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List of Dread Pirate Robert's Grammar Mistakes
« on: December 14, 2013, 01:39:40 am »
Here is a list of Dread Pirate Robert's grammar mistakes:

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Parallelism; parallelism; should be "secret"; unclear who "them" refers to; in general the sentences were poorly constructed (they were run-on sentences)

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Re: List of Dread Pirate Robert's Grammar Mistakes
« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2013, 02:18:17 am »
Not everyone will understand the usefulness of this, but good work.

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« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2013, 02:28:04 am »
The first sentence is insanely long.

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Re: List of Dread Pirate Robert's Grammar Mistakes
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2013, 03:29:19 am »
Despite its extreme length, it kind of works.  Technically, I don't see any errors with its structure. 

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Re: List of Dread Pirate Robert's Grammar Mistakes
« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2013, 03:49:59 am »
All of the errors have been highlighted in red.

Technically, his sentences are not run-ons. They are, however, inordinately long. I therefore have used "run-on" to indicate a poorly constructed sentence constructed with far too many clauses.
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« Reply #5 on: December 14, 2013, 03:52:45 am »
Not everyone will understand the usefulness of this, but good work.

I'm wondering what the significance is to be honest.
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« Reply #6 on: December 14, 2013, 03:53:27 am »
Not everyone will understand the usefulness of this, but good work.

I'm wondering what the significance is to be honest.

That is because you are an inferior human being.
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« Reply #7 on: December 14, 2013, 03:57:19 am »
+1 for the best username on these forums GrammarNazi, brilliant :D
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Re: List of Dread Pirate Robert's Grammar Mistakes
« Reply #8 on: December 14, 2013, 03:58:32 am »
Note: I am no longer describing the exact nature of the errors. I am just coloring them in red. If you do not understand each mistake, please read the Elements of Style or another book of its caliber. If you are too lazy to read a grammar book, please kill yourself.

To start, I would like to make this clear to everyone involved that Silk Road does not have malicious intentions or an anti-competition attitude, we actually require competition to keep us motivated and for the diversity of the network but in order to fulfill that function the competition must be a safe one which does not put people in harms way or subject to possible exploit. This post I hope will demonstrate to you why claims a market makes does not correlate to the true story and we would like to demonstrate this with Tormarket.

At this moment in time, I also want to clarify in light of recent events the full disclosure everyone deserves to know. This investigation started under the suspicion that Tormarket was behind the ongoing DDOS against Silk Road but has since taken another turn when we looked below the surface a little more. I have no conclusive proof Tormarket did or did not order the DDOS currently hitting us and personally I don't believe I ever will so I won't go on about this much more as it is actually not something that matters any more since we are definitely en route to fixing it if you have watched our recent developments, but over Tor such attacks are not trivial to correct. All of this is done in the name of safety and I hope the owners of Tormarket can take this seriously, go away and rethink their strategies because as I will discuss later we didn't even put much effort in to extracting this data.
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Re: List of Dread Pirate Robert's Grammar Mistakes
« Reply #9 on: December 14, 2013, 04:00:20 am »
+1 for the best username on these forums,GrammarNazi, brilliant :D

You were missing a comma.
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Re: List of Dread Pirate Robert's Grammar Mistakes
« Reply #10 on: December 14, 2013, 04:02:22 am »
Why can't the new Dread Pirate Roberts construct a sentence without superfluous words, awkward construction, or too many clauses? I am wracking my brains but am unable to find an answer.

I need to anally ingest more methamphetamine because there are a lot more errors for me to correct.
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« Reply #11 on: December 14, 2013, 04:14:48 am »
Oh dear:

Over the last 4 weeks, we have implemented a complete security overhaul. This overhaul marks the dawn of a brand new era for hidden services, and it would not have been possible without the patient support of this community. So for waiting patiently; for offering encouragement; for keeping the community spirit alive in Silk Road’s temporary absence; for all of this and more, each of you has my deepest and most sincere gratitude.

Please also be aware, that because we expect a large surge in Bitcoin deposits when we open up our transaction system, there may be delays with account withdrawals and deposits initially. These delays should become less as the marketplace settles, but at least for the earlier stages, please do not report coins as missing unless 12 hours or more have elapsed.
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You don’t need telling that there are very powerful media outlets controlled by various world governments, who will seek to muddy our name and reputation.  But it is up to us to embrace this newfound exposure in mainstream media, rather than hide from it – and for this reason, I have chosen to speak briefly with a number of journalists who I am confident will report this memorable day without the pull of governmental strings.

