I worship the ground the semicolon walks on; I respect all who know how to use it.
Sometimes a thing gets broke, can't be fixed.
Kaylee ,'Out Of Gas'
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.
Skyzy - Mar 25, 2004 9:41:05 am PST #1796 of 10003
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
DavidS - Mar 25, 2004 10:35:14 am PST #1803 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I've got Bob Dorough's early jazz recordings. His vocalese piece on "Yardbird Suite" is great - love it.
I really do not know how to properly use a semicolon.
It's simple really. It joins two independent clauses. Or, as I think of it, two things which could stand as separate sentences.
DavidS - Mar 25, 2004 10:41:00 am PST #1804 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
We're wooing people for back cover blurbage on the book. Might be able to get Van Dykes Park, and Lux&Ivy.
t crosses fingers
eta: ...and maybe Marianne Faithful.
Hayden - Mar 25, 2004 10:48:11 am PST #1805 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Sweet! As you know, David Fricke and I are as close as two guys who stood next to each other at a Knife in the Water show can be.