LibraryLover Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 (edited) Usage of hyphens. I am a hyphen---- abuser, no doubt. Yeah. ;) However. I think the over-use ;) of hyphens are rather like the use of 'I' when it's 'me'.... so often, people don't like to use me...everybody wants to use I...so very wrong, so often. But. I want to use hyphens because some word combinations look naked without them; modifiers be dang. ;) Next up: miss-use of the ellipsis (and colon and semicolon). :tongue_smilie: Edited October 19, 2013 by LibraryLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 I have nothing really to say (I tend to overuse parentheses, myself) but I did want to use this smilie: :boxing_smiley: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 I have nothing really to say (I tend to overuse parentheses, myself) but I did want to use this smilie: :boxing_smiley: My dh [whom I adore] always wants to know why I [constantly] use these guys [] I just like 'em. [Can you tell?] :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 I use hyphens and parenthesis too much. This is casual communication for me, folks. If I took time to be very careful about my sentence structure, I wouldn't be able to contribute as much. On these boards, I type exactly as I think -- with hyphens, parenthesis and smilies. :auto: This is one area of life I do not want to stress over. Yep -- I ended that sentence with a preposition. :chillpill: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 I like dots................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 I use ellipses . . . a LOT; I do it particularly in internet posts. It's an effort to make the post read like I want it to read. No easy feat, really. I use the semi-colon only when proper. Proper over-use of the semi-colon by a grammar nerd is like Bruce Lee showing off with a set of nunchucks. Improper over-use of the semi-colon is like that guy who hits himself in the face with the nunchucks. Sometimes I use an Oxford comma for clarity, but I *always* feel guilty when I do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share Posted April 3, 2011 semi:colons semicolons semi;colons We can all draw the line at alot, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 I use ellipses . . . a LOT; I do it particularly in internet posts. It's an effort to make the post read like I want it to read. No easy feat, really. I use the semi-colon only when proper. Proper over-use of the semi-colon by a grammar nerd is like Bruce Lee showing off with a set of nunchucks. Improper over-use of the semi-colon is like that guy who hits himself in the face with the nunchucks. Sometimes I use an Oxford comma for clarity, but I *always* feel guilty when I do so. Wow! I only got about half of that. :001_huh: I'd like to chalk it up to exhaustion, but that would be an untruth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 (edited) semi:colons semicolons semi;colons We can all draw the line at alot, right? Have you seen this? eta: This blog can be sort of...well...wrong, but it's so funny. One day it made me laugh so hard that I almost threw up. True story. Edited April 3, 2011 by Mrs Mungo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Wow! I only got about half of that. :001_huh: I'd like to chalk it up to exhaustion, but that would be an untruth. Caffeine abuse, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Caffeine abuse, sorry. Now that I understand. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share Posted April 3, 2011 Have you seen this? Michael Phelps. :lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share Posted April 3, 2011 Now that I understand. :D Ya got that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secular_mom Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Usage of hyphens. I am a hyphen---- abuser, no doubt. Yeah. ;) However. I think the over-use ;) of hyphens are rather like the use of 'I' when it's 'me'.... so often, people don't like to use me...everybody wants to use I...so very wrong, so often. But. I want to use hyphens because some word combinations look naked without them; modifiers be dang. ;) Next up: miss-use of the ellipsis (and colon and semicolon). :tongue_smilie: I randomly overuse and abuse all punctuation and capitalization and bolding and italics and underlining and...you get the idea I'm sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secular_mom Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 semi:colons semicolons semi;colons We can all draw the line at alot, right? What colour is your alot? Mine is calico. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 What colour is your alot? Mine is calico. :) Actually I like alot of colors. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Actually I like alot of colors. :D Is that like acoat of many colors? :lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share Posted April 3, 2011 What colour is your alot? Mine is calico. :) As of dh's last text, it's SKYY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 As of dh's last text, it's SKYY. I was meeting a friend for dinner. She sent me a text earlier that read, "do you wanna meet welding dinner?" Auto-correct cracks me up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secular_mom Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 I was meeting a friend for dinner. She sent me a text earlier that read, "do you wanna meet welding dinner?" Auto-correct cracks me up! welding? I can't figure that one out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share Posted April 3, 2011 I was meeting a friend for dinner. She sent me a text earlier that read, "do you wanna meet welding dinner?" Auto-correct cracks me up! OH! Auto-correct....; : is a major-- point ---of contention for us! And yet. Such a pretty deep blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 welding? I can't figure that one out. It started out as "where we are eating dinner," but with some sort of mistake that made her phone think it should have been welding. I replied, "I didn't even know you *had* a welding license, awesooooome!