Honestly, you meet the most appalling sort of people....

Giles ,'Chosen'


Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


msbelle - Nov 29, 2012 3:44:11 pm PST #2633 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I will also post in tech, but I need some assistance in trying to figure out why mine craft will not run on our old laptop. See how I wrote old there? I think it might not meet the min requirements, but I am not even sure how to check he requirements it says I need. help.


Steph L. - Nov 29, 2012 3:52:57 pm PST #2634 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Every generation has a defining event, usually the event with the most news coverage.

Every generation has a defining event: usually, the event with the most news coverage.

(A subtle difference, but crucial, I feel.)


Steph L. - Nov 29, 2012 3:55:49 pm PST #2635 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Or you could get parenthetical about it:

Every generation has a defining event (usually the event with the most news coverage).


§ ita § - Nov 29, 2012 3:57:04 pm PST #2636 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

You do feel the original comma is either wrong or clunky, Steph?


Sophia Brooks - Nov 29, 2012 4:03:22 pm PST #2637 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Informally, I would use a double -- or an em-dash.


Jesse - Nov 29, 2012 4:27:26 pm PST #2638 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Good news, Scrappy! In other good news, guess what's on my block?? (Hint: [link]


§ ita § - Nov 29, 2012 4:28:35 pm PST #2639 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

This is my sister trying to grade. I told her that a comma was at least some right, because look at how wrong it is without it (I call it the Not Less Right school of grammar).

She's gonna just give them a freebie, because apparently...they're not at colons yet. That's the one she liked best, Steph--thanks!

Did I mention university? Maybe in the past.


le nubian - Nov 29, 2012 4:32:40 pm PST #2640 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I am still trying to read the sentence that references a slayer. That's what comes after "every generation has..." when I read it.


Scrappy - Nov 29, 2012 4:33:01 pm PST #2641 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

My decoration, Jesse!!! Glad to see it's still flying!


meara - Nov 29, 2012 4:33:19 pm PST #2642 of 30001

Informally I would go with a dash, but more formally probably the comma. I wouldn't use the colon and comma, that seems overkill to me. But then, the other night I proofread my roommates application essays or this fellowship, ad she was ALL ABOUT using colons. Madness. I made her take several out.