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Temptress
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0 posted 2001-02-19 10:10 PM


Okay, considering the fact that I made almost straight As in English class in high school and during college I shouldn't be writing as carelessly as I do these days. I can't seem to remember that after every pause a comma does not go. I've been going around using and abusing commas with abandon, and am pleading with someone to help me! LOL! They're getting out of control, and I think I need some intervention. Is it going to be necessary for me to just go pay for a class at one of the local colleges in order to bring myself up from the ashes of greater English abilities?

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Severn
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1 posted 2001-02-19 10:25 PM


Hi, I'm K and I'm with the punctuation police...

heh

Why not post a sample of prose or something so we can look at your comma usage?

(Actually, I'm also a hypocrite - I stuff up with punc. all the time. I just like to think I know what I am talking about...)

K


...and I have found that a lifetime can be lived in one moment...

T.G.M.


[This message has been edited by Severn (edited 02-19-2001).]

Alicat
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2 posted 2001-02-19 10:31 PM


Alas, the neglected semicolon......
Severn
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3 posted 2001-02-19 10:36 PM


OOOOOOOOOOOO - I LOVE the ;

what I can't HANDLE is when it is abused:

eg

so he walked slowly; hands in his pockets.

BLECH.

'the semi connects two related, complete sentences'

However, I don't think it is wise to OVER use it either...

I've seen some pieces of prose with semi after semi - looks over-burdened.

K


[This message has been edited by Severn (edited 02-19-2001).]

Temptress
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4 posted 2001-02-19 11:19 PM


Well, I'll try a to find a sample piece of prose to test it on, but not tonight.
See you all tomorrow!

Severn
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5 posted 2001-02-22 12:44 PM


It's past tomorrow, Jenn..

K


...and I have found a lifetime can be lived in one moment...

Nan
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6 posted 2001-02-22 09:19 PM


Semi colon??.... Those babies are used in compound-complex sentences - so you don't abuse the comma so badly... as opposed to ellipses and hyphens......
Severn
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7 posted 2001-02-22 10:29 PM


Nan - you can't come in here and steal my thunder...



K


...and I have found a lifetime can be lived in one moment...

Michael
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8 posted 2020-07-24 10:58 PM


rofl...now I see just how long you have been queen of the run on sentence!


Michael

Temptress
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9 posted 2020-07-25 01:06 AM


Micheal!

What ARE you doing in here?! I really must be the queen of run on! There are so many things that I look back on here and just shake my head at myself.

"How much is real? So much to question
An epidemic of the mannequins
Contaminating everything"

Stone Sour



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