Suddenly, I have an extreme disgust for semicolons.

Discussion in 'The Whiners' started by ConeyIslandOfTheMind, Nov 28, 2006.

  1. ConeyIslandOfTheMind

    ConeyIslandOfTheMind Member

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    Those Godawful portents of doom.
    Ambiguous.
    And, I mean, come on. Do they really help a sentence flow?
    No, they make it just as choppy and awkward as if there were two.
    It can only be used like this; like this it can only be.
    No other way.
    Semicolons are the tenuous means to a definitive end.
    The comma is where it's at.


    Is it odd that I really am infatuated with commas?
     
  2. Duck

    Duck quack. Lifetime Supporter

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    man, I love semicolons, but parenthesis are way more aweosme (maybe even way, way more awesome)
     
  3. ihmurria

    ihmurria fini

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    I like semicolons, I think they're neat. But rarely used properly, which is frustrating.
     
  4. prismatism

    prismatism loves you

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    i like them.
     
  5. SunshineChild

    SunshineChild Mad Scientist

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    I prefer commas. They're cooler and easier to use. Plus, they keep my sentences making SENSE.
     
  6. skittlechick

    skittlechick Banned

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    I have no choice I have to use them. I don't like to unless i have to though.
     
  7. ClosingTide

    ClosingTide Member

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    They still use these in math, right?
    It's kind of like a question mark in Greek, too, I think.
    But I agree excessive use of semicolons is annoying; it's so decrepit.
     
  8. rachaelc

    rachaelc Member

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    I never use them because I always second guess whether I am using it properly.
     
  9. teh-horace

    teh-horace for your pleasure

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    it's more of a comma than a colon anyways

    it should be a semicomma
     
  10. L.A.Matthews

    L.A.Matthews Senior Member

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    I love using semi-colons. I use them rarely, but each time I do I feel satisfied with knowing I'm using them properly.:tongue:
     
  11. L.A.Matthews

    L.A.Matthews Senior Member

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    Hahaha! |\|3R|) :tongue:
     
  12. MoonjavaSeed

    MoonjavaSeed Yeah, Toast!

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    I prefer exclamation points! :D
     
  13. Lemongait

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    Semicolons are awesome if you know how to use them properly! It's really annoying when people think they're interchangeable with commas...
     

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