Dead horse needs flogging
Feb 4th 2004, 12:32 am
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I must say that I could easily be accused of overuse of the exclaimation mark!!!!
Feb 4th 2004, 12:42 am
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Originally posted by Larissa
and those of us who can spell & punctuate but don't give a $hit!!! (I rather like my use of ellipsis and multiple punctuation marks, must be because I'm a repressed punctuation and "proper syntax" hater...
.....!!!!!! 
and those of us who can spell & punctuate but don't give a $hit!!! (I rather like my use of ellipsis and multiple punctuation marks, must be because I'm a repressed punctuation and "proper syntax" hater...
.....!!!!!!
Oooh forgot.... !!!!!......
Feb 4th 2004, 12:51 am
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Originally posted by Larissa
Having said that, I can identify with what Don is saying. I find it annoying when people type something and you can't make sense of it. It's important to be readable, but I don't think we should be getting obssessed - the internet is a great leveller and it shouldn't become overly formal / snotty etc.
Oooh forgot.... !!!!!......
Having said that, I can identify with what Don is saying. I find it annoying when people type something and you can't make sense of it. It's important to be readable, but I don't think we should be getting obssessed - the internet is a great leveller and it shouldn't become overly formal / snotty etc.
Oooh forgot.... !!!!!......
...tha days, tha tintenit be come's overlee formel und snitty was tha dee i will be founding a new carrier!
be yourself.... who gives a monley's! isn't this supposed to be about australian lifestyle and culture?
Feb 4th 2004, 1:14 am
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Re: Dead horse needs flogging
Originally posted by Pollster
It is not so much the spelling that gets me but the total lack of punctuation - it makes my head spin!
COMMAS chaps, helps a great deal. There are also things called full stops and semi colons, colon's and apostrophes that help too, but I'll take just a few commas in the short term.
It is not so much the spelling that gets me but the total lack of punctuation - it makes my head spin!
COMMAS chaps, helps a great deal. There are also things called full stops and semi colons, colon's and apostrophes that help too, but I'll take just a few commas in the short term.
Hyphens helps as well. For example:
full-stops
semi-colons
short-term
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Feb 4th 2004, 1:17 am
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I knew when I posted that there would be billions of people correcting me and pointing out things I had missed!!
Have you read Eats, Shoots and Leaves? Brilliant book - and well recommended for anyone with teenagers about to sit exams ( in English and anything else that involves writing)
Have you read Eats, Shoots and Leaves? Brilliant book - and well recommended for anyone with teenagers about to sit exams ( in English and anything else that involves writing)
Feb 4th 2004, 1:26 am
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Re: Dead horse needs flogging
Originally posted by Keith & Val
Hi Pollster
Hyphens helps as well. For example:
full-stops
semi-colons
short-term
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Hi Pollster
Hyphens helps as well. For example:
full-stops
semi-colons
short-term
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Feb 4th 2004, 1:31 am
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Re: Dead horse needs flogging
Originally posted by Keith & Val
Hi Pollster
Hyphens helps as well. For example:
full-stops
semi-colons
short-term
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Hi Pollster
Hyphens helps as well. For example:
full-stops
semi-colons
short-term
Sorry, couldn't resist.
I s'pose if you want to be really picky, you should have started each item in your list with a capital letter and have a semi-colon after each item.
But hey, we are all friends here!
Feb 4th 2004, 1:36 am
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Re: Dead horse needs flogging
Originally posted by Pollster
I s'pose if you want to be really picky, you should have started each item in your list with a capital letter and have a semi-colon after each item.
But hey, we are all friends here!
I s'pose if you want to be really picky, you should have started each item in your list with a capital letter and have a semi-colon after each item.
But hey, we are all friends here!
Feb 4th 2004, 1:42 am
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Originally posted by Pollster
I knew when I posted that there would be billions of people correcting me and pointing out things I had missed!!
Have you read Eats, Shoots and Leaves? Brilliant book - and well recommended for anyone with teenagers about to sit exams ( in English and anything else that involves writing)
I knew when I posted that there would be billions of people correcting me and pointing out things I had missed!!
Have you read Eats, Shoots and Leaves? Brilliant book - and well recommended for anyone with teenagers about to sit exams ( in English and anything else that involves writing)
??????????
i thought that was a book about one night stands.
Feb 4th 2004, 4:02 am
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Originally posted by Pollster
I knew when I posted that there would be billions of people correcting me and pointing out things I had missed!!
Have you read Eats, Shoots and Leaves? Brilliant book - and well recommended for anyone with teenagers about to sit exams ( in English and anything else that involves writing)
I knew when I posted that there would be billions of people correcting me and pointing out things I had missed!!
Have you read Eats, Shoots and Leaves? Brilliant book - and well recommended for anyone with teenagers about to sit exams ( in English and anything else that involves writing)
Feb 4th 2004, 4:03 am
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Originally posted by WBB
Eats, Shoots and Leaves
??????????
i thought that was a book about one night stands.
Eats, Shoots and Leaves
??????????
i thought that was a book about one night stands.
Was the punchline to my favourite joke for years - about the panda on day release from the zoo who meets a prostitute...you can guess the rest !!
Feb 4th 2004, 4:26 am
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Originally posted by zephyr147
Pollster,
I can see that you like apostrophes so much you've decided to add a few extra ones where they are not required (colon's, should be colons).
Unneccessary punctuation is as bad as lack of punctuation, but I suppose we all make typos (but never typo's).
I agree with you that some of the mails from native English speakers are dreadful.
Z
Pollster,
I can see that you like apostrophes so much you've decided to add a few extra ones where they are not required (colon's, should be colons).
Unneccessary punctuation is as bad as lack of punctuation, but I suppose we all make typos (but never typo's).
I agree with you that some of the mails from native English speakers are dreadful.
Z
And as for me........ I got more dough than I could ever use so who cares............and i did'nt get it by my English schooling!!!!!!!!! just my English brain!!!!!!!!!
Last edited by jeannie; Feb 4th 2004 at 9:17 am.
Feb 4th 2004, 4:33 am
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Originally posted by jeannie
And as for me........ I got more dough than I could ever use so who cares............and i did'nt get by my English schooling!!!!!!!!! just my English brain!!!!!!!!!
And as for me........ I got more dough than I could ever use so who cares............and i did'nt get by my English schooling!!!!!!!!! just my English brain!!!!!!!!!
Feb 4th 2004, 5:34 am
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Re: Dead horse needs flogging
Originally posted by Pollster
It is not so much the spelling that gets me but the total lack of punctuation - it makes my head spin!
COMMAS chaps, helps a great deal. There are also things called full stops and semi colons, colon's and apostrophes that help too, but I'll take just a few commas in the short term.
It is not so much the spelling that gets me but the total lack of punctuation - it makes my head spin!
COMMAS chaps, helps a great deal. There are also things called full stops and semi colons, colon's and apostrophes that help too, but I'll take just a few commas in the short term.
Feb 4th 2004, 6:03 am
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Re: Dead horse needs flogging
Originally posted by sj oldfield
Not an English teacher by any chance, Pollster?
Not an English teacher by any chance, Pollster?
Not with an apostrophe in a plural!!
(Re. "semi colons, colon's and apostrophes" earlier. )(Sorry I refrained for as long as I could!)