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secular_mom Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 It started out as "where we are eating dinner," but with some sort of mistake that made her phone think it should have been welding. I replied, "I didn't even know you *had* a welding license, awesooooome!" Okay, I just get all :confused: with those things if I don't know what it was supposed to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share Posted April 3, 2011 It started out as "where we are eating dinner," but with some sort of mistake that made her phone think it should have been welding. I replied, "I didn't even know you *had* a welding license, awesooooome!" :D Biggest downside. I can't over----ry-dit ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share Posted April 3, 2011 You are you're your supah fun. Where else...can I have this these sort of discussion? discussions? Nite!!! Giant heart!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujsky Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 I have nothing really to say (I tend to overuse parentheses, myself) but I did want to use this smilie: :boxing_smiley: I over-use hyphens AND parentheses (AND I also over-use all caps to add emphasis) ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 I like punctuation, a lot. :D:D:D:D:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 I over-use hyphens AND parentheses (AND I also over-use all caps to add emphasis) ;)I over-use hyphens, parentheses (habitually), asterisks for *emphasis*... and ellipses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieM Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 I abuse them all. If the written word is art, and the blank page a canvas, why not jazz it up? BTW, CS Lewis is about the most parenthetical writer on the planet. So by my reckoning, many of us are in quite good company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyD Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 I use ellipses . . . a LOT; I do it particularly in internet posts. It's an effort to make the post read like I want it to read. No easy feat, really. I use the semi-colon only when proper. Proper over-use of the semi-colon by a grammar nerd is like Bruce Lee showing off with a set of nunchucks. Improper over-use of the semi-colon is like that guy who hits himself in the face with the nunchucks. Sometimes I use an Oxford comma for clarity, but I *always* feel guilty when I do so. :lol: Love semicolons. I also love parentheses. I actually broke up with a guy in college because he criticized what he perceived as my 'overuse' of parentheses in emails to him. Well, I guess there were other reasons, too, but that did not endear him to me. How could I go through life with someone who not only critiqued my emails, but also could not appreciate parenthetical thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolly Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 I use hyphens and parenthesis too much. This is casual communication for me, folks. If I took time to be very careful about my sentence structure, I wouldn't be able to contribute as much. On these boards, I type exactly as I think -- with hyphens, parenthesis and smilies. :auto: This is one area of life I do not want to stress over. Yep -- I ended that sentence with a preposition. :chillpill: :iagree::iagree::iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 As I'm sure anyone who can stand reading my posts has noticed, I also use ellipses in posting... A LOT! For me, it is an attempt to create a conversational tone as we chat with each other via internet. If we were actually speaking to each other, one person would comment and trail off as another responded, etc. and I guess that's what I hear in my head and am attempting to recreate.... For what it's worth. I do not do that when I am typing out a formal "letter" via internet or anything else. I do use it occasionally on my blog but not as I do here.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 :lol: Love semicolons. I also love parentheses. I actually broke up with a guy in college because he criticized what he perceived as my 'overuse' of parentheses in emails to him. Well, I guess there were other reasons, too, but that did not endear him to me. How could I go through life with someone who not only critiqued my emails, but also could not appreciate parenthetical thoughts? It would automatically preclude any love poems by e.e. cummings, so the guy guy clearly had to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXMomof4 Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Have you seen this? eta: This blog can be sort of...well...wrong, but it's so funny. One day it made me laugh so hard that I almost threw up. True story. This may be my favorite blog post ever. I read it every time someone posts it all the way