It's true, most popular movies do not go into sufficient detail on the proper use of the shift key.
They're doing it backwards; walking up the down slide.
River ,'Ariel'
Fan Fiction II: Great story! Where's the sequel?
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brenda m - Sep 18, 2013 12:40:54 pm PDT #8706 of 10434
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Connie Neil - Sep 18, 2013 1:02:24 pm PDT #8707 of 10434
brillig
Some of those uncertain summaries, I just want to take those fledgling writers and cuddle them and tuck them up with tea and a good dictionary/grammar guide. Some of them I just want to shake and say "Complete sentences, dammit! And the word SHIELD actually obeys that rule you should have learned in school!"
§ ita § - Sep 18, 2013 1:07:06 pm PDT #8708 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But S.H.I.E.L.D. is not a word!
(I am going to be so tired of typing that in...6 days, I predict, if not sooner. Like now.)
Connie Neil - Sep 18, 2013 1:09:43 pm PDT #8709 of 10434
brillig
Well, if you're going to be pedantic and insist on periods in your acronyms. I belong to the No Periods sect.
Dana - Sep 18, 2013 1:14:09 pm PDT #8710 of 10434
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
It's been a subject of debate in online publications (and I guess offline ones), whether they have to use the periods.
Consuela - Sep 18, 2013 1:16:43 pm PDT #8711 of 10434
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I reject the periods.
Connie Neil - Sep 18, 2013 1:25:40 pm PDT #8712 of 10434
brillig
"Someone really wanted our name to say SHIELD."
§ ita § - Sep 18, 2013 2:10:45 pm PDT #8713 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm just going by the name of the TV show [link] One can spell it how one wants, but it is only correct one way.
Amy - Sep 18, 2013 2:14:16 pm PDT #8714 of 10434
Because books.
I'm pretty sure neither the Chicago Manual of Style or AP style would use the periods -- we don't anymore for things like USPS, etc.
Then again, the asterisks in M*A*S*H stuck around all those years.
Dana - Sep 18, 2013 2:24:16 pm PDT #8715 of 10434
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
It's been a whole style guide fooferah. What about initialisms? What about M*A*S*H? What about the right of the internet to express itself any way it damn well wants?