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30 Mar 2005

Quote by LadyFeeBee

Hey I made you laugh earlier........................Love me too!!!!
the Laird
xx

/tapping foot loudly
Still waiting Venus mad

mad

the Laird
xx
Yes I do. You are the random shite who invades my inbox and introduces comedic breaks between discussions with Ice.
I'm drinking Black Tower now, which makes a change from my usual Blossom Hill Rose. I am not drinking alone either. Mars has joined me, which means I'm probably not going to get shagged tonight. We started on Blossom Hill white. Blossom Hill white tastes likes shit. Don't bother with it.
Venusxxx

30 Mar 2005

Quote by mattmoleman
Ben Stiller is horrid.

Ben Stiller is as funny as fuck. No argument.
Venusxxx
I find his humour bland and repetitive. That remark comes from somebody who enjoys the finer laughs and not the so called 'toilet' humour you kids are using today.
Seeish rolleyes

rolleyes

lol

:lol: :lol:
You are a pretentious shite. When you mature, you`ll realise that sometimes the most obvious is such because it is.
Freckle. Yes I am :mrgreen:
Venusxxx

30 Mar 2005

Quote by freckledbird
Ben Stiller is horrid.

Ben Stiller is as funny as fuck. No argument.
Venusxxx

30 Mar 2005

Quote by Horous
How did we get from Ben Stiller to Correction?
Did I miss a post on the way?
John

We don't. This is a thread about Ben Stiller.
/looks sternly at everyone.
Mars completely trashed the kids dinner too. When is a good time to stop taking the piss? I ask you all because it's quite possible I'm bordering on suicidal now. rotflmao

rotflmao

BTW.I am allowed to hijack my own thread. I am the creator. :smug:
Venusxxx

30 Mar 2005

Quote by westerross
so I thought it might be a reference to the fact that the perpetrators of such practices were just flucking old and therefore went to old schools regardless of how exclusive they were.

Yep. That's the one. I was simply asking if it was an old-fashioned teaching. Jeeze.

See my problem!!

Should rhetorical questions have question-marks or not?
I'm simply curious. :mrgreen:
(Yaaaay. Get a load of me using the correct apostrophe despite being half-cut. Bloody genius me)
Venusxxx

30 Mar 2005

Quote by MikeNorth
Theological fault here - he can't be God and the Messiah.

Sorry. I only accept such correction from BEN STILLER. *sniff*
Venusxxx

30 Mar 2005

Ben Stiller.
Ben Stiller is God. I'd marry him on the basis he makes me laugh. I think we should all talk about Ben Stiller.
Mind you. I have had a bottle of wine, so I could be wrong.
I am glad I had a bottle of wine, as Mars just managed to throw a romantic meal for two all over the floor. He is not in the best of moods. :shock:
Yeah. Ben Stiller. He is the new Messiah.
Venusxxx

30 Mar 2005

lol

and I knew I should have remained in my Punctuation thread instead of trying to reassure people that the alternatives they use do, in fact, work for some of us! Coming across as condescending (sp?) is a trait I'm all too aware that I have.
Bollocks to this, I'm off to watch Dodgeball with the kids. :mrgreen:
Venusxxx

30 Mar 2005

Quote by westerross
Question, is inserting a space between the end of a sentence and a question or exclamation mark an old-school thing? I see quite a few members here who do so.
Venusxxx

God, you're a sucker for punishment smackbottom

smackbottom

Now do we mean an 'old' school thing or an old 'school' thing? (Notice - no space so therefore no 'old-school' in me!!) What's in a space? .......... lol

lol

Tune. Fuck off. You are making absolutely no sense whatsoever. flipa

flipa

Surely you are not so desperate to wind me up that you are completely losing your abilty to make at least partial sense?
/walks off shaking head in complete dismay........ wink

wink

Venusxxx

30 Mar 2005

Quote by blondeslave
I've also noticed a great many people who are unsure about punctuation use '..........' to break up the sentances.
It works
Venusxxx'

Hello babe,
I dont want to start a row............ but please see above.................. some of us have to concentrate to get this right.................. so comments about how we write and dont punctuate, are not helpful!
Dyslexia is not a sign of a lack of intelligence............ please note....
Stepping off my soapbox now !!
Thank-you
I'm sorry. It was meant as an observation not a criticism redface

redface

. Sometimes I think that if people took the time to observe this stuff they'd be less judgemental, which I was hoping to encourage. That said I'm legendary for getting carried away and forgetting the person at the end of it all. Must have felt like I was talkng down to you eh? That wasn`t my intention. Ironic considering my last post.
/shoots self in head emoticon.
Venusxxx