In light of the FBI’s recent ‘victory’, it would be impossible for Silk Road to stay off the radar – it is therefore our responsibility to make sure that our mark on the radar is the right one. So I would advise you all to prepare yourself for a spike in media attention, and to review your personal security measures to ensure your anonymity is protected.
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« Reply #12 on: December 14, 2013, 04:20:27 am »
We are very much against implementing automatic PGP encryption as it actually does not benefit security. If law enforcement were to compromise our servers, then they could get a copy of the address before encrypting it to the vendors PGP key and circumvent that measure effectively, this would then lead people into a false sense of security.

As I have said, we are exploring this suggestion further but until we can resolve some of the problems it poses then we will not be implementing it. Multiple options could be integrated, but I believe right now the time could be better spent in other areas allowing bitcoin clients time to better implement multi-signature transactions into their base code and therefore when the time comes it is a more accessible part of transactions we can then place it as a higher priority.
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« Reply #13 on: December 14, 2013, 04:24:20 am »
I understand your a grammer nazi, but as long as I can read and understand the posts I'll be fine. Being a robot who is always correct and absolute in every manner is just a waste of time IMO
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« Reply #14 on: December 14, 2013, 04:30:55 am »
I understand your a grammer nazi, but as long as I can read and understand the posts I'll be fine. Being a robot who is always correct and absolute in every manner is just a waste of time IMO

Although I can read Dread Pirate Robert's posts, his convoluted language and lack of coherency makes it time-consuming and annoying. I understand that his primary skill is computer programming, but this is no excuse for the poor quality of his writing. As the leader of the Silk Road, his announcements have far reaching consequences. His poor writing quality is a major driving factor for public derision of the new Silk Road. The more childish his writing, the more incompetent we appear.
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« Reply #15 on: December 14, 2013, 04:34:26 am »
All mails will be responded to as soon as possible. Vendor registration closed (temporary).

Please fix your signature, Dread Pirate Roberts. Make it the following:
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« Reply #16 on: December 14, 2013, 04:59:42 am »
Although I can read Dread Pirate Robert's posts, his convoluted language and lack of coherency makes it time-consuming and annoying. I understand that his primary skill is computer programming, but this is no excuse for the poor quality of his writing. As the leader of the Silk Road, his announcements have far reaching consequences. His poor writing quality is a major driving factor for public derision of the new Silk Road. The more childish his writing, the more incompetent we appear.

William Strunk, Jr. he isn't; nevertheless, his writing transcends much of the dreck one may find on this site.  As to his skill, that comprises more than programming.

As the leader of the Silk Road....
Should be: "As the leader of Silk Road...."

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« Reply #17 on: December 14, 2013, 05:00:22 am »
It is easy for you to correct my writings when it is your mother tongue.
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« Reply #18 on: December 14, 2013, 05:14:49 am »
Oh he told you

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« Reply #19 on: December 14, 2013, 05:15:59 am »
Yeh, I noticed DPR mistaking 'your' and 'you're'.  Didn't think of making a thread though!  From this I deduced that DPR was very young and English was his mother tongue.  Reading the above now who knows?  Always good to introduce doubt anyways.  Maybe he is using poor grammar to hide his educational background. 
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« Reply #20 on: December 14, 2013, 05:40:14 am »
Hey Nazi. Why are you wasting your time like that?
Your life must be really boring, I guess...

" If you are too lazy to read a grammar book, please kill yourself."

Oh... Ok, now I understand in which intellectual poverty you are. Sorry, boy... sorry...
I let you enjoy with all your grammars books!

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« Reply #21 on: December 14, 2013, 07:04:57 am »
thread should be stickied

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« Reply #22 on: December 14, 2013, 04:29:10 pm »
It is easy for you to correct my writings when it is your mother tongue.

English

Perhaps you should add an "editor" listing to your bounty section. I would be willing to scan and fix all of your posts for free as a service to the Silk Road. You have elected to post in English. Learn it. I doubt that you take the time to proofread your posts. Spend a few days of the Christmas downtime to read a book on grammar.

"Should be: "As the leader of Silk Road...."

Theoretically, it should. One would say "leader of America" rather than "leader of the America." However, one would also say "leader of THE Union Army" rather than "leader of Union Army" In general, if the last word of a proper noun can also be used as a common noun, the noun should be prefaced by an article.

"William Strunk, Jr. he isn't; nevertheless, his writing transcends much of the dreck one may find on this site"

I am going to post a thread to address this problem. I am not bullying Dread Pirate Roberts.
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« Reply #23 on: December 14, 2013, 04:45:26 pm »
"The more childish his writing, the more incompetent we appear."

^^^^^ This. +1
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« Reply #24 on: December 14, 2013, 04:50:21 pm »
Addressing his grammar issues is important because they expand his stylometric profile. I applaud you for your work and I recommend DPR uses the service you offered.
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« Reply #25 on: December 14, 2013, 05:13:08 pm »
And the grammar nazi gets fucking raped in 3, 2, 1...

