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MissHygienic
post Jan 2 2008, 04:13 PM
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QUOTE(SilentLaugh @ Jan 2 2008, 04:06 PM) *
i get mixed up with commas and the word and. for example:

for lunch i had a sandwich, coke, and a bag or chips.
or is it
for lunch i had a sandwich, coke and a bag of chips.

It's never the second one, by the way. The second one is for those lazy f****ts who have no sense of what the comma is for and think that it's okay to make it seem as if the last two items are a unit when it should be separated.

Use the first, and this goes for anybody who think the second one is correct.

Reference: http://www.swcp.com/info/essays/serial-comma.htm
 
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post Jan 2 2008, 04:20 PM
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ah, how i love grammar.
but i spell a lot of things the british way too.
especially colour, favourite, and theatre.


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It's never the second one, by the way. The second one is for those lazy f****ts who have no sense of what the comma is for and think that it's okay to make it seem as if the last two items are a unit when it should be separated.

Use the first, and this goes for anybody who think the second one is correct.


edit: you use the second one in journalism. it saves space :)
 
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post Jan 2 2008, 04:25 PM
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Eh, however they choose it. I don't think the fact that it's for journalism should be an exception to the rules.
 
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post Jan 2 2008, 04:28 PM
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Amen to that. There is this entire book of exceptions to grammar rules for journalism, and they all bug the crap out of me. (I'm in a journalism class) pinch.gif
 
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post Jan 2 2008, 04:31 PM
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Oh, tell me about it. I wouldn't be so uptight about this if I didn't see mistakes and exceptions to the English language all over the place. Not to mention all of the alternative spellings because we sample from every language around the world.

You and I should start a revolution, starting here on CreateBlog to improve grammar, style, and punctuation.
 
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post Jan 2 2008, 06:37 PM
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Is this a grammar and punctuation usage debate!? ph34r.gif
 
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post Jan 2 2008, 07:54 PM
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QUOTE(reptilia @ Jan 1 2008, 05:46 PM) *
I am going to sound very dumb, but how do you get that special looking e like that? I have been trying to figure that out for years.
QUOTE(MissHygienic @ Jan 1 2008, 05:52 PM) *
Alt + 0232, baby. I know it by heart.

Of if you're lazy, open up Microsoft Word or WordPerfect, go to Symbols, and copy and paste. laugh.gif

QUOTE(RockItStudios @ Jan 1 2008, 09:00 PM) *
oh! speaking of french and such!
i got a PM from a chick saying my signature should be Je rêve à toi, not de. which one is it?
i told her if she could find a website with a good explanation of it, i would change it. but i got the "quote" from a book and i looked it up (just to make sure it was right) and everywhere i looked assured me it was "de".

I know this was cleared up already, but "de" is right. "Je rêve à toi" means "I dream to you," so I don't know what her deal was. O_o

Ah, the Oxford comma. I'm so accustomed to using it; it makes me feel funny not to.
 
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post Jan 2 2008, 07:55 PM
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see sea Not me, but I know people who do.
 
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post Jan 2 2008, 08:00 PM
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im australian
and ive lived here all my life
but i have american books at school
so

Meter/Metre
Liter/litre
Center/Centre
Color/Colour
etc
 
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post Jan 2 2008, 08:01 PM
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Dessert and Desert I got that one confused for a quick min.
 
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post Jan 2 2008, 08:02 PM
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Jupiter and Saurn
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post Jan 2 2008, 08:03 PM
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Jupiter and Saurn
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WHAT THE f**k! LMAO
 
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post Jan 2 2008, 08:05 PM
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Uranus and your anus. laugh.gif

Just kidding, that doesn't even make sense. _smile.gif
 
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post Jan 2 2008, 08:05 PM
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Uranus and your anus. laugh.gif

Just kidding, that doesn't even make sense. _smile.gif

meet meat
 
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post Jan 2 2008, 08:07 PM
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QUOTE(reptilia @ Jan 3 2008, 09:03 AM) *
WHAT THE f**k! LMAO


hey i dunno
i just sit there trying to remember which has the rings
i still don't know mellow.gif
 
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post Jan 2 2008, 08:23 PM
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QUOTE(JCLore @ Jan 3 2008, 10:07 AM) *
hey i dunno
i just sit there trying to remember which has the rings
i still don't know mellow.gif


For the record, Saturn has the bigger ring. thumbsup.gif
 
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post Jan 2 2008, 08:32 PM
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QUOTE(jaeman @ Jan 3 2008, 09:23 AM) *
For the record, Saturn has the bigger ring. thumbsup.gif


oh ok
wait does that mean that they both have rings??
 
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post Jan 2 2008, 08:35 PM
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oh ok
wait does that mean that they both have rings??


Yep, they both have rings.
 
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post Jan 2 2008, 09:04 PM
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NEWS FLASH: PLUTO IS NO LONGER A PLANET.

Is anyone else as distressed as I am? My life changed then.
 
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post Jan 2 2008, 09:06 PM
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Hasn't been a planet for a while.
 
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post Jan 2 2008, 09:08 PM
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Oh, yeah, I knew about it for a while. I just spoke of it in present tense since we were on the subject of planets.
 
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post Jan 2 2008, 10:06 PM
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QUOTE(JCLore @ Jan 3 2008, 12:00 PM) *
im australian
and ive lived here all my life
but i have american books at school


Eh same here. I've always been accustomed to the English way, (colour, favourite, realised) but as I'm getting older I'm basically just using the first way that comes to mind. Plus nearly all the books I read are American, so then that way of spelling sticks in my head more.

One of the main words though, is center/centre. Gets me everytime pinch.gif I'll sit there for minutes thinking which one I should use haha
 
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post Jan 2 2008, 10:10 PM
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QUOTE(Jennifer @ Jan 2 2008, 10:06 PM) *
One of the main words though, is center/centre. Gets me everytime pinch.gif I'll sit there for minutes thinking which one I should use haha

Speaking of which, "every time" is two words.
 
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post Jan 3 2008, 02:17 AM
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QUOTE(MissHygienic @ Jan 3 2008, 11:04 AM) *
NEWS FLASH: PLUTO IS NO LONGER A PLANET.

Is anyone else as distressed as I am? My life changed then.


When they announced Pluto was no longer a planet, I immediately thought, "They're going to start rewriting the science books! I better keep my old one, so when I'm a fraile, old man, I can tell children that Pluto was once a planet and I'll get weird looks and reactons."
 
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post Jan 3 2008, 02:57 AM
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QUOTE(Jennifer @ Jan 3 2008, 11:06 AM) *
Eh same here. I've always been accustomed to the English way, (colour, favourite, realised) but as I'm getting older I'm basically just using the first way that comes to mind. Plus nearly all the books I read are American, so then that way of spelling sticks in my head more.

One of the main words though, is center/centre. Gets me everytime pinch.gif I'll sit there for minutes thinking which one I should use haha


the -er and -re is a big one for most ppl
 
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