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Alabaster Crowley
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Paolo Diavolo wrote:
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![https://rekiosk.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/sostupidws.gif?w=640]() Yeah, correct grammar is SO STUPID!
This will be the downfall of America. One day, we will have a president that uses the wrong "your."
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Mr Banner
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A parody of my thread. I assume you think my comma placement was incorrect. It is not, but nice try. 
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Alabaster Crowley
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Damon Banner wrote:
A parody of my thread. I assume you think my comma placement was incorrect. It is not, but nice try. Explain, with sources, how it is not.
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Paolo D Photography
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Alabaster Crowley wrote:
Yeah, correct grammar is SO STUPID!
This will be the downfall of America. One day, we will have a president that uses the wrong "your." Apparently my, jOKE went, overYOURhead.
Christopher Walken, and William Shatner (pictured above in my post) are known for their erratic speech patterns.
Which include seemingly random pauses, and putting emphasis on certain words for no logical reason.
Therefore one may conclude that memes implying that they are showing disregard to proper comma placement would be ....funny.
Get it?
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D A N I
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Damon Banner wrote:
A parody of my thread. I assume you think my comma placement was incorrect. It is not, but nice try. +1
This, right here, is correct. Microsoft Word said so 
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fsp
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But, once you've mastered the comma; we have the semi colon.
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Alabaster Crowley
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Tucson, Arizona, US
Danielle Reid wrote:
+1
This, right here, is correct. Microsoft Word said so lol
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Alabaster Crowley
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Tucson, Arizona, US
The F-Stop wrote:
But, once you've mastered the comma; we have the semi colon. That semicolon should be a comma. "But, once you've mastered the comma" is not a sentence on its own. It needs a verb, in this case, "have." Semicolons separate two complete but related sentences.
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Bobby C
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Alabaster Crowley
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Tucson, Arizona, US
Paolo Diavolo wrote:
Apparently my, jOKE went, overYOURhead.
Christopher Walken, and William Shatner (pictured above in my post) are known for their erratic speech patterns.
Which include seemingly random pauses, and putting emphasis on certain words for no logical reason.
Therefore one may conclude that memes implying that they are showing disregard to proper comma placement would be ....funny.
Get it? You tried.
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P I X I E
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Paolo Diavolo wrote:
Apparently my, jOKE went, overYOURhead.
Christopher Walken, and William Shatner (pictured above in my post) are known for their erratic speech patterns.
Which include seemingly random pauses, and putting emphasis on certain words for no logical reason.
Therefore one may conclude that memes implying that they are showing disregard to proper comma placement would be ....funny.
Get it? ![https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--WmNb3ClX--/691910602160022853.jpg]()
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Bobby C
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Robb Mann
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Paolo Diavolo wrote:
Apparently my, jOKE went, overYOURhead.
Christopher Walken, and William Shatner (pictured above in my post) are known for their erratic speech patterns.
Which include seemingly random pauses, and putting emphasis on certain words for no logical reason.
Therefore one may conclude that memes implying that they are showing disregard to proper comma placement would be ....funny.
Get it? "Scotty!, we need, warp speed, in five minutes, or we're all, dead!"
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fsp
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Alabaster Crowley wrote:
lol Well i thought the thread was about how NOT to use rather than how to properly use.
Ummmmm... Anglish sucks!
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Koryn
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Alabaster Crowley wrote:
Explain, with sources, how it is not. You can insert a comma into a sentence to indicate a break in the pacing of a line.
It's sort of like taking a breath.
*insert breath here* = comma.
Make sense?
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Koryn
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The F-Stop wrote:
But, once you've mastered the comma; we have the semi colon. I love semicolons.
They're the sexiest of all punctuation.
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fsp
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fsp
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Paolo D Photography
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Alabaster Crowley wrote:
You tried. ![https://37.media.tumblr.com/c7678ce1784d8d7666435a00cbe1be78/tumblr_mq6yyxreDJ1rv84gfo1_500.png]()
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Alabaster Crowley
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Tucson, Arizona, US
Koryn wrote:
You can insert a comma into a sentence to indicate a break in the pacing of a line.
It's sort of like taking a breath.
*insert breath here* = comma.
Make sense? You CAN, but it's not correct, according to AP style.
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Alabaster Crowley
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Tucson, Arizona, US
Koryn wrote:
I love semicolons.
They're the sexiest of all punctuation. So few people know how to use them.
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Koryn
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Boston, Massachusetts, US
Alabaster Crowley wrote:
So few people know how to use them. They attach two short sentences together, if the subject matter of those sentences seem as though they should be connected.
It saves you the aggravation of a, "..., and..."
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Koryn
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Alabaster Crowley wrote:
You CAN, but it's not correct, according to AP style. AP style is used mostly in mass media and formal print. It's not necessarily applicable to other types of writing.
I only know this because my first job in high school was writing feature stories (basically, stuff about the county's biggest pumpkin, and "man saves cat stuck in tree") for a newspaper, in a town consisting of a whopping 20,000 people.
I have un-fond memories of getting into work every Monday morning, and having to read stories on the AP "wire" (which were full of typos) - on mid-90s horrible Apple computers, in order to find something to write an opinion column about for the week. I'd labor over my opinion column for several hours, and it'd be published on Thursday afternoon. Friday morning, I'd get in and read a flood of emails about how I needed to "read your Bible," and "You ain't helpin ta git the Mex'cans out."
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Tropic Light
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Woman without her man is nothing.
Woman, without her, man is nothing.
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Lohkee
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Bobby C wrote:
![https://www.duechiacchiere.it/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/lets-eat-grandma.png]() Or makes horny old ladies really grumpy!
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fsp
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New York, New York, US
Grandmas taste great if you slow cook em, they're very tough.
Let's eat grandpa's meat... Emmmm
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Koryn
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Boston, Massachusetts, US
The F-Stop wrote:
Let's eat beat grandpa's meat... Emmmm I fixed it for you.
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Bobby C
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Koryn wrote:
I fixed it for you. 
![https://www.jmgads.com/vjsite/fromblogs/gsimpson.jpg]()
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Bobby C
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Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
The F-Stop wrote:
Grandmas taste great if you slow cook em, they're very tough.
Let's eat grandpa's meat... Emmmm ![https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR6JcMlGkyfREuoIYnh5MHQZs8pxZ5Fo6Qxh04P45RQMo-72BIemw]()
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Robb Mann
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Vivus Hussein Denuo
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Comma, comma, comma, comma, comma chameleon.
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Orca Bay Images
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Koryn wrote:
They attach two short sentences together, if the subject matter of those sentences seem as though they should be connected. That would be a comma splice and comma splices are bad.
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Orca Bay Images
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Arcata, California, US
Koryn wrote:
I love semicolons.
They're the sexiest of all punctuation. Ronald Reagan had a semicolon.
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Alabaster Crowley
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Tucson, Arizona, US
Orca Bay Images wrote:
That would be a comma splice and comma splices are bad. She's talking about the semicolon. That is the correct usage.
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