English   - This does not have a proper heading format.  It is simply a word with no end to the sentence.  It should be at least in bold if not characterized by a proper h tag.

Learn it. - This is a really poor use of an assumed subject where it probably works well in speech, it doesn't read very well.  It's obvious that you have a hard time getting your dick wet.

""Should be: "As the leader of Silk Road...."

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Theoretically, it should. One would say "leader of America" rather than "leader of the America." However, one would also say "leader of THE Union Army" rather than "leader of Union Army" In general, if the last word of a proper noun can also be used as a common noun, the noun should be prefaced by an article."

This is fucking wrong. You could even say "As leader of Silk Road" - most of the time "the" is completely superfluous.  You don't have to use THE. A perfect example is the Central Intelligence Agency, or CIA.  Everyone who works at CIA doesn't use "the".  To quote a very famous spy AND movie - "Would you put "the" in front of god?"   

What fucking sycophantic loser would take the fucking time to write this shit?   

Har har har your a grammar nazi.  Welcome to the fucking internet.  His/her english is fine.  You're a nigger.  Don't be a nigger. 
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« Reply #26 on: December 14, 2013, 05:21:59 pm »
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« Reply #27 on: December 14, 2013, 05:23:28 pm »
Har har har your a grammar nazi

If you are going to correct the GrammarNazi you should at least use the correct Grammar bro, DOH

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« Reply #28 on: December 14, 2013, 05:27:00 pm »
Har har har your a grammar nazi

If you are going to correct the GrammarNazi you should at least use the correct Grammar bro, DOH

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« Reply #29 on: December 14, 2013, 05:35:02 pm »
What fucking sycophantic loser would take the fucking time to write this shit?

Agreed, this guy is an idiot. His 'corrections' are fucking dumb. I feel dumber reading his shit.

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« Reply #30 on: December 14, 2013, 06:27:48 pm »
It helps pass the time when the shop is shut and it's clearly not intended to offend or be taken seriously. Yes the Greengrocer's apostrophe abounds here just like it does in many of the physical shops in my locale.

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« Reply #31 on: December 14, 2013, 06:28:17 pm »
This thread is absolutely pointless, yet absolutely brilliant :D bravo!
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« Reply #32 on: December 14, 2013, 09:43:13 pm »
Addressing his grammar issues is important because they expand his stylometric profile. I applaud you for your work and I recommend DPR uses the service you offered.

I doubt that Dread Pirate Roberts writes significantly outside of the Silk Road. If he does, he probably does not write in English. I will have a writing/rewriting service available for everyone soon. I am willing to write an official FAQ for the Silk Road for free.

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« Reply #33 on: December 14, 2013, 09:46:53 pm »
What fucking sycophantic loser would take the fucking time to write this shit?

Agreed, this guy is an idiot. His 'corrections' are fucking dumb. I feel dumber reading his shit.

You used an apostrophe instead of a quotation mark. I do not see how "corrections" would need any sort of special marking. Every error I pointed out was either a grammatical or stylistic mistake.

Ad hominem attacks will not work with an iron-hearted person like me.

Also, the account FaggotNazi is a poor attempt at insulting me. Because your name has faggot in it, you are just insulting yourself.
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« Reply #34 on: December 14, 2013, 09:54:12 pm »
To be fair,
It MaKeS SeNce 2 MiX Up You"re WrItnG, , , StYlEs

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« Reply #35 on: December 14, 2013, 09:55:59 pm »
Edward Snowden mentioned this didn't he?  brb...  (Googles, I mean duckduckgo's).
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« Reply #36 on: December 14, 2013, 09:56:53 pm »
And the grammar nazi gets fucking raped in 3, 2, 1...

English   - This does not have a proper heading format.  It is simply a word with no end to the sentence.  It should be at least in bold if not characterized by a proper h tag.

Learn it. - This is a really poor use of an assumed subject where it probably works well in speech, it doesn't read very well.  It's obvious that you have a hard time getting your dick wet.

""Should be: "As the leader of Silk Road...."

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Theoretically, it should. One would say "leader of America" rather than "leader of the America." However, one would also say "leader of THE Union Army" rather than "leader of Union Army" In general, if the last word of a proper noun can also be used as a common noun, the noun should be prefaced by an article."

This is fucking wrong. You could even say "As leader of Silk Road" - most of the time "the" is completely superfluous.  You don't have to use THE. A perfect example is the Central Intelligence Agency, or CIA.  Everyone who works at CIA doesn't use "the".  To quote a very famous spy AND movie - "Would you put "the" in front of god?"   

What fucking sycophantic loser would take the fucking time to write this shit?   

Har har har your a grammar nazi.  Welcome to the fucking internet.  His/her english is fine.  You're a nigger.  Don't be a nigger.

