Discussions on how to do a word count

DennisN · Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:34 pm Post subject:

Old history.
1. IAMnotIAM
2. The IAM man has a silver Audi and my new (metallic grey or silver) van should have been here for 1st March and isn't even in the country yet.

EDIT - Friendly advice - do a word count yourself before hitting the submit button next time. A lesson I (only partially) learned the hard way myself before you were born (but it's wearing off).
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Two of them are obesiting!!

shadamehr · Banned Joined: Apr 25, 2006 Posts: 507

DennisN · Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 10:59 am Post subject:

I didn't want to perpetuate this, but I feel I must make one last effort and I mean very last! I'm doing so out in the open, simply because I don't allow many people inside my space - I have the magnificent total of six MSN contacts and my email addressbook has a group called ALL which I created to notify everybody of my change of ISP - it contains fifteen entries.

This is offered in a spirit of advice, not adverse criticism.

So, there are two points to make ...

First and the most important point.
I read elsewhere that you were once a teacher. You should not need me to remind you that communication will fail immediately the pupil's attention is lost. That'll vary from content to content, but your post lost mine after the first 42 words, so 800 were like scattering pearls amongst the DennisN swine. My Grammar School English teacher would have slaughtered it - she did it with a red pen and almost cured me!

Second point.
The answer wasn't necessary. She used to say "Read the question, then answer it". Look back at puppet1984's original problem - he's getting excess warnings despite having set "warn only on route". So he already knows what he's doing - he's assessed the implications of the options and deliberately chooses this one. He doesn't need your explanation. But after Andy's comprehensive reply, he did ask the three questions which you chose to quote

shadamehr · Banned Joined: Apr 25, 2006 Posts: 507

Ok - how's this for me practising BREVITY:

I was furious, just furious, with your Double Standards, and Hypocrisy Dennis - it is the lowest thing a person can be in my book.

Until I read on... And saw the humour and self-sarcasm in your post at the and.

Phew... relief, and laughs here too mate, cheers.
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56 words - quality!

shadamehr · Banned Joined: Apr 25, 2006 Posts: 507

Now that I gave the 'brevity' answer, I must also give the PROPER one too however (like you Dennis, it must be MY twisted sense of humour though)...

So...

1 - Thanks for reading the first 42 words of my post - that's an improvement for you (grins light-heartedly)

2 - Grammar schools, and talk of Grammar School teachers and grammar school rules.... Good for you mate... I think I remember someone once telling me what those where... But they are not a creature of OUR time now Dennis, so waht matter to me in the least, what your old Grammar School Teacher taught you...? It has ZERO relevance to me in THIS day and age, that we live NOW mate - any more so than Latin is of any use or merit to me. So I just skipped straight past THAT advice * Laughing Out Loud

* (I think what I am saying here, humorously at that, is that YOU live in MY time now Dennis, NOT the other way round - sad as that might be for you to bare Wink

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3 - "Just answer the question". Terribly poor response to offer mate... If all people did on here was "answer the question" as asked, and venture nothing further, this site would be an utter waste of time and space. 98% of the best posts on here, those with freely ventured, useful info, would not even exist. Indeed the Truvelo post you rate so highly... that was not in answer to a question - it was helpful information, freely given, whilst not specifically asked for. So that idea of yours is worth zero mate. It must be why Grammar schools died out perhaps (grins again). And I answered as I did, specifically because mere days ago I read the very same information actually freely offered from another user, and it made ME realise, and see things in a different light. So KNOWING that it works, is why I offered it here. Quite aside from any of which, this is an Information Forum, NOT an English Literature Exam, and the two are a million miles apart, so rules applicable to English Essays, have scant little relevance here, even though you might wish it were different, and back to your old Grammar School Days.

4 - My posts are long, so you only read the first 42 words. Forgive me, where is it posted anywhere that you even need to read my posts AT ALL - no user is under ANY compulsion to be forced to read my posts - as soon as they see my name, if they don't like, they can simply page down (it's only one button press) to the next post. By the same token, nowhere does it say on this site, that anyone is COMPELLED to reply to my posts either. Again, if they don't like, just ignore. In fact, as my post was not about any person, it is supremely easy to ignore it.

And finally, NONE of this is offered controversially, as I am aware, you already clarified the humour to your prior post.

Oh, and I don't know what my word count for this one is, as it's so HIGH it would take too long to count * Laughing Out Loud

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(Oops, there's that * Laughing Out Loud

* - lots of laughs, that you dislike too)

Wink

I'm being quite the naughty school-boy rebel here today, so it's alright Dennis, I fully expect you to give me one week's after school detention.

Very Happy

bmuskett · Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 10:22 pm Post subject:

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bmuskett · Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:54 am Post subject:

GPS_fan · Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:47 am Post subject:

CORRECTION!! Make that 63 words, where 2 would suffice Rolling Eyes

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DennisN · Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:28 am Post subject:

GPS_fan · Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:57 am Post subject:

shadamehr · Banned Joined: Apr 25, 2006 Posts: 507

At least SIX posts here from people whingeing, that are COMPLETELY OFF TOPIC.

And yet it will be ME that get's blamed for being a troll or whatever.

Now does anyone else find that fact alone hilarious?

Also, I am slated for my word count.

How many words did YOU LOT waste, with the irrelevant, off topic, and unnecessary replies? Well, come on???

Again, if you don't like, just IGNORE.

Is it really too hard for you all to grasp, when you all claim to be educated?

Not so much quite aimed at Dennis however, as his posts are (EDITED - its meant to say humerous) numerous, if you are intelligent enough to see it, so cheers Dennis

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