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General Discussion => Essentially Flyertalk => Topic started by: pissclams on August 30, 2010, 01:48:02 PM
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i'm through with them. thoughts?
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No, and here's why....
They are extremely useful mechanisms for assisting your reader in the precise inflection you wish for them to perceive. However, they can be misused quite easily, and muck up a sentence. It's best to error on the side of "readability" and use them, in my opinion.
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i'm through with them. thoughts?
i'm pretty much done with them. occasionally will use one. rarely though.
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I have decided that I will never write another sentence without one, fyi.
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Fuc commas day wack;; real gangstas use semicolons point plankn;;;
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No, and here's why....
They are extremely useful mechanisms for assisting your reader in the precise inflection you wish for them to perceive. However, they can be misused quite easily, and muck up a sentence. It's best to error on the side of "readability" and use them, in my opinion.
these are all reasons why i want to quit using them. it's my passive agressive way to screw with the reader and leave them guessing.
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I am, still pissed at you, over the, cilantro issue. Not using commas is barbaric.
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No, and here's why....
They are extremely useful mechanisms for assisting your reader in the precise inflection you wish for them to perceive. However, they can be misused quite easily, and muck up a sentence. It's best to error on the side of "readability" and use them, in my opinion.
these are all reasons why i want to quit using them. it's my passive agressive way to screw with the reader and leave them guessing.
If I were you, I would find a way to screw with the reader that didn't involve making myself look like a Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) who can't even structure a sentence.
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No, and here's why....
They are extremely useful mechanisms for assisting your reader in the precise inflection you wish for them to perceive. However, they can be misused quite easily, and muck up a sentence. It's best to error on the side of "readability" and use them, in my opinion.
these are all reasons why i want to quit using them. it's my passive agressive way to screw with the reader and leave them guessing.
What do you have against capitalization? Sys hates it, apparently.
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No, and here's why....
They are extremely useful mechanisms for assisting your reader in the precise inflection you wish for them to perceive. However, they can be misused quite easily, and muck up a sentence. It's best to error on the side of "readability" and use them, in my opinion.
these are all reasons why i want to quit using them. it's my passive agressive way to screw with the reader and leave them guessing.
What do you have against capitalization? Sys hates it, apparently.
Are 'Clams and Daris related?
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No, and here's why....
They are extremely useful mechanisms for assisting your reader in the precise inflection you wish for them to perceive. However, they can be misused quite easily, and muck up a sentence. It's best to error on the side of "readability" and use them, in my opinion.
these are all reasons why i want to quit using them. it's my passive agressive way to screw with the reader and leave them guessing.
What do you have against capitalization? Sys hates it, apparently.
Are 'Clams and Daris related?
maybe. we look almost like twins fwiw. kind of scary actually. different bdays though.
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No, and here's why....
They are extremely useful mechanisms for assisting your reader in the precise inflection you wish for them to perceive. However, they can be misused quite easily, and muck up a sentence. It's best to error on the side of "readability" and use them, in my opinion.
these are all reasons why i want to quit using them. it's my passive agressive way to screw with the reader and leave them guessing.
If I were you, I would find a way to screw with the reader that didn't involve making myself look like a Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) who can't even structure a sentence.
I don't care how I appear to my readers that's their issue to deal with.
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Yeah commas are for losers!!!!!!!!!!!!! exclamation points are where it's at!!!!!!!!!!
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commas = losers
exclamation points = losers
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commas = losers
exclamation points = losers
What Would Brian Kovar Do?? Just Ask!!
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commas = losers
exclamation points = losers
What Would Brian Kovar Do?? Just Ask!!
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that's an issue between you and bryan kovar
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commas = losers
exclamation points = losers
What Would Brian Kovar Do?? Just Ask!!
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that's an issue between you and bryan kovar
No, it isn't!
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I've been thinking about this a lot lately. really just hate commas. I'm done with them
also done with some periods and other miscellany
follow my lead folks bc we can make a difference in this world or option 2 is just let commas infest your life
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I've been thinking about this a lot lately. really just hate commas. I'm done with them
also done with some periods and other miscellany
follow my lead folks bc we can make a difference in this world or option 2 is just let commas infest your life
i counted. not 5, 7, 5.
