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Discussion in 'General Chat' started by HRH Custard VC, Apr 12, 2022.

  1. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    Dunno if I can do next week. I'm suffering a bit of constipation just now.
     
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  2. pompeymeowth

    pompeymeowth Prepare for trouble x Staff Member

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    Which one is the misogynistic bully?

    Neeeroooh! That's right, it's ham hock features.
     
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  3. Ponders Revisited

    Ponders Revisited Well-Known Member

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    Comma splice alert!

    Use a semicolon. Failing that, a full stop.

    Continue.
     
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  4. Easter Road 1980

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    This is not a sentence and therefore is not grammatically correct, whereby the necessity of your "period" is irrelevant.
     
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  5. stopmeandslapme

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    Shouldn't it be: "Failing that: a full stop."?
    I should have paid attention in English classes at school.
     
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  6. Pud

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    His colon is empty !
     
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  7. pompeymeowth

    pompeymeowth Prepare for trouble x Staff Member

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    Mine isn't.
     
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  8. Ponders Revisited

    Ponders Revisited Well-Known Member

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    Nope. A colon would be incorrect.
     
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  9. stopmeandslapme

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  10. Ponders Revisited

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    Wrong.

    A sentence containing a single word is perfectly acceptable and lexical.

    Right?
     
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  11. stopmeandslapme

    stopmeandslapme Well-Known Member

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    It's all so confusing. I'm sure one thing we were taught at school is that a sentence cannot be just one word. The smallest sentence example was "I ran.". Maybe our teachers didn't know the rules? Wouldn't surprise me.
     
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  12. stopmeandslapme

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  13. Ponders Revisited

    Ponders Revisited Well-Known Member

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    One-word sentences are often called "sentence words". They are, without question, sentences.
     
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  14. Ponders Revisited

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    Should a rhetorical question carry a question mark?
     
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  15. GroveRanger

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    Starmer making way for the Caliphate.
     
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  16. stopmeandslapme

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    CofE making way for islam. Thought the Bible stated there is only one God, do not worship false ones, etc. What next, a black* mass in St Paul's?
    *Satanic, not gospel.
     
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  17. pompeymeowth

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    Good Samaritans and all that.
     
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  18. DUNCAN DONUTS

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    They better leave the windows open when the ragheads go , the smell of curry & feet lingers.
     
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  19. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    I agree. It should have been an ellipsis after "Continue".
     
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  20. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    Absolutely.
     
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