KennyLee Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Punctuation is important and serves an actual purpose. Comas are our friend. Don't look like a psycho. Use comas when needed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 (edited) Some off us are comma and apostrophe challenged unfortunately. I have been told as much anyway. My rule is that if there is any question I just put one there... Edited July 7, 2014 by Narpski 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyLee Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 Some off us are comma and apostrophe challenged unfortunately. I have been told as much anyway. My rule is that if there is any question I just put one there... Better extra than not enough. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Some off us are comma and apostrophe challenged unfortunately. I have been told as much anyway. My rule is that if there is any question I just put one there... Better extra than not enough. ;)That's what she said..... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your_Lion Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 There's a great book on the subject called " Eats, Shoots and Leaves." Here's the blurb on the back of the book: A panda walks into a café. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and proceeds to fire it at the other patrons."Why?" asks the confused, surviving waiter amidst the carnage, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder."Well, I'm a panda," he says. "Look it up."The waiter turns to the relevant entry in the manual and, sure enough, finds an explanation. "Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves." 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbine Freight Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 There's a great book on the subject called " Eats, Shoots and Leaves." Here's the blurb on the back of the book: A panda walks into a café. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and proceeds to fire it at the other patrons."Why?" asks the confused, surviving waiter amidst the carnage, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder."Well, I'm a panda," he says. "Look it up."The waiter turns to the relevant entry in the manual and, sure enough, finds an explanation. "Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves." Ahh Lynne Truss. Ed Reardon's Nemesis. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 (edited) Punctuation is important and serves an actual purpose. Comas are our friend. Don't look like a psycho. Use comas when needed. 1. In medicine, a coma is a state of unconsciousness lasting more than six hours, in which a person: cannot be awakened; fails to respond normally to painful stimuli, light, or sound; lacks a normal sleep-wake cycle; and, does not initiate voluntary actions. Derivation: "koma" - Greek for "deep sleep". 2. A coma is the nebulous envelope around the nucleus of a comet. It is formed when the comet passes close to the Sun on its highly elliptical orbit; as the comet warms, parts of it sublimate. This gives a comet a "fuzzy" appearance when viewed in telescopes and distinguishes it from stars. Derivation: "kome" - Greek for "hair". ;) ;) Edited July 7, 2014 by Principled Man 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Grownup Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 I'm probably guilty of misusing the comma. It's been too long since school so I can't remember exactly the rules. Is there something about never using a comma before the word "that"? I try to follow the rhythm of speech, but sometimes I see very long sentences without commas, and that makes me confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Is there something about never using a comma before the word "that"? I believe so. There is no need to put a comma before the conjuction "that". (There is the moose that bit my sister!) No need for a comma before the compliment "that" (My sister got too near the moose that bites!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff508/blackcc/LOLlapalooza/uQPTp2v_zps03a0cf23.jpg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyLee Posted July 8, 2014 Author Share Posted July 8, 2014 Sorry everyone, comma. Definition: Karma. Making a spelling error while busting balls about punctuation. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Not Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Punctuation is important and serves an actual purpose. Comas are our friend. Don't look like a psycho. Use comas when needed. 1. In medicine, a coma is a state of unconsciousness lasting more than six hours, in which a person: cannot be awakened; fails to respond normally to painful stimuli, light, or sound; lacks a normal sleep-wake cycle; and, does not initiate voluntary actions. Derivation: "koma" - Greek for "deep sleep". 2. A coma is the nebulous envelope around the nucleus of a comet. It is formed when the comet passes close to the Sun on its highly elliptical orbit; as the comet warms, parts of it sublimate. This gives a comet a "fuzzy" appearance when viewed in telescopes and distinguishes it from stars. Derivation: "kome" - Greek for "hair". ;) ;) I caught that too.. Spelling is just as important it seems 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
len(songs) Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 (edited) Agh, that sounded much better spoken. Sorry Edited July 12, 2014 by len(songs) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Cub Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Weird Al couldn't have released this at a better time :D 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CygnusGal Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Weird Al couldn't have released this at a better time :D I saw this yesterday. :ebert: :rfl: One of his better ones. If you get a chance, check out "Tacky" and "Foil". Better than the originals, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Man Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Weird Al couldn't have released this at a better time :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc That was awesome! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Just caught the thread title! :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janie Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 I remember seeing a funny little grammar sentence the other day. Let's eat kids!Let's eat, kids! Grammar saves lives. I thought that was the funniest thing ever. As far as a general rule for commas, I remember a college comp prof explaining it this way... You should be able to separate the sentence in half with the use of a comma, and it still sounds right, meaning, (I realize I'm being comma-happy here) the sentence should read correctly if you switch the word order around from words before the comma and words after the comma. Using my above example: "Kids, let's eat!" reads just as well and correctly as, "Let's eat, kids!" 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamie Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 I know someone who never uses commas or even periods when typing. I always read his Facebook statuses in my head with sort of a monotone, mumbling voice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savagegrace26 Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 I enjoy cooking my family and my pets in comas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutman Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Some off us are comma and apostrophe challenged unfortunately. I have been told as much anyway. My rule is that if there is any question I just put one there... Better extra than not enough. ;)That's what she said..... ,,,,,,,,, :P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 I think you're all talking more about syntax than you are grammar. But that's just one guy's opinion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Star Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Mine is somewhat lacking thesedays.. although i read quite a bit, i don't socialise that often, couple that with a piss-poor memory and there you have it. My sincere apologies for any confusion, annoyance, or suspected retardism on my behalf. Really liked Weird Al's vid'... pretty good that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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