What is so Difficult about a Turnstile

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Re: What is so Difficult about a Turnstile

Post by hobie16 » Wed Aug 15, 2012 9:18 pm

Goofyernmost wrote:All I can say is that all this comma talk is putting me in a coma! ;)
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Re: What is so Difficult about a Turnstile

Post by Big Wallaby » Wed Aug 15, 2012 10:58 pm

Are you saying that we could turn SGT into Batteries Plus?


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Re: What is so Difficult about a Turnstile

Post by GaTechGal » Thu Aug 16, 2012 6:54 am

hobie16 wrote:Image
That is so hilarious. I can still hear that gal from the movie "They're putting PEOPLE into COMAS ..."

And I use serial commas every day in my work. I even have "Eats, Shoots, and Leaves" on the shelf in case I feel like I have to look up some finer points on commas.



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Re: What is so Difficult about a Turnstile

Post by BRWombat » Thu Aug 16, 2012 12:35 pm

As someone who uses semi-colons daily, even in non-professional communication, and who furthermore appreciates the difference between dashes and hyphens, I am all for the use of the Oxford comma so long as it does not add confusion. I just never knew it was called that. :o:


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Re: What is so Difficult about a Turnstile

Post by Big Wallaby » Thu Aug 16, 2012 6:17 pm

GaTechGal wrote:That is so hilarious. I can still hear that gal from the movie "They're putting PEOPLE into COMAS ..."

And I use serial commas every day in my work. I even have "Eats, Shoots, and Leaves" on the shelf in case I feel like I have to look up some finer points on commas.
I LOVE Eats, Shoots and Leaves. An awesome book.

Since we've put pictures into this conversation, I feel I must do the same. My favorite argument for the Oxford comma follows:
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And as for semi-colons, I use them regularly. They are especially useful for the list within a list.
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Re: What is so Difficult about a Turnstile

Post by Zazu » Fri Aug 17, 2012 8:53 pm

Big Wallaby wrote:For those of you who love grammar, yes. That is an Oxford comma. I am now working to bring them back. Where else will they come from? ;)
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Re: What is so Difficult about a Turnstile

Post by hhsrat » Sat Aug 18, 2012 12:11 pm

BRWombat wrote:As someone who uses semi-colons daily ...
I also use semi-colons on a fairly regular basis. However, in some types of programming, it's required.


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Re: What is so Difficult about a Turnstile

Post by GRUMPY PIRATE » Sat Aug 18, 2012 4:48 pm

PLEASE CEASE ALL USE OF THE TERM 'COLON"

I think the term oxford comma is much better.


you see, after turning an, umm, advanced age, all references to colon cause an involuntary cringe!


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Re: What is so Difficult about a Turnstile

Post by Big Wallaby » Sat Aug 18, 2012 5:05 pm

Hmm. GP, you may have a point there.


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Re: What is so Difficult about a Turnstile

Post by hobie16 » Sat Aug 18, 2012 5:50 pm

GRUMPY PIRATE wrote:you see, after turning an, umm, advanced age, all references to colon cause an involuntary cringe!
I recently had a torn retina. The fix was using a laser to spot weld the flap to the back of the eye. Before the doctor started he said, "I've been told by other patients that this is the most painful procedure they've ever been through.'

I replied, "You're obviously too young to have experienced a sigmoidoscopy."


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