Lets talk the use of a period.

[Nochowderforyou]

hi,

I am here to educate the ones who don't like to use a period. When writing a 10 line paragraph, you include things called commas ('), and at the end of a sentence, you use a period (.).

A comma is something you use to break in the middle of a sentence, like that. :)

A period, is what you use when you finish a sentence, like this.<------:)

So if you want people to understand what you're saying, then please, use a period. I'm not here to tell you what to do, just to make you, make sense.

Thank you, that is all. :cool:

[Frivolous248]

"Lets talk the use of a period" or "Lets talk about the use of a period"

Heh, sorry...I had to.

[couch-potato]

I.Have.Never.Been.Good.With.Grammer.Is.This.Right? .

[ChronicMike]

It really dont fucking matter.

[Oneironaut]

yes it does i h8 reading sentenses like this from idiots who dont know how 2 speek inglish good they just wnat 2 spout out a hole bunch of mispeld words that shoudl be in diff sentenses but get combined in2 a big fuckin sentence that jsut rambols on and on u cant figgur out wot the fuk he is talknig about bcoz your brane is exploading trying to find out where 1 sentense ends and the next one begins and y sum1 onestly forgot how to spel simpal words cum on ppl grammer is importent ppl lets not let inglish turn in2 this carp

[FeastonThisSHITT]

yes it does i h8 reading sentenses like this from idiots who dont know how 2 speek inglish good they just wnat 2 spout out a hole bunch of mispeld words that shoudl be in diff sentenses but get combined in2 a big fuckin sentence that jsut rambols on and on u cant figgur out wot the fuk he is talknig about bcoz your brane is exploading trying to find out where 1 sentense ends and the next one begins and y sum1 onestly forgot how to spel simpal words cum on ppl grammer is importent ppl lets not let inglish turn in2 this carp

Amen.

Grammar is your friend and mine.

[zephyrinne]

I learned most of the grammar part of the English language before I left elementary school. It's not that I'm a grammar nazi, but goddamn.. I hate reading people's posts that are a paragraph long and contain one period or comma. It IS hard to read.

Good post chowder. Many need to read it.. :dance:

[afghooey]

I somehow think that most of the people on this site aren't uneducated on the use of grammar... they're just really fucking lazy. :P

[Skink]

I tend to over punctuate (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=punctuate)...

[cole]

ok i know i cant spell so im not even going to try on that one, as for punctuation i try my best but often get cought up in typing i dont notice to use it, for that im sorry. aslo i dident capitilize that a but anyways ill try harder next time :)

[cole]

period

[FeastonThisSHITT]

Cole, from the looks of things you know how to spell the words for the most part, but just aren't bothering to type them in properly.

You can spell, you are just a victim of mental laziness.

[dryst]

why is grammar so nessicary?...i mean language is only used to get a point across and if that point is made, why make it look pretty?...maybe its standard for all u over achievers?

[yoda]

this coming from the man who's user name is a broken sentence, with no spacing, and no period at the end!

chowder im ashamed

jk you my boy

[SocksThaClown]

hi,

I am here to educate the ones who don't like to use a period. When writing a 10 line paragraph, you include things called commas ('), and at the end of a sentence, you use a period (.).

A comma is something you use to break in the middle of a sentence, like that. :)

A period, is what you use when you finish a sentence, like this.<------:)

So if you want people to understand what you're saying, then please, use a period. I'm not here to tell you what to do, just to make you, make sense.

Thank you, that is all. :cool:


I love you.

... In a non-homo sexual way of course. :p

[pogmoasal1]

hey i may not use commas or periods or any of those fancy things dut im just happy that my bislexia bosent come in to play on the computer decause if it bib man it would really suck some dig bick

[chris420]

hi,

I am here to educate the ones who don't like to use a period. When writing a 10 line paragraph, you include things called commas ('), and at the end of a sentence, you use a period (.).

A comma is something you use to break in the middle of a sentence, like that. :)

A period, is what you use when you finish a sentence, like this.<------:)

So if you want people to understand what you're saying, then please, use a period. I'm not here to tell you what to do, just to make you, make sense.

Thank you, that is all. :cool:

Hahahaha. Good one :thumbsup:

[cole]

Cole, from the looks of things you know how to spell the words for the most part, but just aren't bothering to type them in properly.

