Comma's before names 2020 Responses

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• iCanHasQBN

  Does it bother anyone else to put a comma before someone's name?

  for example:
  "Thanks for the hand job, Francine."

  When you're speaking this in voice, there is no pause at all. So there should be no comma.

  It should be:
  "Thanks for the hand job Francine."

  Aug 21, 08, 2:08 p.m. – Permalink

• ethanfink

  Francine, Thanks for the hand job.

  Might be better... ha

  • tx for the hand job Francine, now GTFO!– al_la

  

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  Dog-earAug 21, 08, 2:09 p.m. – Permalink

• somatica

  Thanks for clearing that up, asshole.

  • it might be appropriate here, since "asshole" sort of acts as a punchline.– iCanHasQBN1/13

    dude you have been on a roll lately. haha– mrdobolina2/13

    haha i'll agree– 7point343/13

    Intriguing iCanHasQBN... I will ponder this over a hand job.– somatica4/13

    I would be honored to be called an asshole by somatica!
    – SoupCan5/13

    i'll bring the lotion if you bring a spatula– iCanHasQBN6/13

    I'll take that into consideration shitbag. (you're not ready for an asshole yet). Earn it. Earn. It.– somatica7/13

    iCanHasQBN, I'll need neither. I have a tube of neosporin and a spork. That should do.– somatica8/13

    you forgot your comma before "shitbag".– iCanHasQBN9/13

    DAMN! *chops off finger*– somatica10/13

    shitbag will do... thank you somatica– SoupCan11/13

    lol SoupCan.– somatica12/13

    this somatica fellow is new to me... but i think i like him already.– grunttt13/13

  

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  Dog-earAug 21, 08, 2:09 p.m. – Permalink

• designbot

  Jnr_Madison, wheres that infamous gif of yours?

  • I'm working on the 2009 lab version.– Jnr_Madison

  

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  Dog-earAug 21, 08, 2:11 p.m. – Permalink

• flashbender

  yet you have problem with improperly used apostrophes.

  Odd.

  • OMGPOPEPWNED!– 7point341/6

    +!– bulletfactory2/6

    you mean quotation marks.– iCanHasQBN3/6

    The only reason I came to this thread was to point this out, you complete me– ismith4/6

    :)
    apostrophe completion!
    and no, I don't mean quotes.– flashbender5/6

    " = quote– October6/6

  

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  Dog-earAug 21, 08, 2:12 p.m. – Permalink

• boobs

  where is Francine in my time of need?

  

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  Dog-earAug 21, 08, 2:14 p.m. – Permalink

• dog_opus

  Yeah, there is a pause. I can't believe you don't notice others, if not yourself, using it. And yes, I always use a comma when appropriate. As someone who works with type almost every day, I hold myself to high grammatical standards (not that proper grammar is very difficult, in my view).

  • no, i use it. but reading it with a comma doesn't make sense with the flow.– iCanHasQBN1/3

    It's very subtle in speech, but that's what language is about, in many ways. That's why there can be a lot of...– dog_opus2/3

    ...confusion and misinterpretation online, I'd say.– dog_opus3/3

  

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  Dog-earAug 21, 08, 2:15 p.m. – Permalink

• detritus

  Comma's what before names?

  • Of course, somebody's already got there before me. Woop dee. Thanks, Flashbender.– detritus1/2

    Just doin' my part to help out– flashbender2/2

  

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  Dog-earAug 21, 08, 2:16 p.m. – Permalink

• somatica

  This thread is, hilarious.

  • i see, what you did, there.– iCanHasQBN1/5

    i see, what you did, there.– iCanHasQBN2/5

    Fucking Ray Charles could see what he did there!!!– SoupCan3/5

    My mind, is blowzorez.– somatica4/5

    thats the fucking point.– iCanHasQBN5/5

  

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  Dog-earAug 21, 08, 2:18 p.m. – Permalink

• detritus

  Somatica, I'd have to disagree.

