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thanks Rowland but can you put to much are not a nuff any advice
would be a preshated on the home page it said to contact you about
editing things i have some idea i thank are good but don,t really know
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Have you read Eats Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss. I fully recommend it.
I hate sloppy spelling.
It's like someone yawning when I'm talking, you know? Rude.
As for text-speak when you're not texing! Puleese! ;)
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Ah! the sainted Lynn Truss. Yes, I have read her book and I found it very interesting. Punctuation has always been a matter of trends. Some of the world's most well known authors occasionally breach punctuation protocol even Bernard Shaw used to omit the apostrophe in words like 'don't,' 'can't,' etc. So, I try not to get too upset about breaches, provided that the meaning is perfectly clear. Spelling is however altogether a different matter and I feel always deserves special attention.
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Oh, that pesky apostrophe! Arghhh
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Punctuation, after all, is a break in the flow. What you break the flow with is best to know.
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Precisely ! my writing lacks the correct puntitation? and really it is total 'igorance' of 'what' and 'were' to put in those little ,.;" - having now reach a time in life that I find it hard enought to remember the 'day' let alone the right puntations! am I a total failure. Like most complete ameatures I love writing albeit badly.
MATURE GENT
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What about the semi -colon alegedly the noblest of punctuation marks .When is it fit to use one ? is it in place of a full stop,when you've used too many comas up?; or perhaps somewhwere else unthought of by moi.
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I'm glad you mentioned the semicolon as both the colon and the semi colon deserve special attention. The semicolon occupies a position midway between the full stop and comma. It is stronger than the comma. Its main use today in the English language is used in lists, or instead of a connector or conjunction. The colon on the other hand is used to introduce something or to direct attention. For example: it is the preferred punctuation mark for introducing something which explains or illustrates or rephrases a previous statement.
Good writing Rowland
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Another word about the semi-colon. Aside from its use as described by Mr. Roland, there are times when the semi-colon has a definite and necessary usage in the English language. The semi-colon is used to separate two dependent clauses, i.e. two clauses which are themselves complete thoughts (sentences), which are so closely related as to be contained in a complex sentence structure rather than as separate sentences. Often, the semi-colon will be followed by a coordinating or correlative conjunction, but this is not absolutely necessary.
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Eats, shoots and leaves is a brilliant example of punctuation at its unruliest. It should be hammered home at an early age. Basic education - sadly one that I had to teach myself.
JD
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thanks! for, the? punctuation. tips;
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