Commas are pointless

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  1. bird_migration

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    [ ] Agree
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    [ ] You are pointless, bird
     
  2. neodude1212

    neodude1212 Senior Member

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    They give a break in the stream of dialouge, just like when people talk in real life. Plus it gives you a place to breathe when you are reading outloud. Also it's useful for a continuation of an idea that's already been presented, like in my first sentence. and that last one.


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  3. ruski

    ruski Senior Member

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    what's, wrong, with, commas?....... ,

    you know what i think is pointless

    this ~
     
  4. Jimmy P

    Jimmy P bastion of awesomeness

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    I disagree, I think commas are awesome.
     
  5. Piaf

    Piaf Senior Member

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    [x ] You are pointless, bird
     
  6. JaneJimMorrisonFan

    JaneJimMorrisonFan Member

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    I agree ^^^
     
  7. odon

    odon Slightly Popular

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    I don't think they are pointless.
    But, I probably use them in the wrong way.
    But, even I can notice when people use them poorly.
    I do my best.
    Probably why I like short sentences...lol.

    Disagree.
     
  8. odon

    odon Slightly Popular

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    Commas are pointless - but I'll use one anyway.
    Case so far not made, bird.
    :rolleyes:
     
  9. Xac

    Xac Visitor

    You know and i am being honest here... i was going to say that "you're useless bird" so you get major points for already having that in the list.
     
  10. Captain Funk

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    Commas make the world go around with no commas everything is just one long never ending sentence not only that without commas the meaning of a sentence can dramatically change. Anyone read 'Eats, shoots and leaves'?
     
  11. Aristartle

    Aristartle Snow Falling on Cedars Lifetime Supporter

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    Why do we have ^^ on a keyboard and no vv equivalent?
     
  12. odon

    odon Slightly Popular

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    Yes.
    Well, I tried.
    It was a funny book anyway.
     
  13. bird_migration

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    The tilde is absolutely not pointless. It is the single most beautiful character in the Roman alphabet.
     
  14. Autentique

    Autentique wonderfabulastic

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    And in Spanish we use it above the n in certain words and it makes them sound different. The n with the tilde on top used to be a letter of its own, but they changed the alphabet a few years ago.
     
  15. bird_migration

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    Exactly. Personally I really love the ã and ñ and õ etc.
    The tilde rocks!
     
  16. Enraged Angel

    Enraged Angel Banned

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    I like commas, but I have an obsession with "..."
     
  17. Piaf

    Piaf Senior Member

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    The tilde is okay.


    I just ADORE ö and ä and ü. Its all about the Umlaut :cool:
     
  18. Xac

    Xac Visitor

    Yeah same... it is like an extended comma, the pause lasts a bit longer. If you do it every sentence it look ridiculas though.
     
  19. Enraged Angel

    Enraged Angel Banned

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    1)They found it amusing and tried to cause havoc and chaos...

    or

    2)That or they were to lazy to make a place for it and exclaimed "fuck them, they already have a "V" god damnit."

    One of the two has to be true, or both!
     
  20. bird_migration

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    The Tilde > The Umlaut
     
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