Poorly Written Emails
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Ironically, Strong Bad himself will sometimes [[Strong Bad's Spelling|make a spelling or grammatical error of similar context]] when typing. | Ironically, Strong Bad himself will sometimes [[Strong Bad's Spelling|make a spelling or grammatical error of similar context]] when typing. | ||
- | In contrast to the many criticisms of poor spelling and grammar, Strong Bad | + | In contrast to the many criticisms of poor spelling and grammar, Strong Bad occasionally receives [[Emails that meet Strong Bad's approval|emails that meet his approval]]. |
==List of Poorly Written Emails== | ==List of Poorly Written Emails== | ||
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| [[depressio]] || "'''guy ,'''" should be "'''guy.'''" || ''None'' || ''None'' | | [[depressio]] || "'''guy ,'''" should be "'''guy.'''" || ''None'' || ''None'' | ||
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- | | [[i love you]] || No punctuation mark at end of sentence || [[Fhqwhgads|fhqwhgadshgnsdhjsdbkhsdabkfabkveybvf]] uses [[Internet Slang|internet shorthand]]; uses a gibberish name || | + | | [[i love you]] || No punctuation mark at end of sentence || [[Fhqwhgads|fhqwhgadshgnsdhjsdbkhsdabkfabkveybvf]] uses [[Internet Slang|internet shorthand]]; uses a gibberish name || no capitalization |
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- | | [[trevor the vampire]] || | + | | [[trevor the vampire]] || No comma after "Hampden"; email ends abruptly || ''None'' || Trevor does not capitalize '''s'''trong '''b'''ad |
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- | | [[i she be]] || Tenuous grasp on English language; lack of punctuation || Misspells "should" as "sh'''e'''" || | + | | [[i she be]] || Tenuous grasp on English language; lack of punctuation || Misspells "should" as "sh'''e'''" || no capitalization |
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- | | [[duck pond]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || | + | | [[duck pond]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || no capitalization |
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- | | [[the basics]] || "How do you do '''it .'''" should be "How do you do '''it?'''"; unnecessary apostrophe in "trick'''’'''s" || ''None'' || | + | | [[the basics]] || "How do you do '''it .'''" should be "How do you do '''it?'''"; unnecessary apostrophe in "trick'''’'''s" || ''None'' || no capitalization |
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- | | [[band names]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || | + | | [[band names]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || no capitalization |
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- | | [[stand-up]] || ''None'' || Joe p. uses internet shorthand; misspells "funny" as "fu'''n'''y" and "comedic" as "com'''i'''dic" || | + | | [[stand-up]] || ''None'' || Joe p. uses internet shorthand; misspells "funny" as "fu'''n'''y" and "comedic" as "com'''i'''dic" || no capitalization |
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- | | [[tape-leg]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || | + | | [[tape-leg]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || no capitalization (except for "Dear" and "Nicolas") |
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- | | [[spring cleaning]] || Steve writes "crush '''with''' Marzipan" instead of "crush '''on''' Marzipan" || Sue misspells surprised as "s'''up'''rised" || Steve does not capitalize his city | + | | [[spring cleaning]] || Steve writes "crush '''with''' Marzipan" instead of "crush '''on''' Marzipan". Mike has no comma after "Bend" || Sue misspells surprised as "s'''up'''rised" || Steve does not capitalize his city, name or "'''m'''arzipan" |
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- | | [[cartoon]] || "[[Wikipedia:Mr.|'''m'''r]]" does not have a period at the end of it; the email's greeting does not have a comma at the end of it || Geroge uses internet shorthand; quite possibly misspells his own name as "'''g'''e'''ro'''ge" || | + | | [[cartoon]] || "[[Wikipedia:Mr.|'''m'''r]]" does not have a period at the end of it; the email's greeting does not have a comma at the end of it || Geroge uses internet shorthand; quite possibly misspells his own name as "'''g'''e'''ro'''ge" || no capitalization |
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- | | [[little animal]] || Question ends with a period instead of a question mark || ''None'' || ''None'' | + | | [[little animal]] || Question ends with a period instead of a question mark || ''None'' || '''c'''rapfully is not capitalized |
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+ | | [[super powers]] || Second question should be a part of the first || ''None'' || ''None'' | ||
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| [[CGNU]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || "'''d'''ear '''s'''trong '''b'''ad", both "'''i'''"s and "'''t'''hank" are not capitalized | | [[CGNU]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || "'''d'''ear '''s'''trong '''b'''ad", both "'''i'''"s and "'''t'''hank" are not capitalized | ||
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- | | [[1 step ahead]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || Entire email, except "I | + | | [[1 step ahead]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || Entire email, except "I", is not capitalized |
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| [[12:00]] || "Than'''ky'''ou" does not have a space in between || ''None'' || "'''vcr'''" is not capitalized | | [[12:00]] || "Than'''ky'''ou" does not have a space in between || ''None'' || "'''vcr'''" is not capitalized | ||
