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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #180 on: August 21, 2008, 05:39:19 PM »
though i typed to fast to realize i used then not than
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« Reply #181 on: August 21, 2008, 05:49:03 PM »
this is becoming my favorite thread on this board.

Mine too!

I was reading about hanging modifiers today. Grammar porn!

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« Reply #182 on: August 21, 2008, 07:51:53 PM »
though i typed to fast to realize i used then not than

Ha, didn't even notice it until you pointed it out.  :)

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« Reply #183 on: August 22, 2008, 01:21:59 AM »
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« Reply #184 on: August 22, 2008, 05:25:20 AM »
Com-e-rama?

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« Reply #185 on: August 22, 2008, 07:55:07 AM »
I fell in love with the semi-colon sometime last year.  So much so that I overuse it.  I always have to run a pair of sentences through my head to see if I really should use a semi-colon:  He loved her; she was ambivalent.  If the pair of thoughts I want to put together work with that rhythm, then I'll use it.  Unfortunately, that's how I want a lot of my stuff to be read.  I like the ascending-descending tone it gives to the pair of thoughts.

What happened to my beloved double-space after the end of a sentence?  It seems that the single-space has taken its place as standard.  My blog program actually takes out double-spaces.

I love you, double-space; please don't leave me.
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« Reply #186 on: August 22, 2008, 08:08:43 AM »
You see? Punctuation can even be romantic. Thank you, Alex.

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« Reply #187 on: August 22, 2008, 09:03:22 AM »
Wowser - I am going to order that right now...
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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #188 on: August 22, 2008, 09:09:17 AM »
I love you, double-space; please don't leave me.

i didn't realize that the double-space was being phased out.  i too am a double-lover; when i was learning to type i used to overcompensate with five or six spaces just because it looked better.

anyone follow the NYU press? they're releasing a new translation series of several of the indian clay sanskrit stories - romanized sanskrit on the left page, translation on the right.  my copy of "the birth of kumara" is on the way!

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« Reply #189 on: August 22, 2008, 09:52:07 AM »
Wowser - I am going to order that right now...

Good! It's a cracking read, and also quite funny in places. Good toilet reading, too.

 

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