You can spell, you are just a victim of mental laziness.

first i wanted to say i love you siggie, second i can spell here and there but i am a little dislexic "sp??" and also spell phonicly, as for typing it in correctly i type with both index fingers and middle finger on my right hand only :p

[FeastonThisSHITT]

why is grammar so nessicary?...i mean language is only used to get a point across and if that point is made, why make it look pretty?...maybe its standard for all u over achievers?

It isn't so much necessary as it is courteous. I assume we all post for a basic reason. To have our message heard (read). Therefore, it is only common courtesy to make your message as easy and fluent to read as possible.

Slaughters of grammar and spelling make messages difficult to read, which isn't working in your favor if you want your post to make sense.

I, myself am not a grammar or spelling nazi, I make my share of mistakes as well. But putting absolutely NO punctuation, and mispelling words over 50% of the time make it seem like you are either uneducated, or worse, too lazy to put some type of effort and thought into your posts to make them easier to understand for the readers.


Not you specificaly dryst, in general I mean.

[tootsie roll]

hi,

I am here to educate the ones who don't like to use a period. When writing a 10 line paragraph, you include things called commas ('), and at the end of a sentence, you use a period (.).

A comma is something you use to break in the middle of a sentence, like that. :)

A period, is what you use when you finish a sentence, like this.<------:)

So if you want people to understand what you're saying, then please, use a period. I'm not here to tell you what to do, just to make you, make sense.

Thank you, that is all. :cool:

Can ya make your next lesson about how to make paragraphs?
That would be so nice.

TIA

[dryst]

well my post rarely make sense as it is, and i use minimal caplocks and my punctuation and spell are horrible...i dunno i guess holding down the shift buttom and stuff is just to much work for me :D

[FeastonThisSHITT]

well my post rarely make sense as it is, and i use minimal caplocks and my punctuation and spell are horrible...i dunno i guess holding down the shift buttom and stuff is just to much work for me :D

That would be lazy then.

[ChronicMike]

its a fuckin website, about weed.

I dont give a fuck and neither does anyone else.

[dryst]

That would be lazy then.

indeed it is :D

or better put,

Indeed it is. :D

[FeastonThisSHITT]

its a fuckin website, about weed.

I dont give a fuck and neither does anyone else.

Nope. There are a few people who care making the statement "and neither does anyone else"... just not correct.


Really, it is not a good idea to speak for everyone else on the forums.

[SocksThaClown]

I'm not lazy, I hangout. But seriously I do try to spell correctly and use proper grammar unless I'm in the middle of 'pwning' some n00bs, because then F- you. 'Cause I'm not getting fragged over grammar and spelling.

::EDIT::
I care about spelling ChronicMike.

"Helo im a toally idiotic moron." = Ignore

"Hello, I'm a totally idiotic moron." = lol

Hey at least i won't ignore you.

[FeastonThisSHITT]

I'm not lazy, I hangout. But seriously I do try to spell correctly and use proper grammar unless I'm in the middle of 'pwning' some n00bs, because then F- you. 'Cause I'm not getting fragged over grammar and spelling.

lol....
.

[ChronicMike]

Nope. There are a few people who care making the statement "and neither does anyone else"... just not correct.


Really, it is not a good idea to speak for everyone else on the forums.



Yeah but you are speaking for everyone else too saying they care.

Really it is not a good to speak for everyone else on the forums.

Feast on That shit.

[couch-potato]

lolol i duno dude cuz liek srsly who care about grammer

[dryst]

lol

[FeastonThisSHITT]

Yeah but you are speaking for everyone else too saying they care.

Really it is not a good to speak for everyone else on the forums.

Feast on That shit.

No I wasn't. lol. Quote me where I am speaking for everyone else on the forums.

[FeastonThisSHITT]

I just said there are a few people who care. I said that because I read posts of people who expressed their opinion. Those people cared. Sorry to bust your little retard bubble.

[Its a Plant]

Oh, learning is FUN.

I myself, am more of a comma man, but hey, that's just me.

Periods are important, too, though.

And for all those against correct punctuation, if you at least make an effort to create legible posts, the odds of others responding are that much higher. I know if I see one large, clumpy paragraph, I skip over it and don't bother. So you could have an important question, but with shotty grammar, the odds of getting help automatically go down. Why should I struggle to read?