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| [[sugarbob]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || ENTIRE EMAIL CAPITALIZED | | [[sugarbob]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || ENTIRE EMAIL CAPITALIZED | ||
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- | | [[weird dream]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || | + | | [[weird dream]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || no capitalization |
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| [[sisters]] || Ali says "My sister and '''me'''" instead of "My sister and '''I'''," and "There '''is''' two of us," not "There '''are''' two of us." The anonymous author of the second email has awful grammar, and Strong Bad believes he/she's "not even literate." || ''None'' || The greeting "'''h'''ello" in the second email is not capitalized | | [[sisters]] || Ali says "My sister and '''me'''" instead of "My sister and '''I'''," and "There '''is''' two of us," not "There '''are''' two of us." The anonymous author of the second email has awful grammar, and Strong Bad believes he/she's "not even literate." || ''None'' || The greeting "'''h'''ello" in the second email is not capitalized | ||
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- | | [[guitar]] || "Wha'''ts'''" does not have an apostrophe, and a comma is missing in the first sentence. || ''None'' || '' | + | | [[guitar]] || "Wha'''ts'''" does not have an apostrophe, and a comma is missing in the first sentence. || ''None'' || '''G'''uitar is unnecessarily capitalized |
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- | | [[invisibility]] || ''None'' || "Invisible" misspelled as "invis'''a'''ble" || | + | | [[invisibility]] || ''None'' || "Invisible" misspelled as "invis'''a'''ble" || no capitalization |
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| [[little questions]] || Tenuous grasp on English language || ''None'' || ''None'' | | [[little questions]] || Tenuous grasp on English language || ''None'' || ''None'' | ||
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| [[your friends]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || ENTIRE EMAIL CAPITALIZED | | [[your friends]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || ENTIRE EMAIL CAPITALIZED | ||
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- | | [[50 emails]] || Mike ends his question with an exclamation mark || Matt misspells "Strong" as "[[Stong Bad|Stong]]" || Matt does not capitalize "'''w'''hat", "'''e'''xample" and his name on his email | + | | [[50 emails]] || Mike ends his question with an exclamation mark || Matt misspells "Strong" as "[[Stong Bad|Stong]]" || Mike does not capitalize '''s'''trong '''b'''ad; Matt does not capitalize "'''w'''hat", "'''e'''xample" and his name on his email |
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| [[website]] || The word "website" is used too often || ''None'' || ''None'' | | [[website]] || The word "website" is used too often || ''None'' || ''None'' | ||
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| [[morning routine]] || "Wha'''ts'''" does not have an apostrophe || ''None'' || ''None'' | | [[morning routine]] || "Wha'''ts'''" does not have an apostrophe || ''None'' || ''None'' | ||
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- | | [[japanese cartoon]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || '''J'''ames's name is not capitalized along with "'''w'''hat" | + | | [[japanese cartoon]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || '''J'''ames's name is not capitalized along with "'''w'''hat" and "'''j'''apanese" |
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- | | [[dragon]] || ''None'' || Kaizer uses internet shorthand || '''K'''aizer's name is not capitalized | + | | [[dragon]] || ''None'' || Kaizer uses internet shorthand || '''K'''aizer's name is not capitalized along with '''w'''ell |
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| [[huttah!]] || Nobuyoshi types "th'''e'''n" instead of "than"; Holmes types, "DEAR STRONG BAD'''!'''" and "WHERE THE HECK IS YO'''U''' SHIRT???" || ''None'' || Nobuyoshi does not capitalize any "'''i'''"s and the beginning of the sentences; HOLMES' ENTIRE EMAIL IS CAPITALIZED (except "California"); '''d'''erek does not capitalize (except "Dear '''s'''trong '''b'''ad", the last two words blocked by the shred of paper) | | [[huttah!]] || Nobuyoshi types "th'''e'''n" instead of "than"; Holmes types, "DEAR STRONG BAD'''!'''" and "WHERE THE HECK IS YO'''U''' SHIRT???" || ''None'' || Nobuyoshi does not capitalize any "'''i'''"s and the beginning of the sentences; HOLMES' ENTIRE EMAIL IS CAPITALIZED (except "California"); '''d'''erek does not capitalize (except "Dear '''s'''trong '''b'''ad", the last two words blocked by the shred of paper) | ||
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- | | [[fingers]] || '' | + | | [[fingers]] || Brandon uses "you'''r'''" instead of "you're" || ''None'' || aaron's email has no capitalization; FRANKDOG'S ENTIRE EMAIL IS CAPITALIZED |
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| [[english paper]] || ''None'' || Kyle Smith misspells "English" as "Engli'''l'''sh" || ''None'' | | [[english paper]] || ''None'' || Kyle Smith misspells "English" as "Engli'''l'''sh" || ''None'' | ||
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- | | [[unused emails]] || The first and second anonymous sender's emails make no sense; Evan, Andrew and Stephanie all have tenuous grasps on the English language; Stephanie does not put | + | | [[unused emails]] || Dan says "don't get showed" instead of "don't get shown". The first and second anonymous sender's emails make no sense; Evan, Andrew and Stephanie all have tenuous grasps on the English language; Stephanie does not put punctuation in her sentences; The third anonymous sender's comma in "dear''',''' Strong Bad" is in the wrong place || The third anonymous sender misspells "enjoy reading" as "en'''l'''oy rea'''s'''ing"; Andrew misspells Homestar Runner's name to "h'''a'''mest'''urr'''unner" || EVAN'S ENTIRE EMAIL IS CAPITALIZED; the second anonymous sender does not capitalize his/her question; Stephanie's email is not capitalized |
