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Grammar, speling and punkchooation pedants

josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
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I thought it was time we had a thread of own, and stopped baffling our fellow curmudgeons who sensibly think it's what you say that matters, not how you say (or write) it.

Here's a contribution just for fun:

"King Charles I walked and talked half an hour after his head was cut off."

If you punctuate it correctly, it makes perfect sense.
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    josusa47 said:
    I thought it was time we had a thread of own, and stopped baffling our fellow curmudgeons who sensibly think it's what you say that matters, not how you say (or write) it.

    Here's a contribution just for fun:

    "King Charles, I walked and talked half an hour after his head was cut off."

    If you punctuate it correctly, it makes perfect sense.
    Will that do?

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Here’s the tee shirt for anyone that may want one.

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    "later" would be better than "after" (but not so silly with the missing punctuation :D)
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360
    pansyface said:
    Isn’t it grammer?
    Steady on! 
    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
    - Cicero
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I do prefer posts that are grammer than others. Personal taste.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    At first glance I thought we were being invited to shoot Punkdoc!
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Does Punkdoc need punktuating?
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Definitely!  Well, some of the time anyway.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    LG_ said:
    pansyface said:
    Isn’t it grammer?
    Steady on! 
    Or granma? ;)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I haven’t heard from @granma lately, wonder if she’s ok. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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