What is this "heading" criticism? I do not understand what you are talking about.

If you advocate omitting "the" from every sentence, I suggest that you follow the rule yourself. You will see your writing degenerate into pure shit.

The CIA does not have any policy, written or unwritten, against using the word "the." You are pulling this out of your ass. I have talked to former CIA members, and none of them omits the word "the."

Finally, you used the word "sycophantic" improperly. I suggest that you look up long words before you use them.
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Re: List of Dread Pirate Robert's Grammar Mistakes
« Reply #37 on: December 14, 2013, 10:04:00 pm »
Edward Snowden mentioned this didn't he?  brb...  (Googles, I mean duckduckgo's).

It is generally easy to profile writing. Ross Ulbricht had the following article bookmarked:
http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/security-it/why-hackers-should-be-afraid-of-how-they-write-20130116-2csdo.html

Ross Ulbricht did write significantly outside of the Silk Road. Given the poor quality of the new Dread Pirate Robert's English, it is unlikely that he has any published work. Stylometric profiling is not an issue.
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« Reply #38 on: December 14, 2013, 10:08:34 pm »
i never thought I see a post quite like this one....

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« Reply #39 on: December 14, 2013, 10:20:58 pm »
i never thought I see a post quite like this one....
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« Reply #40 on: December 14, 2013, 10:33:11 pm »
Unfortunately, I cannot find the original article - I may have slipped into a dream.
However, I did find this:

  The main methods of circumventing writing style analysis are:

        Obfuscation – An author attempts to write a document in such a way that their personal writing style will not be recognized.

        Imitation – An author attempts to write a document such that the writing style will be recognized as that of another specific author.

        Translation – Machine translation is used to translate a document to one or more languages and then back to the original language.

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« Reply #41 on: December 14, 2013, 10:39:52 pm »
I just gave it to you:
http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/security-it/why-hackers-should-be-afraid-of-how-they-write-20130116-2csdo.html
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« Reply #42 on: December 14, 2013, 10:50:57 pm »
Before I make my comment, I thought I'd just clarify here that despite being a writer, I am not obsessed with grammar. Granted, I have a far better grasp of it than most, but it is not the core goal of my writing - the writing I trade is designed to persuade. I allow myself a certain amount of artistic license.

But with that in mind:

@OP, you do realise that the title of this thread is either (a) not referring to Silk Road's administrator, or (b) grammatically incorrect?

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« Reply #43 on: December 14, 2013, 10:56:11 pm »
Also, out of interest, which style guide do you use?
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« Reply #44 on: December 14, 2013, 10:58:34 pm »
I just gave it to you:
http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/security-it/why-hackers-should-be-afraid-of-how-they-write-20130116-2csdo.html


Yes, you did provide a link, thanks.
 - However I was referring to an article I'd seen relating to Edward Snowden's musings on the topic...

Perhaps you'd like to change your pseudonym to "IAmNeverWrong" or "IAmAHugePedant", it seems more fitting as I have seen no antisemitism from you. Wait, wait...
"But I have seen some pro-semantic comments!"

ahh... I made a funny HAHAHAHAHA!!!!! hehehehehehe HoHoHoHo...

Merry Christmas

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« Reply #45 on: December 14, 2013, 11:12:15 pm »
I use the Wikipedia Manual of Style. You may find that surprising, but I prefer decentralized systems. I also have a copy of the Chicago Manual of Style.

I also refer to The Elements of Style and Politics and the English Language.

I was waiting to see who would criticize the title. Surprisingly, if you google "grammar mistakes," you would find many articles like "Common Grammar Mistakes to Avoid."

You win the GrammarNazi Seal of Approval!

The title should be "List of Dread Pirate Robert's Grammatical Errors."

I do not think that grammar is the most important part of writing. I actually believe that concision and clarity is more important than grammar. As an academic writer, I am appalled by the superfluous words often present in the writing of my peers.

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« Reply #46 on: December 14, 2013, 11:16:24 pm »
Before I make my comment, I thought I'd just clarify here that despite being a writer, I am not obsessed with grammar. Granted, I have a far better grasp of it than most, but it is not the core goal of my writing - the writing I trade is designed to persuade. I allow myself a certain amount of artistic license.

But with that in mind:

@OP, you do realise that the title of this thread is either (a) not referring to Silk Road's administrator, or (b) grammatically incorrect?

*Edited to add a question mark*

Don't you offer paid rewrites of vendor listings? I will undercut your prices. All I need is meth, food, an internet connection, and electricity.
I am guessing that you use British English.


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« Reply #47 on: December 14, 2013, 11:27:32 pm »
Don't you offer paid rewrites of vendor listings? I will undercut your prices. All I need is meth, food, an internet connection, and electricity.
I am guessing that you use British English.

