11-20-2009, 11:58
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Commas Save Lives!
Commas save lives.
For example, observe the difference between these two sentences.
Let's eat Grandpa!
Let's eat, Grandpa!
Perhaps we can use this to illustrate the need for proper punctuation usage to new members of this forum?
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11-20-2009, 12:43
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While we're at it....
...We can encourage the proper use of spaces. For example:
Foreign students exchange
Foreign student sexchange
BIG Difference. 
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"The dignity of man is not shattered in a single blow, but slowly softened, bent, and eventually neutered. Men are seldom forced to act, but are constantly restrained from acting. Such power does not destroy outright, but prevents genuine existence. It does not tyrannize immediately, but it dampens, weakens, and ultimately suffocates, until the entire population is reduced to nothing better than a flock of timid, uninspired animals, of which the government is shepherd." - Alexis de Tocqueville
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11-20-2009, 13:37
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"The Quiet Counsel"
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and the difference between a criminal charge and gratification
No! Don't! Stop!
No don't! Stop!
No! Don't stop.....
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11-20-2009, 13:58
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DemoMan
Commas save lives.
For example, observe the difference between these two sentences.
Let's eat Grandpa!
Let's eat, Grandpa!
Perhaps we can use this to illustrate the need for proper punctuation usage to new members of this forum?
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DM,
Punctuation,We don't need any "stinkin punctuation".................. 
Big Teddy 
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I believe that SF is a 'calling' - not too different from the calling missionaries I know received. I knew instantly that it was for me, and that I would do all I could to achieve it. Most others I know in SF experienced something similar. If, as you say, you HAVE searched and read, and you do not KNOW if this is the path for you --- it is not....
Zonie Diver
SF is a calling and it requires commitment and dedication that the uninitiated will never understand......
Jack Moroney
SFA M-2527, Chapter XXXVII
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11-20-2009, 14:47
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Quote:
Originally Posted by greenberetTFS
DM,Punctuation,We don't need any "stinkin punctuation"..................
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OMG! Grammar. (Be still my heart).
Don't need no stinkin' punctuation? Did YOU SAY, "We don't need no stinkin' punctuation?" Teddy, ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzPBUGUM7KQ)
Try comma-tizing these,
a) Leonora walked on her head a little higher than usual.
b) The driver managed to escape from the vehicle before it sank and swam to the riverbank.
Then go to the bookstore and purchase Eats, Shoots and Leaves. It's easy to recognize this book. The cover has a panda with a gun. OR, check out this site: http://us.penguingroup.com/static/pd...ootsleaves.pdf
Teddy, it gets worse . . . here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJNnD...eature=related
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11-20-2009, 14:54
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Ok...now...
I'm going to stir the pot some...
Punctuate this sentence: a woman without her man is nothing
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11-20-2009, 15:02
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DemoMan
Punctuate this sentence: a woman without her man is nothing
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As it is the Comedy Zone I'll do both...
A woman - without her, man is nothing. (I took the couch last night, don't need to repeat, so this goes first... )
A woman, without her man, is nothing.
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"The dignity of man is not shattered in a single blow, but slowly softened, bent, and eventually neutered. Men are seldom forced to act, but are constantly restrained from acting. Such power does not destroy outright, but prevents genuine existence. It does not tyrannize immediately, but it dampens, weakens, and ultimately suffocates, until the entire population is reduced to nothing better than a flock of timid, uninspired animals, of which the government is shepherd." - Alexis de Tocqueville
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11-20-2009, 15:29
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I believe that SF is a 'calling' - not too different from the calling missionaries I know received. I knew instantly that it was for me, and that I would do all I could to achieve it. Most others I know in SF experienced something similar. If, as you say, you HAVE searched and read, and you do not KNOW if this is the path for you --- it is not....
Zonie Diver
SF is a calling and it requires commitment and dedication that the uninitiated will never understand......
Jack Moroney
SFA M-2527, Chapter XXXVII
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11-21-2009, 17:09
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Quote:
Originally Posted by greenberetTFS
Thank you Dozer,I'm waiting for the other "school mar'm"Richard, to help finish this English lesson 101
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I think he's possibly a bit...distracted by your avatar. 
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11-21-2009, 20:09
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All this does is remind me why I got booted from The Citadel.
Or is it:
All this does, is remind me why, I got booted from The Citadel. Too many?
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Hold Hard guys
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Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is knowing it is great on a hamburger but not so great sticking one up your ass.
Author - Richard.
Experience is what you get right after you need it.
Author unknown. 
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11-21-2009, 21:10
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PedOncoDoc
As it is the Comedy Zone I'll do both...
A woman - without her, man is nothing. (I took the couch last night, don't need to repeat, so this goes first... )
A woman, without her man, is nothing. |
The first one is good.
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11-22-2009, 00:22
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A woman: without her, man is nothing. (for guys who don't like sleeping on the couch)
A woman without her: man is nothing! (for those women who favor women)
A woman without Herman is nothing. (Lili Munster) Spaces are important, too: "The penis mightier than the sword.")
Try this one:
That that is is that that is not is not that that is not is not that that is and that that is is not that that is not
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