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Stevie
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Undefeatable Hero
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posted January 15, 2015 09:59 PM |
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Zombi_Wizzard
Famous Hero
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posted January 15, 2015 10:04 PM |
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Kimarous said:
The difference is that those who care about grammar get aneurysms. Also, it's spelled "difference" with two "r"s.
Yes, proper spelling and grammar IS important on the internet, lest it leak into your everyday life and make you look like a tool.
Yes ... difference has 2 "r"s .... riiiight. My apologies if I was not born in a country in which English is primary language.
And also - gramar on internet is not the most important thing...as long as the text itself is understandable.
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Avirosb
Promising
Legendary Hero
No longer on vacation
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posted January 15, 2015 10:15 PM |
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Haven: A harbour or place of safety.
Heaven: The sky, or where good peeps go in the afterlife according to christianity.
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kiryu133
Responsible
Legendary Hero
Highly illogical
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posted January 15, 2015 10:16 PM |
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grammatically incorrect sentences are still really annoying to read though, so do keep that in mind 
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Avonu
Responsible
Supreme Hero
Embracing light and darkness
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posted January 15, 2015 10:26 PM |
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Edited by Avonu at 22:30, 15 Jan 2015.
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@Zombi_Wizzard
The same case with planet seasons, its orbit around a sun and tilt of rotational axis was present in both Enroth and Axeoth.
Besides, you look for logic in world, when you can make lunar eclipse at no time by using magic artifact. And where all winds were created by some flying chicken.
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"When someone desires information, they come to me."
"Details are everything."
Pipiru piru piru pipiru pi!
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Zombi_Wizzard
Famous Hero
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posted January 16, 2015 09:00 AM |
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Avirosb said:
Haven: A harbour or place of safety.
Heaven: The sky, or where good peeps go in the afterlife according to christianity.
Ah ... ok ... you see I always taught, that it is the second one, and pronounced it that way. You know ... cause Angels live there ... and can therefore be recruited into army ... no?
ok - I will make sure to call it Haven in the future.
@Avonu
Yes.
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Stevie
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
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posted January 16, 2015 09:05 AM |
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Maurice
Hero of Order
Part of the furniture
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posted January 16, 2015 10:08 AM |
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Edited by Maurice at 10:10, 16 Jan 2015.
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Stevie said:
Kimarous confirmed grammar nazi.
He has a valid point, however. Language is the primary carrier of information, which is the core of communication. If we start butchering our language, we inadvertently start to butcher our communication. Lack of communication leads to a lack of mutual understanding.
Now I can understand that English isn't your primary language (for the record, it's not mine either; my primary language is Dutch), so your grammar construction may be different, but that doesn't give you an excuse to continue to butcher the words themselves, especially if you see other people writing those same words consistently differently. And yet sometimes, for some reasons, spelling errors persist.
One of my personal favorites here on this website is the word "resource", which some users keep insisting should be spelled as "ressource". Another one I recently saw was "interasting", which should be "interesting" instead (derived from a contraction of the Latin words "inter" (=in between) and "esse" (=to be)). But there are more examples around. I try to read past them, suffering in silence  , but it is annoying at times  .
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Avirosb
Promising
Legendary Hero
No longer on vacation
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posted January 16, 2015 10:21 AM |
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I do consider Heaven an acceptable mistake however, since the faction's gotten heavy into religion since H3.
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frostymuaddib
Promising
Supreme Hero
育碧是白痴
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posted January 16, 2015 10:35 AM |
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To me, it will always be castle
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Zombi_Wizzard
Famous Hero
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posted January 16, 2015 12:05 PM |
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Well for the record, when playing with my friends I always call this faction "Humans". Allways have (since H1) and probably allways will. I also don't call other factions by their name most of the time. Here is how me and my brother and few friends usualy refer to these factions:
Haven = humans
Sylvan = elves
Dungeon = monsters/beasts (former), dark elves (present)
Academy = mages/wizards
Necropolis = undead
Fortres = lizards/lizardmen (former), dwarves (present?)
Stronghold = orcs
I always called the factions by races, which reside in them, and yes, in everyday conversation I also almost never use the term "factions", but "races", since, in my language "faction" is rarely used word. I only refer to the factions when speaking in english.
I almost didn't notice, back in the day, that "castle" changed to "haven" ... they were still humans. And regarding this, I not only misspelled it, but also missread it, since I was convinced it was Heaven, cause you had the Angels as a "race" which reside in it.
And for the record, in my language, when writing on forums and talking in everyday life, we pronounce and spell the words in a way that is far from grammatically correct. We cal it "informal" or "casual" talk. English has none of that so it's hard to explain.... closest come "internet" english, where words like "You" are replaced by "u", and so on. Some words are completly diferent than formal versions, so that foreigners who learn some of it, still can't understand much when they hear actual street conversation.
