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From PK Biologically speaking; I'm not a man.
Is that the correct use of a semi-colon? No, it's not. But I'm sure that you use your colon correctly! I obviously enjoy grammar waaay too much.
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I don't know about my semi-colons; but I know where my colon belongs.
You saw that one coming, didn't you. You make a pretty good straight man, or whatever. Biologically speaking; I'm not a man. yea but you've got a man's name JOE I beg to differ, its spelled "JO". The feminine counterpart of JOE.
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I beg to differ, its spelled "JO". The feminine counterpart of JOE. I think I'll call you Jose from now on <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />
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I think folks use semi-colons like bows on wrapping paper... they realize they wrote a whole essay, and haven't used one yet, so they throw one in somewhere; others don't use the semi-colon b/c they are afraid, and opt for the period instead. LOL! This has been really enlightening! Give us some good examples of that darn semi-colon, and we'll feel obligated to step up to the plate and swing. (Oops, now we need to talk about improper application of idioms and analogies, too.)
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From PK Biologically speaking; I'm not a man.
Is that the correct use of a semi-colon? No, it's not. But I'm sure that you use your colon correctly! Only when I eat my daily bran muffin. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />
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I feel like someone just drove a semi through my colon. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> Does that count? And my daughters have children. That makes me a grammar--although not always a proper one! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />
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I wish my H would get home. I hate this one late night a week! Of course, it means I get the dubious pleasure of hanging out here for hours on end... or is that hours-on-end?
I did stop to watch the highly intellectual show: Lingo.
By the way, Jo, or Joe, or Jose or whatever you're calling yourself these days... when someone says: "I'll take a cup of Joe"... do they mean YOU?
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And if Jo is female, somebody'd better specify just what cup they're talking about, too! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />
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I wish my H would get home. I hate this one late night a week! Of course, it means I get the dubious pleasure of hanging out here for hours on end... or is that hours-on-end?
I did stop to watch the highly intellectual show: Lingo.
By the way, Jo, or Joe, or Jose or whatever you're calling yourself these days... when someone says: "I'll take a cup of Joe"... do they mean YOU? Yes; because I am DELISH. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
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And if Jo is female, [color:"red"]somebody'd [/color] better specify just what cup they're talking about, too! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />
t&l Okay, wait a minute. Is [somebody'd] a legitimate use of word punctuation? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />
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And if Jo is female, somebody'd better specify just what cup they're talking about, too! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />
t&l That one caused a spitter on the screener! HahahahahAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Delish, Jo? Is that some kind of chopped pickle concoction?
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Okay, wait a minute. Is [somebody'd] a legitimate use of word punctuation? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> Possibly, perhaps even probably, not. But it wasn't my turn to care. I guess it was yours. Good job!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Carry on................ t&l
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Awwe, here's a perfect opportunity to use semi-colons:
[color:"blue"]Possibly; perhaps even probably; not.[/color]
THERE! More better.
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Well, I DID say I was an improper grammar, didn't I?
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I think you make a better Nanna, then a Grammy. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />
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It makes me cranky when editors take sentences, usually dialogue, which I have deliberately written in conversational vernacular, and make them exactly proper, and thus stilted. But I am all in favor of correctness most of the time. Still, if someone wants to end their sentence with a preposition, I say they get to. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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And if Jo is female, [color:"red"]somebody'd [/color] better specify just what cup they're talking about, too! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />
t&l Okay, wait a minute. Is [somebody'd] a legitimate use of word punctuation? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> It is in Texas, silly girl! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" /> the other "Jo"! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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But if she were speaking Texan, "somebody'd" would be followed by "bettah". <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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I think you make a better Nanna, then a Grammy. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> I guess you're right. A Nana has more appeal...and nobody ever said I was any kind of award. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> t&l
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But if she were speaking Texan, "somebody'd" would be followed by "bettah". <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> .......or somebody'd OUGHTER! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
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