[Interactive story] 'Real Life' Tanki

[Hex 11,522]

Get yourself a signature (y) ^_^

Edited October 16, 2016 by Hexed

[Ninja 10,468]

Really nice, I like the illustrations especially.

[basenji7 1,199]

You changed "accidently" to "accidentally" - "accidentally" may be a more accepted spelling, but you can actually use "accidently".

Accidently is a variant spelling, since accidental is the adjective (accident is a noun) and as, in general, you can affix "-ly" to the end of an adjective to make an adverb - hence, accidentally. Accidently is accepted in ~some~ circles since it is relatively frequently used and has become a variant spelling. In informal writing (like this), accidently can be used, as it probably won't disturb anyone, but in formal writing it is better to stick with the much more common and grammatically (not grammaticly :P) correct "accidentally", as it is accepted everywhere.  ;)

(Sorry, I can be somewhat of a Grammar Nazi at times - don't take this negatively, I found the story fun  :lol:) 

[missingknight 408]

Accidently is a variant spelling, since accidental is the adjective (accident is a noun) and as, in general, you can affix "-ly" to the end of an adjective to make an adverb - hence, accidentally. Accidently is accepted in ~some~ circles since it is relatively frequently used and has become a variant spelling. In informal writing (like this), accidently can be used, as it probably won't disturb anyone, but in formal writing it is better to stick with the much more common and grammatically (not grammaticly :P) correct "accidentally", as it is accepted everywhere.  ;)

(Sorry, I can be somewhat of a Grammar Nazi at times - don't take this negatively, I found the story fun  :lol:) 

(Your phrasing seems very... familiar :lol: :rolleyes:)

Anyway, the 'Oxford English Dictionary' I have at home actually has 'accidently' in it (and not 'accidentally'), and I've seen newspapers using either. So I don't see it as an issue. (I mean, I trust the dictionary :P).

 

Glad you liked my story :).

[basenji7 1,199]

(Your phrasing seems very... familiar :lol: :rolleyes:)

Anyway, the 'Oxford English Dictionary' I have at home actually has 'accidently' in it (and not 'accidentally'), and I've seen newspapers using either. So I don't see it as an issue. (I mean, I trust the dictionary :P).

 

Glad you liked my story :).

Familiar?  :huh:

 

Obviously I don't know about your dictionary, but the Oxford Dictionary website turns up no results when searching for "accidently" and states that "accidently is a common misspelling of accidentally". Link:

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&filter=dictionary&query=accidently

:ph34r:

[missingknight 408]

Familiar?  :huh:

 

Obviously I don't know about your dictionary, but the Oxford Dictionary website turns up no results when searching for "accidently" and states that "accidently is a common misspelling of accidentally". Link:

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&filter=dictionary&query=accidently

:ph34r:

(I mean, google the point, and the first few links that come up basically use the same words/phrasing you used)

Anyway, don't quite get why you're 'bothered' about this. What I put is fine, and the other spelling is also fine. So no big deal.

Edited October 27, 2016 by missingknight