1. Log in now to remove adverts - no adverts at all to registered members!

British Politics spam thread

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

  1. Easter Road 1980

    Easter Road 1980 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 18, 2018
    Messages:
    24,873
    Likes Received:
    31,963
    This is not a sentence and therefore is not grammatically correct, whereby the necessity of your "period" is irrelevant.
     
    #80141
  2. stopmeandslapme

    stopmeandslapme Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 24, 2011
    Messages:
    20,370
    Likes Received:
    10,330
    Shouldn't it be: "Failing that: a full stop."?
    I should have paid attention in English classes at school.
     
    #80142
  3. Pud

    Pud Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 17, 2024
    Messages:
    1,541
    Likes Received:
    1,274
    His colon is empty !
     
    #80143
    pompeymeowth likes this.
  4. pompeymeowth

    pompeymeowth Prepare for trouble x Staff Member

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    25,675
    Likes Received:
    15,588
    Mine isn't.
     
    #80144
    Pud likes this.
  5. Ponders Revisited

    Ponders Revisited Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jun 16, 2011
    Messages:
    11,310
    Likes Received:
    8,289
    Nope. A colon would be incorrect.
     
    #80145
  6. stopmeandslapme

    stopmeandslapme Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 24, 2011
    Messages:
    20,370
    Likes Received:
    10,330

  7. Ponders Revisited

    Ponders Revisited Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jun 16, 2011
    Messages:
    11,310
    Likes Received:
    8,289
    Wrong.

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

    Right?
     
    #80147
    Last edited: Mar 27, 2025
  8. stopmeandslapme

    stopmeandslapme Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 24, 2011
    Messages:
    20,370
    Likes Received:
    10,330
    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.
     
    #80148
    Easter Road 1980 likes this.
  9. stopmeandslapme

    stopmeandslapme Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 24, 2011
    Messages:
    20,370
    Likes Received:
    10,330
  10. Ponders Revisited

    Ponders Revisited Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jun 16, 2011
    Messages:
    11,310
    Likes Received:
    8,289
    One-word sentences are often called "sentence words". They are, without question, sentences.
     
    #80150
    Last edited: Mar 27, 2025
  11. Ponders Revisited

    Ponders Revisited Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jun 16, 2011
    Messages:
    11,310
    Likes Received:
    8,289
    Should a rhetorical question carry a question mark?
     
    #80151
  12. GroveRanger

    GroveRanger Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 24, 2011
    Messages:
    14,580
    Likes Received:
    9,376
    Starmer making way for the Caliphate.
     
    #80152
  13. stopmeandslapme

    stopmeandslapme Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 24, 2011
    Messages:
    20,370
    Likes Received:
    10,330
    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.
     
    #80153
  14. pompeymeowth

    pompeymeowth Prepare for trouble x Staff Member

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    25,675
    Likes Received:
    15,588
    Good Samaritans and all that.
     
    #80154
  15. DUNCAN DONUTS

    DUNCAN DONUTS SOCIAL JUSTICE WARRIOR

    Joined:
    Dec 18, 2015
    Messages:
    67,352
    Likes Received:
    53,629
    They better leave the windows open when the ragheads go , the smell of curry & feet lingers.
     
    #80155
  16. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

    Joined:
    Jan 22, 2010
    Messages:
    60,585
    Likes Received:
    18,242
    I agree. It should have been an ellipsis after "Continue".
     
    #80156
    Easter Road 1980 likes this.
  17. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

    Joined:
    Jan 22, 2010
    Messages:
    60,585
    Likes Received:
    18,242
    Absolutely.
     
    #80157
  18. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

    Joined:
    Jan 22, 2010
    Messages:
    60,585
    Likes Received:
    18,242
    Only if you expect it to be rhetorically answered :emoticon-0136-giggl
     
    #80158
    Ponders Revisited likes this.
  19. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

    Joined:
    Jan 22, 2010
    Messages:
    60,585
    Likes Received:
    18,242
    This thread has suddenly become fun!
     
    #80159
    Willhoops and Ponders Revisited like this.
  20. DUNCAN DONUTS

    DUNCAN DONUTS SOCIAL JUSTICE WARRIOR

    Joined:
    Dec 18, 2015
    Messages:
    67,352
    Likes Received:
    53,629
    KYASAP you ****ing Tory scum incel


    Soz rong acount
     
    #80160
    Gambol likes this.

Share This Page