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Elitist trap?
Ballard:
Yes there's been random typos throughout the comic. It isn't a big deal.
Mad Cat:
Who here knows the origin of the "English sentences can't end with a preposition" noise? It's the elitist snobs in their ivory towers trying to shoehorn the vulgar language of the Anglo-Saxons into the same mould as the sublime language of the Roman Empire, and Latin is incapable of ending on a preposition, therefore, so should English. It's bullshit. End sentences with prepositions if you wanna. Make up words like wanna and gotta and hafta if you wanna. And, start sentences with conjunctions used as interjections, if you wanna.
The only thing I ask is the judicious use of commas, semicolons, hyphens, and punctuation all around. Give a reader half a chance to suss out the structure of your thoughts.
If you want to see a web comic that has serious issues with selling and punctuation, I offer, for your consideration, The Devil's Panties. It is satanic porn. }:-)
tomselleck69:
--- Quote from: Mad Cat on 25 Nov 2008, 06:23 ---The only thing I ask is the judicious use of commas, semicolons, hyphens, and punctuation all around. Give a reader half a chance to suss out the structure of your thoughts.
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I agree about descriptive grammar being preferable to prescriptive grammar, but, I' would ({feel}) more: comfortable, "seeing", this: extended; to... punctuation!!!!!!!?
Surgoshan:
--- Quote from: Mad Cat on 25 Nov 2008, 06:23 ---Who here knows the origin of the "English sentences can't end with a preposition" noise? It's the elitist snobs in their ivory towers trying to shoehorn the vulgar language of the Anglo-Saxons into the same mould as the sublime language of the Roman Empire, and Latin is incapable of ending on a preposition, therefore, so should English. It's bullshit. End sentences with prepositions if you wanna. Make up words like wanna and gotta and hafta if you wanna. And, start sentences with conjunctions used as interjections, if you wanna.
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It started back in the late nineteenth century when a foolish English vicar (sorry, can't recall his name) decided to write down the rules of proper English. He imported the Latin rule into English, idiocy ensued.
BrilliantEraser:
--- Quote from: tomselleck69 on 19 Nov 2008, 20:55 ---Jeph has ended sentences with prepositions before AND PREPOSITIONS ARE THINGS THAT YOU SHOULD NOT END A SENTENCE WITH.
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You, sir, just gave me an aneurysm. I hope you die a painful, fiery death. In a ditch. While being mauled by bears.
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