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rlin · 03-05-2011, 07:23 AM

used to make periods out of the extra letters in my alphabits and soups...

Gemme · 03-05-2011, 09:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mister Bent

It's going to be like that is it? I refuse to believe you use dots in speech in real time. What you do is pause, which is not the intended use of ellipses. My goat will not be gotten, lady!

You have a goat? Does June know about this?

Quote:

Originally Posted by dixielady

Unfortunately, I wayyyyy over-use punctuation on here. For me, I use commas and ..... to emphasize, so to speak. If anyone has heard me actually talk and heard this thick Southern accent that I have, you'll know that I tend to speak with a lot of pauses and emphasis on things (and a lot of drawl on my words). When writing, I tend to use commas especially, to show the emphasis. Basically, I write how I talk. (And I say talk instead of speak, cause, well...lol) Unfortunately, I guess when reading from someone else's perspective, I probably look like a comma crazed maniac, or at very least, a serial punctuation-ist.

I can relate to this. I also write as I talk and, if I pause in my thoughts/speech, then there's a comma. And then another...

suebee · 03-05-2011, 10:04 AM

Seeing as how there's another thread up called "anal" my Sweetie thought maybe this thread should be called "colon".

We now return you to your regularly scheduled discussion on grammar.

Medusa · 03-07-2011, 12:53 PM

This?

Today I went to the market and bought apples, pears, and bananas.

Or This?

Today I went to the market and bought apples, pears and bananas.

Nat · 03-07-2011, 06:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Medusa

This?

Today I went to the market and bought apples, pears, and bananas.

Or This?

Today I went to the market and bought apples, pears and bananas.

I remember a teacher telling the class that the rule changed from the first to the second. I also remember a teacher bitterly complaining about how this rule change affected the meaning and rhythm of poetry included in our textbooks. I tend to agree it's sacrilege to change punctuation within an already written poem in order to conform to updated punctuation standards.

In 2001, I helped prepare a professor's paper for submission to a scientific journal. That journal was still requiring the comma before the "and." I had the fun job of hunting these down and fixing them.

As far as I can tell, the inmates are running the asylum.

princessbelle · 03-07-2011, 06:47 PM

I was taught, a thousand years ago...

No comma before the word and because the and is in place of the comma which is distinct seperation of and including another..thing.

I use two spaces after the . If not, it's not special and it appears to be just a space within a sentance and it should be special. It is special and i will continue to make it special.

I believe these two things have changed now. I don't care, i'm still using it as was taught to me because it feels right.

Wow i didn't realize how passionate i feel about some punctuation. But, it is a form of our communication and represents our thoughts and feelings.

I suppose it's ok to feel this way.

Diva · 03-12-2011, 08:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Medusa

This?

Today I went to the market and bought apples, pears, and bananas.

Or This?

Today I went to the market and bought apples, pears and bananas.

I believe the 2nd one........because that first one makes me crazy.

Harvard, Schmarvard.

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