30 Mar 2005

Quote by Tania
r is to lose at strip poke and
b throun out with nothing bar
r front door key. and b left to fing
r own way home as we r

If your post made any sense (as if it was written in English) I might have been able to respond. rolleyes

rolleyes

I take it you haven't read the whole thread then.
I believe a lot of damage was done in the 80s when education took a downward turn with politicians eager to turn out blue collar workers instead of academics. I guess suppressing the masses safeguards the interests of an elitist society.
Shit! I knew I should have stayed out of this thread. I caught dyslexia! :shock: :shock: :shock:
A helping hand is nice, but it's not always nice to center out one person and correct them publically. It can make them feel foolish. If it's a serious repetitive mistake, then a PM is much more diplomatic.
I have a dyslexic friend who is impossible to teach. Not because he is lazy, but because he is embarrassed. Everytime I tried to correct him on something (and this was during help that he asked for), no matter how nicely, he'd respond with "Yes, I know!". A habit learnt from a life-time of covering up because of the teasing he'd received throughout school.
Venusxxx

30 Mar 2005

I've also noticed a great many people who are unsure about punctuation use '..........' to break up the sentances.
It works smile

smile

Venusxxx'

30 Mar 2005

Question, is inserting a space between the end of a sentence and a question or exclamation mark an old-school thing? I see quite a few members here who do so.
Venusxxx

30 Mar 2005

Quote by smokerjim
( In fact is there any since you joined that you have not added your sparkling rapier wit to? ) :

Woohoo! I have now rediscovered meaning to life! Thankyou! kiss

kiss

(I now advise you to join a witness-protection relocation programme ASAP, you damn fool!) :twisted:
Venusxxx

30 Mar 2005

Quote by westerross
Don't you just love the way Venus finishes all her posts with kisses - bit like a dog licking yer hand after it's just ripped yer throat out!

rotflmao

Do you want to use apostrophes Tune? If so the conflicting advice is there if you want to use it! :lol2:
Personally I`d be satisfied if people just took the advice offered in the first post, oh, and learned the difference beween 'there, they're and their', 'too, two and to', and, 'are and our'.
Then I wouldn't graze my eyeballs when tripping over people's posts. It's all optional, depending on how much you want to learn. I like to learn a lot! :mrgreen:
This quote sums it up for me:

Quote by Silk and Big G
Punctuation is often the victim of great genius !!
For example it should have read E,= m-c; 2
See past the spaces and enjoy the writing :-)

Venusxxx

30 Mar 2005

Quote by Alex_Female
Alex
what is it that you have to write on? I, on my less sane days, fancy myself as an academic... (please refrain from laughing peeps ) At the moment contemplating doing a Masters but really don't fancy waking up that early in the mornings to go to classes.

The essay title is the differences between normative and informational social influences, i know the answer but just cant put pen to paper sad

sad

Alex, try listing your points, and then begin by joining them in some kind of sentence structure. Once you get going, you may find it's the starting point you need to start building on an essay.
Sounds daft, but it sometimes helps to get past the block. Leave the intro and conclusion until later, after you`'ve had a break from the main bulk, and have had time to read through it all when you are refreshed.
Hope that helps :)
Venusxxx

30 Mar 2005

Awww bloody hell! I worked so bloody hard on my anniversary post, and did I remember being 'Tits of 04'?!
Did I hell! :doh:
Venusxxx

30 Mar 2005

Quote by LadyFeeBee
Venus
DONT PANIC IT'S NOT THE PUNCTUATION POLICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They only want the computer dear.........................now put down the mouse and move away from the keyboard
the Laird
xx

rotflmao

:rotflmao: :rotflmao:
Venusxxx

30 Mar 2005

Quote by Ice Pie
Very good, Venus. Most helpful ;)
Could you tell us where the apostrophe key is? The real one. To the right of the semi-colon and colon.
Oh, and could you also explain the use of the colon, semicolon, hash, dash and slash, no more than I've tried to already.
and also the difference between single quotes and double quotes? The double quote is to indicate speech, the single er, doesn't. :P
Also, when is the lower case i on its own acceptable? Don't know
And should numbers be written as words or figures? Since both are available and valid, I don't think it matters. I communicate numbers in words on formal documents.
Why is it frowned upon to boldly split an infinitive? Because it's where no man has gone before.
And why is a preposition something you shouldn't end a sentence on? ;) Because it's designed to link one word with another. 'Pre' as in before, and 'postion' as in where the object is, eg: the ball is under the sofa.
Thanking you in advance for the benefit of your wisdom. :twisted:
Ice (bastard) xxx