through - every time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 This may be my favorite blog post ever. I read it every time someone posts it all the way through - every time! Have you read the post where she wanted to go to a party right after a dentist appointment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorganClassicalPrep Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 I over-use hyphens, parentheses (habitually), asterisks for *emphasis*... and ellipses. This. :D Casual conversation at its finest... I think it's because on the boards, it is near impossible to "hear" the tone in someone's voice, and punctuation and such is the one way to emphasize, de-emphasize, make side notes.... (Plus, I spend most of my time writing formal research papers... I love the freedom to write how I think on the boards. :tongue_smilie:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giraffe Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 After looking up the definition I find that I am an Oxford comma abuser as well. But I'm not guilt-ridden about it. Nor am I guilt-ridden about my overuse of hyphens, ellipses, parentheses, and ellipses on this board. I use them to convey what is normally conveyed in tone and pauses in spoken conversation. I do wonder, however, what my writing would be like should I need to go back to writing formally though. I fear the internets have ruined me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Have you read the post where she wanted to go to a party right after a dentist appointment? Oh . my . goodness! I have tears running down my face from that! (And notice that sometimes I use periods to show slow deliberate speech.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mejane Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 I like dots................ Me, too. I use them a lot... you know... for effect. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Me, too. I use them a lot... you know... for effect. ;) At least you don't do it for affect. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 I am definitely a semi-colon abuser; I just can't seem to help myself. I'm always trying to reform from abuse of parenthesis--but I generally turn them into hyphenated clauses--what can I say, I like punctuation... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidiyaDawn Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 On a board like this or in casual emails, I use all sorts of things to show pauses, moods, little side comments, etc…. ~ I like this fella because he doesn't seem as abrupt as the hyphen… but I have no idea what he actually IS. Does he have a proper function of some sort? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirch Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 (edited) After looking up the definition I find that I am an Oxford comma abuser as well. But I'm not guilt-ridden about it. Nor am I guilt-ridden about my overuse of hyphens, ellipses, parentheses, and ellipses on this board. I use them to convey what is normally conveyed in tone and pauses in spoken conversation. I do wonder, however, what my writing would be like should I need to go back to writing formally though. I fear the internets have ruined me! Proud user of the Oxford comma here. It's the way I learned in school, but it just makes *sense* to me, too! Otherwise the last two listed items seem like they're supposed to go together. :D Hyphens, parentheses, ellipses--I can totally relate. I guess I interrupt myself a lot (not alot, though!). And when I'm not interrupting myself, I need a few moments to complete the thought . . . AND I begin sentences with conjunctions (on the internet, anyway) with impunity!! :tongue_smilie: Edited April 3, 2011 by Kirch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FO4UR Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 I like dots................ Me too...dots fill that space where irl I would be using my hand gestures to... communicate...kwim. I fear the internets have ruined me!All of them???:lol: (...and me too...I don't think a prof would take kindly to my dots...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 I have nothing really to say (I tend to overuse parentheses, myself) :iagree: This is me. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 I use ellipses . . . a LOT; I do it particularly in internet posts. It's an effort to make the post read like I want it to read. No easy feat, really. I use the semi-colon only when proper. Proper over-use of the semi-colon by a grammar nerd is like Bruce Lee showing off with a set of nunchucks. Improper over-use of the semi-colon is like that guy who hits himself in the face with the nunchucks. Sometimes I use an Oxford comma for clarity, but I *always* feel guilty when I do so. I am an ellipses user as well. They are especially helpful in thread titles when everything you want to say won't fit in the box. I also favor colons which I don't see a lot of. Do you think people hold it's name against it? And as you can tell I have no problem starting a sentence with and, and putting a preposition at the end. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giraffe Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 All of them???:lol: (...and me too...I don't think a prof would take kindly to my dots...) All of them! It's an inside joke between DH and me - long story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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