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| [[the show]] || ''None'' || Tori misspells "tournament" as "to'''un'''ament" || '''H'''omestar is not capitalized | | [[the show]] || ''None'' || Tori misspells "tournament" as "to'''un'''ament" || '''H'''omestar is not capitalized | ||
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| [[personal favorites]] || HockeymanJ05 has no comma after "e-mails" and uses a period instead of a question mark. Pred types "a'''re'''" instead of "a", and "I'''’m'''" instead of "I". Zebbadee's second "d'''o'''" should be "did". || Pred uses internet shorthand "'''u r'''". || ''None'' | | [[personal favorites]] || HockeymanJ05 has no comma after "e-mails" and uses a period instead of a question mark. Pred types "a'''re'''" instead of "a", and "I'''’m'''" instead of "I". Zebbadee's second "d'''o'''" should be "did". || Pred uses internet shorthand "'''u r'''". || ''None'' | ||
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- | | [[privileges]] || Question ends with a period instead of a question mark || Crazyclemens misspells "privileges" as "priv'''a'''leges" || | + | | [[privileges]] || Question ends with a period instead of a question mark || Crazyclemens misspells "privileges" as "priv'''a'''leges" || no capitalization (except for "Dear") |
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| [[sibbie]] || Question says "'''your''' are" instead of "you are" and says that Strong Bad is the most "awesome'''st'''" thing ever || ''None'' || ''None'' | | [[sibbie]] || Question says "'''your''' are" instead of "you are" and says that Strong Bad is the most "awesome'''st'''" thing ever || ''None'' || ''None'' | ||
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| [[the process]] || The question was "How long does '''it to''' answer an e-mail?" || "process" is spelled "pro'''s'''ess" || ''None'' | | [[the process]] || The question was "How long does '''it to''' answer an e-mail?" || "process" is spelled "pro'''s'''ess" || ''None'' | ||
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- | | [[couch patch]] || ''None'' || "Behind" is misspelled as "behi'''e'''nd"; "from" is misspelled as "f'''or'''m" || | + | | [[couch patch]] || ''None'' || "Behind" is misspelled as "behi'''e'''nd"; "from" is misspelled as "f'''or'''m" || no capitalization |
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- | | [[local news]] || Email types "its'''’'''" instead of "its", causing Strong Bad to sing one of his Rhythm 'n' Grammar songs || ''None'' || ''None'' | + | | [[local news]] || Ends question with "even". Email types "its'''’'''" instead of "its", causing Strong Bad to sing one of his Rhythm 'n' Grammar songs || ''None'' || ''None'' |
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| [[kind of cool]] || ''None'' || "Thinki'''n'''" and "wonderi'''n'''" are missing their G's || '''S'''trong '''B'''ad is not capitalized | | [[kind of cool]] || ''None'' || "Thinki'''n'''" and "wonderi'''n'''" are missing their G's || '''S'''trong '''B'''ad is not capitalized | ||
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| [[lunch special]] || ''None'' || "Lun'''cc'''h" is misspelled with a second c; "sincerely" is misspelled as "since'''rl'''y" || ''None'' | | [[lunch special]] || ''None'' || "Lun'''cc'''h" is misspelled with a second c; "sincerely" is misspelled as "since'''rl'''y" || ''None'' | ||
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- | | [[theme park]] || '' | + | | [[theme park]] || Two sentences are separated by a comma || "bu'''is'''ness" is misspelled || The sentences do not have capitals in the beginning |
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- | | [[dangeresque 3]] || ''None'' || "Coming" is misspelled as "com'''e'''ing" || | + | | [[dangeresque 3]] || ''None'' || "Coming" is misspelled as "com'''e'''ing" || no capitalization |
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- | | [[cheatday]] || "Mike Control" omits a question mark at the end of the sentence. Ryan's email has no punctuation (except for the question mark), Bridget writes "your" as "you'''’re'''", and the second anonymous email has no punctuation. || Ryan misspells "better" as "be'''t'''er" || "Mike Control's | + | | [[cheatday]] || "Mike Control" omits a question mark at the end of the sentence. Ryan's email has no punctuation (except for the question mark), Bridget writes "your" as "you'''’re'''", and the second anonymous email has no punctuation. || Ryan misspells "better" as "be'''t'''er" || "Mike Control"'s second sentence is not capitalized (except Cheat). None of the three emails The Cheat answers have any capitalization. |
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- | | [[crying]] || There are two greetings in the email which Strong Bad points out; there's no punctuation before "I was wondering" || ''None'' || '' | + | | [[crying]] || There are two greetings in the email which Strong Bad points out; there's no punctuation before "I was wondering" || ''None'' || "'''H'''omestar" is not capitalized |
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| [[for kids]] || The opening sentence should end in a period, but Allison puts a question mark at the end. Also, Strong Bad points out the unnecessary comma in "would love you''',''' and your awesomeness". || ''None'' || ''None'' | | [[for kids]] || The opening sentence should end in a period, but Allison puts a question mark at the end. Also, Strong Bad points out the unnecessary comma in "would love you''',''' and your awesomeness". || ''None'' || ''None'' | ||
