Longest sentence in the world.

eternal · 02-06-2015 1:12pm #1

Has anyone else noticed the lack of full stops around Boards? It's becoming more and more prevalent and I can't understand why people refuse to ignore basic sentence structure. The posts could be jam packed with intelligent points yet hang in the air doubtfully. I plead and beg for the forgotten full stop to be remembered before it becomes completely obsolete in the forums.

PARlance · 02-06-2015 1:19pm

Period time again?

catallus · 02-06-2015 1:19pm

Example?

eternal · 02-06-2015 1:20pm

catallus wrote: »

Example?

I don't think you're allowed to quote people and point out errors.

Knex* · 02-06-2015 1:21pm

eternal wrote: »

Has anyone else noticed the lack of full stops around Boards? It's becoming more and more prevalent and I can't understand why people refuse to ignore basic sentence structure. The posts could be jam packed with intelligent points yet hang in the air doubtfully. I plead and beg for the forgotten full stop to be remembered before it becomes completely obsolete in the forums.

The eternal sentence, you might say?

walkingshadow · 02-06-2015 1:21pm

PARlance wrote: »

Period time again?

I hope not.

aaronjumper · 02-06-2015 1:21pm

I. haven't. really. noticed.

Knex* · 02-06-2015 1:22pm

PARlance wrote: »

Period time again?

I think its the lack of periods that are the issue here.

The Backwards Man · 02-06-2015 1:22pm

Yep, lack of a full stop drives me mental too

Reoil · 02-06-2015 1:25pm

There's something equally annoying .It's people who try to use punctuation . But fail to do it correctly!!!!!1!!

Tony Beetroot · 02-06-2015 1:27pm

It is a trivial annoyance.

eternal · 02-06-2015 1:28pm

How well you jest. There will be a day when nobody understands anybody anymore.

aaronjumper · 02-06-2015 1:28pm

Ithinkyou'reblowingthingsoutofproportion

endacl · 02-06-2015 1:29pm

I've a few spare. Sprinkle liberally......................................................

eternal · 02-06-2015 1:30pm

Not pointing at anyone in particular but some up and coming future of the country people seem to be at fault.

CarrickMcJoe · 02-06-2015 1:31pm

I thought this thread was about some complete b4stard who just got committed to jail for a very very long time..

catallus · 02-06-2015 1:31pm

eternal wrote: »

There will be a day when nobody understands anybody anymore.

Maybe we're there already.

eternal · 02-06-2015 1:32pm

CarrickMcJoe wrote: »

I thought this thread was about some complete b4stard who just got committed to jail for a very very long time..

For murdering the English language, yes.

darkpagandeath · 02-06-2015 1:32pm

I thought the English language is an Evolving one, Sure in the past did they not use spaces. Someone invented them.

Tony Beetroot · 02-06-2015 1:34pm

eternal wrote: »

Not pointing at anyone in particular but some up and coming future of the country people seem to be at fault.

The country people :pac:

harney · 02-06-2015 1:34pm

eternal wrote: »

Has anyone else noticed the lack of full stops around Boards? It's becoming more and more prevalent and I can't understand why people refuse to ignore basic sentence structure. The posts could be jam packed with intelligent points yet hang in the air doubtfully. I plead and beg for the forgotten full stop to be remembered before it becomes completely obsolete in the forums.

Now paragraphs on the other hand, you can't move without tripping over a paragraph around here!

Chloris · 02-06-2015 1:43pm

If anyone knew of or could find me that quote by a famous author...

It's something like this:
"Writing is simple. You start with a short sentence like this. Then, you thresh out the point you made slightly more in the next sentence so that you hold the attention of your audience. Finally, a short concluding sentence to wrap it up."

Except, needless to say, it's put far more eloquently and much wittier than that.

02-06-2015 3:00pm

Punctuation is one thing, but lack of appropriate capitalisation fries my ass.

As long as I can understand what's being said, it's okay. It is easier when due care is taken though!

Menas · 02-06-2015 3:12pm

Its times like these I wish my english teacher had not of been a hottie. I learnt nothing in that class because of the haze of lust.

darkpagandeath · 02-06-2015 3:15pm

Candie wrote: »

Punctuation is one thing, but lack of appropriate capitalisation fries my ass.

As long as I can understand what's being said, it's okay. It is easier when due care is taken though!

Is the world not a more fun place though without commas. Can lead to all kinds of tomfoolery and misunderstanding.

Irish Guitarist · 02-06-2015 3:21pm

what i find annoying is when someone uses lol instead of a full stop lol i really hate it lol its really annoying and makes me want to stab them in the face lol

02-06-2015 3:24pm

And lots and lots of exclamation marks!!!! Perky morons!!!!!!

You just know that if they had a single thought in their heads, it would die of loneliness.

kfallon · 02-06-2015 3:50pm

Candie wrote: »

And lots and lots of exclamation marks!!!! Perky morons!!!!!!

You just know that if they had a single thought in their heads, it would die of loneliness.

There's nothing wrong with exclamation marks ffs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mad:

deandean · 02-06-2015 3:55pm

Here is the longest sentence I've come across. This is from my fave book, which in it's original form had no puncuation at all:

23 *And Jesus himself began to be about dthirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, fwhich was the son of Heli, 24 Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph, 25 Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge, 26 Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Juda, 27 Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of gZorobabel, which was the son of gSalathiel, which was the son of Neri, 28 Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er, 29 Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, 30 Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim, 31 Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of hNathan, which was the son of iDavid, 32 Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson, 33 Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda, 34 Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, kwhich was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor, 35 Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala, 36 lWhich was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, mwhich was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech, 37 Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan, 38 Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, nwhich was the son of God.

kfallon · 02-06-2015 3:57pm

^^^^^ Ah here, ffs.....

02-06-2015 3:57pm

kfallon wrote: »

There's nothing wrong with exclamation marks ffs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mad:

Perky git

deandean wrote: »

Here is the longest sentence I've come across.

That's amateur stuff!

I read a book a few years ago and some sentences were pages long. I can't remember the title, but I think the author was Umberto Eco.

Longest sentence in the world.

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