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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #810 on: February 15, 2012, 12:09:06 PM »
Yes, sorry, that's much better put. :-[
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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #811 on: February 15, 2012, 12:42:19 PM »
I thought the general rule of thumb was, when you read it back to yourself and you take a breath, you either put in a full stop, or a comma. No doubt you will be pouring over this message of mine, for punctuation and grammatical errors ::)


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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #812 on: February 15, 2012, 12:51:57 PM »
I thought the general rule of thumb was, when you read it back to yourself and you take a breath, you either put in a full stop, or a comma. No doubt you will be pouring over this message of mine, for punctuation and grammatical errors ::)

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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #813 on: February 15, 2012, 12:58:54 PM »
Yes, it is pedants' corner! Sorry.
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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #814 on: February 15, 2012, 01:13:11 PM »
I thought the general rule of thumb was, when you read it back to yourself and you take a breath, you either put in a full stop, or a comma. No doubt you will be pouring over this message of mine, for punctuation and grammatical errors ::)
The pause rule, or breath rule, for commas works about half of the time.  Commas, essentially, separate main parts of a sentence from lesser parts, so to use commas properly, you need to be able to identify the parts of a sentence and understand how those parts are working together.

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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #815 on: February 15, 2012, 01:18:05 PM »
My understanding of punctuation is foggy at best. I go through what I've written to make sure it reads ok, but it's pretty much impossible to see your own writing with fresh eyes so this practice is probably worthless. I should make an effort to understand the rules of punctuation better.

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I disagree you can't reread your own writing with fresh eyes. It's more likely that you just don't want to, or can't be bothered.
I can be bothered, I promise you. I'm constantly rereading what I've written before posting it. I think what happens is that I read it so many times I stop recognizing the clumsiness. Without meaning to I grow accustomed to the ugliness. It's only 6 months later when I go back to reference it that I'm like "ugh, I could've phrased that better".  :-\

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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #816 on: February 15, 2012, 05:01:49 PM »
I thought the general rule of thumb was, when you read it back to yourself and you take a breath, you either put in a full stop, or a comma. No doubt you will be pouring over this message of mine, for punctuation and grammatical errors ::)
The pause rule, or breath rule, for commas works about half of the time.  Commas, essentially, separate main parts of a sentence from lesser parts, so to use commas properly, you need to be able to identify the parts of a sentence and understand how those parts are working together.

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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #817 on: February 15, 2012, 05:05:39 PM »
My understanding of punctuation is foggy at best. I go through what I've written to make sure it reads ok, but it's pretty much impossible to see your own writing with fresh eyes so this practice is probably worthless. I should make an effort to understand the rules of punctuation better.

Who's the best on the forum? I'll just pay particular attention to what they do and emulate it.
I disagree you can't reread your own writing with fresh eyes. It's more likely that you just don't want to, or can't be bothered.
I can be bothered, I promise you. I'm constantly rereading what I've written before posting it. I think what happens is that I read it so many times I stop recognizing the clumsiness. Without meaning to I grow accustomed to the ugliness. It's only 6 months later when I go back to reference it that I'm like "ugh, I could've phrased that better".  :-\

This scenario plays out for me also. Sometimes I reread something multiple times and never catch a mistake. But if I go back to it the next day, the mistake is glaring. This is why I never post a review I've written until the following day. I think it stems from the fact that the idea behind the sentence is still so fresh in my mind, that it blinds me to the possibility of it being wrong.
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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #818 on: February 15, 2012, 05:34:22 PM »
God, if I had a dollar for every time a nun drilled that line into me when I was back in school, I be retired rich right now.
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