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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 03:51 PM Original message |
Does seeing an extraneous comma, offend you? |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. I, dont' know |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. No, indeed. In fact, a sentence, is not well done, unless, |
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cracksquirrel (251 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. Ooh yes. |
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LiberalHeart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'm offended by the lack of commas... |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 04:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I was always taught that way |
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LiberalHeart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 05:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Commas clarify and eliminate the chance of misinterpretation |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 09:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. I asked about that very issue a few weeks ago here on the Lounge |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 01:43 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. Delete |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 09:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
50. No! |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 02:16 AM Response to Reply #4 |
26. I was taught the comma before the add was optional. |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 02:37 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. It is |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 02:45 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Oh my! |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 03:27 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Thanks |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 12:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
39. that's the "Oxford comma" |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. Not as much as an extraneous apostrophe |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 03:38 AM Response to Reply #5 |
33. Yup, it's those apostrophes that offend me. |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
7. doesn't offend me, just slows me down |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. Not the comma or the grammar police... |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 05:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I'm with you. |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 07:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! Help me!!!! |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 07:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. OMG, that is both hilarious and cool! |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 07:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Go back to my post |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 02:52 AM Response to Reply #14 |
30. And on that note |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 10:01 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. oooh ooh I have a kudos question! |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 12:47 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Well, now you've got me |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 03:15 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Kudos to you! |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 07:49 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. No replies so far |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 07:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Wow. That's funny and sad. |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 12:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
42. Maybe the owner of the nudist resort is actually named Four Season. |
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Cannikin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 02:28 AM Response to Reply #8 |
27. My mother was attacked by a rogue comma I've never been the same. |
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Monk06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. Commas, remind, me, that, I, am, stoned. zzzzzzzzzzzz |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
13. It doesn't, offend me. But it does, drive, me buggy. |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
15. Yes, I am deeply offended on a personal level by extraneous commas. |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
19. Yes it does, offend me. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 01:13 PM Response to Reply #19 |
43. But wait! |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 08:01 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. What are you, the semantics police? |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 08:35 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. What are you, anti-Semantic? |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 08:54 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Haha, I was just being snarky as well. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
20. commas orrex should be banned in the Lounge General Discussion literature |
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miss_american_pie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
21. Grammar police are sexy |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 09:17 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. and necessary |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
24. I use commas |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 01:57 AM Response to Original message |
25. no, and no...nt |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 03:16 AM Response to Original message |
31. N,o! And the gmaramr poicle can tkae a ncie lnog wlak off a sroht peir! |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 05:00 AM Response to Original message |
34. ,,,,,:::::::;;;;;;,,,,, |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 05:12 AM Response to Original message |
35. well it doesn't offend me |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 06:34 AM Response to Original message |
36. The Grammar police sometimes bug me. |
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NewWaveChick1981 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
38. It makes my brain hurt. |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
40. I don't know why, I'm so damn prone to comma, misuse |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 07:54 PM Original message |
I'm always doing that... |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
46. dangit dupe deleted |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
51. S,o,m,e,t,i,m,e,s. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
52. Only in the 2nd Amendment... |
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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 04:53 AM Response to Original message |
53. No, I support them |
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