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Things2do wrote:. . . [stuff] . . .

No, they're called em dashes (because em sounds like the letter m, and em dashes are longer than en dashes). Also, I don't believe the comma is necessary before the "but" if it's not connecting two independent clauses. I suppose pedantry according to arbitrary rules is the point of this thread though, so have at it.

Things2do wrote: I do not believe in the sequence of letters "a-n" as a word in the English language. That's also on my Userpage.

Ok...

Things2do wrote:

linzhiyan wrote:

Things2do wrote:Ain't the clause in parenthesis a independent clause, anyway?

I ain't complainin' 'bout the "ain't", but shouldn't it be "an" independent clause instead of "a"?

I do not believe in the sequence of letters "a-n" as a word in the English language. That's also on my Userpage.

Okay, I'm curious . . . why don't you believe in the word "an"? It makes for better phonetics (if you use the word "a" before a vowel sound, you have two distinct vowel sounds, which is prone to get a consonant sound in between them anyway unless you separate the words clearly in your speech).

UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:

Things2do wrote:

linzhiyan wrote:I ain't complainin' 'bout the "ain't", but shouldn't it be "an" independent clause instead of "a"?

I do not believe in the sequence of letters "a-n" as a word in the English language. That's also on my Userpage.

Okay, I'm curious . . . why don't you believe in the word "an"? It makes for better phonetics (if you use the word "a" before a vowel sound, you have two distinct vowel sounds, which is prone to get a consonant sound in between them anyway unless you separate the words clearly in your speech).

I'm not sure, I just know I've done it since I was in first grade, if not before, and I had a good reason then...

UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:

Things2do wrote:. . . [stuff] . . .

No, they're called em dashes (because em sounds like the letter m, and em dashes are longer than en dashes). Also, I don't believe the comma is necessary before the "but" if it's not connecting two independent clauses. I suppose pedantry according to arbitrary rules is the point of this thread though, so have at it. :P

Ah. I'm not good with the names of the things... And, the comma after the "but" is a matter of preference.

Things2do wrote:

UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:

Things2do wrote:I do not believe in the sequence of letters "a-n" as a word in the English language. That's also on my Userpage.

Okay, I'm curious . . . why don't you believe in the word "an"? It makes for better phonetics (if you use the word "a" before a vowel sound, you have two distinct vowel sounds, which is prone to get a consonant sound in between them anyway unless you separate the words clearly in your speech).

I'm not sure, I just know I've done it since I was in first grade, if not before, and I had a good reason then...

UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:

Things2do wrote:. . . [stuff] . . .

No, they're called em dashes (because em sounds like the letter m, and em dashes are longer than en dashes). Also, I don't believe the comma is necessary before the "but" if it's not connecting two independent clauses. I suppose pedantry according to arbitrary rules is the point of this thread though, so have at it.

Ah. I'm not good with the names of the things... And, the comma after the "but" is a matter of preference.

Lol, y'all with your perfect English. I wish I was half as good. Would any of y'all like to proofread my English essay...??

linzhiyan wrote:

Things2do wrote:

UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote: Okay, I'm curious . . . why don't you believe in the word "an"? It makes for better phonetics (if you use the word "a" before a vowel sound, you have two distinct vowel sounds, which is prone to get a consonant sound in between them anyway unless you separate the words clearly in your speech).

I'm not sure, I just know I've done it since I was in first grade, if not before, and I had a good reason then...

UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote: No, they're called em dashes (because em sounds like the letter m, and em dashes are longer than en dashes). Also, I don't believe the comma is necessary before the "but" if it's not connecting two independent clauses. I suppose pedantry according to arbitrary rules is the point of this thread though, so have at it.

Ah. I'm not good with the names of the things... And, the comma after the "but" is a matter of preference.

Lol, y'all with your perfect English. I wish I was half as good. Would any of y'all like to proofread my English essay...??

Replace "perfect English" with "English that conforms to arbitrary rules that someone made up a long time ago"

UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:

linzhiyan wrote:

Things2do wrote: I'm not sure, I just know I've done it since I was in first grade, if not before, and I had a good reason then...Ah. I'm not good with the names of the things... And, the comma after the "but" is a matter of preference.

Lol, y'all with your perfect English. I wish I was half as good. Would any of y'all like to proofread my English essay...??

Replace "perfect English" with "English that conforms to arbitrary rules that someone made up a long time ago"

If anyone here wants to proofread my essay on The Catcher in the Rye just lmk and i'll send it

UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:

linzhiyan wrote:

Things2do wrote: I'm not sure, I just know I've done it since I was in first grade, if not before, and I had a good reason then...Ah. I'm not good with the names of the things... And, the comma after the "but" is a matter of preference.

Lol, y'all with your perfect English. I wish I was half as good. :lol: Would any of y'all like to proofread my English essay...?? :)

Replace "perfect English" with "English that conforms to arbitrary rules that someone made up a long time ago" ;)

And we're using different rules, too... Your ellipses are different than mine...

Also, is it strange that I like trying to make grammar checking services make a mistake? I haven't gotten one yet, but I did get a message saying that the paragraph I typed would be easily understood by some college graduates...

"At least one new post has been made to this topic. You may wish to review your post in light of this.": Whats a "Imk"?

Things2do wrote:

UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:

linzhiyan wrote:
Lol, y'all with your perfect English. I wish I was half as good. Would any of y'all like to proofread my English essay...??

Replace "perfect English" with "English that conforms to arbitrary rules that someone made up a long time ago"

And we're using different rules, too... Your ellipses are different than mine...

Also, is it strange that I like trying to make grammar checking services make a mistake? I haven't gotten one yet, but I did get a message saying that the paragraph I typed would be easily understood by some college graduates...

"At least one new post has been made to this topic. You may wish to review your post in light of this.": What's a "Imk"?

Oh, yay, I finally get to correctly correct someone
lmk means let me know (I think... I'm not the most fluent in text languages )
Yeah, I HEAVILY overuse ellipses, especially in text and stuff, but not on papers. Idk why though...

Things2do wrote:

UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:

linzhiyan wrote:
Lol, y'all with your perfect English. I wish I was half as good. Would any of y'all like to proofread my English essay...??

Replace "perfect English" with "English that conforms to arbitrary rules that someone made up a long time ago"

And we're using different rules, too... Your ellipses are different than mine...

Also, is it strange that I like trying to make grammar checking services make a mistake? I haven't gotten one yet, but I did get a message saying that the paragraph I typed would be easily understood by some college graduates...

"At least one new post has been made to this topic. You may wish to review your post in light of this.": Whats a "Imk"?

Actually, I use different types of ellipses depending on which seems easier to type at the moment (... vs . . . vs …—the first is three periods, the second is three periods separated by spaces, and the third is an ellipsis character, which Linux generates quite easily—Compose+.+.—but I think for other operating systems it* involves memorizing some Unicode numbers). It really changes with my mood. It's strange.

*Fixed typo