Comma's before names
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- ********
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."
- ethanfink0
Francine, Thanks for the hand job.
Might be better... ha
- ********0
Thanks for clearing that up, asshole.
- it might be appropriate here, since "asshole" sort of acts as a punchline.********
- dude you have been on a roll lately. hahamrdobolina
- haha i'll agree7point34
- Intriguing iCanHasQBN... I will ponder this over a hand job.********
- I would be honored to be called an asshole by somatica!
SoupCan - i'll bring the lotion if you bring a spatula********
- I'll take that into consideration shitbag. (you're not ready for an asshole yet). Earn it. Earn. It.********
- iCanHasQBN, I'll need neither. I have a tube of neosporin and a spork. That should do.********
- you forgot your comma before "shitbag".********
- DAMN! *chops off finger*********
- shitbag will do... thank you somaticaSoupCan
- lol SoupCan.********
- this somatica fellow is new to me... but i think i like him already.grunttt
- it might be appropriate here, since "asshole" sort of acts as a punchline.
- designbot0
Jnr_Madison, wheres that infamous gif of yours?
- flashbender0
yet you have problem with improperly used apostrophes.
Odd.
- OMGPOPEPWNED!7point34
- +!bulletfactory
- you mean quotation marks.********
- The only reason I came to this thread was to point this out, you complete meismith
- :)
apostrophe completion!
and no, I don't mean quotes.flashbender - " = quoteOctober
- boobs0
where is Francine in my time of need?
- dog_opus0
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).
- detritus0
Comma's what before names?
- Of course, somebody's already got there before me. Woop dee. Thanks, Flashbender.detritus
- Just doin' my part to help outflashbender
- ********0
This thread is, hilarious.
- i see, what you did, there.********
- i see, what you did, there.********
- Fucking Ray Charles could see what he did there!!!SoupCan
- My mind, is blowzorez.********
- thats the fucking point.********
- i see, what you did, there.
- detritus0
Somatica, I'd have to disagree.
- Thank you... one little one up and the guys running around with a hard on!SoupCan
- That's cool, not everyone has a sense of humor or, good looks.********
- Cause Grammatical Standards are a regular Blasty Blast!SoupCan
- Soupcan, you have lost me.
Somatica, I think you miss my point, old fellow - if, that is, there is one.detritus - No I got it detritus, I was just messing with you. Or maybe I did miss it, either way you're kewl.********
- nicely done, detritusSoupCan
- i, see what you did there********
- 7point340
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.********
- no shit. i was just asking if it bothered anyone else. thanks for your efforts.
- flashbender0
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_opus
- smart quote's, smart apostrophe's, whichever'flashbender
- Not very smart pluralizing that way. That is the anti-smart.dog_opus
- I have decided every s get's an apostrophe from now on.flashbender
- lol Solipsist.dog_opus
- they 'spit the troof'sflashbender
- dog_opus0
Off topic, but I kind of like those funky European duck feet quotation marks.
- i_monk0
Hey, your apostrophe, it's wrong.
- centro0
Francine - thanks for wanking of my comma.
- ********0
Oit, francers, more of it.
- ********0
THX 4 THA HANDJOBZ,,,,,,,,, FRANCINE!
- dog_opus0
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).
- ********0
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?********
- can I aks you a question********
- Nomesane? Aye.dog_opus
- if i said no, would you ask it anyway?********
- notchsane********
- my point was that some people say AKS instead of ASK.********
- yes, black people say that.********
- nameen?
- Gucci0
The latest Hedge nick.
greeeeat.