John_Cage said:
True. Because the matter at hand is VERY complex, it's difficult to express all the ideas raging through my mind (seeing how passionate I am about it). But apparently, Joel deem himself to be better than my editors.
John, the correct verb form in this sentence would be "deems", not "deem". I will not waste time or bandwidth in pointing out the numerous other errors in the post from which this extract is taken, but I will give you one free tip: learn the difference between "deduct" and "deduce".
I will also point out that your message to Ziggy, which ends your long passage, is not exactly a model to be used in textbooks on grammar. Perhaps it's time to find some new editors...or to brush up on your grammar and spelling.
Look what I found (pasted from aother thread to save time)!
joelcairo said:
Excellent answer, eastender. We might also note that in the same post you reference by Mr. Cage, there are several other errors. He writes "wether" rather than "whether". He writes "accursed" rather than "accused". He writes a sentence that is not a complete sentence: 'Because his intention is to cause dismay with me (the person)."
Through the simple method of reading his posts, it is very easy to find numerous other examples of poor grammar and incorrect spelling by this "writer". Hey, nobody's perfect, but until a certain level of expertise is achieved, it would perhaps be prudent for certain "writers" to demonstrate a greater degree of humility than has been exhibited in a certain other thread recently initiated by Mr. Cage.
Thank god for editors, yes?
In case you couldn't understand why people make mistakes:
1. They don't care (I am NOT publishing my posts).
2. Spelling mistakes are caused by typing too fast or just plain old carelessness (which in no way reflects "expertise").
If you want to nitpick, then two to can that game.
"Excellant answer, eastender." is not a complete sentence.
"We might also note that in the same post you reference by Mr. Cage." It is "referenceD", dear Joel...
Multiple tense mistakes, such as writing "writes" rather than "wrote", were made following the first two sentence.
Was that enough, dear?
My point was not to insult your poor grammar or bad spelling; my point was that everyone makes mistakes. Picking on them only makes you look stupid - especially if you don't how who you are dealing with.
"Omg, lolz... Joel just got pwned... rocked !!!!111111"
Please pick apart the above sentence.
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I apologize to everyone else forced to read through our childish games. "But... But he started it!"
One last thing, I am not trying to "convince" anyone that IQ means anything at all; nor am I trying to force any idea on anyone.
The concept is "To discuss for the sake of the discussion alone". I couldn't care less what anyone believe because it has no effect on me (seeing how I am not Gandhi, I only care about what affects me).
To sum it up, we have reached a conclusion (right? or is there something I missed) that (at least) the ABILITY to perform well on IQ tests is more or less innate; however that ability may or may not be "intelligence" (Is this your view, Traveler?).