Cool! It's been an æon since I tagged a Buffista.
Wait, that sounds like I spray-painted graffiti on Teppy....
Xander: Just once I'd like to run into a cult of bunny worshippers. Anya: Great. Thank you very much for those nightmares.
'Sleeper'
Delurking 1: Because we don't always check our e-mail.
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.
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"
Polter-Cow - Oct 05, 2009 11:10:57 am PDT #487 of 3094
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
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.
I can agree that they are correct, but why not treat them as interjections that don't function as independent clauses and not make your sentence look funny? What value is added?
tommyrot - Oct 05, 2009 11:11:38 am PDT #488 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.
"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"
Teppy! We need an answer!
Barb - Oct 05, 2009 11:12:38 am PDT #489 of 3094
“Not dead yet!”
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"
Rock on. For I am of the generation whose knowledge of grammar was formed by Schoolhouse Rock and who learned the Preamble to the Constitution via song.
Steph L. - Oct 05, 2009 11:12:42 am PDT #490 of 3094
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
How are you on the semicolons in these comics (following "Good" and "Wow," respectively)? I feel that they are excessive.
Nah, they're appropriate. One just doesn't often see semi-colons used after single words.
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.
Ooops -- I meant *our* authors, not ALL authors.