I certainly do. And I have no problem with competition - it's healthy for business and stops me feeling quite so lonely.

I tend to use British English with my own personal posts etc., but when it comes to the work I do for clients, it's more often American English.
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« Reply #48 on: December 14, 2013, 11:34:44 pm »
Proper use of one's mother tongue should be a prerequisite for citizenship.

All those who apostrophise (Jesus, is that an actual word? I'm getting nervous now!) inappropriately, those who omit an "o" when saying something is TOO hot, those who say "alot" a lot - all these people should be forcefully and thoroughly... erm... well, you know... reeducated.

With a baseball bat. Or something.

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« Reply #49 on: December 14, 2013, 11:39:37 pm »
Proper use of one's mother tongue should be a prerequisite for citizenship.

I had an interesting experience with GrammarNazi's mother's tongue the other night.

Her grammar was not that good but she made up for it in other ways.
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« Reply #50 on: December 14, 2013, 11:42:01 pm »
Don't you offer paid rewrites of vendor listings? I will undercut your prices.

Oh, please do undercut me :-)

You're an academic writer, I'm a copywriter. I'd expect you to know more about the technical side of writing, but less (don't read 'nothing' here) about persuasive writing techniques.

I've boiled my skill down to a fine art over the last decade (and then some), and if you knew what I was charging non-anonymous non-bitcoin clients, you'd realise that I'm already undercutting my own prices by quite a hefty margin.

Anyway, game on!

Oh by the way, the error I was referring to in your title was actually this:

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Dread Pirate Robert's

This would suggest that the errors being listed within the thread were made by a character named Dread Pirate Robert.

Depending on which guidelines you work by, it should have been written:

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Dread Pirate Roberts'

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« Reply #51 on: December 14, 2013, 11:45:18 pm »
Here is a list of Dread Pirate Robert's grammar mistakes:

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This should be replaced by either a colon or a semicolon.

Many of you have thanked me for the resolution of the recent problems, but the thanks must also go to the moderators who stick around even when I am hard to reach, to my fellow administrators who face the same challenges I do, for the other staff who never publicly come about and also the vendors who have in the past few days carried on sending our shipments using the secretive vendor link which allowed them access even when the public site was down. Ultimately we are all part of the team and everyone has a role to play, whether that is clear to them or not and as we now move on to whatever challenge the world will throw at us next, I would like to thank everyone in this community who stood firm in the torrents and chaos of our time.
Parallelism; parallelism; should be "secret"; unclear who "them" refers to; in general the sentences were poorly constructed (they were run-on sentences)

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Prior to my instructor career, I competed at the world-wide competition myself (many years ago…lol), and was fortunate to win three Gold medals, as well as take first place at the Air Force Missile Combat competition (special thanks goes out to Army Special Forces for their helpful training). I have served as both Team One Point and designated Sniper for assigned Emergency Service Team units.
In the latter years of my military career, I was privileged to work with some of the best professionals in the military, where we developed cutting-edge training programs to include the current Air Force Active Shooter First Responder and Workplace Active Shooter program, which is now mandated training for all Air Force employees annually. In 2008, I was selected as the Air Force’s Outstanding Civilian Employee of the Year, thanks to the hard work of a great team.
Now I’m focusing my attention back to my local community … my home … “our” families home, where I can take my experience and education and make our community a safer place for us to work, live and play at an affordable price that most all of us can afford. Unfortunately, history tells us that crime will never cease. In fact, most experts agree that it will continue to grow as society grows. However, how we prepare and educate ourselves to respond will lessen the impact and keep our communities much, much safer!
Aside from my formal education listed below, I have attended multiple leadership and management courses to include the Senior Noncommissioned Officers course…the pinnacle for senior enlisted military leaders. I am an Air Force master-rated instructor and maintain national and state certifications in the areas we offer to our clients. Furthermore, I am Six Sigma certified in LEAN principles. Enough about me … I look forward to having you in one of our training classes and welcome you to the TSI family.
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Bachelors of Information Technology, National American University, Rapid City, SD, May 2007
Associate of Applied Science in Information Technology, Community College of the Air Force, August 2001
Associate of Applied Science in Criminal Justice, Community College of the Air Force, August 2000"

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« Reply #52 on: December 14, 2013, 11:50:31 pm »
I do believe I can explain the mistakes of our captain... He is not a flamming homo ? Or maybe he never used hooked on phonics

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« Reply #53 on: December 14, 2013, 11:55:43 pm »
"Oh by the way, the error I was referring to in your title was actually this:"

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK.

Just contemplated blowing off my head with a shotgun.

No matter. What I want to offer is an FAQ or introduction page for the main market site. This is technical rather than persuasive writing. I may not be good at writing advertisements, but I am good at writing persuasive essays. I am working on my magnum opus on both philosophy and the War on Drugs.