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comma it up bro I don't give a crap
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How do you feel about question marks. I hate them.
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How do you feel about question marks. I hate them.
they're so different. i don't even think of them as punctuation.
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love them son
absolutely live them
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crap I meant to say love not live them
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there needs to be something that's like halfway between a period and a comma. we really mumped up there.
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I like to think of commas as a Chris Harper head fake to the inside just to pop it outside and catch it over the shoulder for 46 yards. Commence: eating soup.
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there needs to be something that's like halfway between a period and a comma. we really mumped up there.
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just use extra spaces they're very versatile and can do many things that traditional/ordinary punctuation cannot do
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if anyone has ideas they would like to submit for new punctuation rules this is your thread fellas get to work sons
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capital letters yuck
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This is my kinda thread. :D
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there needs to be something that's like halfway between a period and a comma. we really mumped up there.
I use a semicolon (likely incorrectly)
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imagine not having to learn all of the rules of the road about commas about periods about colons and semicolons and other punctuation back in elementary school now quit imagining because this happening
motto lets punch punctuation back to the stone ages where it belongs
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imagine not having to learn all of the rules of the road about commas about periods about colons and semicolons and other punctuation back in elementary school now quit imagining because this happening
motto lets punch punctuation back to the stone ages where it belongs
this sounds great but i think it will lead to anarchy within 48 hours
a world without punctuation may not be a world I want to live in
time will tell but i am willing to give it a go
i will bet legal people will really suck at this
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this is a losing battle
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imagine not having to learn all of the rules of the road about commas about periods about colons and semicolons and other punctuation back in elementary school now quit imagining because this happening
motto lets punch punctuation back to the stone ages where it belongs
Interesting post rick daris
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there needs to be something that's like halfway between a period and a comma. we really mumped up there.
you can connect two closely related independent clauses with a semicolon if that's your style.
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Let's eat grandma!!
I'm hilarious.
/thread
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there needs to be something that's like halfway between a period and a comma. we really mumped up there.
you can connect two closely related independent clauses with a semicolon if that's your style.
what i want is the ability to induce an extended pause after a series of words that isn't a sentence. partly for the induced pause, but also because of inflection difference that come along with it. weird i guess, but that's what i want. and i don't think there is something that allows me to do that. dunno.
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Let's eat grandma!!
I'm hilarious.
/thread
i counted. not 5, 7, 5.
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Someone once told me that a comma is nothing more than half a quotation mark that never got taller. :dunno:
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there needs to be something that's like halfway between a period and a comma. we really mumped up there.
you can connect two closely related independent clauses with a semicolon if that's your style.
what i want is the ability to induce an extended pause after a series of words that isn't a sentence. partly for the induced pause, but also because of inflection difference that come along with it. weird i guess, but that's what i want. and i don't think there is something that allows me to do that. dunno.
like, the written word should be closer to conversational speech. we should have the ability to force an extended pause even if we didn't just write a complete sentence or maybe want to start the next part of speech with an and or something. the current commas, periods, question marks and exclamation points just aren't enough. instead of getting rid of things like commas, we should be adding a few more. and oh yeah, excellent posts by the original poster in this thread.
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there needs to be something that's like halfway between a period and a comma. we really mumped up there.
you can connect two closely related independent clauses with a semicolon if that's your style.
what i want is the ability to induce an extended pause after a series of words that isn't a sentence. partly for the induced pause, but also because of inflection difference that come along with it. weird i guess, but that's what i want. and i don't think there is something that allows me to do that. dunno.
like, the written word should be closer to conversational speech. we should have the ability to force an extended pause even if we didn't just write a complete sentence or maybe want to start the next part of speech with an and or something. the current commas, periods, question marks and exclamation points just aren't enough. instead of getting rid of things like commas, we should be adding a few more. and oh yeah, excellent posts by the original poster in this thread.
What about ellipses... (?)
