Grammar Corner

[Runwildboys]

Which brings us to the double negatives.
Incorrect: "She hasn't got the blues." "I ain't got no chaw."

Correct: "She doesn't have the blues." "I don't have chaw."

Unless you're referring to crayon shades.

 

[Melonfeud]

Unless you're referring to crayon shades.

Well,ya know? With this Arizona heat ,I've taken to just letting all the colors blend together of my CRAYONS of which I've long used color specific for when I formulate ,thru various coveted skills ,,,my VOODOO DOLLS!!!

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

I aint got either of them there thangs

And that brings us to neither/nor

The two usually are linked:

"It is neither guns nor butter we seek."
Use "or" in the absence of neither.

"It is guns or butter."

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

Let's discuss some punctuation.

The ellipsis is used to signify a change in pace. "I don't like Mondays ... they leave me with the blahs."
Or you use the misunderstood semicolon:
"I don't like Mondays; they leave me with the blahs." In this case, because both thoughts are connected, the semicolon is best.

If you end a sentence with the ellipsis and don't have more to add, place an extra period to signify the end of the thought.
"Those who believe good grammar is unnecessary seem like rather shallow, backwoods people who are best ignored ... ."

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

Believe and think

We use both, often incorrectly.

Believe/belief should be used as in something one feels in the heart, the gut or soul.
"I believe all men and women are inherently good."

Think should be used in an intellectual way, with informed thought, but often as a guess:
"I think the numbers are about right ... If they think they can, they will."

Next time, kids, let's ponder contradictions and redundancies.

 

[Cowpolk]

Let's discuss some punctuation.

The ellipsis is used to signify a change in pace. "I don't like Mondays ... they leave me with the blahs."
Or you use the misunderstood semicolon:
"I don't like Mondays; they leave me with the blahs." In this case, because both thoughts are connected, the semicolon is best.

If you end a sentence with the ellipsis and don't have more to add, place an extra period to signify the end of the thought.
"Those who believe good grammar is unnecessary seem like rather shallow, backwoods people who are best ignored ... ."

You can have my punkuation marks i dont not needs them

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

And you just left her to rise.

The yeast thing ended the relationship.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

You can have my punkuation marks i dont not needs them

You can leave class, then; exit now. Or, you can be quiet --- though I doubt that is possible. Am I, sir, at last, correct?

 

[Melonfeud]

And that brings us to neither/nor

The two usually are linked:

"It is neither guns nor butter we seek."
Use "or" in the absence of neither.

"It is guns or butter."

Ha, you poor uneducated limey plodding clod,,,SHEESE! that good ol' Yankee doodle ,dictates that with the gun, we take all the butter ve' want & wit fair curd churning Frauleins ve take as well from the udderly blue veined moo cow churners from that stiff upper lipped tea sipping tribe across the pond there,pal!,,, and one more thing before I depart with my bag o' looted booty of forum marksmanship upon yer' impact area,,,them Mexicans gots to show no stinking badges to nobody

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

Ha, you poor uneducated limey plodding clod,,,SHEESE! that good ol' Yankee doodle ,dictates that with the gun, we take all the butter ve' want & wit fair curd churning Frauleins ve take as well from the udderly blue veined moo cow churners from that stiff upper lipped tea sipping tribe across the pond there,pal!,,, and one more thing before I depart with my bag o' looted booty of forum marksmanship upon yer' impact area,,,them Mexicans gots to show no stinking badges to nobody

Your constant oppositional outbursts are ... mundane, if that.

 

[Melonfeud]

Your constant oppositional outbursts are ... mundane, if that.

Kinda' makes ya' feel like ya never left yer' own home,don't it there ol' buddy?

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

,,them Mexicans gots to show no stinking badges to nobody

Let's get @Fletch in on this. I trust his sense of desert lore.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

Kinda' makes ya' feel like ya never left yer' own home,don't it there ol' buddy?

Let's not talk about that, courier boy.

 

[Melonfeud]

Believe and think

We use both, often incorrectly.

Believe/belief should be used as in something one feels in the heart, the gut or soul.
"I believe all men and women are inherently good."

Think should be used in an intellectual way, with informed thought, but often as a guess:
"I think the numbers are about right ... If they think they can, they will."

Next time, kids, let's ponder contradictions and redundancies.

It'll cost ye 50 quid if yer of a mind to ponder the contradictions of the redundancies I've cast a wide loop over& got tethered on a string, it will ,mate

 

[Melonfeud]

ya know there GIMME,,, YOU'VE PRETTY MUCH STEPPED INTO A PUNJI- PIT OF YER' OWN DESIGN WITH THIS HERE HIGH BROWED POINTY HEADED THREAD OF YERS' ,CUZ' YER' OF NOTORIOUS FAME IN THE LURING OF UNWARY QUARRY INTO YER' ambushed KILL ZONE DESIGNED THREADS THRU OUT THE YEARS AFTER YOU'VE A SNOOTFUL,,, so,I reckoned I was authorized by self decree in standing on the tiger -pits edge watching you with that sharp piece of bamboo run thru yer' bleeding casing-liner,,, but,yer' one of my fonder of forum fellows(I knew you long before you'd ever caught wind of me) so, I reckon I'll attempt the wearing of that thirst fer' knowledge powdered wig& don the red coat of imperialism, cuz' yer' my fren most of the time

 

[Hardline]

If it wern't for Paul Revere all us Colonist would be speaking english right now.

 

[Cowpolk]

You can leave class, then; exit now. Or, you can be quiet --- though I doubt that is possible. Am I, sir, at last, correct?

Thanks I was gonna play hookey anyhow .

 

[Fletch]

Let's get @Fletch in on this. I trust his sense of desert lore.

Forthcoming feasts upon occupied mammories of oyster lore in seasoned bathings of monogamy.

 

[Melonfeud]

Forthcoming feasts upon occupied mammories of oyster lore in seasoned bathings of monogamy.

And twice on Tuesdays, Too!

 

[RodeoJake]

You can have my punkuation marks i dont not needs them

I'm a fan of Leo Gorcey grammar