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Punctuation is very important.
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2018 9:29 am
by pushpinpussy
There's a Maypole dancer.
Theresa May, pole dancer.
Re: Punctuation is very important.
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2018 9:39 am
by bfccrazy
It's the difference between helping your uncle, Jack, off a horse.
And ....
helping your uncle jack off a horse.
Re: Punctuation is very important.
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2018 9:48 am
by Funkydrummer
That old classic :-
Eats, shoots and leaves / Eats shoots and leaves.
Re: Punctuation is very important.
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2018 9:53 am
by Bullabill
Helping your uncle jack off a horse.
Helping your uncle Jack off a horse.
They're different without punctuation.
Re: Punctuation is very important.
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2018 10:05 am
by Wexford_Claret
Bullabill wrote:Helping your uncle jack off a horse.
Helping your uncle Jack off a horse.
They're different without punctuation.
Capital letter is punctuation, I think you’ll find.
Re: Punctuation is very important.
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2018 10:40 am
by StuffyClaret
Roger the vicar
Roger the vicar
Re: Punctuation is very important.
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:45 am
by Roosterbooster
StuffyClaret wrote:Roger the vicar
Roger the vicar
They mean the same thing. Should be:
Roger, the vicar...
Re: Punctuation is very important.
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:49 am
by TheFamilyCat
pushpinpussy wrote:There's a Maypole dancer.
Theresa May, pole dancer.
But using the correct words is much more important, as your example demonstrates.
Re: Punctuation is very important.
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2018 12:55 pm
by thatdberight
Roosterbooster wrote:They mean the same thing. Should be:
Roger, the vicar...
Roger! The vicar!
Roger the vicar!
Roger, the vicar.
Re: Punctuation is very important.
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2018 1:00 pm
by IanMcL
God help the vicar.
Re: Punctuation is very important.
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2018 1:15 pm
by StuffyClaret
Roosterbooster wrote:They mean the same thing. Should be:
Roger, the vicar...
I beg to differ:
Roger the vicar in the same context as 'Bob the builder'
and
Roger the vicar in the same context as 'bash the bishop'
Re: Punctuation is very important.
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2018 1:42 pm
by TractorFace
I bet this uncle Jack lives in Blackburn.
Re: Punctuation is very important.
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2018 2:12 pm
by LordBob
What's that in the road ahead? What's that in the road, a head?
Re: Punctuation is very important.
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2018 3:02 pm
by morpheus2
Today I went to see the physio (the rapist who told me to exercise my elbow).
Re: Punctuation is very important.
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2018 4:00 pm
by Roosterbooster
StuffyClaret wrote:I beg to differ:
Roger the vicar in the same context as 'Bob the builder'
and
Roger the vicar in the same context as 'bash the bishop'
You assume “Bob the builder” is correct. Different clauses should be separated by commas. Telling us that Roger is a vicar is adding supplementary information, and is, hence, a different clause.
Re: Punctuation is very important.
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2018 4:04 pm
by bfcjg
Punctuation is very important ?
Punctuation is very important!