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verriker
Honorable
Legendary Hero
We don't need another 'eroes
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posted January 16, 2015 03:01 PM |
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Zombi_Wizzard said:
And for the record, in my language, when writing on forums and talking in everyday life, we pronounce and spell the words in a way that is far from grammatically correct. We cal it "informal" or "casual" talk. English has none of that so it's hard to explain.... closest come "internet" english, where words like "You" are replaced by "u", and so on. Some words are completly diferent than formal versions, so that foreigners who learn some of it, still can't understand much when they hear actual street conversation.
is slang the word you're looking for?
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Stevie
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
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posted January 16, 2015 03:09 PM |
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Maurice said:
Stevie said:
Kimarous confirmed grammar nazi.
He has a valid point, however. Language is the primary carrier of information, which is the core of communication. If we start butchering our language, we inadvertently start to butcher our communication. Lack of communication leads to a lack of mutual understanding.
Now I can understand that English isn't your primary language (for the record, it's not mine either; my primary language is Dutch), so your grammar construction may be different, but that doesn't give you an excuse to continue to butcher the words themselves, especially if you see other people writing those same words consistently differently. And yet sometimes, for some reasons, spelling errors persist.
One of my personal favorites here on this website is the word "resource", which some users keep insisting should be spelled as "ressource". Another one I recently saw was "interasting", which should be "interesting" instead (derived from a contraction of the Latin words "inter" (=in between) and "esse" (=to be)). But there are more examples around. I try to read past them, suffering in silence , but it is annoying at times .
Maurice confirmed grammar nazi.
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Guide to a Great Heroes Game
The Young Traveler
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Maurice
Hero of Order
Part of the furniture
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posted January 16, 2015 03:39 PM |
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Stevie said:
Maurice confirmed grammar nazi.
Your spelling is off, Stevie. That should read "Maurice is a confirmed grammar nazi."
(Completely in the spirit of that famous scene of Life of Brian, Romanes eunt domus ).
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Sleeping_Sun
Promising
Famous Hero
Townscreen Architect
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posted January 16, 2015 03:44 PM |
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Zombi_Wizzard said:
And for the record, in my language, when writing on forums and talking in everyday life, we pronounce and spell the words in a way that is far from grammatically correct. We cal it "informal" or "casual" talk. English has none of that so it's hard to explain.... closest come "internet" english, where words like "You" are replaced by "u", and so on. Some words are completly diferent than formal versions, so that foreigners who learn some of it, still can't understand much when they hear actual street conversation.
Actually, there is a division between formal and informal English. Formal is standardized language usage that people learn in school and it is also used in administration and official documents, etc. Informal is everything else which is not standard: slang, jargon, different kinds of sociolects etc. Such division is common to every language.
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Stevie
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
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posted January 16, 2015 03:54 PM |
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Edited by Stevie at 15:55, 16 Jan 2015.
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Maurice said:
Stevie said:
Maurice confirmed grammar nazi.
Your spelling is off, Stevie. That should read "Maurice is a confirmed grammar nazi."
(Completely in the spirit of that famous scene of Life of Brian, Romanes eunt domus ).
Oh, pardon my inept spelling, your naziness. I will atone for my grammar sins by writing the correct form 100 times! Sieg Heil!
Maurice is a confirmed grammar nazi. Maurice is a confirmed grammar nazi. Maurice is a confirmed grammar nazi. ...
Maurice is a confirmed grammar nazi. Maurice is a confirmed grammar nazi. ...
Maurice is a confirmed grammar nazi. ...
You asked for it
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Guide to a Great Heroes Game
The Young Traveler
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dark-whisperer
Famous Hero
Darkness feels no mercy
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posted January 16, 2015 04:05 PM |
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Now we just need a photo of the wall with that sentence written 100 times. You have time till sunrise, or...
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Zenofex
Responsible
Legendary Hero
Kreegan-atheist
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posted January 16, 2015 04:12 PM |
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Avirosb said:
I do consider Heaven an acceptable mistake however, since the faction's gotten heavy into religion since H3.
Can't remember the Heroes 3 Castle worshiping anything in particular really. Angels were not angels (one of the Might and Magic mysteries) and Monks were... something. One of the tavern hints speculated the Zealots are "beings of pure energy". Just saying.
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Zombi_Wizzard
Famous Hero
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posted January 16, 2015 04:56 PM |
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Zenofex said:
Angels were not angels
What you mean they were not Angels? It was right in their name! And there were Devils ofc aswell, and archangels and archdevils ....
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Avonu
Responsible
Supreme Hero
Embracing light and darkness
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posted January 16, 2015 05:01 PM |
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Zombi_Wizzard said:
What you mean they were not Angels? It was right in their name! And there were Devils ofc aswell, and archangels and archdevils ....
The Kreegan and the Ancient.
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"When someone desires information, they come to me."
"Details are everything."
Pipiru piru piru pipiru pi!
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