I will offer a vendor rewrite service for $5-$10 which severely undercuts your prices. Academia doesn't pay well, unfortunately. I believe that people working at Taco Bell have more disposable income than I do. I doubt that I can rewrite as well as you: marketing is not my speciality.

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« Reply #54 on: December 14, 2013, 11:56:00 pm »
That username should be "You're Correct".

And it's a flaming homo, not flamming.

And nobody here is trying to criticise people who's first language isn't English. It's the people who have no excuse not to know their own language who are being subject to critique here.

If your parents and family don't speak English as their first language, then feel free to make as many errors as you wish; your knowledge of English is undoubtedly much better than my grasp on your native language.

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« Reply #55 on: December 14, 2013, 11:58:01 pm »
Those are extremely high prices and I can't imagine many people paying them.  Whose vendor pages have you done so far?  Think of it as a showcase of your work and I can't see how the vendor will get offended as it will bring attention to his products as well.  I understand that some of the vendors here may have been slinging crack instead of doing algebra ( very few it seems), but I am not sure your 'persuasive writing' is going to sell product.  Let's be honest, your clients here will consist of lazy vendors who cba to write it themselves and have made good money from selling drugs.
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« Reply #56 on: December 14, 2013, 11:58:43 pm »
No matter. What I want to offer is an FAQ or introduction page for the main market site.

a FAQ

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« Reply #57 on: December 15, 2013, 12:01:32 am »
No matter. What I want to offer is an FAQ or introduction page for the main market site.

a FAQ

:P

AN FAQ.

FAQ is pronounced "ef-ay-kyou"

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« Reply #58 on: December 15, 2013, 12:09:42 am »
Me rather talk bad than be asshole.

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« Reply #59 on: December 15, 2013, 12:10:49 am »
No matter. What I want to offer is an FAQ or introduction page for the main market site.

a FAQ

:P

AN FAQ.

FAQ is pronounced "ef-ay-kyou"

I've only made one true mistake here, and I'm still shaking.

That's debatable. I'd argue that most people would pronounce the acronym "FAQ" phonetically, rather than pronouncing each letter individually, much in the same way that World of Warcraft players refer to their addictive pastime as "wow", rather than "double-you-oh-double-you".

But ultimately we're both on the same fascist language team, causing me to feel guilty for even trying to point it out.

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« Reply #60 on: December 15, 2013, 12:12:45 am »
I am guessing that you use British English.

You mean English...?




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« Reply #62 on: December 15, 2013, 11:03:00 am »
The first great grammar-wars of Silkroad. We have the commander WickedWords who rallies the Brittish English forces against GrammarNazi der obergruppenführer who fight mainly for the style of Wikipedia/Chicago. May the best language win :)

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« Reply #63 on: December 15, 2013, 11:54:53 am »
No matter. What I want to offer is an FAQ or introduction page for the main market site.

a FAQ

:P

AN FAQ.

FAQ is pronounced "ef-ay-kyou"

I've only made one true mistake here, and I'm still shaking.

 
Grammar Nazi's sentence was actually rather poor, this issue could have been avoided by improving the arrangement.
I think perhaps he (and we are discussing a male) should have in fact written;

'No matter. What I would like to offer is an introduction page or FAQ for the main market.'


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« Reply #64 on: December 15, 2013, 12:00:24 pm »
WHO GIVES A FUCK ABOUT GRAMMAR????????

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« Reply #65 on: December 15, 2013, 12:06:34 pm »
I understand your a grammer nazi, but as long as I can read and understand the posts I'll be fine. Being a robot who is always correct and absolute in every manner is just a waste of time IMO

Although I can read Dread Pirate Robert's posts, his convoluted language and lack of coherency makes it time-consuming and annoying. I understand that his primary skill is computer programming, but this is no excuse for the poor quality of his writing. As the leader of the Silk Road, his announcements have far reaching consequences. His poor writing quality is a major driving factor for public derision of the new Silk Road. The more childish his writing, the more incompetent we appear.

'Time-consuming'? Are you aware of the irony of this concern?

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Re: List of Dread Pirate Robert's Grammar Mistakes
« Reply #66 on: December 15, 2013, 12:37:34 pm »
If I post my mid_term would you spell check for me grammar nazi?
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Re: List of Dread Pirate Robert's Grammar Mistakes
« Reply #67 on: December 15, 2013, 05:43:37 pm »
Top reasons for not liking this GrammarNazi guy:

(1)  He talks with LE. 

The CIA does not have any policy, written or unwritten, against using the word "the." You are pulling this out of your ass. I have talked to former CIA members, and none of them omits the word "the."


(2)  He's a hypocrite:

I do not think that grammar is the most important part of writing. I actually believe that concision and clarity is more important than grammar. As an academic writer, I am appalled by the superfluous words often present in the writing of my peers.

