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Post by SSCBen » Wed Nov 17, 2004 1:36 am

Many thanks Spinner for all that work. Also I should thank Forceuser as he found all the errors. I'll get working on a few of them later, I am going to bed very soon.

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Post by Forceuser » Wed Nov 17, 2004 8:07 am

No problem. Just doing my little bit for Soakerdom! :D

Shoud finish the Tactics section in a few days and then I'll post any mistakes from there.
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Post by SSCBen » Wed Nov 17, 2004 11:00 am

Okay, when doing the tactics remember that the Aquabatalicus (our longest article by far) was written in a word processor, there shouldn't be any spelling mistakes, watch out for careless mistakes. Stuff like writing "cheese" instead of "cheap." Other mistakes you should notice too, I bet it's got grammar issues somewhere.

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Post by Forceuser » Wed Nov 17, 2004 4:03 pm

Have you ever written "cheese" instead of "cheap", because that sounds like a very strange mistake to do! ;)

Your articles tend not to have many mistakes, just "entier" mainly and the odd bit of incorrect grammar.
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Post by SSCBen » Wed Nov 17, 2004 9:56 pm

The cheese example is just an example, I couldn't think of anything off hand. I was thinking mistakes that spell checkers don't catch if you didn't understand from that example.

Entier is the result of me accidently adding it to AbiWord and then getting used to the word. Weird that I did it that much. :rolleyes:

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Post by Forceuser » Wed Nov 24, 2004 4:31 pm

Haven't got round to finishing the Tactics section yet (been busy at the moment). However I have checked the new articles. See mistakes below.

[at] Spinner: When correcting you said that there should not be an apostrophe in "Buzz Bee Toys website", etc. Well the website belongs to Buzz Bee Toys so should it not, therefore, have an apostrophe? Also with "Super Soakers website" and "Water Warriors website" the websites belong to the Super Soaker and Water Warrior brands so should in theory also have apostrophe (Don't forget in those cases it is referring to the brands and not to what the name literally means). Alternatively I could be wrong and there should not be any apostrophes but I think there should be apostrophes in these cases.

Tech - Modifications - CPS 21000 Review:
"By Duxburian" Should be "Duxburian" not "Duxburian" (This is filtered out here by the spell checker but it has an "e" in it in the article, as in "ber" not "bur")
"Dual 21K's would also be an effective combo. 21k's allow troops" Both of the "21K's" should be "21Ks" and the second one should have a capital "K"
"There are 3 marks of 2100's" There should not be an apostrophe in "2100s"
"Mk1's and 3's" There should not be apostrophes in either "Mk1s" or "3s"
"Mark 1's are the most powerful" There should not be an apostrophe in "Mark 1s"
"letting your 21k become more versatile" "k" should be a capital

Guides - Super Soaker Prices:
"Euro dollars" Should just be "Euros"

Guides - Guide to Soaker Shopping:
"Water Blaster called the "CPS line" This should either be ""CPS"" or "CPS"
"with a cannon to big for ya" Should be "too" not "to"
"have some CPS's left" There should not be an apostrophe in "CPSs"

War Stories - Protect the VIP team:
"based around commandoes" Should be "commandos" not "commandoes"
"an ambushers dream" There should be an apostrophe in "ambushers" (should be "ambusher's" or "ambushers'")
"and 20of opposing members" Should be "20 opposing members" not "20of opposing members"
"armed with Monster XL's" There should not be an apostrophe in "XL's"
"had no personel older" Should be "personnel" not "personel"
"an incomming threats" Should be "incoming threat" not "incomming threats"
"position" This is sniper 3" There should be a speech mark before "This"
"All but one snipers had visual" should be "one of the snipers had visuals" not "one snipers has visual"
"and elimenate the stealth factor" Should be "eliminate" not "elimenate"
""dang" I said" There should be a capital letter for "Dang"
"My team was training to run" Should be "trained" not "training"
"While speaking to my scout while advancing his shoulder flew back" There should be a comma after "advancing"
"to go prown/lie down" Should be "prone" not "prown"
"opposing team was elimenated" Should be "eliminated" not "elimenated"
"flaws we expirenced" Should be "experienced" not "expirenced"
"and finally OUR VICTORY" There should be an apostrophe after "finally"

EDIT: Even these apostrophes are confusing me!

