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April 16, 2007, 9:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Ronnie Rowlands
excuse me? I don't have to answer you. I use punctuation in the right places, my spelling is fine, I don't use any intrenet or media slang. it's just a habit I've recently picked up from posting on another forum, and I've decided to do it here and make light of it. I see you put a question mark after your full stops. full stops are the end of a sentence, and you're starting your next sentence with a question mark?
two can play at that game matey.
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It isn't a full stop, it's an ellipsis which is also known as an mission marks or a suspension. It is used to show the sentence is deliberately unfinished, and shows that the writer has simply "tailed off" into silence, deliberately leaving something unsaid.
So I'm completely entitled to place a question mark after the ellipsis.
And because you seemed to have interpreted what was simply an off-hand remark about randomly dropping capital letters from your posts as a personal affront, I have went into this detailed explanation over grammar. Let's stop it now.
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April 16, 2007, 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Ronnie Rowlands
if you can find out where I live 
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Llandudno, Wales.
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April 16, 2007, 11:36 AM
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Actually, Ronn, I hate to break it to you, but your new habit is actually in violation of site policy.
Originally Posted by Forum Rules
Spelling and grammar. We frown upon poor spelling and grammar here. Look up words you don't know, and always construct complete, coherent sentences with a capital letter at the start and a period at the end.
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April 16, 2007, 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Danny Stewart
Llandudno, Wales. 
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damn,I don't ever remember telling you that. you still don't know my street address or postcode.
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April 16, 2007, 4:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Danny Stewart
Actually, Ronn, I hate to break it to you, but your new habit is actually in violation of site policy.
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I'm afraid I can't do periods. Don't want to get too technical as to why so all I'll say is that it's because I'm a dude.
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April 16, 2007, 4:56 PM
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You and your silly UK vernacular. Full stops, whatever.
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April 17, 2007, 3:56 AM
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We say 'full stop' in Australia, too, but I say 'period' here because the main language of the Internet is American.
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April 17, 2007, 7:23 AM
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Thank you, RV.
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April 17, 2007, 8:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Recurring Villain
We say 'full stop' in Australia, too, but I say 'period' here because the main language of the Internet is American.
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You mean "American English" surely.
Or the worst name "English (US)". Just a tad contradictive, that.
German is the language of Gods. English is a Germanic language. American English is English for people who got too used to spelling words exactly as they sound.....I blame the Romans.
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April 17, 2007, 1:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Ronnie Rowlands
excuse me? I don't have to answer you. I use punctuation in the right places, my spelling is fine, I don't use any intrenet or media slang. it's just a habit I've recently picked up from posting on another forum, and I've decided to do it here and make light of it. I see you put a question mark after your full stops. full stops are the end of a sentence, and you're starting your next sentence with a question mark?
two can play at that game matey.
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How can you critise his grammer when you have just made more mistakes now!
(By the way I am not saying mine is great)
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April 17, 2007, 3:26 PM
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way to bring up an old argument that nobody cares about.
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April 17, 2007, 4:55 PM
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*Thread Closed*
Stop bickering please.
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