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polarbear Member
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 3680 | TRs | Pics Location: Snow Lake hide-away |
The purpose of this post is to codify and consolidate the requirements for the position of Nwhikers Grammarian, which is presently open.
Length of term: The postion is a one year term, beginning January 1, ending December 31 the following year. Applications will be accepted up until November 2. If no suitable person is found, the person holding the position will serve the following year. A person may serve unlimited successive terms.
Responsibilities: Check spelling and grammar of the worst offenders' posts (or of all posts, time permitting). Must know how to click spellchecker button. Grammar is to include punctuation and sentence structure, and word thriftiness in addition to the punctuation and sentence structure. Knowledge of proper emoticon usage is preferred, but not required.
Prerequisites: The applicant will have completed 8 years at a primary facility of education with an average average or better.
Essay: Applicant will submit an essay of 25 words or more stating why they should be selected for this esteemed position. The twenty-five words in this essay being written do not include applicants first or middle or last names, or alias or nickname or handle.
Pay: $1
Benefits: Satisfaction of a job well done
Conditions of Employment: You are stuck with the job.
Nwhikers is an equal opportunity employer, but there are sacharin opportunities as well, for those who prefer sacharin or are allergic to equal.
Worklife: Your life will mostly be work, but the recreational opportunities abound for the rest of us with more free time. The Cascades are a short drive away. The Rockies are after that, and the Applachians are after that. The Ural Mountains are to the West or East depending which way you go.
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Smokey Member
Joined: 10 Nov 2002 Posts: 792 | TRs | Pics
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Tue Aug 03, 2004 9:37 pm
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Excepting ain't the right word goofball. I think you meant expectorating.
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Eric Peak Geek
Joined: 21 Oct 2002 Posts: 2062 | TRs | Pics Location: In Travel Status |
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Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:23 pm
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Quote: | Essay: Applicant will submit an essay of 25 words or more stating why they should be selected for this esteemed position. |
Yore add maid know cents two mi. Eye wont too no moor. Mite ewe bee aloud too sine Czechs four Homonyms to?
All of the internet message board grammarians are just English majors who are board, er bored, and unemployed.
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peppersteak'n'ale Member
Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 1996 | TRs | Pics
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I won't be editing the apostrophe usage in my username either. They are there to stay.
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Allison Feckless Swooner
Joined: 17 Dec 2001 Posts: 12287 | TRs | Pics Location: putting on my Nikes before the comet comes |
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Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:52 pm
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Uh, that's Quark's job.
Other poe-tential grammrrainasas, STFU.
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polarbear Member
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 3680 | TRs | Pics Location: Snow Lake hide-away |
Quark is a valued grammarian and associate, and an asset to nwhikers, but our shareholders are grumbling and have pointed out that I can outsource the grammarian job to China and only have to pay $.10 annual salary (and much less benefits as well, too). Most people wont notice the diference in qality is the consensus held by the majority--more than half think this way, in fact!?.
Quote: | Yore add maid know cents two mi. Eye wont too no moor. Mite ewe bee aloud too sine Czechs four Homonyms to? |
Buy awl means, apply! Ewe our are kind!
Quote: | I won't be editing the apostrophe usage in my username either. They are there to stay. |
There are no rules on double apostrophe's presently. In other words, you aren't speeding, but you aren't slowing traffic down either. Simply put, Pepper, you are not the dangerous outlaw you think you are.
Quote: | Uh, that's Quark's job. |
While grammatically correct, this sentence exhibits poor form in the usage of apostrophes in two successive words. You might want to apply for the position of Subbookkeeper to the Grammarian, which will be opening soon.
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Quark Niece of Alvy Moore
Joined: 15 May 2003 Posts: 14152 | TRs | Pics
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Quark
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Wed Aug 04, 2004 8:12 am
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marylou wrote: | Uh, that's Quark's job.
Other poe-tential grammrrainasas, STFU. |
Naw, I quit that job a while ago on some other random thread that has nothing to do with anything. Oh, like anything ever does, right?
Incorrect grammar now rolls offa me like water off a back's duck.