EDIT 2: Forgot that the spell checker filters out incorrect spellings of "Duxburian", made one of the corrections slightly clearer to understand.
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Post by Spinner » Wed Nov 24, 2004 6:10 pm

Originally posted by Forceuser@Nov 24 2004, 04:31 PM
Haven't got round to finishing the Tactics section yet (been busy at the moment). However I have checked the new articles. See mistakes below.

[at] Spinner: When correcting you said that there should not be an apostrophe in "Buzz Bee Toys website", etc. Well the website belongs to Buzz Bee Toys so should it not, therefore, have an apostrophe? Also with "Super Soakers website" and "Water Warriors website" the websites belong to the Super Soaker and Water Warrior brands so should in theory also have apostrophe (Don't forget in those cases it is referring to the brands and not to what the name literally means). Alternatively I could be wrong and there should not be any apostrophes but I think there should be apostrophes in these cases..
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The website belongs to Buzz Bee Toys, but rather than making it possessive ("Buzz Bee Toys' website") which is, I admit, an acceptable version, one treats Buzz Bee Toys as an adjective, like "the Hasbro website" as opposed to "Hasbro's website". The incorrect version is "the Hasbro's website". ^_^ Similarly, with Super Soaker, you treat Super Soaker as an adjective, so you say "the Super Soaker website". Although "Super Soaker's website" is an alternative, it's not used much. And the brand is "Water Warriors", not "Water Warrior". ;)
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Post by Forceuser » Wed Nov 24, 2004 7:09 pm

Well, in hindsight, I agree with what you said and in this case there probably should not be apostrophes (unless of course you remove the "the" and then it would be OK! :P ). When I was thinking over it again I was thinking out of context without the "the" in which case it would be OK. Oh, why am I so awkward! :D
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Post by Spinner » Wed Nov 24, 2004 7:27 pm

Heh...don't worry, it's good to have somebody here who bothers about good grammar, and your apostrophe corrections were in the main part correct. I think EVERYONE should read the recent book "Eats, shoots and leaves"...it might improve apostrophe use in general. <_<
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Post by DX » Thu Nov 25, 2004 3:16 am

Tech - Modifications - CPS 21000 Review:
"By Duxburian" Should be "Duxburian" not "Duxburian" (This is filtered out here by the spell checker but it has an "e" in it in the article, as in "ber" not "bur")
"Dual 21K's would also be an effective combo. 21k's allow troops" Both of the "21K's" should be "21Ks" and the second one should have a capital "K"
"There are 3 marks of 2100's" There should not be an apostrophe in "2100s"
"Mk1's and 3's" There should not be apostrophes in either "Mk1s" or "3s"
"Mark 1's are the most powerful" There should not be an apostrophe in "Mark 1s"
"letting your 21k become more versatile" "k" should be a capital
What I don't get is that people can't spell D-U-X-B-U-R-I-A-N when the word is right there on the screen! A "u" doesn't look like an "a", "e", or any of the other letters I've seen placed in there. You're probably right with the apostrophes, but I don't think capitalizing the "k" in "21K" really matters that much. In the article I think I make use of both cap and lower case randomly for the k. It never crossed my mind.
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Post by SSCBen » Thu Nov 25, 2004 4:12 pm

Haha, and I added that to the word filter. Mistakes happen I guess. I'll get to fixing a few of these today, I'll just download a backup of the site again and start working.

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Post by Forceuser » Tue Dec 28, 2004 12:22 pm

I finally got round to finishing the Tactics section, only a month and a half later than I said I would! ;)

Sections - Tactics:
"and how to contruct" Should be "construct" not "contruct"

Sections - Tactics - Art of War Interpretations:
"surprise attacks or even blitz's" Should be "blitzes" not "blitz's"
"&" is used several times instead of "and"
"If a soldier goes a-wall" Should be "awol" not "a-wall"
"He emphasizes and pillaging off the enemy" There should not be "and" in this phrase
"and hopefully we be blinded by his anger" Should be "he will be" not "we be"
"the enemy's (which will probably never happen) surround them" Should be "enemies" not "enemy's"
"five times the enemy's then attack them" Should be "enemies" not "enemy's"
"is double the enemy's" Should be "enemies" not "enemy's"
"you will loose one-third of your frontal attackers" Should be "lose" not "loose"
"are fewer than the enemy's" Should be "enemies" not "enemy's"
"those who are excelled at warfare" Should be "excellent" not "excelled"
"other covert ops. stuff it good as well" Should be "is" not "it"
"one who wins with out a single error" Should be "without" not "with out"