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- | | [[other days]] || Janus has a tenuous grasp on the English language, starting the running gag "[[Please to be]]" || Janus misspells "untying" as "unt'''ie'''ing || | + | | [[other days]] || Janus has a tenuous grasp on the English language, starting the running gag "[[Please to be]]" || Janus misspells "untying" as "unt'''ie'''ing" || brian has no capitalization in his email (except for "CA") |
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- | | [[old comics]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || | + | | [[old comics]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || no capitalization (except for "SB" and "NY") |
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| [[pizzaz|pizza'''z''']] || The valediction does not have any punctuation and makes little sense || "pizza'''z'''" is misspelled and carried out through the whole email by Strong Bad. || The ending of the email is not capitalized | | [[pizzaz|pizza'''z''']] || The valediction does not have any punctuation and makes little sense || "pizza'''z'''" is misspelled and carried out through the whole email by Strong Bad. || The ending of the email is not capitalized | ||
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| [[dreamail]] || "'''Another''' words" is supposed to be "In other words" || ''None'' || ''None'' | | [[dreamail]] || "'''Another''' words" is supposed to be "In other words" || ''None'' || ''None'' | ||
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- | + | | [[long pants]] || The email uses the word "pants" too much; the email gets off-topic || ''None'' || '''H'''omestar is not capitalized | |
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- | | [[long pants]] || The email uses the word "pants" too much; the email gets off-topic || ''None'' || '' | + | |
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- | | [[rampage]] || There is an | + | | [[rampage]] || There is an unnecessary comma after Peter's name || "Dear" is misspelled as "D'''er'''"; "I think'''s'''" is supposed to be "I think" || ''None'' |
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- | | [[garage sale]] || ''None'' || "Da" is supposed to be "the" || | + | | [[garage sale]] || ''None'' || "Da" is supposed to be "the" || no capitalization (except the I's) |
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| [[modeling]] || ''None'' || There is an extra "u" in "tr'''uu'''ly" || "'''d'''ear" and "'''i'''" not capitalized, types "S'''TRONG''' B'''AD!!!!!'''" instead of "Strong Bad,". | | [[modeling]] || ''None'' || There is an extra "u" in "tr'''uu'''ly" || "'''d'''ear" and "'''i'''" not capitalized, types "S'''TRONG''' B'''AD!!!!!'''" instead of "Strong Bad,". | ||
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- | | [[record book]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || | + | | [[record book]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || no capitalization |
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| [[lady...ing]] || Types a period instead of a question mark after question. || ''None'' || "Friends" and "Ever" are unnecessarily capitalized. | | [[lady...ing]] || Types a period instead of a question mark after question. || ''None'' || "Friends" and "Ever" are unnecessarily capitalized. | ||
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| [[geddup noise]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || Marc Baroni's name is not capitalized | | [[geddup noise]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || Marc Baroni's name is not capitalized | ||
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- | | [[bedtime story]] || "Good Night" is supposed to have a comma in the end, not a period || "lately" is misspelled as "lat'''le'''y" || ''None'' | + | | [[bedtime story]] || "Bed-time" story is not supposed to be hyphenated and "Good Night" is supposed to have a comma in the end, not a period || "lately" is misspelled as "lat'''le'''y" || ''None'' |
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| [[secret identity]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || Chris uses random capitalization | | [[secret identity]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || Chris uses random capitalization | ||
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| [[disconnected]] || "...'''were''' your body '''is or your head'''," is supposed to be "'''where''' your body '''was'''," || ''None'' || ''None'' | | [[disconnected]] || "...'''were''' your body '''is or your head'''," is supposed to be "'''where''' your body '''was'''," || ''None'' || ''None'' | ||
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- | | [[candy product]] || No | + | | [[candy product]] || No comma after the greeting. The email overuses ellipses, a comma missing after "chick-magnet", and "do'''nt'''" and "tha'''ts'''" are missing apostrophes. "Chick-magnet" does not need to be hyphenated. || "someone" is misspelled as "so'''mo'''ne", "homestarru'''nnn'''er" has three N's. || "'''h'''omesta'''rr'''u'''nnn'''er" should be "Homestar Runner" |
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| [[senior prom]] || "...'''did''' you ever '''have''' a senior prom," is supposed to be "if you ever had a senior prom" || ''None'' || ''None'' | | [[senior prom]] || "...'''did''' you ever '''have''' a senior prom," is supposed to be "if you ever had a senior prom" || ''None'' || ''None'' | ||
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- | | [[redesign]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || | + | | [[redesign]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || no capitalization |
