Eff the semicolon. There, I said it.
Two by two, hands of blue. Two by two, hands of blue.
River ,'Ariel'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Glamcookie - Mar 25, 2004 9:39:42 am PST #1793 of 10003
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
tina f. - Mar 25, 2004 9:40:06 am PST #1794 of 10003
semicolonsemicolonsemicolon
semicolonsemicolonsemicolon
I feel your love. But as I told my brother when I was writing his last paper helping him with his last paper - you want a dead giveaway that somebody wrote something for you? Go from being a comma splicer straight to using semicolons.
He wanted a semicolon in there so bad and I said no college professor would really believe that anyone still in college knew how to properly use a semicolon. Well, not him anyway.
Fred Pete - Mar 25, 2004 9:40:12 am PST #1795 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
I feel for the poor misunderstood semicolon; no one understands it.
I've been known to use the semicolon correctly; however, I've stopped using it at work because reviewers edit it out of everything I write.
Skyzy - Mar 25, 2004 9:41:05 am PST #1796 of 10003
I worship the ground the semicolon walks on; I respect all who know how to use it.
Skyzy - Mar 25, 2004 9:42:44 am PST #1797 of 10003
But as I told my brother when I waswriting his last paperhelping him with his last paper
You too?
ETA oops on the double-posting. Sorry!
Frankenbuddha - Mar 25, 2004 9:46:55 am PST #1798 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
What Gloomcookie said.
walks away humming "Conjunction Junction"
Sue - Mar 25, 2004 9:51:05 am PST #1799 of 10003
hip deep in pie
semicolonsemicolonsemicolonsemicolon
semicolonsemicolonsemicolon....
I really do not know how to properly use a semicolon. The only times I'm sure are the joining of clauses with however, and for wordy lists when commas won't work.
Did I mention that I never had a class in grammar after grade eight.
tina f. - Mar 25, 2004 9:53:41 am PST #1800 of 10003
You too?
Uh-huh. My brother is 38. Dropped out of highschool when he was 15 and is going back to school for the first time and has become a total geek. It's adorable. He started reading - like - books. He got an award in some chemistry class. But he can't write. So I *help*. He really needs to take English from grades 7-12 over.
I have to clean my apartment. Need motivation.
Favorite albums to clean to - anyone?
A couple of mine are
Cake
Fashion Nugget
De la Soul
Stakes is High
Los Lobos
Just Another Band from East LA
(disc 2)
for wordy lists when commas won't work.
You mean using them to separate a series of items which themselves contain commas? Mmm. One of my faves.
t /punctuation porn
joe boucher - Mar 25, 2004 9:58:47 am PST #1801 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
walks away humming "Conjunction Junction"
The man responsible for Schoolhouse Rock. And a somewhat obsessive guide to the individual segments.
Jon B. - Mar 25, 2004 10:07:34 am PST #1802 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Dorough performed at a school assembly when I was in 5th grade. He did songs from Multiplication Rock.
And I own an original cell of the Bill sitting here on Capitol Hill.
I put a line break in with those semicolonsemicolon posts because they were making the page too wide. t /stompy