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In Honor of Jules
« on: January 04, 2008, 01:48:38 PM » |
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The use, correct or otherwise, of commas is, in some circles, thought of, although not, I should add, confirmed to be fact, as making the written word more difficult, cumbersome, and, in many ways, a pain the ass, pardon my French, than one would initially suspect, to read, were one to give the matter much thought. |
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Uisce Beatha
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Re: In Honor of Jules
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2008, 01:56:34 PM » |
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*fudge* off, anyways.
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Re: In Honor of Jules
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2008, 01:59:07 PM » |
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and this is for Clive.
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Re: In Honor of Jules
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2008, 02:00:20 PM » |
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LOL. Punctuownd.
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Clive
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Re: In Honor of Jules
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2008, 02:43:12 PM » |
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Turn that bird upside-down, and it looks, like a comma.
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stroh
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Re: In Honor of Jules
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2008, 05:18:13 PM » |
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LOL! , Nice play Jules.
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Re: In Honor of Jules
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2008, 05:42:02 PM » |
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Re: In Honor of Jules
« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2008, 05:44:10 PM » |
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That's quite the thorough article on commas, Clive.
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Uisce Beatha
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Re: In Honor of Jules
« Reply #8 on: January 04, 2008, 05:44:47 PM » |
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 Comma Comma Comma Comma Comma Chameleon |
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stroh
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Re: In Honor of Jules
« Reply #9 on: January 04, 2008, 05:47:21 PM » |
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That's quite the thorough article on commas, Clive.
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Re: In Honor of Jules
« Reply #10 on: January 04, 2008, 05:49:57 PM » |
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With all due respect to the young lady, perhaps she should pick up a copy of Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Trusse. A panda walks into a café. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and proceeds to fire it at the other patrons.
“Why?” asks the confused, surviving waiter amidst the carnage, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.
“Well, I’m a panda,” he says at the door. “Look it up.”
The waiter turns to the relevant entry in the manual and, sure enough, finds an explanation. “Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves.”
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Re: In Honor of Jules
« Reply #11 on: January 05, 2008, 06:20:32 AM » |
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I find that whenever I'm in, doubt, about where to use commas I just, say the sentence, out loud speaking like Christopher Walken and,. Then it's pretty, well obvious where the commas should go.
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Clive
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Re: In Honor of Jules
« Reply #12 on: January 05, 2008, 07:13:28 AM » |
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I find that whenever I'm in, doubt, about where to use commas I just, say the sentence, out loud speaking like Christopher Walken and,. Then it's pretty, well obvious where the commas should go. Whenever I read the body of work Jules has accumulated here, the voice in my head turns into Walken rather quickly. Walken on a heavy regimen of estrogen and perhaps lithium, but Walken nonetheless. I'd give you karma, but I want to be the one to bump you into triple-digits. |
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Re: In Honor of Jules
« Reply #13 on: January 05, 2008, 07:29:14 AM » |
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I want to be the one to bump you into triple-digits.
Clive's euphemisms 2:1 Jules' commas |
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Re: In Honor of Jules
« Reply #14 on: January 05, 2008, 01:13:15 PM » |
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With all due respect to the young lady, perhaps she should pick up a copy of Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Trusse. A panda walks into a café. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and proceeds to fire it at the other patrons.
“Why?” asks the confused, surviving waiter amidst the carnage, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.
“Well, I’m a panda,” he says at the door. “Look it up.”
The waiter turns to the relevant entry in the manual and, sure enough, finds an explanation. “Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves.”
Then of course there's a wombat: "Eats, roots and leaves" |
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