Plus, PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT.

Laziness is for the birds. ~

[ChronicMike]

[quote=FeastonThisSHITT] few people who care.



You really shouldnt speak for the few people that care.

[tootsie roll]

Nope. There are a few people who care making the statement "and neither does anyone else"... just not correct.


Really, it is not a good idea to speak for everyone else on the forums.

Or "anyone else" ;)

I think some are just lazy. At least I hope it's just laziness.

[dryst]

Oh, learning is FUN.

I myself, am more of a comma man, but hey, that's just me.

Periods are important, too, though.

And for all those against correct punctuation, if you at least make an effort to create legible posts, the odds of others responding are that much higher. I know if I see one large, clumpy paragraph, I skip over it and don't bother. So you could have an important question, but with shotty grammar, the odds of getting help automatically go down. Why should I struggle to read?

Plus, PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT.

Laziness is for the birds. ~

are u saying laziness is for fags?...cause im extremely lazy...and im not gay...

[FeastonThisSHITT]

[quote=FeastonThisSHITT] few people who care.



You really shouldnt speak for the few people that care.

lol, I wasn't speaking for them, I was relaying the fact that they cared.

[ChronicMike]

ah shit im gonna get banned over a thread about periods if i move any further.

[Its a Plant]

are u saying laziness is for fags?...cause im extremely lazy...and im not gay...
Unless I missed the memo where a "bird" is a term for "homosexual", I think you're safe . . .

For now. ~

[SocksThaClown]

OK *pow pow* You caught me, I'm one lazy 'sum bitch' I'll go mow the lawn at 10:13 PM at night.

[ChronicMike]

[quote=ChronicMike]

lol, I wasn't speaking for them, I was relaying the fact that they cared.



Well "They" arent saying anything, and you are..so you are speaking for them.

[dryst]

Unless I missed the memo where a "bird" is a term for "homosexual", I think you're safe . . .

For now. ~

actaully that saying, its for the birds, means its for gay people :D...just clearin that up for u

[Its a Plant]

Um, ahem, excuse me fellas. I hate to interupt your arguement over punctuation . . .

BUT

Does it really matter? Petty shit is all this is.

REAL petty shit.

And not even TOM PETTY shit.

Otherwise it'd be the good shit, eh? ~

[420purplehaze420]

I can deal with the odd misplaced period but what really grinds my gears is when people type out a long ass post and forget to divide it into paragraphs, i dont even bother reading it unless the first few posts make the story look promising.

o and people who use a "," as a "." when they drag on a thought,,,,,i unno it jus gts annoyng

[dryst]

[quote=FeastonThisSHITT]



Well "They" arent saying anything, and you are..so you are speaking for them.

this is kinda funny but ur just fuckin with his head...he is actually relaying the message, and they are actaully saying they are, u wouldnt be posting on this thread right now if they didnt care...because infact, it wouldnt exist :D

thx and have a nice day :thumbsup:

[Its a Plant]

actaully that saying, its for the birds, means its for gay people :D...just clearin that up for u
Lol, is it really? Are you sure?

Well, like I said, I must have missed that memo.

You got an extra copy?

[ChronicMike]

Um, ahem, excuse me fellas. I hate to interupt your arguement over punctuation . . .

BUT

Does it really matter? Petty shit is all this is.

REAL petty shit.

And not even TOM PETTY shit.

Otherwise it'd be the good shit, eh? ~




Im just defending myself....so okay you won this stupid little argument, congrats you outsmarted a pothead on the internet.

[FeastonThisSHITT]

[quote=FeastonThisSHITT]



Well "They" arent saying anything, and you are..so you are speaking for them.

No I am not. Read nochowders post. He is saying something

read its a plant's post, he is saying something

read oneironaut's post, he is saying something.


I was just relaying that they had said something that expressed care for subject.

Where you said "I don't care and neither does anyone else" I was just trying to politely show you that you were wrong. Because others do care, as shown in their posts, not by me speaking for them.

Just let yourself be wrong... its ok really...

[FeastonThisSHITT]

Um, ahem, excuse me fellas. I hate to interupt your arguement over punctuation . . .

BUT

Does it really matter? Petty shit is all this is.