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- | | [[trading cards]] || | + | | [[trading cards]] || First sentence strangely includes an ellipsis || The subject reads, "Trading [[Stong Bad|Stong]]-gum" || The word "With" should not be capitalized |
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- | | [[retirement]] || Josh lacks punctuation in his email || Josh misspells "sincerely" as "since'''rl'''y" || | + | | [[retirement]] || Josh lacks punctuation in his email || Josh misspells "sincerely" as "since'''rl'''y" || josh has no capitalization |
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| [[coloring]] || There are question marks after the ellipsis || "Ridiculous" is misspelled as "r'''e'''diculous"; "tha'''ts'''" does not have an apostrophe || ''None'' | | [[coloring]] || There are question marks after the ellipsis || "Ridiculous" is misspelled as "r'''e'''diculous"; "tha'''ts'''" does not have an apostrophe || ''None'' | ||
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| [[the chair]] || ''None'' || "Does'''nt'''" is missing an apostrophe; "truly" is misspelled as "tru'''e'''ly" || ''None'' | | [[the chair]] || ''None'' || "Does'''nt'''" is missing an apostrophe; "truly" is misspelled as "tru'''e'''ly" || ''None'' | ||
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- | | [[strong badathlon]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || "'''B'''ad", "''' | + | | [[strong badathlon]] || ''None'' || ''None'' || "'''B'''ad", "'''I'''’ve", "'''T'''he '''C'''heat" and "'''H'''omestar" are all not capitalized |
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| [[the movies]] || There is an unnecessary period at the end of "TN" || ''None'' || "'''h'''as" is not capitalized | | [[the movies]] || There is an unnecessary period at the end of "TN" || ''None'' || "'''h'''as" is not capitalized | ||
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| [[rough copy]] || Malinko says "I hope '''you''' interested" || Misspells "problems" as "pro'''m'''blems" || Unnecessarily capitalizes "'''D'''raw", forgets to capitalize "'''I'''" and "'''T'''he '''C'''heat" several times | | [[rough copy]] || Malinko says "I hope '''you''' interested" || Misspells "problems" as "pro'''m'''blems" || Unnecessarily capitalizes "'''D'''raw", forgets to capitalize "'''I'''" and "'''T'''he '''C'''heat" several times | ||
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- | | [[more armies]] || Paul uses a period instead of a question mark | + | | [[more armies]] || Paul uses a period instead of a question mark. His question does not have an "or" before the third listed item. He also uses "that" instead of "who". || ''None'' || ''None'' |
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| [[mini-golf]] || The phrase "miniature golf course" is used too often. || "N'''oo'''ne" is spelled as one word. || ''None'' | | [[mini-golf]] || The phrase "miniature golf course" is used too often. || "N'''oo'''ne" is spelled as one word. || ''None'' | ||
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| [[yes, wrestling]] || Gardenboy types a period in place of a comma and in place of a question mark. There's also no punctuation after his name or "Bfn." || ''None'' || ''None'' | | [[yes, wrestling]] || Gardenboy types a period in place of a comma and in place of a question mark. There's also no punctuation after his name or "Bfn." || ''None'' || ''None'' | ||
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- | | [[nightlife]] || | + | | [[nightlife]] || Josh ends his first sentence with a question mark in place of a period. || "Mr." is misspelled as "'''mr'''". || "'''m'''r" should be capitalized. |
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| [[fan club]] || David uses two apostrophes in the word "it'''’’'''s" which shouldn't have any, and uses the word "who'''se'''" when he should have used the word "who’s". || ''None'' || ''None'' | | [[fan club]] || David uses two apostrophes in the word "it'''’’'''s" which shouldn't have any, and uses the word "who'''se'''" when he should have used the word "who’s". || ''None'' || ''None'' | ||
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! Email<!-- Please add new errors in the order of the email it was in! --> !! Poor Grammar and Punctuation !! Poor Spelling !! Poor Capitalization | ! Email<!-- Please add new errors in the order of the email it was in! --> !! Poor Grammar and Punctuation !! Poor Spelling !! Poor Capitalization | ||
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- | | [[E-mail Birds]] || Bettina's email is missing punctuation; Jeffrey uses the word "dork" too often; Naomi has a tenuous grasp on the English language || None || | + | | [[E-mail Birds]] || Bettina's email is missing punctuation; Jeffrey uses the word "dork" too often; Naomi has a tenuous grasp on the English language || ''None'' || bettina's email has no capitalization |
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- | | [[Videro Games]] || There are two cases for the first sentence: "What is your opinion of the effects "'''of in'''" video games on children?" has an unnecessary "in", or it is missing a word between "of" and "in". || None || None | + | | [[Videro Games]] || There are two cases for the first sentence: "What is your opinion of the effects "'''of in'''" video games on children?" has an unnecessary "in", or it is missing a word between "of" and "in". || ''None'' || ''None'' |
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Revision as of 23:03, 21 February 2019
Strong Bad regularly receives emails with poor grammar and spelling, which he rarely hesitates to point out. He even released an entertaining/informational CD on the subject in an Easter egg in local news called "Strong Bad's Rhythm 'n' Grammar."
