peipunk Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 Although I use the three dots (or more) quite a bit, I'm a big fan of the semi-colon. The choice of semi-colon, hyphen or "ellipsis" seems to be a perfect little garnish to make your written phrase read exactly like you would speak it. Me likey. Commas or periods inside of quotations, not so much.Formality does have a degree of influence, I find myself too often going back over e-mails to capitalize things that I have missed- mostly as a result of increased laziness caused by increased online time. I'm with rubberdinghy though, a place like this is the place to bust out the laziness, signifying informality. sometimes its just the right thing!!!bitches!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 Doesn't a period do the same thing? What's that dumbassicon again? Oh yeah... (_?_) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Douglas Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 ^^^ you must have read my post before I threw in the quote!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peipunk Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 :blush: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 :confused: :grin: :grin: :grin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 (Best 5000th post ever!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PalacePrincess Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 and get it through your fucking skulls, it's should HAVE, not should OF. (just kidding about the fucking skulls part of course. ) i think that one bugs me the most. even more than incorrect "your/you're" or "alot". and sorry but make room on the train of periods going inside the quotation marks SOMETIMES. and in fact, very rarely, because as many have stated, it defeats the purpose of quoting something if you bastardize the quote anyway. [sic] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 ellipsis? Is that what its called...if so, I do youse it [color:red]alot! You have been allotted several days' detention and remedial grammar and spelling instruction. Aloha, Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 ok, typos, spelling errors, lack of Upper Case Letters - all this I can handle. I surely am guilty of all of those offences. The writing no-no that drives me absolutely nuts is when people write long, heart-felt posts with no use of paragraph structure. 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paragraphs are your friends paragraphs are your friends paragraphs are your friends paragraphs are your friends paragraphs are your friends Posts like that are just unreadable. Space out your thoughts and ideas a little.Help us out a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PalacePrincess Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 oooh, and another one:it's "I may be biased"not"I may be bias" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 Ok, this one really bugs me... and I blame reality TV for it... people who say "Don't take this personal" when they should say "Don't take this personally."Or, "I'm a strategical player" instead of "I'm a strategic player".There's also... supposably. Aaargh!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchoulia Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 oooh, and another one:it's "I may be biased"not"I may be bias"Along those lines, here's another one:If you're hesitant or unsure about something, you can be leery or wary but not weary--that means you're feeling sleepy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 in case you were wondering, i am a writer, editor, publishing student at ryerson, and supreme dorkwad.[color:purple]I'm really glad you cleared that up. You see, in my business we do not use proper grammar. Not only is it not required, but it's discouraged. Further, I wasn't taught proper grammar during my studies for any of my degrees; probably because I didn't go to Ryerson to study writing, editing, and publishing. We are really lucky to have an expert to show us the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 [color:purple]I'm really glad you cleared that up. You see, in my business we do not use proper grammar. Not only is it not required, but it's discouraged. Further, I wasn't taught proper grammar during my studies for any of my degrees; probably because I didn't go to Ryerson to study writing, editing, and publishing. We are really lucky to have an expert to show us the way.Post of the day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 My other per peeve is using "and" instead of "to", as in "I'm going to try and go to that show next week."What, are you going to try to go to the show and go to the show? Sheeesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggest Fan Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 (edited) I guess I'll stay out of this one (place "",.,and, where needed). Edited August 25, 2005 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timouse Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 Formality does have a degree of influence, I find myself too often going back over e-mails to capitalize things that I have missed- mostly as a result of increased laziness caused by increased online time. I'm with rubberdinghy though, a place like this is the place to bust out the laziness, signifying informality. well put. well written on-line speak comes across much more as near-spoken word...using ellipsises (ellipsii? definitely not ellipsis's...) and other punctuation sins seem to flow better than proper grammar. having said that, i agree with and feel the same ugh! at most of the grammar errors pointed out through this thread. in the same way your speech says a lot about you, posting style is really your only way of adding a non-verbal element to what you have to say here...just my $0.02now how am i supposed to punctuate that last sentence? hell with it. you read it, you punctuate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothedShredder Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 (edited) I also tend to use three periods alot! Oh man' date=' the ellipsis is one of my favourites! So pretty. [/quote'] Me too, I often attribute it to not being fully able to formulate my idea, but szciozphreically jumping to the next idea which the previous undevloped idea helped sparked. The elipse is the sign of the verbal tangent. Also, I think the word 'alot' ought to be allowed as meaning: many instances of noun/pronoun... I have alot of bread... I am having alot of fun... I have many instances of bread (not a parking lot of bread)... I have many instance of fun (not a area of fun)... lot is so British... alot is very Canadian. Edited August 25, 2005 by Guest grammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothedShredder Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 I guess I'll stay out of this one (place "",.,and, where needed). :grin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 in the same way your speech says a lot about you, posting style is really your only way of adding a non-verbal element to what you have to say here...now how am i supposed to punctuate that last sentence? hell with it. you read it, you punctuate it.Assuming "that last sentence" doesn't refer to the 0.02 thing I snippedThe same way your speech says a lot about you, your posting style is really your only way of adding a non-verbal element to what you have to say here.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 Brad's way works. I think there are also other options though, such as: Really, your only way of adding a non-verbal element to what you say here is by way of your posting style; the same way your speech says a lot about you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 What in the FAAAck.............are you people talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 this is the most bullshit thread ever. i said it. who the fuck cares? talk how ya want, let others deal with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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