Sections - Tactics - Bases:
There are several "&"s in this article which should be "and"s.
"will not tell you lot's about the different types" There should not be an apostrophe in "lots"
"Five long ropes or clotheslines" There should be a space in "clothes lines" and probably an apostrophe as well, but I am not sure about that
"one on either side of were you want the door" Should be "where" not "were"
"door way" Should be "doorway", this appears several times
"Back at the base were the other walk-talkie is" Should be "where" not "were"
"This trick is used most efficiently at night battles" Should be "in" or "during" not "at"
"then burry it somewhere" Should be "bury" not "burry"
"But were will you put your extra equipment" Should be "where" not "were"
"In a wheel barrel or a backpack" Should be "wheelbarrow" not "wheel barrel". This is also true for the next sentence
"Simply pile everything up into a wheel barrel" Again, should be "wheelbarrow" not "wheel barrel"

Sections - Tactics - Basic Tactics:
There are several uses of the great ampersand ("&") here instead of "and".
"However, one thing I have tried is if you buy some of those cheap, $10-20 and tie a six millimeter" ? I believe this should go "cheap, $10-20 radios"
"if that's all you got" Should be "you've" or "you have" not "you"
"that would be a waist of money" Should be "waste" not "waist"
"Get them to waist their water" Should be "waste" not "waist"
"them something the must take" Should be "they" not "the"
"If you noticed, I did not just walk right up and fire at them. This would work maybe four out of ten times (because of my superior numbers)" Should really be "I did not just tell you to walk right up" and "because of your superior numbers" as the last few paragraphs have been written with "you" not "I"
"making them fire and waist their water" Should be "waste" not "waist"
"mess with his mind... make him mad & frustrated so they won't be able to think clearly" Should really be "so he won't" not "so they won't"
"Go forth were they do not expect it" Should be "where" not "were"
"you would've took out the windows" Should be "taken" not "took"
"would've" and could've" should really be in their proper forms ("would have" and "could have"). The shortened forms are really only used in speech.

Sections - Tactics - Caching:
"But do not burry your cache near trees" Should be "bury" not "burry"
"those water balloons where still there" Should be "were" not "where"
"I.e. no mold!" Should be "mould" not "mold" (unless of course that is the American spelling, but I don't know)
"help keep things fresh & preserved" Should be "and" not "&"
"don't burry it too deep" Should be "bury" not "burry"
"then burry it no more" Should be "bury" not "burry"

Sections - Tactics - Concealment & Camouflage:
"than you can by a cover" Should be "buy" not "by"

Sections - Tactics - Conservation:
"Ehrmm, something went wrong" Wow, it's Mr. Hotdog!

Sections - Tactics - Decisive Victory:
"&" is used several times instead of "and"
"water balloons a person to" Should be "too" not "to"
"alternative objectives Napoleon I of France" There should either be a comma or a period between "objectives Napoleon"
"if you where the enemy" Should be "were" not "where"
"or flanked their rear" Should be "flanking" not "flanked"
"apply to old maxim of divide and conquer" Should be "the old maxim" not "to old maxim"
"if there where 28 ships" Should be "were" not "where"
"when we said that" Should be "he" not "we"
"the soldiers outside" Should be "outside" not "outside"
"That must've made him feel" Should be "must have" not "must've"

Sections - Tactics - Defense:
"be defeated while not loosing" Should be "losing" not "loosing"
"This type of soldiers should" Should be "soldier" not "soldiers"
"pencil & paper" Should really be "and" not "&"
"And only consist of one or two people" Should really not have the "and" at the beginning, like the other ones.
"The Building party should consist" "Building" should not have a capital letter.
"supplies & equipment" Again, should really be "and" not "&"
"Cover & concealment" Should really be "and" not "&"
"you to waist your water" Should be "waste" not "waist"
"there to way it down" Should be "weigh" not "way"
"Often, and enemy will try" Should be "an" not "and"