While many emails do contain these sort of errors, this list only contains errors that are either famous in their own right or have affected how Strong Bad read the email.
Ironically, Strong Bad himself will sometimes make a spelling or grammatical error of similar context when typing.
In contrast to the many criticisms of poor spelling and grammar, Strong Bad occasionally receives emails that meet his approval.
Contents |
List of Poorly Written Emails
These are the list of emails starting from oldest to newest, containing any and all errors.
Poor Grammar and Punctuation | Poor Spelling | Poor Capitalization | |
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homsar | None | Vinnie C. misspells "Homestar" as "Homsar" | None |
depressio | "guy ," should be "guy." | None | None |
i love you | No punctuation mark at end of sentence | fhqwhgadshgnsdhjsdbkhsdabkfabkveybvf uses internet shorthand; uses a gibberish name | no capitalization |
trevor the vampire | No comma after "Hampden"; email ends abruptly | None | Trevor does not capitalize strong bad |
i she be | Tenuous grasp on English language; lack of punctuation | Misspells "should" as "she" | no capitalization |
duck pond | None | None | no capitalization |
the basics | "How do you do it ." should be "How do you do it?"; unnecessary apostrophe in "trick’s" | None | no capitalization |
band names | None | None | no capitalization |
stand-up | None | Joe p. uses internet shorthand; misspells "funny" as "funy" and "comedic" as "comidic" | no capitalization |
tape-leg | None | None | no capitalization (except for "Dear" and "Nicolas") |
spring cleaning | Steve writes "crush with Marzipan" instead of "crush on Marzipan". Mike has no comma after "Bend" | Sue misspells surprised as "suprised" | Steve does not capitalize his city, name or "marzipan" |
cartoon | "mr" does not have a period at the end of it; the email's greeting does not have a comma at the end of it | Geroge uses internet shorthand; quite possibly misspells his own name as "geroge" | no capitalization |
little animal | Question ends with a period instead of a question mark | None | crapfully is not capitalized |
super powers | Second question should be a part of the first | None | None |
CGNU | None | None | "dear strong bad", both "i"s and "thank" are not capitalized |
1 step ahead | None | None | Entire email, except "I", is not capitalized |
12:00 | "Thankyou" does not have a space in between | None | "vcr" is not capitalized |
sugarbob | None | None | ENTIRE EMAIL CAPITALIZED |
weird dream | None | None | no capitalization |
sisters | Ali says "My sister and me" instead of "My sister and I," and "There is two of us," not "There are two of us." The anonymous author of the second email has awful grammar, and Strong Bad believes he/she's "not even literate." | None | The greeting "hello" in the second email is not capitalized |
guitar | "Whats" does not have an apostrophe, and a comma is missing in the first sentence. | None | Guitar is unnecessarily capitalized |
invisibility | None | "Invisible" misspelled as "invisable" | no capitalization |
little questions | Tenuous grasp on English language | None | None |
lures and jigs | None | Misspells "fish" as "fishs" | None |
your friends | None | None | ENTIRE EMAIL CAPITALIZED |
50 emails | Mike ends his question with an exclamation mark | Matt misspells "Strong" as "Stong" | Mike does not capitalize strong bad; Matt does not capitalize "what", "example" and his name on his email |
website | The word "website" is used too often | None | None |
island | "An" is supposed to be "a" for "desert" | "Where" is supposed to be "were" | None |
comic | None | Brittany misspells "appreciate" to "appriciate"; "they" is misspelled as "Tey" | None |
morning routine | "Whats" does not have an apostrophe | None | None |
japanese cartoon | None | None | James's name is not capitalized along with "what" and "japanese" |
dragon | None | Kaizer uses internet shorthand | Kaizer's name is not capitalized along with well |
huttah! | Nobuyoshi types "then" instead of "than"; Holmes types, "DEAR STRONG BAD!" and "WHERE THE HECK IS YOU SHIRT???" | None | Nobuyoshi does not capitalize any "i"s and the beginning of the sentences; HOLMES' ENTIRE EMAIL IS CAPITALIZED (except "California"); derek does not capitalize (except "Dear strong bad", the last two words blocked by the shred of paper) |
fingers | Brandon uses "your" instead of "you're" | None | aaron's email has no capitalization; FRANKDOG'S ENTIRE EMAIL IS CAPITALIZED |
english paper | None | Kyle Smith misspells "English" as "Englilsh" | None |
unused emails | Dan says "don't get showed" instead of "don't get shown". The first and second anonymous sender's emails make no sense; Evan, Andrew and Stephanie all have tenuous grasps on the English language; Stephanie does not put punctuation in her sentences; The third anonymous sender's comma in "dear, Strong Bad" is in the wrong place | The third anonymous sender misspells "enjoy reading" as "enloy reasing"; Andrew misspells Homestar Runner's name to "hamesturrunner" | EVAN'S ENTIRE EMAIL IS CAPITALIZED; the second anonymous sender does not capitalize his/her question; Stephanie's email is not capitalized |
