Like most Asylumites, I have a pet peeve with regards to grammar. More specifically, the blatant incorrect use of the comma in place of all other punctuation. I thought that this was an anomaly when I first saw it done by a woman on another forum. I have now seen it done yet again by what seems to be a girl in the OOT forum found here. What possesses these people to insert commas where there needn't be any and to replace periods with sometimes three consecutive commas? Is this a female only phenomenon? What school system teaches this?
Example:
hello, lol, I like this forum,,, this is a great place to meat people,,, do you lik FFXI, I do,, this, one time, in skool,, I did this essay, and, i got an F,,, I dont no why,,lol,,, c-ya!,,
Edited, Wed Mar 15 17:41:31 2006 by Elderon
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lol i need glasses ,me thinks ,i didnt notice this trend before you linked it hehe ;)
anyways ,i read it now ,and it was pretty weird hehe
anyways ,i read it now ,and it was pretty weird hehe
The thread you link to isn't a very good example in my opinion. That's not really being too abusive with commas. I think the OP in that thread was inserting commas in the correct spots to emphasize where a pause in mental (or vocal) reading would and should occur.
Things that DO rub me the wrong way in that thread: spelling "without" as "witout", and this little gem in her sig "If u ever hear the voice of a night elf, have no worries, beacuse you are already dead." 'U' is a letter, not a substitute for "you", and does nothing else but signify that a lazy moron is sitting behind the keyboard. A spell check on "because" wouldn't have hurt either.
Things that DO rub me the wrong way in that thread: spelling "without" as "witout", and this little gem in her sig "If u ever hear the voice of a night elf, have no worries, beacuse you are already dead." 'U' is a letter, not a substitute for "you", and does nothing else but signify that a lazy moron is sitting behind the keyboard. A spell check on "because" wouldn't have hurt either.
Baron von Fhqwghads wrote:
The thread you link to isn't a very good example in my opinion. That's not really being too abusive with commas.
Scroll down to meliana's post.
String.Replace("HI!,,,,LOL,,,I <3 FFXI,,,,LOL,,,,", ",", "")
This should help.
That'll be fifty bucks.
This should help.
That'll be fifty bucks.
Ow. My brain hurts now.
What irks me more is people using apostrophes to pluralize things.
I use the ellipses way to often. See I would have normally used it right there but since I was talking about it I caught myself. *refrains from using the ellipses*
EDIT:Spelling of the word "Ellipses" > me.
Edited, Wed Mar 15 18:10:18 2006 by Codyy
EDIT:Spelling of the word "Ellipses" > me.
Edited, Wed Mar 15 18:10:18 2006 by Codyy
Ellipses. They're ellipses.
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
The One and Only Frakkor wrote:
String.Replace("HI!,,,,LOL,,,I <3 FFXI,,,,LOL,,,,", ",", "")
I can't even parse that.
My guess is that the , and the . are right next to each other.
Dumbass.
Dumbass.
Well it's not perfect, regex would be much slicker, but was in a hurry to post, so I made that up for now.
Samira wrote:
Ellipses. They're ellipses.
I never was good at spelling... (There I go again)
C0ddy da Fat *** wrote:
Samira wrote:
Ellipses. They're ellipses.
I never was good at spelling... (There I go again)
Other than eating is there anything you're good at Coddy?
Aegis wrote:
C0ddy da Fat *** wrote:
Samira wrote:
Ellipses. They're ellipses.
I never was good at spelling... (There I go again)
Other than eating is there anything you're good at Coddy?
Man, Aegis, that hurt. I'm going to go eat another small child to soothe my wounds.
EDIT: Spelling of the word "Soothe" > me.
Edited, Wed Mar 15 18:25:06 2006 by Codyy
Aegis wrote:
Nice!
I've concluded that people use ellipses to try to hide the fact that they're not sure whether to use a comma or a period.
Psst. You're not fooling us.
Psst. You're not fooling us.
People who use ellipses come across as uncertain, to me. "Well... it could be this... but it could be that... so, I dunno...."
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
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Yanari the Puissant wrote:
I've concluded that people use ellipses to try to hide the fact that they're not sure whether to use a comma or a period.
Psst. You're not fooling us.
Psst. You're not fooling us.
Just remember that periods end things.
Like relationships.
"I have lost my way
But I hear a tale
About a heaven in Alberta
Where they've got all hell for a basement"
But I hear a tale
About a heaven in Alberta
Where they've got all hell for a basement"
Iamadam the Shady wrote:
Yanari the Puissant wrote:
I've concluded that people use ellipses to try to hide the fact that they're not sure whether to use a comma or a period.
Psst. You're not fooling us.
Psst. You're not fooling us.
Just remember that periods end things.
Like relationships.
An ellipses is three periods, so it that three relationships down the drain?
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