Dec 23, 2023
i think if a wlw called me hot or smth to show they were into me, then for me to say “i’m a dude”, and them say “ew okay nvm”, would fix me smth smth and then we’re best friends.
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i think if a wlw called me hot or smth to show they were into me, then for me to say “i’m a dude”, and them say “ew okay nvm”, would fix me smth smth and then we’re best friends.
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Here's a tip to chronic over-commaers (anyone who adds too many commas to a sentence)
Read your sentences out loud or in your head! Every time there's a comma, pause a little! If it makes sense to pause, keep it. If it feels awkward, get it out of here!
Alternatively, change every comma to a period. If it makes sense, change it back into a comma and keep it. If it doesn't, change it to a colon. If it still doesn't make sense, remove it. If it made sense as a colon, keep it.
(this is because sometimes, it might make sense to put a comma or a colon, but not a period, like with the comma after "alternatively")
Example:
This, has the effect, of improving your writing, which is a positive thing!
reading method (where extra spaces is a pause):
This has the effect of improving your writing which is a positive thing!
Periods and colons method:
This. Has the effect. Of improving your writing. Which is a positive thing!
This: has the effect: of improving your writing. Which is a positive thing!
Hopefully, you'll have noticed that the first two commas feel really awakward and out of place, so we can remove them. The last one is placed in a spot that makes sense, so we keep it. Our sentence is now:
This has the effect of improving your writing, which is a positive thing!
Much better!!! Hope this helps :D
Here's a tip to chronic over-commaers (anyone who adds too many commas to a sentence)
Read your sentences out loud or in your head! Every time there's a comma, pause a little! If it makes sense to pause, keep it. If it feels awkward, get it out of here!
Alternatively, change every comma to a period. If it makes sense, change it back into a comma and keep it. If it doesn't, change it to a colon. If it still doesn't make sense, remove it. If it made sense as a colon, keep it.
(this is because sometimes, it might make sense to put a comma or a colon, but not a period, like with the comma after "alternatively")
Example:
This, has the effect, of improving your writing, which is a positive thing!
reading method (where extra spaces is a pause):
This has the effect of improving your writing which is a positive thing!
Periods and colons method:
This. Has the effect. Of improving your writing. Which is a positive thing!
This: has the effect: of improving your writing. Which is a positive thing!
Hopefully, you'll have noticed that the first two commas feel really awakward and out of place, so we can remove them. The last one is placed in a spot that makes sense, so we keep it. Our sentence is now:
This has the effect of improving your writing, which is a positive thing!
Much better!!! Hope this helps :D
Here's a tip to chronic over-commaers (anyone who adds too many commas to a sentence)
Read your sentences out loud or in your head! Every time there's a comma, pause a little! If it makes sense to pause, keep it. If it feels awkward, get it out of here!
Alternatively, change every comma to a period. If it makes sense, change it back into a comma and keep it. If it doesn't, change it to a colon. If it still doesn't make sense, remove it. If it made sense as a colon, keep it.
(this is because sometimes, it might make sense to put a comma or a colon, but not a period, like with the comma after "alternatively")
Example:
This, has the effect, of improving your writing, which is a positive thing!
reading method (where extra spaces is a pause):
This has the effect of improving your writing which is a positive thing!
Periods and colons method:
This. Has the effect. Of improving your writing. Which is a positive thing!
This: has the effect: of improving your writing. Which is a positive thing!
Hopefully, you'll have noticed that the first two commas feel really awakward and out of place, so we can remove them. The last one is placed in a spot that makes sense, so we keep it. Our sentence is now:
This has the effect of improving your writing, which is a positive thing!
Much better!!! Hope this helps :D
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A new short podcast is available for your enjoyment — It is not news to linguists that particular forms of punctuation can be problematic. One frequent source of considerable friction in certain circles is the unending debate over whether and when (and, increasingly, *why*) commas and periods go inside or outside quotation marks—especially when they are not actually part of the material to be quoted. Typically careful linguists usually prefer not to include punctuation in a quoted citation form or gloss, while many punctilious punctuationally prescriptivist publishers demand they be (or worse, silently and patronizingly move them) inside. — [XML Feed]
Sometimes I wish someone would just take commas away from me.