  • Thank you... one little one up and the guys running around with a hard on!– SoupCan1/7

    That's cool, not everyone has a sense of humor or, good looks.– somatica2/7

    Cause Grammatical Standards are a regular Blasty Blast!– SoupCan3/7

    Soupcan, you have lost me.
    Somatica, I think you miss my point, old fellow - if, that is, there is one.– detritus4/7

    No I got it detritus, I was just messing with you. Or maybe I did miss it, either way you're kewl.– somatica5/7

    nicely done, detritus– SoupCan6/7

    i, see what you did there– iCanHasQBN7/7

  

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  Dog-earAug 21, 08, 2:20 p.m. – Permalink

• 7point34

  well obviously it is used grammtically in this instance and not so much for pacing.

  you are addressing someone, sparky. therefore the pause isn't significant and can be overlooked as we generally speak in a hastened manner which is directly proportionate to our rat-race lifestyle. grammatically it is still quite correct, even though getting your brother Frank to dress up in drag and give you hand jobs isn't.

  • no shit. i was just asking if it bothered anyone else. thanks for your efforts.– iCanHasQBN

  

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  Dog-earAug 21, 08, 2:21 p.m. – Permalink

• flashbender

  What's, the big idea, with comma's?

  Everyone knows, smartquote's is where it's at.

  • flashbender, are you using smart quotes to pluralize your nouns there?– dog_opus1/6

    smart quote's, smart apostrophe's, whichever'– flashbender2/6

    Not very smart pluralizing that way. That is the anti-smart.– dog_opus3/6

    I have decided every s get's an apostrophe from now on.– flashbender4/6

    lol Solipsist.– dog_opus5/6

    they 'spit the troof's– flashbender6/6

  

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  Dog-earAug 21, 08, 2:21 p.m. – Permalink

• somatica

  Fuck a comma; < whatever that thing is called is the shit.

  • You have a semi in your colon
    
    o_O– detritus1/4

    wonderful!– 7point342/4

    AHAHAHAHA!– somatica3/4

    @ detritus– somatica4/4

  

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  Dog-earAug 21, 08, 2:25 p.m. – Permalink

• dog_opus

  Off topic, but I kind of like those funky European duck feet quotation marks.

  • i see what you, did there.– iCanHasQBN

  

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  Dog-earAug 21, 08, 2:26 p.m. – Permalink

• i_monk

  Hey, your apostrophe, it's wrong.

  • yes, thanks. it's been covered.– 7point34

  

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  Dog-earAug 21, 08, 2:28 p.m. – Permalink

• centro

  Francine - thanks for wanking of my comma.

  

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  Dog-earAug 21, 08, 2:32 p.m. – Permalink

• set

  Oit, francers, more of it.

  

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  Dog-earAug 21, 08, 2:32 p.m. – Permalink

• iCanHasQBN

  THX 4 THA HANDJOBZ,,,,,,,,, FRANCINE!

  • better– flashbender

  

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  Dog-earAug 21, 08, 2:32 p.m. – Permalink

• dog_opus

  So, yeah, when did schools pretty much give up on trying to teach proper grammar? Just wondering. As much as I was an underachieving smart-ass punk, I still made it out with decent grammar skills (and my school system was the fourth worst in the state).

  

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  Dog-earAug 21, 08, 2:36 p.m. – Permalink

• iCanHasQBN

  i'm very lazy online. but in work communications, my stuff is flawless.

  i hate whenever people say "i SEEN her walking down the street yesterday". it's fucking "SAW", not "seen".

  • nameen?– iCanHasQBN1/7

    can I aks you a question– set2/7

    Nomesane? Aye.– dog_opus3/7

    if i said no, would you ask it anyway?– iCanHasQBN4/7

    notchsane– iCanHasQBN5/7

    my point was that some people say AKS instead of ASK.– set6/7

    yes, black people say that.– iCanHasQBN7/7

  

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  Dog-earAug 21, 08, 2:39 p.m. – Permalink

• Gucci

  The latest Hedge nick.
  greeeeat.

  • i'm not hedge– iCanHasQBN

  

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  Dog-earAug 21, 08, 2:42 p.m. – Permalink