REAL petty shit.

And not even TOM PETTY shit.

Otherwise it'd be the good shit, eh? ~

LOL plant, I am just having a little bit of fun with my friend here.

[ChronicMike]

You make my brain hurt ^^^read my last post.

[FeastonThisSHITT]

Im just defending myself....so okay you won this stupid little argument, congrats you outsmarted a pothead on the internet.

I didn't outsmart ya buddy :)

Just showed you something.

[FeastonThisSHITT]

You make my brain hurt ^^^read my last post.

Yeah you made that post while I was typing, so I didn't see it until afterwards.

[dryst]

Lol, is it really? Are you sure?

Well, like I said, I must have missed that memo.

You got an extra copy?


i must have misplaced it...ill get back to ya on it :D

[Its a Plant]

Yo, DRY ONE.

I think you might be mistaken.


J D Salinger employed the phrase 'strictly for the birds' in Catcher In The Rye (1951), and that seems to be the earliest known usage. In 1957 a writer in the journal American Speech wrote, 'The metaphor alludes to birds eating droppings from horses and cattle'.
Lol, either way, I don't care. ~

[dryst]

For the Birds

Instead of writing an open letter to the birds who pooped all over my car, I'll talk about this other crap from Missouri. I have to share my amazement that 71% of MO could approve a state constitutional ban on gay marriage. Perhaps I am so morally derelict that I am incapable of even comprehending the arguments against gay marriage, but from where I'm standing it seems like 71% of Missouri's populace are bigots.

It seems the biggest argument against allowing homosexuals to marry is that it somehow defiles the sanctity of the union. What exactly this means when the divorce rate is so absurdly high, even in Missouri itself, is unclear to me. What exactly this means when some of the most famous murders of recent history have happened within the bonds of marriage is unclear to me. What sanctity, exactly, is being protect


just a small excerpt :D have a nice day :thumbsup:

[partyguy420]

read my signiture... i think its still there

[partyguy420]

yea... the very last quote

[SocksThaClown]

oh yeah? Well... your mom.

[2600]

Yeah but you are speaking for everyone else too saying they care.

Really it is not a good to speak for everyone else on the forums.

Feast on That shit.


+1

Although grammar can get bad enough around here to render posts indecipherable, it's not that big of a deal to me. It's not like he is completely out of line by asking for higher standards in this regard (although it did come off a little snotty and presumptuous), but I find this problem works itself out. If someone takes the time to type a coherent and concise message, it generally gets read and replied to more often, reinforcing the behavior of using correct grammar. A block of gibberish gets ignored more often.

But even if conditioning does not extinguish the behavior, you are probably better off NOT reading posts by members who are incabable of constructing a sentence regardless. Are you really losing sleep over the possibility you missed some profound, groundshaking insight buried in the middle of goldnugz420's latest rambling nonsense?


ok its like this how pissed i wuz cuz i got the hookup up some dankest budz ive ever seenbut i let my sister smoke too the first timebut the stupid bitch all wnt back and got busted by my mom layin on the kitchen with bag of choclit chips and shit and now she took my sack and all my pipes and shitand now i dont have any but we had 1/2 bottle of vicks cold and flu but i dont feel anything yet so thinking about taking my aunts pms pills unless you know what else i could take she might have in her bathroom she has lots of pillz n shit but then i started watching othello and i wuz thinking about the line "O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains! that we should, with joy, pleasance, revel, and applause, transform ourselves into beasts!" the irony william shakespear wuz pointing out is that on the surface, relinquishing our liberty to an alien force, in placing "an enemy" in psychoactive substances inside us may seem intuitively counter to all instincts of survival, but it is that very transfer of control that we all so enjoy; moreso the transformation of ourselves into the "beast". but then my dad got home and my mom all showed him the sack and i had to go to my room but i didnt have cable in here so not even get to watch end of othello damn i could kill that bitch

(apologies to goldnugz420 if there is actually such a member)

[Captain Hanks]

hi,

I am here to educate the ones who don't like to use a period. When writing a 10 line paragraph, you include things called commas ('), and at the end of a sentence, you use a period (.).

A comma is something you use to break in the middle of a sentence, like that. :)

A period, is what you use when you finish a sentence, like this.<------:)

So if you want people to understand what you're saying, then please, use a period. I'm not here to tell you what to do, just to make you, make sense.

