What Do You Look Like? (V12) -

OANST · #**511** 08-09-2012, 10:20 AM

Looking fly, Joshy.

STM · #**512** 08-09-2012, 10:25 AM

Pssh, you so can't pull that off.

OANST · #**513** 08-09-2012, 10:28 AM

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STM · #**514** 08-09-2012, 12:32 PM

Well now you're just being silly.

OANST · #**515** 08-09-2012, 12:44 PM

Right. And laughing at the word "pubic" is the height of serious maturity.

Mr. Bungle · #**516** 08-09-2012, 12:48 PM

Psh. Hair.

MeechMunchie · #**517** 08-09-2012, 01:56 PM

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Hahaha. Pubic.

I don't get it.

MeechMunchie · #**518** 08-09-2012, 01:57 PM

fuckn' dp

STM · #**519** 08-09-2012, 02:49 PM

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Right. And laughing at the word "pubic" is the height of serious maturity.

I never confessed to being mature. I simply pointed out that you, are not.

XD EMOTICON.

OANST · #**520** 08-09-2012, 02:54 PM

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I never confessed to being mature. I simply pointed out that you, are not.

XD EMOTICON.

You did claim to be a writer if I remember correctly. Nice usage of a comma, writer boy.

STM · #**521** 08-09-2012, 02:57 PM

Yes, the comma denotes a dramatic pause. It's a perfectly valid use for it. Also, I don't claim to be a writer. I am a writer. It's what I am paid to do and it's my favourite past time. Now, would you like to make a few more personal quips over something I said which was not supposed to be offensive or particularly aggressive, or do you have a few more to go?

OANST · #**522** 08-09-2012, 03:46 PM

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Yes, the comma denotes a dramatic pause. It's a perfectly valid use for it. Also, I don't claim to be a writer. I am a writer. It's what I am paid to do and it's my favourite past time. Now, would you like to make a few more personal quips over something I said which was not supposed to be offensive or particularly aggressive, or do you have a few more to go?

I thought we were having fun. But no. That is in no way a valid use of a comma. However, it's not like I never misuse punctuation, and I consider myself a writer. Again, I thought we were having fun.

**JayDee** · #**523** 08-09-2012, 03:57 PM

Guys, seriously chill.. It's just my pubes.

Bullet Magnet · #**524** 08-09-2012, 04:07 PM

For the record, I too disliked that comma. I would have opted for the tilde, or the interrobang.

Wings of Fire · #**525** 08-09-2012, 04:13 PM

Tildes have no place in decent sentences~

Manco · #**526** 08-09-2012, 04:17 PM

Do interrobangs have a keyboard shortcut?

e: it’s alt+8253 on Windows, but doesn’t work in the forum textarea for some reason‽

Bullet Magnet · #**527** 08-09-2012, 04:59 PM

I copy-paste it from Wikipedia‽

STM · #**528** 08-09-2012, 06:05 PM

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I thought we were having fun. But no. That is in no way a valid use of a comma. However, it's not like I never misuse punctuation, and I consider myself a writer. Again, I thought we were having fun.

There's no valid way to use a comma any way, there's standard and non-standard. Technically there's no 'wrong' way to use one. Of course that's all semantics, though. Maybe I read too much into your comment, in which case, I probably overreacted a little. Just seemed slightly unnecessary.

Mudokon_Master · #**529** 08-09-2012, 10:05 PM

Man, now I pay attention to commas a whole lot more. I feel like everyone's using them heaps now. Stop it!

Wings of Fire · #**530** 08-10-2012, 02:37 AM

The semi-colon is my eternal foe.

***Nate*** · #**531** 08-10-2012, 04:41 AM

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The semi-colon is my eternal foe.

But you're quite fond of the colon, right?

Manco · #**532** 08-10-2012, 05:30 AM

I fucking love semicolons.

Also apostrophes and quotation marks, both of which most people get wrong these days.

STM · #**533** 08-10-2012, 05:37 AM

My nemesi have always been it's and its. Horrible, horrible, disgusting little words. I only really pinned down their usage properly before I started working on my most recent novelette. Before then I was still unsure on their usage sometimes.

***Wil*** · #**534** 08-10-2012, 05:40 AM

This isn't What Do You Punctuate Like.

STM · #**535** 08-10-2012, 05:44 AM

Can that be a thread?

Manco · #**536** 08-10-2012, 05:47 AM

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This isn't What Do You Punctuate Like.

Not yet it isn’t. Come on, thread split!

OANST · #**537** 08-10-2012, 06:45 AM

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There's no valid way to use a comma any way, there's standard and non-standard. Technically there's no 'wrong' way to use one.

There absolutely are wrong ways to use a comma. You can't just make up new language rules because you misused punctuation, and got called out on it. Again, I was playing with you, but you are definitely wrong. I'm going to post a link to the Wikipedia article for commas so that you can view the many different ways that a comma can be correctly used. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma

STM · #**538** 08-10-2012, 07:37 AM

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There absolutely are wrong ways to use a comma. You can't just make up new language rules because you misused punctuation, and got called out on it. Again, I was playing with you, but you are definitely wrong. I'm going to post a link to the Wikipedia article for commas so that you can view the many different ways that a comma can be correctly used. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma

Nope, sorry, I'm right. There is no 'wrong' way to use a comma, only 'non-standard' forms. Where one person may feel a comma is perfectly justified, another may decide it doesn't fit at all. When it comes to editing the use of commas, there are many instances where it must be included in order for the sentence to make sense to the reader. The main use for a comma is to create a pause. This can often be a dramatic pause, for example in the course of fictional discourse or during a speech given to build up emphasis before a noun or pronouns, usually it adds a condemning tone.

I really think you should quit while you're ahead because I have reems of sources and information to back myself up here.

Manco · #**539** 08-10-2012, 07:44 AM

reems of sources

Here’s a general rule, STM: if people are taking issue with the way you have written something, maybe you should consider changing it. Because you are not writing for yourself, you are writing for your audience.

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“The big final rule for the comma is one that you won't find in any books by grammarians ... don't use commas like a stupid person.”
—Lynne Truss, Eats, Shoots, and Leaves.

OANST · #**540** 08-10-2012, 07:48 AM

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Nope, sorry, I'm right. There is no 'wrong' way to use a comma, only 'non-standard' forms. Where one person may feel a comma is perfectly justified, another may decide it doesn't fit at all. When it comes to editing the use of commas, there are many instances where it must be included in order for the sentence to make sense to the reader. The main use for a comma is to create a pause. This can often be a dramatic pause, for example in the course of fictional discourse or during a speech given to build up emphasis before a noun or pronouns, usually it adds a condemning tone.

I really think you should quit while you're ahead because I have reems of sources and information to back myself up here.

Everything that you just said is shit. Every word of it. Show your proof, and I will concede the point.