The Parenth Twins versus Bracket Man.
Interrobang Saves the Dangling Participle.
Extraneous Ellipses Banished to Uranus.
C'mon, play!
Interrobang Saves the Dangling Participle.
Extraneous Ellipses Banished to Uranus.
C'mon, play!
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Re: Punctuation Wars: The Comic Book
Tue, April 15, 2008 - 8:53 AMdash does semi-colon
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Re: Punctuation Wars: The Comic Book
Tue, April 15, 2008 - 9:58 AMI would just like to state that extraneous ellipses being banished to Uranus is highly offensive to me.
The ellipses will return! *brandishing fist* All your sentences are hereby ............................
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Re: Punctuation Wars: The Comic Book
Tue, April 15, 2008 - 11:21 AMi.....can't....breathe....the...air is.... far too thin.....
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Re: Punctuation Wars: The Comic Book
Tue, April 15, 2008 - 11:39 AMMy grammar nazi is kicking in.
**Ahem**
Although that is a commonly accepted use of an elipse, it is incorrect.
The proper use of an elipse is when paraphrasing and leaving parts of a sentence or paragraph out.
BWAHAHAHAAAA!!!!
Just sayin'.......
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Re: Punctuation Wars: The Comic Book
Tue, April 15, 2008 - 11:56 AMyes, i'm an english major. actually, you're supposed to put a period at the end of whatever you're cutting off and the ellipse shows that something has been left out.
but i way overuse ellipses because breaking punctuation rules is fun. i'm a writer, not a grammarian. :-) -
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Re: Punctuation Wars: The Comic Book
Tue, April 15, 2008 - 11:59 AMOh I wasn't pointing fingers at anyone in particular. I was just stating a fact...and I overuse elipses all...the...time!!!
As well as adding multiple puncuation at the end of my sentences, just cuz I can!!! -
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Re: Punctuation Wars: The Comic Book
Tue, April 15, 2008 - 12:00 PMlol - triple exclamation point strikes!!! again!!!
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Re: Punctuation Wars: The Comic Book
Tue, April 15, 2008 - 12:32 PMHi...my name is SV...and...I *am* an over elipser and a multiple punctuator...
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Re: Punctuation Wars: The Comic Book
Tue, April 15, 2008 - 3:04 PM...ah, but you are not from the Herb Caen school of train-wreck-of-thought writing... ol' Herb was the master of elipses... he wrote for the SF Chronicle for years... Chico (CA) will never live down his Velveta comment... -
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Re: Punctuation Wars: The Comic Book
Tue, April 15, 2008 - 3:42 PMi think elipses are my only real form of punctuation....perhaps a semi-colon could be added;;;;;;
do any of these come with a cape and sparkly boots? -
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Re: Punctuation Wars: The Comic Book
Tue, April 15, 2008 - 4:45 PMAnd then there is rampant misapostrophization - I get pretty possessive - er, obsessive - when it comes to the misuse and abuse of contractions, as well as when people don't mind their p's and q's. Know what I mean . . . ? Thank's, you guy's! ;o) -
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Re: Punctuation Wars: The Comic Book
Wed, April 16, 2008 - 4:54 PMAs neurotic as I am about word definitions I'm surprisingly relaxed about grammar.
e e cummings is one of my heroes
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Re: Punctuation Wars: The Comic Book
Tue, April 15, 2008 - 12:58 PMThe Cedillan villain OctoThorpe crushes the hopelessly aigu Ampersand.
Hmmm. Okay, they're not punctuation exactly, but I always wanted to use octothorpe in a sentence. -
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Re: Punctuation Wars: The Comic Book
Tue, April 15, 2008 - 1:06 PMOctothorpe?????
Oh I"m in love.
See the thing is, illustrating the thing would be right at my artistic ability.
@@!#^%&&*%$##!!!?}{
Oh, and the international villians and heroes have even more juiciness to choose from!
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Re: Punctuation Wars: The Comic Book
Tue, April 15, 2008 - 1:16 PMwhat is an octothorpe?
ack! i just looked it up, i am so loving finding out that things i use all the time **have names!!**
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Re: Punctuation Wars: The Comic Book
Tue, April 15, 2008 - 1:27 PMThere's an irony sign??? -
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Re: Punctuation Wars: The Comic Book
Tue, April 15, 2008 - 6:19 PMIm in love! That's it..head over freakin' heels in love. There's a punctuation mark called a fist. I *KNEW* it! And an irony mark?! How cool is that??? And I thought that the interrobang was the coolest punctuation mark ever....jeez....I never knew.... I feel like my life has somehow been changed forever because of this thread.
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Re: Punctuation Wars: The Comic Book
Tue, April 15, 2008 - 1:10 PMThe End - A Period Comes To A Full Stop! -
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Re: Punctuation Wars: The Comic Book
Tue, April 15, 2008 - 4:07 PMFifi, are you talking about menopause? ; ) -
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Re: Punctuation Wars: The Comic Book
Tue, April 15, 2008 - 4:11 PMquel - Hehe, not intentionally but it's been on my mind recently! Damn Freud and his lingerie!
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Dinner time
Tue, April 15, 2008 - 5:19 PMI'm thinking alphabet soup and caret cake. Blair, does octothorpe taste good deep fried?
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Re: Punctuation Wars: The Comic Book
Tue, April 15, 2008 - 6:14 PMA Caret up your Colon (^:)
Less Than a Bang (<!)
Tilde in Em Space (~ )
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Re: Punctuation Wars: The Comic Book
Tue, April 15, 2008 - 8:59 PMI saw many dollar signs and made a dash after them! -
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Re: Punctuation Wars: The Comic Book
Tue, April 15, 2008 - 9:14 PM*tosses a bunch of @@@@@@ on the floor and watches TEL flail his arms in an attempt to keep his footing*
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Re: Punctuation Wars: The Comic Book
Tue, April 15, 2008 - 9:11 PMWhat if I bring a red pen to this party? Huh? Huh? What'cha gonna do 'bout that???? Hey ... you keep your Dangling Participle to yourself Bracket Man .... :P -
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Re: Punctuation Wars: The Comic Book
Tue, April 15, 2008 - 9:16 PMNooooooooooooo.........!!!!!!!!
not the red pen! never that! -
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Re: Punctuation Wars: The Comic Book
Tue, April 15, 2008 - 9:28 PMRed pens are a pain in the @$$, frankly. >:o(
Actually, octothorpe are best served breaded and deep-fried, with sides of both a nice, garlicky aioli and a cocktail sauce. YUM!!! The tentacles are the *best* parts! -
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Re: Punctuation Wars: The Comic Book
Tue, April 15, 2008 - 9:34 PMsnork, gorgle...and what wine goes best with deep-fried octothorpe?
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Re: Punctuation Wars: The Comic Book
Tue, April 15, 2008 - 9:35 PM>>>Nooooooooooooo.........!!!!!!!!
not the red pen! never that! <<<
(uncapping *HUGE* red pen and chasing after Miele) .... "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little exclamation points too!" -
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Re: Punctuation Wars: The Comic Book
Tue, April 15, 2008 - 9:41 PMMary, I never imagined this side of you! Im shocked...whipping out a red pen like that?! You need to be careful, you could put an i out with that thing.
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Re: Punctuation Wars: The Comic Book
Tue, April 15, 2008 - 10:18 PMClearly, a nice, RED, Merlot! :o)
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Re: Punctuation Wars: The Comic Book
Wed, April 16, 2008 - 4:24 PMRed pens have an entirely new place in my life since seeing Secretary
..... and four peas!
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