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Punctuation is important

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August 01, 2025, 07:31 PM
parabellum
Punctuation is important
For example:

Let's eat, Grandma!

versus

Lets eat Grandma

And here's a real-world example:

https://x.com/RealOxfordComma/.../1951285076479619514


August 01, 2025, 07:41 PM
snoris
Photoshopped 2011 fake cover, but still funny…

https://www.eater.com/2011/3/2...azine-cover-was-fake
August 01, 2025, 07:47 PM
12131
Fake or not, Soylent Green is mighty tasty.


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August 01, 2025, 07:47 PM
Sig2340
Nuts, Screws, and Bolts = hardware order

Nut Screws and Bolts = headline when maniac raped a nurse before escaping the asylum





Nice is overrated

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August 01, 2025, 08:30 PM
Johnny 3eagles
Today I learned that an APOSTROPHE is also called a FLYING COMMA. It may be wrong, but I'm using it from now on.





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August 01, 2025, 08:33 PM
WaterburyBob
Absolutely.

A missed period can cause panic



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August 01, 2025, 08:47 PM
Johnny 3eagles
I find inspiration in cooking my family and my dog.





Any dog can be a Guide Dog if you don't care where you're going.


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August 01, 2025, 11:24 PM
nhtagmember
Flying comma - hadn't heard that one before
August 01, 2025, 11:44 PM
iron chef
Help your Uncle Jack, off his horse.

vs

Help your Uncle jack off his horse.
August 02, 2025, 01:02 AM
911Boss
quote:
Originally posted by iron chef:
…Help your Uncle jack off his horse.


I seen something like that in Tijuana back in the ‘80s once…






What part of "...Shall not be infringed" don't you understand???


August 02, 2025, 02:00 AM
12131
quote:
Originally posted by 911Boss:
I seen something like that in Tijuana back in the ‘80s once…

The jacking or the helping?


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August 02, 2025, 04:11 AM
Schmelby
I'm giving up drinking until this is over.
Sorry, I'm giving up. Drinking until this is over.
August 02, 2025, 04:27 AM
erratic
I would say it's equally as important as grammar


August 02, 2025, 10:52 AM
2BobTanner
Maybe this belongs over in the “do you proofread your posts” thread. Roll Eyes




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August 02, 2025, 11:12 AM
BGULL
Several years ago, my wife picked up this little book-Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (there’s a picture depicting a panda on the cover). Fun perspective to the subject. Looking on Amazon, there appears to be a couple of follow on books as well.


Bill Gullette
August 02, 2025, 08:22 PM
OKCGene
A comma can cost BILLIONS



I like Steve Lehto, Lehto's Law on YouTube.
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August 02, 2025, 10:13 PM
Schmelby
quote:
Originally posted by OKCGene:
A comma can cost BILLIONS



I like Steve Lehto, Lehto's Law on YouTube.
.


I watch Mr. Lehto every day!! And he's a car guy!
August 03, 2025, 08:58 AM
egregore


"My doctor told me not to eat anything fatty"
vs.
"My doctor told me not to eat anything, fatty"





"The Almighty, He put some livin' things on this earth so a man can eat." - Festus Haggen, Gunsmoke
August 03, 2025, 09:52 AM
Patrick-SP2022





August 03, 2025, 10:38 AM
Krazeehorse
Spelling is equally important.
I can still smell your colon on my pillow.


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