Now bastard. Are you going to explain what I cannot? In layman's terms please, so it is of actual use to some of us?
Venusxxx<---- who never claimed to be wise wink

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30 Mar 2005

Quote by marmalaid

but... Start of a sentance with "but"? It's not capitalised!
... a sentance ... that would be a sentence then
Venusxxx

Well duh, I pointed out that I was unsure of the capitalisation after colons. Have also stated that I'm unsure whether starting a sentence (yes, I took it on board) with 'but' or 'and' is acceptable.
Since the structure seems correct, which is it? Do I capitalise the 'but' since it comes after a colon, or not, since the word is 'but' and possibly shouldn't be used to start a sentence?
Venusxxx

30 Mar 2005

Quote by VenusnMars
At primary school I was taught that 'and' should never come after a comma. At college I was taught that a comma was unacceptable before an 'and' when listing:
I bought apples, pears and bananas.
but was acceptable in other instances. I'm struggling to think of an example of the latter.
Venusxxx

My name is Venus, and I am a post whore

There it is! :mrgreen:
Venusxxx

30 Mar 2005

At primary school I was taught that 'and' should never come after a comma. At college I was taught that a comma was unacceptable before an 'and' when listing:
I bought apples, pears and bananas.
but was acceptable in other instances. I'm struggling to think of an example of the latter. In fact it may well have been the other way around!
A semi-colon indicates a longer pause, but I`ve always felt that is subjective! It can also be used to indicate a break between a sentance which makes sense on it`s own, and a one which doesn't? I can never remember whether to use a capital letter after a semi-colon or colon.
A colon can be used to precede a list:
Apples
Pears
Bananas
I don`t have the foggiest as to where else it's used! :lol2:
Whilst I realise it's unnecessary to learn all of this to post on the board. I am finding the finer points valuable. :P
Venusxxx

30 Mar 2005

I've pretty much kept out of it because I can't tell the difference between lazy posts and the genuinely dyslexic ones, and unless anyone here has personal expertise in doing so, I'd be reluctant to take anyone's judgement as gospel,either way. I do, however, prefer to err on the side of caution. Txtspk is certainly not dyslexia, but I wonder if sometimes it is a tool dyslexics use to get around it?
That's simply my take on it smile

smile

Venusxxx

30 Mar 2005

Granny Smiths please :mrgreen:
I'm glad it was helpful.
/glares evilly at all the piss-takers.
YOU can have the coporal punishment. THEY cannot! flipa

flipa

I'm off to slay my children on 'Hogs of War' now. :bounce:
Venusxxx

30 Mar 2005

Quote by northwest-cpl
But what about the boys' school?

Haven`t the foggiest. You tell me. :P Probably belongs with the first example *oops*
Sad thing is, I knew once! redface

redface

Venusxxx

30 Mar 2005

Quote by Scandal
You'll regret that :P

Yeah yeah yeah......... rolleyes

rolleyes

*yawn*
Venusxxx

30 Mar 2005

Quote by northwest-cpl

Someone else can do plurals and possesive use, because I'm crap with these.
Venusxxx

Simple tip with plurals is...........don't use apostrophes. wink

wink

Think I'd rather pull my fingernails out than get involved with possession though. lol

lol

'The boys school'
'The boy`s school'
The first one refers to a school more than one boy attends. The second refers to a school a boy attends. That could have been phrased a lot better, someone help me out here!
Venusxxx

30 Mar 2005

Fuck off Scandal, I`m doing a public service :smug:
I need a rule of thumb concerning paragraphs, because I just break up my posts whenever it 'looks right'. And when is it acceptable to start a sentance with the words 'and', 'but', or 'however' etc?! wink

wink

Venusxxx

30 Mar 2005

Apostrophes.

I am certainly not the best when it comes to using apostrophes, but here is another general rule.
I'm certainly not the best when it comes to using apostrophes, but here's another general rule.
When merging words, eg. I am= I'm, it is= it's, do not= don't, replace the missing letter with an apostrophe.
Someone else can do plurals and possesive use, because I'm crap with these.
Oh, and they're, their and there :P
'They're really pedantic'. (they are really pedantic.)
'There really is no point'. Or, 'The bed is over there'.
'It's entirely their decision'
Too, two and to
'It's too hard'.
'there aretwoof them'.
'I'm going to the shop'.
Venusxxx

30 Mar 2005

Quote by rachel-lane
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht thefrist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos notraed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a *knig amzanig huh?

Note you still felt the need to add punctuation though. wink

wink

Venusxxx