the show | None | Tori misspells "tournament" as "tounament" | Homestar is not capitalized |
personal favorites | HockeymanJ05 has no comma after "e-mails" and uses a period instead of a question mark. Pred types "are" instead of "a", and "I’m" instead of "I". Zebbadee's second "do" should be "did". | Pred uses internet shorthand "u r". | None |
privileges | Question ends with a period instead of a question mark | Crazyclemens misspells "privileges" as "privaleges" | no capitalization (except for "Dear") |
sibbie | Question says "your are" instead of "you are" and says that Strong Bad is the most "awesomest" thing ever | None | None |
anything | None | None | "hi", "have" and "bye" are not capitalized |
the process | The question was "How long does it to answer an e-mail?" | "process" is spelled "prosess" | None |
couch patch | None | "Behind" is misspelled as "behiend"; "from" is misspelled as "form" | no capitalization |
local news | Ends question with "even". Email types "its’" instead of "its", causing Strong Bad to sing one of his Rhythm 'n' Grammar songs | None | None |
kind of cool | None | "Thinkin" and "wonderin" are missing their G's | Strong Bad is not capitalized |
different town | "I just wondering" is missing "was" | "Sincerely" is misspelled as "sincerley" | None |
car | "Do you Have a car If you do what Kind of car is it." is supposed to be two questions instead of one long sentence; both should end with question marks | None | Use of random capitalization |
lunch special | None | "Luncch" is misspelled with a second c; "sincerely" is misspelled as "sincerly" | None |
theme park | Two sentences are separated by a comma | "buisness" is misspelled | The sentences do not have capitals in the beginning |
dangeresque 3 | None | "Coming" is misspelled as "comeing" | no capitalization |
cheatday | "Mike Control" omits a question mark at the end of the sentence. Ryan's email has no punctuation (except for the question mark), Bridget writes "your" as "you’re", and the second anonymous email has no punctuation. | Ryan misspells "better" as "beter" | "Mike Control"'s second sentence is not capitalized (except Cheat). None of the three emails The Cheat answers have any capitalization. |
crying | There are two greetings in the email which Strong Bad points out; there's no punctuation before "I was wondering" | None | "Homestar" is not capitalized |
for kids | The opening sentence should end in a period, but Allison puts a question mark at the end. Also, Strong Bad points out the unnecessary comma in "would love you, and your awesomeness". | None | None |
other days | Janus has a tenuous grasp on the English language, starting the running gag "Please to be" | Janus misspells "untying" as "untieing" | brian has no capitalization in his email (except for "CA") |
old comics | None | None | no capitalization (except for "SB" and "NY") |
pizzaz | The valediction does not have any punctuation and makes little sense | "pizzaz" is misspelled and carried out through the whole email by Strong Bad. | The ending of the email is not capitalized |
time capsule | Sam uses a period at the end of last sentence instead of a question mark | Misspells "you’re" as "you’rre" | No captalization (except "STRONG" and "X0") |
montage | None | "Create" is misspelled as "creat" | None |
animal | The question, "What would you like as if you were your own made up animal" needs to be rewritten; the question does not have a question mark in the end | None | None |
dreamail | "Another words" is supposed to be "In other words" | None | None |
long pants | The email uses the word "pants" too much; the email gets off-topic | None | Homestar is not capitalized |
rampage | There is an unnecessary comma after Peter's name | "Dear" is misspelled as "Der"; "I thinks" is supposed to be "I think" | None |
garage sale | None | "Da" is supposed to be "the" | no capitalization (except the I's) |
modeling | None | There is an extra "u" in "truuly" | "dear" and "i" not capitalized, types "STRONG BAD!!!!!" instead of "Strong Bad,". |
record book | None | None | no capitalization |
lady...ing | Types a period instead of a question mark after question. | None | "Friends" and "Ever" are unnecessarily capitalized. |
geddup noise | None | None | Marc Baroni's name is not capitalized |
bedtime story | "Bed-time" story is not supposed to be hyphenated and "Good Night" is supposed to have a comma in the end, not a period | "lately" is misspelled as "latley" | None |
secret identity | None | None | Chris uses random capitalization |
disconnected | "...were your body is or your head," is supposed to be "where your body was," | None | None |
candy product | No comma after the greeting. The email overuses ellipses, a comma missing after "chick-magnet", and "dont" and "thats" are missing apostrophes. "Chick-magnet" does not need to be hyphenated. | "someone" is misspelled as "somone", "homestarrunnner" has three N's. | "homestarrunnner" should be "Homestar Runner" |