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there needs to be something that's like halfway between a period and a comma. we really mumped up there.
you can connect two closely related independent clauses with a semicolon if that's your style.
what i want is the ability to induce an extended pause after a series of words that isn't a sentence. partly for the induced pause, but also because of inflection difference that come along with it. weird i guess, but that's what i want. and i don't think there is something that allows me to do that. dunno.
like, the written word should be closer to conversational speech. we should have the ability to force an extended pause even if we didn't just write a complete sentence or maybe want to start the next part of speech with an and or something. the current commas, periods, question marks and exclamation points just aren't enough. instead of getting rid of things like commas, we should be adding a few more. and oh yeah, excellent posts by the original poster in this thread.
What about ellipses... (?)
not exactly what i want. like, you know how eskimos have like forty words for snow or whatever? i want that, but with writing words in a very exact and specific way so that people reading them would read them how i would say them if i was saying them and now writing them.
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i'm on the fence. what does boo radley say?
that'll prob decide it for me.
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i'm on the fence. what does boo radley say?
that'll prob decide it for me.
boo radley is a cat j-dub. it's going to lick itself for a few hours and then go sleep in the corner for a couple of days. if you're waiting on it's opinion, then you're going to be waiting a while is what i'm saying.
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i'm on the fence. what does boo radley say?
that'll prob decide it for me.
boo radley is a cat j-dub. it's going to lick itself for a few hours and then go sleep in the corner for a couple of days. if you're waiting on it's opinion, then you're going to be wait a while is what i'm saying.
i'm waiting on boo's meow and that's all there is to it :don'tcare:
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Comma comma comma comma comma chameleon
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there needs to be something that's like halfway between a period and a comma. we really mumped up there.
you can connect two closely related independent clauses with a semicolon if that's your style.
what i want is the ability to induce an extended pause after a series of words that isn't a sentence. partly for the induced pause, but also because of inflection difference that come along with it. weird i guess, but that's what i want. and i don't think there is something that allows me to do that. dunno.
like, the written word should be closer to conversational speech. we should have the ability to force an extended pause even if we didn't just write a complete sentence or maybe want to start the next part of speech with an and or something. the current commas, periods, question marks and exclamation points just aren't enough. instead of getting rid of things like commas, we should be adding a few more. and oh yeah, excellent posts by the original poster in this thread.
What about ellipses... (?)
not exactly what i want. like, you know how eskimos have like forty words for snow or whatever? i want that, but with writing words in a very exact and specific way so that people reading them would read them how i would say them if i was saying them and now writing them.
Maybe you could start using collipses , , , and then if enough people read the board they would eventually make their way into Webster's.
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my grandpa was in a comma after a car accident once. i dont think theyre anything to joke about.
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I'm sorry to hear that, The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep , , , but I don't think anyone is joking here.
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there needs to be something that's like halfway between a period and a comma. we really mumped up there.
you can connect two closely related independent clauses with a semicolon if that's your style.
what i want is the ability to induce an extended pause after a series of words that isn't a sentence. partly for the induced pause, but also because of inflection difference that come along with it. weird i guess, but that's what i want. and i don't think there is something that allows me to do that. dunno.
i think what you're looking for is between 7-9 spaces give it a shot and let me know if it works and how great it feels
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fuckspacesiamgoingtobemoreeffecientandjustrunthisshittogether
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https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/19/politics/pompeo-commas-state-department/index.html
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Pretty convenient that pclams -- known apostrophe lobbyist -- is running a smear campaign on the comma but not saying a word about the apostrophe. It's the exact same thing, only difference being location. Unreal. Just wow.
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OUTED: pissclams is Mike Pompeo
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OUTED: pissclams is Mike Pompeo
he's shown amazing restraint with wackycat's consistent comma abuse
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I respect the hell out of Secretary Pompeo and his devotion to grammar.
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grammer can smd
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grammer can smd
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I respect the hell out of Secretary Pompeo and his devotion to grammar.
Yes.
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I respect the hell out of Secretary Pompeo and his devotion to grammar.
That he is a devoted man of letters is his one truly redeeming quality...