Sections - Tactics - Divide & Conquer Battle Template:
"There where ads everywhere" Should be "were" not "where"
"where just as unsuccessful" Should be "were" not "where"
"when we where at the nature preserve" Should be "were" not "where"
"had all gotten into a circle" Should really be "got", "gotten" is not a proper word
"had gotten on the other site" Should really be "got", "gotten" is not a proper word
"There where a few snickers" Should be "were" not "where"
"we began at 1000" Should be "10:00" or "10.00" not "1000"
"Their reports where almost identical" Should be "were" not "where"
"to stay & guard" Should really be "and" not "&"
"Just as they where regrouping" Should be "were" not "where"
"they where attacked" Should be "were" not "where"
"The yellow defenders" Should be a capital letter for "Yellow", as use everywhere else
"the Red Defense force" Should be a small letter for "defense", as used everywhere else
"attack the yellow troops" Should be a capital letter for "Yellow", as used everywhere else
"there where only one or two Yellows" Should be "were" not "where"
"that where not explained" Should be "were" not "where"
"they where expected to be there" Should be "were" not "where"
"eyes & ears" Should really be "and" not "&"
"when they where half way" Should be "were" not "where"
"Once the scouts where gone" Should be "were" not "where"
"The grabbed their weapons" Should be "They" not "The"
"Armand & Kent arrive at field" Should really be "and" not "&"
"All Yellow & Red troops" Should really be "and" not "&"
"and Main attack force" There should not be a capital for "main"
For "1107" and "1109" at the end, they are the same. Either I'm not getting something, or one should be changed/deleted.

Sections - Tactics - Exploitation of weaknesses:
"Every weapon has it's flaws" There should not be an apostrophe in "its"
"and these flaw we see as a weakness" Should be "flaws" not "flaw"
"Exploiting your enemies weakness" Should be "enemy's" not "enemies"
"Thinking of way's to exploit" There should not be an apostrophe in "ways"
"Any good weapon is strong in multiple of these categories" "Multiple" should not really be used in this situation. "Several" would be better.


Sections - Tactics - Field Communications:
"Code words & codenames" Should really be "and" not "&"
"fairly close bases & outposts" Should really be "and" not "&"
"more based off ancient & medieval warfare" Should really be "on" not "off". Also, should really be "and" not "&"
"the other outposts' attention" Should be "outpost's" not "outposts'"
"individual & the team" Should really be "and" not "&"
"to cipher & decipher messages" Should really be "and" not "&"
"Lot's of animals see the enemy" There should not be an apostrophe in "Lots"
"The Persian Empire was about to being it's largest offensive against Greece ever" Well, for a start, there should not be an apostrophe in "its". Secondly, this does not make sense. I think it should be "beginning" not "being"
"a city-sate" Should be "state" not "sate"
"to carry to water balloon" Should be "the water" not "to water", I think
"somewhere were he could explode it" Should be "where" not "were"


Sections - Tactics - Mental & Physical Training:
"and Tricep stretches" There should not be a capital letter for "tricep"
"if your 10 to 12" Should be "you're" not "your"
"If he is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he [the enemy] is in superior strength, evade him." The "[the enemy]" bit should really be after the first, not the second, "he"
"dodge the enemies blasts" There should be an apostrophe at the end of "enemies"
"The first one is were" Should be "where" not "were"
"are aloud to leave the circle" Should be "allowed" not "aloud"
"We show our self" Should be "ourself" not "our self"
"attack were you are trying to attack" Should be "where" not "were"
"(or coarse)" Should be "course" not "coarse"
"throw your weight at into a stroke" Should be "into" not "at into", I think

Sections - Tactics - Outnumbered:
"You & your team" Should really be "and" not "&"
"you where diligently guarding" Should be "were" not "where"
"lot's of flanking & enveloping" There should not be an apostrophe in "lots". Also, should really be "and" not "&"


Sections - Tactics - Siege:
"to get up & down" Should really be "and" not "&"
"Colonel C.J. & Sergeant Kiana left" Should really be "and" not "&"
"two Storm 750's, three CPS 2100's" There should not really be apostrophes in either "750s" or "2100s"
"in boots & camo" Should really be "and" not "&"
"give them support & hence" Should really be "and" not "&"
"get them to waist their water balloons" Should be "waste" not "waist"
"would have a XP 240" Should be "an" not "a"
"help of Brandi & Kiana" Should really be "and" not "&"
"Joe & Leigha" Should really be "and" not "&"
"the fort to waist some" Should be "waste" not "waist"
"Let's say that is does" Should be "it" not "is"
"to waist some of their water & water balloons" Should be "waste" not "waist". Also, should really be "and" not "&"
"and get Joe & Leigha" Should really be "and" not "&"
"help Ben & C.J. Jared & C.J" Should really be "and" not "&" in both cases

Sections - Tactics - The Aquabatalicus:
"but if it instills fear among your enemy" Should be "instils" not "instills"
"signaled by a retreat or surrender" Should be "signalled" not "signaled"
"to mislead the enemy with disinformation" Should be "misinformation" not "disinformation"
"in heavily traveled areas" Should be "travelled" not "traveled"
"to snipe are well traveled" Should be "travelled" not "traveled"
"analyze your enemies tactics" Should be "enemy's not "enemies"



