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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #130 on: August 01, 2008, 08:40:18 PM »
recast is, as far as i know, you can put the 're' prefix to almost any verb

And yet a comma should never be used in place of a semicolon!

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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #131 on: August 02, 2008, 12:56:15 PM »
And yet true.

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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #132 on: August 19, 2008, 05:14:20 PM »
. and yes, i enjoy difference, how boring would it be if we all thumbs-upped every film in unison . that said, i hardly go out of my way to incite, and what i share with y'all are my thoughts and beliefs on not only film, but why i think film is valuable, how it relates to the world - unfortunately, not a lot of people here do that .

skjerva, what's the thinking behind your occasionaly use of periods at the beginning of paragraphs and spaces on each side of periods (and sometimes commas) in between sentences?  It doesn't mean anything to me as a reader, I'm afraid.

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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #133 on: August 19, 2008, 05:32:33 PM »
. and yes, i enjoy difference, how boring would it be if we all thumbs-upped every film in unison . that said, i hardly go out of my way to incite, and what i share with y'all are my thoughts and beliefs on not only film, but why i think film is valuable, how it relates to the world - unfortunately, not a lot of people here do that .

skjerva, what's the thinking behind your occasionaly use of periods at the beginning of paragraphs and spaces on each side of periods (and sometimes commas) in between sentences?  It doesn't mean anything to me as a reader, I'm afraid.

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. just (sometimes) trying something out with the periods, playing around . i kinda like the look of it . the comma issue is something altogether different, i have a long-standing issue with obsessive use :) 
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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #134 on: August 19, 2008, 05:34:56 PM »
. just (sometimes) trying something out with the periods, playing around . i kinda like the look of it . the comma issue is something altogether different, i have a long-standing issue with obsessive use :) 

Punctuation is a visual clue for content and meaning.  It's really not meant as decoration; but if it makes you happy, then I'm happy.
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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #135 on: August 19, 2008, 05:52:09 PM »
Even if it made skjerka crushingly unhappy, I'd still rather he didn't 'decorate'. Punctuation is a beautiful thing, but only when it isn't being figuratively raped.

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« Reply #136 on: August 19, 2008, 05:57:18 PM »
Even if it made skjerka crushingly unhappy, I'd still rather he didn't 'decorate'. Punctuation is a beautiful thing, but only when it isn't being figuratively raped.

. punctuation is a hegemonic tool undertheorized . using rape as an analogy is symptomatic of a patriarchial world-view that does work to maintain the status quo (the same kind of work reifying "rules" of grammar does)

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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #137 on: August 19, 2008, 06:47:23 PM »
Here's a site that covers some word stuff.  :) Most of them are pretty straight forward.

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Teenage vs. teenaged.
Some people object that the word should be “teenaged,” but unlike the still nonstandard “ice tea” and “stain glass,” “teenage” is almost universally accepted now.

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html#errors

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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #138 on: August 19, 2008, 08:07:08 PM »
Even if it made skjerka crushingly unhappy, I'd still rather he didn't 'decorate'. Punctuation is a beautiful thing, but only when it isn't being figuratively raped.

. punctuation is a hegemonic tool undertheorized . using rape as an analogy is symptomatic of a patriarchial world-view that does work to maintain the status quo (the same kind of work reifying "rules" of grammar does)

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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #139 on: August 19, 2008, 08:34:41 PM »
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