      I *actually* believe that   -- this is superfluous, not concise, should be  "I believe that...."
      "As an academic writer, I am appalled..."  -- this is superfluous, not concise, should be   "I am appalled...."   This is also poor style.


(3)  His writing is not concise.

No matter. What I want to offer is an FAQ or introduction page for the main market site.

    Indeed, if that's what he wants to offer, then he should offer it.  So he should have written:
   "No matter. What I offer is ...."


(4)  He cannot count.   He has made more than one "true" mistake here.

I've only made one true mistake here, and I'm still shaking.



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Re: List of Dread Pirate Robert's Grammar Mistakes
« Reply #68 on: December 15, 2013, 06:17:36 pm »
If I post my mid_term would you spell check for me grammar nazi?

I posted a thread in which I offered my writing services for a nominal fee. It was removed because I do not have a vendor account. Given the extremely cheap price of my service, it would take too long to recover my initial investment.

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Re: List of Dread Pirate Robert's Grammar Mistakes
« Reply #69 on: December 15, 2013, 06:25:43 pm »
Top reasons for not liking this GrammarNazi guy:

(1)  He talks with LE. 

The CIA does not have any policy, written or unwritten, against using the word "the." You are pulling this out of your ass. I have talked to former CIA members, and none of them omits the word "the."


(2)  He's a hypocrite:

I do not think that grammar is the most important part of writing. I actually believe that concision and clarity is more important than grammar. As an academic writer, I am appalled by the superfluous words often present in the writing of my peers.

      I *actually* believe that   -- this is superfluous, not concise, should be  "I believe that...."
      "As an academic writer, I am appalled..."  -- this is superfluous, not concise, should be   "I am appalled...."   This is also poor style.


(3)  His writing is not concise.

No matter. What I want to offer is an FAQ or introduction page for the main market site.

    Indeed, if that's what he wants to offer, then he should offer it.  So he should have written:
   "No matter. What I offer is ...."


(4)  He cannot count.   He has made more than one "true" mistake here.

I've only made one true mistake here, and I'm still shaking.

The parenthetical statement "as an academic writer" was not superfluous. It provides relevant information. The "I want" was also necessary. I am not offering an FAQ yet. In response to the other criticism, "would like" and "want" are identical. Using "want" is not a poor stylistic choice.

It is not bad to talk to law enforcement. It is far easier to run an illegal operation if one is on friendly terms with the police. Many law enforcement officers are helpful and good people.

You have yet to find one "true" mistake in my writing. The only mistake I made was an incorrect placement of an apostrophe in the title.
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Re: List of Dread Pirate Robert's Grammar Mistakes
« Reply #70 on: December 15, 2013, 09:00:31 pm »
These forums resemble reddit more and more every day.

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Re: List of Dread Pirate Robert's Grammar Mistakes
« Reply #71 on: December 15, 2013, 09:48:10 pm »
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Re: List of Dread Pirate Robert's Grammar Mistakes
« Reply #72 on: December 15, 2013, 09:51:37 pm »

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Re: List of Dread Pirate Robert's Grammar Mistakes
« Reply #73 on: December 15, 2013, 09:54:48 pm »
concision and clarity is more important than grammar.

Should be: "concision and clarity are more important than grammar."

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Re: List of Dread Pirate Robert's Grammar Mistakes
« Reply #74 on: December 15, 2013, 10:34:33 pm »
concision and clarity is more important than grammar.

Should be: "concision and clarity are more important than grammar."

No!  Should be "konsisson 'n klareoty be mo' impo'tent tan gramma;"

Come on, I can be a bit of a grammar nazi myself, but what is the point of this ongoing thread?  Yes, I understand that DPR is the face of this community, but compared to other administrators we've seen on these sites, his grammar is pretty fucking impeccable.  How is SR2 going to be looked down upon because the administrator doesn't have perfect grammar?  Or what exactly are you trying to accomplish, since there's no fucking way I'm going to read this entire thread?

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Re: List of Dread Pirate Robert's Grammar Mistakes
« Reply #75 on: December 15, 2013, 10:37:04 pm »
concision and clarity is more important than grammar.

Should be: "concision and clarity are more important than grammar."

+1

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Re: List of Dread Pirate Robert's Grammar Mistakes
« Reply #76 on: December 15, 2013, 11:49:13 pm »
Good work Grammar Nazi...maybe he should hire you to write his blurbs, could you give Raoul a few pointers too?

I doubt he will congratulate you, as his sense of humor is negligible.
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Re: List of Dread Pirate Robert's Grammar Mistakes
« Reply #77 on: December 16, 2013, 12:26:17 am »
concision and clarity is more important than grammar.

Should be: "concision and clarity are more important than grammar."

