For a moment of blind rage, I wanted to punch them in the neck, yelling "NEVER question my use of semi-colons!!!"
Hee!
May I tag?
Simon: You're out of your mind. Early: That's between me and my mind.
'Objects In Space'
Delurking 1: Because we don't always check our e-mail.
tommyrot - Oct 05, 2009 10:59:34 am PDT #477 of 3094
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Steph L. - Oct 05, 2009 11:00:09 am PDT #478 of 3094
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
May I tag?
But of course!
meara - Oct 05, 2009 11:01:06 am PDT #479 of 3094
Hee. I read your post, Shari, and my two thoughts were "wait, I swear I've seen you post before!" and "Oooh, we have a real active Republican?!?! We DO have everything!" :)
Polter-Cow - Oct 05, 2009 11:03:37 am PDT #480 of 3094
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
For a moment of blind rage, I wanted to punch them in the neck, yelling "NEVER question my use of semi-colons!!!"
How are you on the semicolons in these comics (following "Good" and "Wow," respectively)? I feel that they are excessive.
tommyrot - Oct 05, 2009 11:04:43 am PDT #481 of 3094
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Cool! It's been an æon since I tagged a Buffista.
Wait, that sounds like I spray-painted graffiti on Teppy....
tommyrot - Oct 05, 2009 11:07:25 am PDT #482 of 3094
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
How are you on the semicolons in these comics (following "Good" and "Wow," respectively)? I feel that they are excessive.
Teppy will know for sure, but they look correct to me, if you (in those examples) treat "Good" and "Wow" as interjections that can function as independent clauses.
JenP - Oct 05, 2009 11:08:01 am PDT #483 of 3094
Hi, Shari! I remember seeing your name before. Yay for re-delurking.
The muffalette debate was five years ago? Geez.
Barb - Oct 05, 2009 11:08:44 am PDT #484 of 3094
“Not dead yet!”
Lord, what fools these authors be.
Hey now. There are those of us who have the utmost respect for editors and if we question, it's because we want to learn.
Some of the copyeditors some of us have been graced with, however, deserve a sound thrashing. No one who could possibly be a Buffista, of course, IJS...
(Since Tep has seen evidence of my Stoopit Copyeditors)
Shari_H - Oct 05, 2009 11:09:02 am PDT #485 of 3094
Keep breathing!
Hee. I read your post, Shari, and my two thoughts were "wait, I swear I've seen you post before!" and "Oooh, we have a real active Republican?!?! We DO have everything!" :)
I have posted a bit before, but never outed myself as a Republican. Sometimes political talk gets hot around here, and I deal with that so much IRL that I try to avoid getting involved with it online. Glad to represent the Vast Right-wing Conspiracy, though as a rule I come here to enjoy the punctuation wars, kid pics, and double entendres.
meara - Oct 05, 2009 11:10:10 am PDT #486 of 3094
Teppy will know for sure, but they look correct to me, if you (in those examples) treat "Good" and "Wow" as interjections that can function as independent clauses.
All I can think is Schoolhouse Rock: "Interjections show excitement or emotion and are generally set apart from a sentence by an exclamation point or by a comma if the feeling's not as strong"