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il_principe
il_principe Posts: 9,155
edited August 2009 in Commuting chat
I've noticed that quite a lot of posts on the forum seem to be missing vast swathes of punctuation. I've had a sweep up and collected some, so for those of you who struggle to punctuate posts, here's a handy resource for you:

. , ? ! ; : " '

Please feel free to use any of these or add any I've missed.

:D

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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    II Pricipe

    what are you even talking about do you have a bee in your bonnet youre getting a little too pedant mad for my liking

    you used to be cool what happend to you?

    :lol:
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  • _Brun_
    _Brun_ Posts: 1,740
    Slow Friday afternoon?
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    _Brun_ wrote:
    Slow Friday afternoon?

    Like you wouldn't believe.

    Currently researching 42" LCD TV's...
  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    II Pricipe
    ^ missing n
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    what are you even talking about do you have a bee in your bonnet youre getting a little too pedant mad for my liking

    you used to be cool what happend to you?

    :lol:
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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,445
    Il Principe wrote:
    _Brun_ wrote:
    Slow Friday afternoon?

    Like you wouldn't believe.

    Currently researching 42" LCD TV's...

    Are you poor?

    It's a well know fact that only chavs have TV's bigger that 28" these days :wink:

    I'm currently rocking a game gear tv ooh yeah.
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  • Jen J
    Jen J Posts: 1,054
    Il Principe wrote:
    I've noticed that quite a lot of posts on the forum seem to be missing vast swathes of punctuation. I've had a sweep up and collected some, so for those of you who struggle to punctuate posts, here's a handy resource for you:

    . , ? ! ; : " '

    Please feel free to use any of these or add any I've missed.



    Currently researching 42" LCD TV's...

    I find the opposite actually, and find an abundance of unnecessary apostrophes such as when they are added in to the word TVs... :P

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe ... in_plurals
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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    Jen J wrote:
    Il Principe wrote:
    I've noticed that quite a lot of posts on the forum seem to be missing vast swathes of punctuation. I've had a sweep up and collected some, so for those of you who struggle to punctuate posts, here's a handy resource for you:

    . , ? ! ; : " '

    Please feel free to use any of these or add any I've missed.



    Currently researching 42" LCD TV's...

    I find the opposite actually, and find an abundance of unecessary apostrophes such as when they are added in to the word TVs... :P

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe ... in_plurals

    Jen, I'm just trying to use up all these spare apostrophes; there's a glut of them.
  • Jen J
    Jen J Posts: 1,054
    Il Principe wrote:
    Jen J wrote:
    Il Principe wrote:
    I've noticed that quite a lot of posts on the forum seem to be missing vast swathes of punctuation. I've had a sweep up and collected some, so for those of you who struggle to punctuate posts, here's a handy resource for you:

    . , ? ! ; : " '

    Please feel free to use any of these or add any I've missed.



    Currently researching 42" LCD TV's...

    I find the opposite actually, and find an abundance of unecessary apostrophes such as when they are added in to the word TVs... :P

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe ... in_plurals

    Jen, I'm just trying to use up all these spare apostrophes; there's a glut of them.

    o'k
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    whats an apostrophe's?
    Food Chain number = 4

    A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game
  • whyamihere
    whyamihere Posts: 7,719
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    whats an apostrophe's?
    Large G&T usually.
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    Yo'u cant h'ave t'oo man'y ap'ost'roph'ys in a sent'ence a's f'ar as' Im con'cer'ned'.
    Faster than a tent.......
  • jrduquemin
    jrduquemin Posts: 791
    Howaboutaspacebarintheretoo?

    asyoucanseeminedoesn'twork

    :-)
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  • tgotb
    tgotb Posts: 4,714
    This thread reminds me of 'Vowels to Bosnia'.

    If you're one of the very few people who've never read it, google it now!
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