+1

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Re: List of Dread Pirate Robert's Grammar Mistakes
« Reply #78 on: December 16, 2013, 07:42:16 am »
All of the errors have been highlighted in red.

Technically, his sentences are not run-ons. They are, however, inordinately long. I therefore have used "run-on" to indicate a poorly constructed sentence constructed with far too many clauses.

Wrong again.

Could be either
  I therefore have used "run-on" to indicate a poorly constructed sentence with far too many clauses.

or
  I therefore have used "run-on" to indicate a sentence constructed with far too many clauses.

I also dislike your use of "therefore" in this context.  Leave it out for clarity.   Idiot.
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Re: List of Dread Pirate Robert's Grammar Mistakes
« Reply #79 on: December 16, 2013, 07:57:53 am »
concision and clarity is more important than grammar.

Should be: "concision and clarity are more important than grammar."
booya... You beat me to it.  Nazi,  I didn't realize DPR was also suppose to be an English teacher.   Geez nazi, you're tough.  And yet you have bad grammar.  What do you suggest mate?   Do you think DPR should attend night school to please you a solitary member of SR with nothing better to do than highlight his supposed errors?  Grammar shchmamar, who gives a flying fuck.  The guy communicates clearly and has an excellent grasp of the English language.   You must have some exciting shit going on in your life champ.   

edit - due to  grammor mistak.
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Re: List of Dread Pirate Robert's Grammar Mistakes
« Reply #80 on: December 16, 2013, 09:01:02 am »
Cracknback usually you are spot on but he's right (Nazi Grammar) as what DPR says has far reaching consequences what must L/E think?

I'm no Shakespeare but he should be setting a good example.
Granted they are trivial mistakes but did you see one mistake in the charge manifesto of Ross?
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Re: List of Dread Pirate Robert's Grammar Mistakes
« Reply #81 on: December 16, 2013, 05:10:30 pm »
Cracknback usually you are spot on but he's right (Nazi Grammar) as what DPR says has far reaching consequences what must L/E think?

I'm no Shakespeare but he should be setting a good example.
Granted they are trivial mistakes but did you see one mistake in the charge manifesto of Ross?

I don't think L/E cares too much about writing style.  Language in the charge manifesto is not new writing; it's boilerplate rehash. They (lawyers) have written and rewritten that stuff so many times that, yeah, it's tuned pretty good by now.

As to far-reaching consequences, suppose we substituted Barack Obama for DPR in this thread. Surely that guy's every utterance has global impact.  And yet...

       “No one is madder than me about the fact that the website isn’t working as well as it should … It’s going to get fixed.”   — Barack Obama (October 21, 2013)

       "These goals can be achieved without us increasing troop levels."   — Barack Obama (Fox News interview)

Spot the errors? Nevertheless, people understand his point, and that's the goal.  Not trying to drag politics into this--I just couldn't think of anyone else who is college-educated and has the best writers and proof-readers on standby 24/7.  George Bush, same problem. Clinton (both of them)--same problem.  Mick Jagger, for that matter. 

So if it's the Silk Road manifesto that needs tuning, maybe DPR can get to that after all the system issues are laid to rest. 

GrammarNazi just needs to be introduced to Mr Cheeba, and to not get his bowel tied in a knot over the small stuff.  Life is way too short.

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Re: List of Dread Pirate Robert's Grammar Mistakes
« Reply #82 on: December 20, 2013, 02:59:00 am »
Hey GN, have you used any sentence fragments recently?

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Re: List of Dread Pirate Robert's Grammar Mistakes
« Reply #83 on: December 20, 2013, 03:08:30 am »
I think DPR is dipping in the meth cargo. I tend to construct the most beautifully insane run on sentences when Im straight blasted to shit. It isnt a proper sentence unless its 2.5 pages long, single space. Be inspired by Robinson Crusoe.

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« Reply #84 on: December 20, 2013, 03:57:43 am »
I think DPR is dipping in the meth cargo. I tend to construct the most beautifully insane run on sentences when Im straight blasted to shit. It isnt a proper sentence unless its 2.5 pages long, single space. Be inspired by Robinson Crusoe.

I think its our meth given right.  Its like a living thing that sentence, when you're in the moment you haven't got time to stop.  And then start again.   I don't a read my posts after each day.  Ever.  And when someone quotes me with a huh?  I say 'what? I'm not reading that shit'

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Re: List of Dread Pirate Robert's Grammar Mistakes
« Reply #85 on: December 20, 2013, 05:36:59 am »
When I smoke meth correcting grammar is usually not on top of my list of thing-to-do. lel

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Re: List of Dread Pirate Robert's Grammar Mistakes
« Reply #86 on: December 20, 2013, 05:48:01 am »
This entire topic is dripping with elitism.
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