senior prom | "...did you ever have a senior prom," is supposed to be "if you ever had a senior prom" | None | None |
redesign | None | None | no capitalization |
trading cards | First sentence strangely includes an ellipsis | The subject reads, "Trading Stong-gum" | The word "With" should not be capitalized |
retirement | Josh lacks punctuation in his email | Josh misspells "sincerely" as "sincerly" | josh has no capitalization |
coloring | There are question marks after the ellipsis | "Ridiculous" is misspelled as "rediculous"; "thats" does not have an apostrophe | None |
4 branches | the email lacks two commas: one after "Hey Strong Bad" and another after "ur biggest fan" | Spanky uses internet shorthand | "elgrondo" is supposed to be capitalized |
the chair | None | "Doesnt" is missing an apostrophe; "truly" is misspelled as "truely" | None |
strong badathlon | None | None | "Bad", "I’ve", "The Cheat" and "Homestar" are all not capitalized |
the movies | There is an unnecessary period at the end of "TN" | None | "has" is not capitalized |
rough copy | Malinko says "I hope you interested" | Misspells "problems" as "promblems" | Unnecessarily capitalizes "Draw", forgets to capitalize "I" and "The Cheat" several times |
more armies | Paul uses a period instead of a question mark. His question does not have an "or" before the third listed item. He also uses "that" instead of "who". | None | None |
mini-golf | The phrase "miniature golf course" is used too often. | "Noone" is spelled as one word. | None |
pizza joint | Daphne types "me and my girls" instead of "my girls and I" | None | None |
web comics | Gunkiller types "Me and some of my friends" instead of "Some of my friends and I" and has no punctuation after "Thanks a lot". | None | None |
business trip | None | Roxy misspells "sbemail" as "sbmail." | "think about it" is missing capitalization. |
yes, wrestling | Gardenboy types a period in place of a comma and in place of a question mark. There's also no punctuation after his name or "Bfn." | None | None |
nightlife | Josh ends his first sentence with a question mark in place of a period. | "Mr." is misspelled as "mr". | "mr" should be capitalized. |
fan club | David uses two apostrophes in the word "it’’s" which shouldn't have any, and uses the word "whose" when he should have used the word "who’s". | None | None |
pet show | The email's greeting does not have a comma at the end of it. | The term "Haihai" is written in lolspeak. | None |
licensed | No commas where needed. | Pimple is misspelled as Pilmple. | Did not capitalize "the Cheat", "strong Bad" and "receiving". |
shapeshifter | Paxton Westergard did not separate his name and the town where he is from by using either a line break or a comma. | "What" is misspelled as "waht". | None |
SBCG4AP Advertisement | "To" should be in the phrase "You need make". | "Best" is misspelled as "brst". | None |
specially marked | None | Misspells "cereal" as "cerial". | None |
love poems | There are unnecessary square brackets around the word "Bad", and "my words which I speak" is unusually phrased (though probably intended for comic effect). | The words "absotively" (a portmanteau of "absolutely" and "positively") and "blunderous" are not generally regarded as correct English (though again, this may have been intended for comic effect). | None |
hiding | The first sentence omits a question mark. There are three cases for the second sentence: "you right." is missing a comma and a question mark, the sentence ends with an unnecessary "right", or there is a word missing at the end of the sentence. | "Noone" is spelled as one word. | None |
your edge | None | Misspells "shenanigans" as "shennanigans", and "haven’t" as "heven’t". | None |
magic trick | Uses the singular article "a" in "Her are a tips", and the preposition "to" rather than "for". | Misspells "Here" as "Her". | Fails to capitalize "sweden" and "homestar runner". |
being mean | Types a period instead of a question mark after question | None | None |
email thunder | The sentence in the body is a run-on | Misspells "us" as "use" | None |
imaginary | None | None | "My" should be capitalized. |
dictionary | Describes Strong Bad as the "superest", "awesomest" guy ever | Spells "for" as "fo" | None |
Other Poorly Written Emails
This is the list for bonus emails in the strongbad_email.exe extras.
Poor Grammar and Punctuation | Poor Spelling | Poor Capitalization | |
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E-mail Birds | Bettina's email is missing punctuation; Jeffrey uses the word "dork" too often; Naomi has a tenuous grasp on the English language | None | bettina's email has no capitalization |
Videro Games | There are two cases for the first sentence: "What is your opinion of the effects "of in" video games on children?" has an unnecessary "in", or it is missing a word between "of" and "in". | None | None |
Emails that spell Strong Bad/Strong Badia as one word
Strong Bad and Strong Badia are often misspelled as one word. This usually goes unnoticed by Strong Bad, and has recently been happening more so than usual.
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