column: Geek Girl #7

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

I could have sworn that required a space however.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

that would be wrong. I typed it incorrectly, not Fell.

An ellipsis is a series of three periods (which are sometimes separated by spaces before, after, and between the periods, but the extra spaces are optional.... When the words are omitted at the end of a quoted sentence, use the ellipsis ... followed by the necessary end punctuation...

(Pamela Rice Hahn and Dennis E. Hensley, Ph.D., Macmillan Teach Yourself Grammar and Style in 24 Hours, p 184.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

well what do you know...?

[stacer]

So my sister, a music major at the U of U

Dyslexic moment: I totally read that as "So my sister, a magic user at the U of U...." (Yes, ellipsis plus period.)

[Fellfrosch]

She's in an Incantations course this year, though as we learn from Harry Potter magic is essentially just waving your wand and reciting latinate gibberish. It's a pretty easy major, which is good because she has to save the world at least once a year.

[Entsuropi]

that would be wrong. I typed it incorrectly, not Fell.

(Pamela Rice Hahn and Dennis E. Hensley, Ph.D., Macmillan Teach Yourself Grammar and Style in 24 Hours, p 184.

I'm sorry, you broke the threshhold for 'really bloody boring'.

[Akeyata]

yeah, I must admit I am surprised that these particular people turned out to be twg readers, but I swear it's true.  

They are, actually, some of the coolest "in" people in the department.  (I might add that neither of them watched the superbowl either. so all in all it was a very surprising conversation)

But it warmed my little sisterish heart to know that my very own big brother's site has reached the strange and twisted brains that study music all day long and tell music theory jokes in latin.

Although it wasn't HIS article they were quoting...

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

well what do you know....

See, that's wrong too. It's a question, thus the appropriate end punctuation would have been a question mark, not a period. Grammar 2, Jeffe 0.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

I have no idea what you are talking about.

[mockman]

hey whats up with this man this is a place to talk rpg adventures and stuff not grammer class? i for one speak country grammer and im proud of it(nelly hip hop joke)any way my gunslinging drunk fighter is making daddy proud. it was a ok game last night but we got nothing done. and msfish that gobblin in the loin cloth was a act of mercy and i was protecting you anyway , hey that could be a +1 broom of unholy keen lady it could have killed us. i think im a hero.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

I think you've both proven your point an made us all hate you, all in one post. Congratulations!

[MsFish]

Hey.  He may be a newbie and he may type with bad grammar, but he's my friend and this is a thread about my column so *back off* or you will all experience my fishy wrath.  

And I swear, if Anglus doesn't stop shooting first I'm going to *take back* that freaking gun.    Then again, I might just do it anyway, for fun.  

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

I'm just seeing the irony here.

Plus the bad homophone in Jeffe's last post.

[MsFish]

For anyone who cares, my assailant and I are now friends.    Oh the irony.  

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

yay!