Sections - Tactics - The Art of Soaking:
The links in the table of contents don't work. They are trying to link to a separate page, not within the page.
"two XP 20's" There should not really be an apostrophe in "20s"
"you have forgotten your self" Should be "yourself" not "your self"
"A blitz tactic is were" Should be "where" not "were"
"all of the sudden" Should be "a" not "the"
"Lour him on and tire him out" Should be "Lure" not "Lour"
"you shall be the looser" Should be "loser" not "looser"
"you may loose some" Should be "lose" not "loose"
"do not waist precious time" Should be "waste" not "waist"
"All great strategists, from Alexander the Great to Napoleon, the value of time has been a valuable asset" Should begin with "For all" not "All"
"But, stay with in the limits" Should be "within" not "with in"
"a guy, or gall" Should be "gal" not "gall"
"I like to say that these people have two speeds, "Fast, and Wow! Watch out!" This should be something like "speeds, fast, and "Wow! Watch out!"" not "speeds, "Fast, and Wow! Watch out!""
"battles in not supreme excellence" Should be "is" not "in"
"than try to isolate" Should be "then" not "than"
"2/3 of his mean" Should be "men" not "mean"
"or it can make your team saw" Should be "be seen" not "saw"
"is not fallowing you" Should be "following" not "fallowing"
"your enemy no time prepare" Should be "to prepare" not "prepare"
"and you have one" Should be "won" not "one"
"great & wise" Should really be "and" not "&" (appears thrice)
"fire teams, ect." Should be "etc." not "ect."
"how any men he could lead" Should be "many" not "any"
"companies, ect." Should be "etc." not "ect."
"into legions, ect." Should be "etc." not "ect."
"There are five primary colors" I could have sworn it was three, for paint: red, yellow and blue, for light: red, green and blue.
"his decision with out delay" Should be "without" not "with out"
"and courage than the enemy" Should be "then" not "than"
"The Spartan's spies" Should be "Spartans'" not "Spartan's"
"a secondary base near by" Should be "nearby" not "near by"
"two XP 270's, a XP 40, and two XP 70's" There should not be apostrophes in "270s" and "70s"
"you show off our weakness" Should be "your" not "our"
"skillful at attack if the enemy doesn't know where to defend and you are skillful" Both "skillful"s should be "skilful"s

Sections - Tactics - Water War Specific Strategied:
"attack once their out" Should be "they're" not "their"
"to use in the entier game" Should be "entire" not "entier"
"The prefered device" Should be "preferred" not "prefered"
"one of your opponents weapons" There should be an apostrophe in "opponents'"

Sections - Tactics - Withdraw:
"Fall Back Tactics should not" There should only be capitalisation on the first word (as it is the start of the sentence).
"points or RV's" There should not be an apostrophe in "RVs"
"Fall back &" Should be "and" not "&" (appears thrice)
"away from a venerable area" Should be "vunerable" not "venerable"
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Post by SSCBen » Tue Dec 28, 2004 3:05 pm

I'm surprised you didn't catch a few other errors in the Aquabatalicus. I was reading it the other day and I could pick out a few from each section. I know at one part I said fact when I meant to say factor.

I'll try to get working on correcting these. After all these are completely fixed, I am planning on printing out every single article on SSCentral to make a massive error fixing and revising effort. One person can catch a lot of errors, but two should get more (as I noticed earlier).

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Post by Forceuser » Tue Dec 28, 2004 3:33 pm

There are some more errors in the Aquabatalicus. That was the last one I checked through, and I only skimmed through it as I know you are quite good with errors and I read it quite recently without spotting many. Don't worry though, all the rest were done properly. I just checked it again properly and found these:

"second most important fact" Should be "factor" not "fact"
"battle is the reduce causalities" Should be "to" not "the"
"range of your opponent's weapons" Should be "opponents'" not "opponent's" NeoEdit: Note the single quote, I know it's hard to see.
"but all means must you destroy them" Should be "by" not "but"
"for ambushes it to have a distraction" Should be "is" not "it"
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Post by Hyperion330 » Sat Jan 22, 2005 11:11 pm

With JadeFalcon's soaker shopping guide on the news section of the site, it says that Einstein said a certain quote. I'm pretty sure that's actually Edison who said that.
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