The Pedantic Bastard War Thread.

[Edwardo Piet]

Indeed that was (and still is, because you still have that point) a point for you Adrian.

I am going to pedantically point out that pointing out spelling mistakes (typos included) isn't the only way to be a pedantic bastard. And most people seem to be only doing that (on this thread).

This is not an important thing for me to point out (I'm being pedantic), for this thread is pointlessly pedantic, so it therefore is important to THIS thread perhaps - because perhaps arguably a pointlessly pedantic thing to point out is perhaps more important in a thread that is deliberately made to be pointlessly pedantic.

So it's kind of, pedantic for the sake of being pedantic, perhaps mostly to amuse or for some bizzare pedantic exercise or so-called 'competition' that you don't actually ever win

So that's not really important I guess. But then I have to pedantically point out right now that that obviously depends on how you define important and/or what you personally consider to be important.

[Tiberius]

I am going to pedantically point out that pointing out spelling mistakes

Overusing the words "point out" / "pointing out". A better way of constructing that sentence would have been: I am going to pedantically point out that correcting mistakes (typos included)...

for this thread is pointlessly pedantic, so it therefore is important to THIS thread perhaps - because perhaps arguably a pointlessly pedantic thing to point out is perhaps more important in a thread that is deliberately made to be pointlessly pedantic.

There is no such thing as "pointlessly pedantic", especially in a thread created for the sole purpose of being pedantic.

Just because I'm pedantic, I'm taking 10 points off EvF, and adding 30 onto my own.

[Edwardo Piet]

I am going to pedantically point out that I am deliberately overusing certain words - and being overly wordy - for effect.

And I am going to point out that you said that your way of constructing the sentence is better. You didn't specifically say grammatically better, and being wordy and overusing words may be better for effect, perhaps at least vaguely amusing effect. So your point that it is just "better" is not automatically implied; it is not necessarily correct.

How do you absolutely know that there is no such thing as "pointlessly pedantic"? And if there is no such thing, how does this imply that it is incorrect to use such a term and that I should lose 10 points and you gain 30?

For assuming that grammatically better implies simply "better" I'm taking my 10 points back. And for assuming that there is necessarily no such thing as "pointlessly pedantic" and that that automatically implies that it is incorrect to use such a term "especially in a thread" simply because it doesn't exist. Ignoring the fact it might work well for perhaps at least a chance at overly wording effect, for that I'm taking 30 off you so it's back again. And the point is that I have been using my wordiness in order to be pedantic about my own wordiness. Perhaps I should get points for that?

How pedantic of me to notice that if you are pedantic about your own mistakes then perhaps that should also constitute as points to win in the pedantic war? For I am battling vs myself in order to intimidate my opponents (in the 'pedantic war') with my pedantically pedantic abilities ( I am going to point out now, pedantically, that there is probably (or perhaps almost certainly, just to be pedantic for a second) "no such thing" as "pedantically pedantic", I had to point that out - how pedantic of me).

And then I also get one point for being pedantic.

[Eilonnwy]

What the fuck, guys....what the fuck.

[Edwardo Piet]

Perhaps would have been better with 3 full stops (or periods, dots, etc) rather than 4 Eilonnwy. Perhaps not.

It's cool, I'm easy. Gotta point it out though.