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JCC Help Improve the Terrible English Language (it's terrible)

Discussion in 'Community' started by Rylo Ken, Jan 23, 2020.

  1. Thena

    Thena Chosen One star 7

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    I don't see the point. :p
     
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  2. SateleNovelist11

    SateleNovelist11 Force Ghost star 6

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    I always thought that the word unethical should be inethical. But that's just me. ;)
     
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  3. Rylo Ken

    Rylo Ken Force Ghost star 7

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    It's not the semicolon that's important, it's what it's used for. People hate it because it does two different things. I hate it too, with all my heart, but there needs to be something for those two different tasks. My solution is the best one frankly. I'm trying to embrace everyone's point of view here, but your idea is pretty bad. Take some time and come back with something better. I believe in you[​IMG]
     
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  4. 3sm1r

    3sm1r Force Ghost star 6

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    ^
    I challenge everybody to find a single situation in which semicolons couldn't simply be replaced by points without losing anything in terms of meaning or emphatic power.

    It must be an actual practical example, so that I can demonstrate that points would be just fine.
     
  5. tom

    tom Chosen One star 8

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    i was gonna say it doesn't work for the all-important winking emoji, but lo and behold it actually kind of does! esmir for president of english!
     
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  6. Rylo Ken

    Rylo Ken Force Ghost star 7

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    I have a long list of complaints about your proposal, including that it's terrible, spiteful and unimaginative. it makes me sick to my stomach, almost to the point of vomiting. and it shows a complete lack of appreciation for, indeed almost a total ignorance of, the finer points of grammar.

    Points there garble the flow and meaning. My proposal:

    I have a long list of complaints about your proposal, including that (it's terrible, spiteful and unimaginative), (it makes me sick to my stomach, almost to the point of vomiting), and (it shows a complete lack of appreciation for, indeed almost a total ignorance of, the finer points of grammar).
     
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  7. BookExogorth

    BookExogorth Force Ghost star 4

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    Ooo… I'm intrigued by the parentheses (it's very stylish).
     
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  8. Rylo Ken

    Rylo Ken Force Ghost star 7

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    You're doing it wrong. We're getting rid of the parenthesis for parenthetical asides. Those will be replaced by double asterisks: **
     
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  9. 3sm1r

    3sm1r Force Ghost star 6

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  10. Rylo Ken

    Rylo Ken Force Ghost star 7

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    Eww. ¿Are you trying to take all the fun out of punctuation?
     
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  11. BookExogorth

    BookExogorth Force Ghost star 4

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    My bad. Kould we please start kompiling aL the rules? They're geTing rather hard to kEp in plase.
     
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  12. 3sm1r

    3sm1r Force Ghost star 6

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    Idliketogobacktohowgreeksusedtodoit
     
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  13. Rylo Ken

    Rylo Ken Force Ghost star 7

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    Now you're cooking with butter! Also we should ban that phrase. Sorry.
     
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  14. gezvader28

    gezvader28 Chosen One star 6

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    the thing is - a semi-colon is more like a semi-full-stop or a big comma. It's nothing like a colon.
     
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  15. Ramza

    Ramza Administrator Emeritus star 9 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    By god, that's the solution - a big comma. The Comma, if you will.
     
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  16. Darth Smurf

    Darth Smurf Small, but Lethal star 6

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    The word hardly. It's a trap for foreigners.
    My italian boss once wrote: "Thanks to Luigi for the last 45 years where he hardly worked...."
     
  17. BookExogorth

    BookExogorth Force Ghost star 4

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    Sounds reasonable. We have barely for a reason.
     
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  18. Thena

    Thena Chosen One star 7

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    Comma, comma, comma, commaleon, you comma and go, you comma go.

    Writing would be easier if your colors were like my dream... Red, gold, and green, red, gold, and green

    [​IMG]
     
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  19. Darth Smurf

    Darth Smurf Small, but Lethal star 6

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    [​IMG]
    Commas you are ...
     
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  20. Darth Punk

    Darth Punk JCC Manager star 7 Staff Member Manager

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  21. Rylo Ken

    Rylo Ken Force Ghost star 7

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    The Brexit coin is already a tour de force of Newspeak. The only way to make it doubleplusgood would be to squeeze in the word "partnership"
     
  22. solojones

    solojones Chosen One star 10

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    Although I agree the Oxford comma is important..we should demand it always be used to avoid things like this sentence:

    "I am going to dinner with my parents, Batman and Superman."

    Unless Batman and Superman are your parents, this is terrible.
     
  23. 3sm1r

    3sm1r Force Ghost star 6

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    No, I actually love it. Would you then say "I ligree with it" or rather "I ligree it" ?
     
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  24. Alpha-Red

    Alpha-Red Chosen One star 7

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    I always put the period after the end quotation mark...it just looks right that way.
     
  25. SuperWatto

    SuperWatto Chosen One star 7

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    You commie