Thank you, that is all. :cool:

Ha, I feel like an idiot. Over 90% of my posts can be found with zero periods and a million commas... My bad!

[intrepidus6]

hi,

I am here to educate the ones who don't like to use a period. When writing a 10 line paragraph, you include things called commas ('), and at the end of a sentence, you use a period (.).

A comma is something you use to break in the middle of a sentence, like that. :)

A period, is what you use when you finish a sentence, like this.<------:)

So if you want people to understand what you're saying, then please, use a period. I'm not here to tell you what to do, just to make you, make sense.

Thank you, that is all. :cool:


Amen to that! :thumbsup:

[MsStrawberrySwisher]

Why they put the comma and period so close to each other on the keyboard? Especially if you got fat fingers, it can be a challenge to control. Honestly I wish my period would end now, but that's a different topic.

[Reefer Rogue]

Bring back Kraloth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Green Love]

the use of a period ( . ) states point.

[robert42]

KRALOTH KRALOTH

I WANT HIS BABIES!

[shilling]

its a fuckin website, about weed.

I dont give a fuck and neither does anyone else.

That should be:

It's a fucking website. About weed.

I don't give a fuck and nor does anyone else.

While we're on the subject, CAPITALS EQUAL SHOUTING SO DON'T USE EM!

:rasta:

[shilling]

Why they put the comma and period so close to each other on the keyboard? Especially if you got fat fingers, it can be a challenge to control. Honestly I wish my period would end now, but that's a different topic.

Fat fingers cost money dammit> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4545714.stm

:D

[latewood]

I'm not lazy, I hangout. But seriously I do try to spell correctly and use proper grammar unless I'm in the middle of 'pwning' some n00bs, because then F- you. 'Cause I'm not getting fragged over grammar and spelling.

Watch it!:( this kind of post with the F-U is the kind of things that causes a shitstorm...be warned, there was no need for that statement in responding to chowder's post. He has the right to his opinion. Be warned...peace:smokin:

[dryst]

i think he meant F- was his grade he got in high school gym class :p

[buddymyfriend]

hi,

I am here to educate the ones who don't like to use a period. When writing a 10 line paragraph, you include things called commas ('), and at the end of a sentence, you use a period (.).

A comma is something you use to break in the middle of a sentence, like that. :)

A period, is what you use when you finish a sentence, like this.<------:)

So if you want people to understand what you're saying, then please, use a period. I'm not here to tell you what to do, just to make you, make sense.

Thank you, that is all. :cool:

I'm with you bro, it's so hard to read a post that's missing puntuation! Quite often I just won't read it. I feel the need to ask, why do you guys call it a period? Across the pond here in the UK, we call it a FULL STOP. Just curious....can someone enlighten me please?

Peace

Buddy

[JuggaloAtTheDoor]

its really not a big deal

[stonedaged]

the use of a period is to let women of uk know their body is functioning properly, if we miss a period we are generally fucked. period.lol

[Nochowderforyou]

I'm with you bro, it's so hard to read a post that's missing puntuation! Quite often I just won't read it. I feel the need to ask, why do you guys call it a period? Across the pond here in the UK, we call it a FULL STOP. Just curious....can someone enlighten me please?

Peace

Buddy

I'm not sure why it's called a period. It's just a word meaning, stop, the end, kind of thing. I'll ask whoever invented the Englosh language. :p J/K

What a funny thread this has turned into. :thumbsup:

Next week, we'll talk about run-on sentences. ;)

[The Figment]

Jus my two cents.
Some come from a time period when typing was not taught to a lot of males in school (60's-70's), educators back then thought that Guys needed wood and auto shop and Girls Typing and Home Economics.
Having said this all I ask is that ya'll bear with me,If you needed your Chevy 396 rebuilt,not a problem... if you needed a term paper of resume well then I ain't the one!

[WeedFaerie420]

"Lets talk the use of a period" or "Lets talk about the use of a period"

Heh, sorry...I had to.

lmao :clap:

[paperlunatic]

hey i may not use commas or periods or any of those fancy things dut im just happy that my bislexia bosent come in to play on the computer decause if it bib man it would really suck some dig bick

i think its called Lisdexia...right
???