Firstly Raj, let me remind you that I'm not here to have a debate on English grammar. My original reponse to your post wasn't intended to say "ZomG uR EngLIsH sUX", but to warn you that you're stepping into dangerous territory playing the "go and learn English, you night-schooled ignoramus" card.
What is the point of using a semicolon and a colon or a comma ??? First of all, I think you should go look THAT up.... Lemme just remind u : A semicolon is used when u pause longer than normal and a comma is used to create just a brief stop in thoughts and flow of the sentence.... I guess u knew all this, and despite understanding the flow of the sentence, u misunderstood it.... Good job !!! :xmas:
It's not a matter of understanding what the sentence is actually saying. What I was pointing out is that it's poor formatting to haphazardly throw semicolons about. A semicolon can be very useful when a brief pause is required, but when you start having two or more in one sentence, it simply becomes a fragmented scattering of thoughts rather than well-structured communication.
Also, standard formatting dictates that a space should come after a punctuation mark (comma, semicolon etc.) but not before. It's not very pleasing to the eye to see "First part of sentence : Second part of sentence".
That's called a sarcastic jibe.... If I were you, I'd put both those words in here seperately and try to understand what they mean :
http://www.merriam-webster.com/
I'm well aware of the meaning of 'sarcastic jibe', but my issue is that what you wrote doesn't make sense.
See when ur I.Q. hits 50 u should consider selling
Was there supposed to be a comma after "See"?
As in "See, when your I.Q. hits 50, you should consider selling"?
This is when it becomes important to use proper grammar. If you don't separate your sentences where there would normally be pauses in speech, it becomes very difficult to understand what you're trying to convey.
Even so, what is that supposed to mean anyway? Selling what? What kind of jibe is that?
Now lemme see : You would HAVE liked me to change that (inspite of the fact that I wouldn't because as I said earlier, there's a reason why a semicolon / a comma are different) ; so you should have said "here's where a semicolon could HAVE been used...." Poor tense usage here, Sir !!
There's nothing wrong with the tense I used in that case; both tenses would be correct. Your post still stands in the present, and English grammatical rules are relatively constant i.e. "if your post were to be rewritten, here's where a semicolon could be used."
Also for the inspite and in-spite or in spite thing : I have pointed out that this is a forum, and that I don't expect to have to write in Shakespearean style....
I didn't know I was in dialogue with Shakespeare, I guess that's my bad.... In spite / inspite / in-spite like dunno (don't know) are colloquial terms ; NOT GRAMMATICAL pieces....
Understand the DIFFERENCE, O Sagacious pundit !!!
Then you need to make up your mind. Again, I wasn't saying that your English grammar is awful. All I said is that you need to be careful when you choose to make fun of other people's English. So in essence, you're being a hypocrite here - you're pointing out mistakes in other people's writing, then going on to defend your own by getting defensive and accusing me of expecting you to write in Shakespearian style.
I understand that this is an international community and that English isn't the first language of many of its members. In all my time on this forum, there has been just one other time I've pointed out mistakes in other people's writing, and that has been in an identical situation to this one: someone with self-esteem issues poking fun at another member's writing. In fact, I made a thread here a few years back asking "How are you all so good at English?", go look it up.
So you have a choice to make: either apply the "it's just the internet, don't be so pedantic about grammar" to others
and yourself, or go around telling other members that their English is poor, but be prepared to have your own posts examined.
This is fast hand slag, sans total loss of structure or meaning....
Sans total loss of structure? So... "without total loss of structure"? Stop contradicting yourself, man!
Read the >>>>>> <<<<<<<<< part.... Now read my explanation carefully here : All I meant was (for you to) put it out (to display it like I do)
I understood what you were saying, but I was pointing out that "put it out" is not a valid way to phrase what you were intending to say.
It's implied sarcasm hence the comma is used, if I actually needed to stop fully then I would have put an exclamation mark after wow.... Wouldn't that actually make sense instead of the comma ??
No. This is not about implying sarcasm using a comma (which doesn't make sense anyway). Whether you were intending to insult or lavish praise,
LOL it's always "I owned you" or "u're too scared", wow u must be a real man
shouldn't have a comma between the quote and "wow" anyway.
Outta = out of ; purpose = purpose.... Refer to the slang and Shakespeare comment AGAIN....
Again, you're totally missing the point. Notice that I haven't picked up on any other shorthand or abbreviations such as "u, u're" etc. The problem is that "out of purpose" should read "on purpose".
To begin with AND is basically abt trying to reiterate one's point, not abt anything else.... It's basically abt trying to make one's point AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE....
Ahh, but you were the one who first picked a bone about grammar. Making one's point as clear as possible is all well and good, but to go and make fun of another member's English, then begin a sentence with "And" is hypocrisy, wouldn't you agree?
In any case, I don't wish to clutter up this thread with such off-topic nonsense, and my intention was never to begin a debate on the English language. If you wish to continue this discussion, you can either PM me or open a new thread to carry on.
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