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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.
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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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