Punctuation thingies you don't like

Asarlai

I don't like full stops
I really hate having to use them

Lisha

I hate the way Americans refer to 'full stops' as 'period'.

The_Valeyard

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Sheep Lover

Lisha wrote: »

I hate the way Americans refer to 'full stops' as 'period'.

They only use them once a month and very very angrily?

The_Valeyard

Does anyone ever use these things on the phone for punctuation or messages?

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mosstin

Asarlai wrote: »

I don't like full stops
I really hate having to use them

Yet cool with apostrophes? Weirdo.

AnonoBoy

Semicolons. God damn them anyway.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M94ii6MVilw

mosstin

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Does anyone ever use these things on the phone for punctuation or messages?

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I see boobies.

super_furry

Colons and semi-colons. What's the bloody difference and when do you use one and not the other?

Asarlai

mosstin wrote: »

Yet cool with apostrophes? Weirdo.

Yep, I know I'm embarrassed because I'll happily use all the apostrophe's I can even if I have to use them when it's not grammatically appropriate

AnonoBoy

super_furry wrote: »

Colons and semi-colons. What's the bloody difference and when do you use one and not the other?

See my video above; kinda.

mazdaminx

super_furry wrote: »

Colons and semi-colons. What's the bloody difference and when do you use one and not the other?

Colon for listing and semi to join 2sentences together. I love the hyphen!

I hate improper use of apostrophe's grrrr

Asarlai

mazdaminx wrote: »

Colon for listing and semi to join 2sentences together. I love the hyphen!

I hate improper use of apostrophe's grrrr

I don't think that's right about colons and semi-colons
I think semi-colons are for lists
I don't think colons or semi-colons are used to join sentences, because sentences always end with a full stop :eek: hate them

Calibos

mosstin wrote: »

I see boobies.

I see ballsacks but I'm not gay??

FloatingVoter

I hate question marks. They make me horny with their curviness.
I do like the exclamation mark. It means I can say sh!t all day long.

bnt

super_furry wrote: »

Colons and semi-colons. What's the bloody difference and when do you use one and not the other?

I always thought the semi-colon was a bit half-arsed, frankly.

Don't get me started on the Interrobang‽

Tin Foil Hat

mazdaminx wrote: »

I hate improper use of apostrophe's grrrr

"A man who will misuse an apostrophe is capable of anything."
- Con Houlihan

Donkey Oaty

idonotneedspacesorfullstopsorcapitalstheyaretheworkofsatan

Asarlai

FloatingVoter wrote: »

I hate question marks. They make me horny with their curviness.

What's wrong with being horny? Is there any other punctuation thingie that could give you some release from the hornyness generated by the question mark? You know, there's lots of other punctuation thingies to choose from? And have you noticed that I've used a question mark several times here?








Or maybe you haven't?

Omackeral

Punctuation is a key part of everyday writing. Otherwise the phrase "I helped my uncle, Jack, off a horse" becomes "I helped my uncle jack off a horse".

FloatingVoter

Omackeral wrote: »

"I helped my uncle jack off a horse".

Great first line.....we'll be looking to market the novel to a Fifty Shades / All Creature Great And Small crossover market.
Kerching $$$$$$$$$

Asarlai

FloatingVoter wrote: »

Great first line.....we'll be looking to market the novel to a Fifty Shades / All Creature Great And Small crossover market.
Kerching $$$$$$$$$

Do you know what I think? Wouldn't that be a great idea?

Ara ararauna

I'm not a fan of the backwards slash, god only knows how you're supposed to use it... treacherous thing

keith16

I don't know why but it annoys me when people put a space before punctuation. Like this !

Or this ? What about this little comma , and his friend question mark ?

tayto lover

The English language can be very funny --

http://english-zone.com/language/english.html

efb

Semi Colon; I don't get it

Marcusm

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Does anyone ever use these things on the phone for punctuation or messages?

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None of those are punctuation "thingies".

topmanamillion

People who use too many exclamation mark to end their sentences really annoy me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bb1234567

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pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

I'm open to correction on this: colons are used in a sentence between two clauses which could be complete sentences in themselves.

Semi-colons I find most useful for separating items on a list when those items contain commas, not sure how correct it is but I've never been called up on it. The rest of the time I just use it as a diet-colon, if you will.

todders

Semicolons

I hate semi anything

Semicolon, me hole!

The Strawman Argument

I always thought a semi colon was somewhere between a comma and a full-stop. Like, there's a clear connection between the two parts of the sentence, so having it broken into two sentences would make it flow poorly but just using a comma makes it as if the second part is following up directly on the first while it's more likely to be a strand of its own? ...dunno if I'm explaining it well there at all. Either way, I find using them makes me marginally more coherent to myself, if nothing else.
Pretty sure everyone's too uncertain of how to use them to ever call me out on it if I'm wrong

Meanwhile, regular colon is where the contents after the colon are entirely dependent on what came before it, attributes of what came before, something like that.

Capt'n Midnight

efb wrote: »

Semi Colon; I don't get it

The difference between then and a cat is that a one has claws at the end of it's paws and the other is a pause at the end of a clause.

PizzamanIRL

Semi colon - Web devs

MarkAnthony

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MarkAnthony

oh and being able to make the thingy got this way è but not the other way.

PizzamanIRL

MarkAnthony wrote: »

oh and being able to make the thingy got this way è but not the other way.

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MarkAnthony

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

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What magic is that!

PizzamanIRL

MarkAnthony wrote: »

What magic is that!

A Little Trick, Gainful Realisation

MarkAnthony

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