"...Other than that, the post was more or less accurate."
Bernardo, NW Hikers' Bureau Chief of Reporting
"...Other than that, the post was more or less accurate."
Bernardo, NW Hikers' Bureau Chief of Reporting
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touron Member
Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Posts: 10293 | TRs | Pics Location: Plymouth Rock |
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Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:27 pm
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Applicants who cannot furnish their own comma shaker need not apply.
Touron is a nougat of Arabic origin made with almonds and honey or sugar, without which it would just not be Christmas in Spain.
Touron is a nougat of Arabic origin made with almonds and honey or sugar, without which it would just not be Christmas in Spain.
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veronika Member
Joined: 25 Apr 2010 Posts: 3015 | TRs | Pics Location: On the road |
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veronika
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Thu Apr 12, 2012 10:56 pm
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Quark wrote: | Incorrect grammar now rolls offa me like water off a back's duck. |
You misspelled "water off a" It should be "water offa". Or, is it mispelledd? mispeled?
I am surprised nobody caught that for 8 years! Lol....
Take risks not to escape life, but to prevent life from escaping
I may not have anyone rocking my world right now but, I don't have anyone messing it up either.
Take risks not to escape life, but to prevent life from escaping
I may not have anyone rocking my world right now but, I don't have anyone messing it up either.
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veronika Member
Joined: 25 Apr 2010 Posts: 3015 | TRs | Pics Location: On the road |
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Thu Apr 12, 2012 11:01 pm
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DAMN!!!!! 8 YEARS!!!! Just dawned on me... donned?
Take risks not to escape life, but to prevent life from escaping
I may not have anyone rocking my world right now but, I don't have anyone messing it up either.
Take risks not to escape life, but to prevent life from escaping
I may not have anyone rocking my world right now but, I don't have anyone messing it up either.
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SergioNapelo Member
Joined: 05 Mar 2011 Posts: 666 | TRs | Pics Location: Edmonds, WA |
polarbear wrote: | The Ural Mountains are to the West or East depending which way you go. |
Ural Mountains... I have relatives living there... been there once... South Ural mountains I remember mountains of coal...
Do you need someone to check russian spelling?
"I will lift up my eyes to the mountains. From where shall my help come. My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth!" - David, King of Israel 1,000 BC
"I will lift up my eyes to the mountains. From where shall my help come. My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth!" - David, King of Israel 1,000 BC
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half fast member
Joined: 21 Mar 2010 Posts: 1392 | TRs | Pics Location: Living the dream in my 5th Wheel |
Hear is my intry fee...
Now I jest gotta thank of twentyfive wurds...
It's all about the fun, oh and maybe the chocolate - half fast
It's all about the fun, oh and maybe the chocolate - half fast
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veronika Member
Joined: 25 Apr 2010 Posts: 3015 | TRs | Pics Location: On the road |
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veronika
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Fri Apr 13, 2012 12:21 am
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Take risks not to escape life, but to prevent life from escaping
I may not have anyone rocking my world right now but, I don't have anyone messing it up either.
Take risks not to escape life, but to prevent life from escaping
I may not have anyone rocking my world right now but, I don't have anyone messing it up either.
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trestle Member
Joined: 17 Aug 2008 Posts: 2093 | TRs | Pics Location: the Oly Pen |
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Fri Apr 13, 2012 5:37 am
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"Life favors the prepared." - Edna Mode
"Life favors the prepared." - Edna Mode
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polarbear Member
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 3680 | TRs | Pics Location: Snow Lake hide-away |
SergioNapelo wrote: | Ural Mountains... I have relatives living there... been there once... South Ural mountains I remember mountains of coal...
Do you need someone to check russian spelling? |
Russian spelling needs to be checked more than any other spelling. Indeed, russian is one of the prime reasons that people spell wrong in the first place. So, peopl,e SLOW DOWN! And you will spell bet ter quicker.
This site, nwhikers, also hsa a spell check. If you are serching for it, please note that it is spelled "SpellCheck", e.i. one word with a capitol letter C (like congress) in the middle of it. Click that button and your post will soon be flaless.
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