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zaq
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 Tue, Sep 24 2019, 5:53 am
Did you know?
I didn’t, till now. “I heard it through the grapevine,” aka radio.
Punctilious people (not to say grammar police) prefer precise punctuation: every mark in its proper place road-mapping a sentence’s meaning.
Slapdash people—those who punctuate sloppily if at all—can be hard to understand.
With punctuation, the meaning is clear; without it, it’s... how shall I put this...gibberish.
“I cant do the can can can I.” Say what?
“I can’t do the can-can, can I? “ “Well, ma’am, I wouldn’t know if you can or cannot, but if you can, you may!”
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singleagain
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Tue, Sep 24 2019, 6:24 am
Reminds me of this comic
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penguin
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Tue, Sep 24 2019, 8:15 am
A panda walks into a bar. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.
"Why? Why are you behaving in this strange, un-panda-like fashion?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda walks towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.
"I'm a panda," he says, at the door. "Look it up."
The waiter turns to the relevant entry 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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Jewishfoodie
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Tue, Sep 24 2019, 8:27 am
"Let's eat grandma!"
(that's why I say away from my grandchildren until they learn about commas.)
Edited for punctuation mistake...
Last edited by Jewishfoodie on Tue, Sep 24 2019, 9:00 am; edited 2 times in total
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FranticFrummie
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Tue, Sep 24 2019, 8:29 am
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You can pry the Oxford comma from my cold, dead, hands!
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zaq
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Tue, Sep 24 2019, 8:48 am
| FranticFrummie wrote: | | You can pry the Oxford comma from my cold, dead, hands! |
I heart the Oxford comma. Also Oxford shirts. Oxford shoes, not so much.
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PinkFridge
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Tue, Sep 24 2019, 8:57 am
| Jewishfoodie wrote: | "Let's eat grandma!"
(that's why I say away from my grandchildren until they learn about comma's.) |
After kiddush, we have a family line: Let's wash everyone.
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Laiya
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Tue, Sep 24 2019, 8:57 am
| zaq wrote: | Did you know?
I didn’t, till now. “I heard it through the grapevine,” aka radio.
Punctilious people (not to say grammar police) prefer precise punctuation: every mark in its proper place road-mapping a sentence’s meaning.
Slapdash people—those who punctuate sloppily if at all—can be hard to understand.
With punctuation, the meaning is clear; without it, it’s... how shall I put this...gibberish.
“I cant do the can can can I.” Say what?
“I can’t do the can-can, can I? “ “Well, ma’am, I wouldn’t know if you can or cannot, but if you can, you may!” |
At the risk of over-punctiliousness, shouldn't there be a comma after place?
"Punctilious people (not to say grammar police) prefer precise punctuation: every mark in its proper place, road-mapping a sentence’s meaning."
Zaq, I love all your posts!
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MitzadSheini
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Tue, Sep 24 2019, 9:15 am
Anyone know this one?
Write me a sentence which contains the word "and" 5 times in a row. As in
and and and and and
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JoyInTheMorning
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Tue, Sep 24 2019, 9:27 am
| FranticFrummie wrote: | | You can pry the Oxford comma from my cold, dead, hands! |
I agree with the sentiment, but you have one extra comma in the sentence above. That should be:
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You can pry the Oxford comma from my cold, dead hands.
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You can quote me, argue with me, or agree with me. I will stop, listen, and respond. I may turn to my sturdy, well-used dictionary for help. I will respond on my old, outdated, but serviceable laptop.
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zaq
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Tue, Sep 24 2019, 9:55 am
| Laiya wrote: | At the risk of over-punctiliousness, shouldn't there be a comma after place?
"Punctilious people (not to say grammar police) prefer precise punctuation: every mark in its proper place, road-mapping a sentence’s meaning."
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Thank you! You are 100% correct. My Word editor accepts both versions, but inasmuch as it let “ Eye see that ewe are knot going two the party” slide without comment, I don’t believe that it is an infallible authority.
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rgr
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Tue, Sep 24 2019, 10:19 am
| MitzadSheini wrote: | Anyone know this one?
Write me a sentence which contains the word "and" 5 times in a row. As in
and and and and and |
A farmer commissioned a sign for his fruit and vegetable stand.
When he went to pick it up he saw the painter made a terrible mistake.
The sign said fruitsandvegtables.
He said,
"Please put a space between fruits and and, and and and vegetables. "
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zaq
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Tue, Sep 24 2019, 11:27 am
| rgr wrote: | A farmer commissioned a sign for his fruit and vegetable stand.
When he went to pick it up he saw the painter made a terrible mistake.
The sign said fruitsandvegtables.
He said,
"Please put a space between fruits and and, and and and vegetables. " |
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yo'ma
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Tue, Sep 24 2019, 11:54 am
I think I over punctuate. Who else punctuates like you're supposed to with texts? I do!! 
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tothepoint
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Tue, Sep 24 2019, 12:16 pm
Attention:
Toilet only for Disabled Elderly Pregnant Children.
The image...
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imanonymous
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Tue, Sep 24 2019, 2:59 pm
| tothepoint wrote: | Attention:
Toilet only for Disabled Elderly Pregnant Children.
The image... |
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MitzadSheini
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Tue, Sep 24 2019, 4:48 pm
| rgr wrote: | A farmer commissioned a sign for his fruit and vegetable stand.
When he went to pick it up he saw the painter made a terrible mistake.
The sign said fruitsandvegtables.
He said,
"Please put a space between fruits and and, and and and vegetables. " |
Kol hakavod - except I would have written it like this
"Please put a space between 'fruits' and 'and', and 'and' and 'vegetables'."
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Ruchel
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Wed, Sep 25 2019, 4:56 am
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English punctuation is SO different. I often get it wrong
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FranticFrummie
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Wed, Sep 25 2019, 5:03 am
| Ruchel wrote: | | English punctuation is SO different. I often get it wrong |
I read somewhere that English is up in the top 20 most difficult languages to learn, somewhere right below Mandarin.
Anyone who becomes fluent in English when they weren't raised with it gets my ultimate respect.
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