. You're upset because you openly challenged me to provide evidence of your incompetence and I obliged. You stupidly called my bluff, and now you're embarrassed. Poor baby . . . .

what you call evidence never ceases to amaze me.

You are such a little b**-h . . . . Every time you get schooled (and that's very often), you hide behind what basically amounts to a 6th grade "whatever." COWARD.

Are you denying the existence of the evidence that I posted? Are you denying that there are egregious and repeated errors of sheer ignorance throughout your posts? Are you denying that you have LIED about not working as a freelance writer/editor in the essay industry? Good luck with your denials, ya little b**-h.

so, I see you've been skipping your Emily Post. bad girl!

as a poster who does not view himself as an arbiter of English, but who does find it amusing to point out elementary-school level errors in the posts of those who do, I have no problem with the "errors" you mention, and will continue to make them. in return, you must promise not to leave SNR to teach grammar any time soon.

as for knowing that work orders go untaken and writers get ripped off by their bosses, all that takes is a casual perusal of this board... that is, the useful parts. like I said, your idea of evidence is pretty funny-- in another time and place, you could have been a witch-burner. come to think of it, didn't McCarthy wear women's panties? in any case, I maintain my position as an interested observer.

Where are these "global errors"?


I am quite confident that I could teach grammar at the highest levels of academia. You will need to substantiate your assertion. When are you going to learn that you can't and won't win debates by making faulty assertions and cowardly insinuations?

Since you are too much of a cowardly-ass b**-h to clearly state your position (because you know all too well that it is shallow and asinine), I will do it for you:

WB carelessly mistyped "dweller" as "dwellar" on two occasions. Given WB's 7,419 posts and a very conservative estimate of 50 words per post, WB's percentage of correctly-spelled words since 2007 is approximately 99.9995%. That is clearly atrocious. Based on that wholly insufficient "grade" of 99.9995%, WB is unqualified to teach grammar.

Congratulations.

and I'm quite confident that I could survive a zombie apocalypse. having typed it on an anonymous message board, I'm now 100% certain.

it's not just about "dwellars," WB. it's about what repeatedly misspelling a simple word like that says about your unstable little pea-brain.